ProfessorHorietookhiscurrentpositionin2010afterworkingasaresearcherattheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,andasanassistantprofessoronspecialcontractwiththeInstituteofPlantScienceatOkayamaUniversity,andthenasanassociateprofessoratShinshuUniversity.Hisresearchcentersonthebasicmolecularphysiologyofplantsandplantgeneticandcellularengineeringbasedonit.ProfessorMoriwakitookhiscurrentpositionin2015afterworkingasaresearcherattheOsakaCityInstituteofPublicEnvironmentalandSciencesandasanassociateprofessoratFacultyofTextileScienceandTechnologyatShinshuUniversity.Hisareasofresearchincludeenvironmentalchemistryandanalyticalchemistrywithafocusonthedevelopmentofenvironmentalpurificationandanalysismethodsaswellasenvironmentalmonitoring.MylabfocusesonriceandplantsinthegeniusArabidopsisformolecularphysiologicalstudiesusingwild-typeandNa+transporter-mutantplants.Thepictureshowsanexampleofahydroponiccultureofriceplants.WeanalyzethetargetNa+transporterthatisessentialforplantsalttoleranceintheoocyteexpressionsystemofXenopuslaevis.WeareattemptingtoproducemutagenizedNa+transporters,whichweexpecttoincreasethesalttoleranceofthehostplants.Throughouttheworld,countlesschildrencontractcommunicablediseasesbecausetheydonothaveaccesstosafewater.Inthisway,purificationisanextremelyimportantresearchtopic.WeanalyzedmudfromthemoatofOsakaCastletorecreate350yearsinthehistoryoftheatmosphericenvironment.Theaerialbombingduringthewarcausedthegreatestdamagetotheenvironment.ResourcesandHealthIamcarryingoutresearchinawiderangeofdomainsrelatedtoenvironmentalcontamination,fromenvironmentalanalysisandtoxicologicaltestingtothedevelopmentofenvironmentalpurificationmethods.Thiseffortincludesnumerousactivities,forexampleanalyzinglitterandsearchingincavesformicroorganismsthatmightbeusefulinenvironmentalpurification.Inrecentyears,mylabhasbeenfocusingonthedevelopmentofenvironmentalpurificationmethodsthatusematerialsproducedbylivingthings.Iinvestigatethemolecularmechanismsbymeansofwhichplantsprotectthemselvesfromsalinitystress(high-saltenvironments)usingtheexperimentalmethodsofmolecularbiology,moleculargenetics,andplantphysiology.Ihopetodevelopinnovativetechnologytogeneratesalt-resistantcropsinordertoincreaseagriculturalyieldsinsalt-affectedareas.companiesWild type hkt1;1mutant ProfessorHORIETomoakiProfessorMORIWAKIHiroshiOutlook for researchIexpectthatmylab’sresearchcouldbecomeanimportantelementinavoidingfoodandenergyshortagesthatareexpectedinthenearfutureifwecanapplyknowledgeobtainedfrombasicplantsciencetobreedsalt-tolerantplants.Outlook for students after graduationManyofthestudentsinmylabchoosetopursuecareerswithcompanieswhoseworkinvolvesplants.Graduatesalsotendtobeinterestedinworkingforthatdevelopdistinctiveenvironmentaltechnologiesorinbecomingteachers.Outlook for researchIbelievethatunderstandingthestateofenvironmentalcontaminationwhiledevelopingpurificationmethodsisessentialforthefutureofhumanity.Throughenvironmentalanalysisandresearchonpurification,Ihopetoobtaininaddressingresultsnumerousenvironmentalproblems.thatproveusefulOutlook for students after graduationIcarryouteducationandresearchtotraininthenextstudentstobecomeleadersgenerationofenvironmentalresearchandmeasures.Graduatesareemployedaspublicengagedinofficialsenvironmentalanalysisandinspection.companiesandbyLearning from the environment through environmental analysis and developing new environmental purification methods using materials creating by living organismsDepartment ofApplied BiologyDepartment ofApplied Biology41Creating new plants based on knowledge of basic plant science in order to contribute to the development of a sustainable society
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