Laboratory of Microbe-Plant InteractionsHirokiIRIEDAAssistant Professor, Ph.D.Fungus-plantinteractionsAnthracnose diseaseColletotrichumChloroplast dynamicsEffectorPlantpathogenicfungiareresponsiblefor70-80%ofallknownplantdiseases.Thus,plantprotectionespeciallyfromfungalpathogensisaverycriticalproblemforhumansociety.LaboratoryofMicrobe-PlantInteractionsisfocusingonthepathosystemsbetweenColletotrichumfungi,causalagentsofanthracnosediseases,andtheirhostplants.Understandingthemolecularmechanismsunderlyingfungalpathogenicityandplantdefenseswillsupportdevelopmentofnewmethodsfordiseasecontrolandprevention.ABCDABCTosuccessfullyinfectaplant,fungalpathogens(e.g.Anthracnosefungi)suppresshostimmunity.CucumberleafinfectedbyC.orbiculare(left).Fungalhyphalabelledwithgreenfluorescentproteininbiotrophicinvasivestage(right).Novel chloroplast response induced by non-adapted Colletotrichumfungi in plant epidermis.Molecular basis of infection strategy in plant pathogenic Colletotrichumfungi.Biotechnology DivisionDevelopment of new methods for control of anthracnose diseases.33Laboratory of Applied Reproductive ScienceIkuoTOMIOKAAssociateProfessor,Ph.D.Keywords:Animal Reproduction,Assisted Reproductive Technique (ART), ReproductiveTechnology,Gene Engineering,Neuro Science,Food Science.Ourlaboratoryhasthefollowingongoingprojects:1.Developmentofnovelreproductivetechniquesrelatingtoinvitrofolliculogenesis,IVM/F/C,andES/iPScells.2.Generationofanimalmodelsforhumandiseaseusingtransgenicandgenemodifyingtechniques.3.Discoveringthefunctionalfoodingredientswhichhaveanti-agingeffectsonsomaticstemcells.1.Developmentofnovelreproductivetechniques.Invitrogrowthofisolatedovarianfolliclesisanemergingtechnologyforfertilitytreatment.Novelreproductivetechniqueswillprovidesolutionsfortheproblemofinfertilityinhumanandpoorreproductiveefficiencyindomesticanimals.DCFig. 1.Microscopy with micromanipulator (left) and manipulation of mammalian embryo (right).Fig. 2. Common marmoset (left) and its embryonic stem cells (upper right), induced pluripotent stem cells (lower right).Biotechnology Division2.Generationofanimalmodelsforhumandisease.Inmedicalresearch,manykindsoftransgenicanimalshavebeenproducedtomodelhumandiseaseandtheyprovideindispensabletoolsforstudyingdiseasemechanismsandtherapiesinvivo.3.Discoveringthefunctionalfoodingredients.Tomaintainourhealth,preventivemedicinehasattractedalotofattentioninrecentyears.Theoneofmostimportantfactorsinpreventivemedicineisfoodenvironments.Discoveringthefunctionalfoodwillcontributetohumanhealth.
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