INRA Tsukuba TIL Joint Lab Seminar
December 4, 2009
At Salle IVBM, INRA Bordeaux
Participants: from University of Tsukuba, INRA and University of Bordeaux
9 h 00
Activities in Plant Sciences at Tsukuba University
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Tsuyoshi MIZOGUCHI
Basic Plant Science (Vascular Plant)
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Kenji MIURA
Basic Plant Science (Algae)
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Hiroshi EZURA
Plant Biotechnology
10h 00 Pause café
10h 30
Seminar
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Satoshi TABATA, Kazusa DNA Res. Inst., Japan
”Structural analysis of gene-rich regions of the tomato genome”
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Kenji MIURA, Tsukuba University, Japan
"Sumoylation in plant response to abiotic stresses"
Dr. Satoshi TABATA
Deputy Director
Kazusa DNA Research Institute
Kazusa-kamatari, Kisarazu, Chiba 292-0818 JAPAN
http://www.kazusa.or.jp/en/plant/
Recent Representative Publication
1. Mueller, L., Tanksley, S., Giovannoni, J.J., Vaneck, J., Stack, S., Buels, R.
A snapshot of the emerging tomato genome sequence.
The Plant Genome. 2009 Jan: 2:78-92.
2. Asamizu E, Shimoda Y, Kouchi H, Tabata S, Sato S.
A positive regulatory role for LjERF1 in the nodulation process is revealed by systematic
analysis of nodule-associated transcription factors of Lotus japonicus.
Plant Physiol. 2008 Aug 147, 2030–2040
3. Sato S, Nakamura Y, Kaneko T, Asamizu E, Kato T, Nakao M, Sasamoto S, Watanabe A, Ono
A, Kawashima K, Fujishiro T, Katoh M, Kohara M, Kishida Y, Minami C, Nakayama S,
Nakazaki N, Shimizu Y, Shinpo S, Takahashi C, Wada T, Yamada M, Ohmido N, Hayashi M,
Fukui K, Baba T, Nakamichi T, Mori H, Tabata S.
Genome Structure of the Legume, Lotus japonicus.
DNA Res. 2008 Aug; 15(4):227-239
4. Hisano H, Sato S, Isobe S, Sasamoto S, Wada T, Matsuno A, Fujishiro T, Yamada M,
Nakayama S, Nakamura Y, Watanabe S, Harada K, Tabata S.
Characterization of the Soybean Genome Using EST-derived Microsatellite Markers.
DNA Res. 2007 Dec 31;14(6): 271-81.
5. Sato S, Tabata S.
Lotus japonicus as a platform for legume research.
Curr Opin Plant Biol.2006 Apr;9(2):128-32.
Dr. Kenji MIURA
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences
University of Tsukuba
Gene Research Center, Tsukuba 305-8572, Japan
http://www.gene.tsukuba.ac.jp/~kmiura/index-e.html
Recent Representative Publication
1. Miura, K.*, Lee, J., Jin, J.B., Yoo, C.Y., Miura, T. & Hasegawa, P.M.*
(2009) Sumoylation
of ABI5 by Arabidopsis SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1 negatively regulates abscisic acid signaling.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 5418-5423.
2. Jin JB, Jin YH, Lee J, Miura K, Yoo CY, Kim WY, van Oosten M, Hyun Y, Somers DE, Lee I,
Yun D-J, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM (2008) The SUMO E3 ligase, AtSIZ1, regulates flowering
by controlling a salicylic acid-mediated floral promotion pathway and through affects on FLC
chromatin structure. Plant J. 53: 530-540.
3. Miura, K., Jin, J.B., & Hasegawa, P.M. (2007) Sumoylation, a post-translational regulatory
process in plants. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 10, 495-502.
4. Miura, K., Jin, J.B., Lee, J., Yoo, C.Y., Stirm, V., Miura, T., Ashworth, E.N., Bressan, R.A.,
Yun, D.-J., & Hasegawa, P.M. (2007) SIZ1-mediated sumoylation of ICE1 controls
CBF/DREB1 expression and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19, 1403-1414.
5. Miura, K., Rus, A., Sharkhuu, A., Yokoi, S., Karhikeyan, A.S., Raghothama, K.G., Beak, D.,
Koo, Y.D., Jin, J.B., Bressan, R.A., Yun, D.-J., & Hasegawa, P.M. (2005) The Arabidopsis
SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1 controls phosphate deficiency responses. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 102,
7760-7765.