Tanaka Lab Web site

Welcome to the website of the Plant Adaptation Biology Lab!

The website of our laboratory moved to a new domain in September 2024. Please visit our new website at https://plantadapt.jp/

In our laboratory, we study photosynthesis and its related metabolism such as chlorophyll metabolism or nitrogen assimilation. In particular, we focus on the adaptation mechanisms of plants and algae to various environments such as low temperature, drought or changing light intensities using various techniques of biochemistry, molecular biology and bioinformatics. Our main research projects emcompass the following topics:

1. Acclimation of photosynthetic organisms including herbs, evergreen trees, mosses, green algae and cyanobacteria to various environments such as low temperatures

2. Evolution of photosynthetic organisms.

3. Biogenesis of photosystems.

4. Chlorophyll biosynthesis and breakdown

5. Regulation of nitrogen metabolism in plants

Please do not hesitate to contact us for more detaild information of the current research topics in our laboratory.

In our laboratory, the following four senior researchers cooperate to conduct research and education.

Dr. Ryouichi TANAKA

Dr. Atsushi TAKABAYASHI

Dr. Hisashi ITO

Dr. Kiyomi ONO

Please join the Plant Adaptation Biology Lab!

If you are interested in studying plant science, in particular, photosynthesis and other related metabolism in photosynthetic organisms, we welcome you to join our team! You will find scholarship information and other essential information that are required to enter the Graduate School at Hokkaido University here.

News

Recent Events & Publications

* Our website moves to a new domai. Visit https://plantadapt.jp/. (Sep. 2024)

*Soma's paper was accepted by Photosyn Res! (Mar. 2024)

*Kanoko got the Plant Garden award for her presentation at at the young researchers' meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiology. Congratulations! (Aug. 2023)

*Kanoto was awarded the excellent presentation award at the master dissertation presentation (Feb. 2023). Congratulations!

*Debayan's paper was accepted by J Mol Evol! (Feb. 2023)

*Ryoya's paper was accepted by J Plant Res! (Oct. 2022)

*Helena's paper was accepteb by J Exp Bot! (Oct. 2022)

*Debayan's paper was published in Protein Science! Congratulations! (Sep. 2022)

*Renon's paper was published in Plant Cell Physiol! (Jul. 2022)

*Hanaki's paper was accepted in J Plant Res! (Jan. 2022)

*Koki's paper was accepted in J Plant Phys! (Aug. 2021)

*Debayan's paper was accepted in Comput Struct Biotechnol J! (Aug. 2021)

* Haruka's paper was accepted in Arch Microbiol! (Apr. 2021)

* IMPORTANT: Affiliation of the students will be changed from the Graduate School of Life Science to the Graduate School of Environmental Science from April 2021. The research topics, staff and location will be the same as before.

* Chen Ying's paper was accepted in Plant Science! (March, 2021)

* Dr. Kiyomi Ono has joined us from April 2021.

*Michiki's paper was accepted in PCP! (Dec. 2020)