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Taiji Kawakatsu

カワカツ タイジ | Taiji Kawakatsu
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Principal Scientist
Research field  (4): Plants: molecular biology and physiology ,  Genomics ,  Applied molecular and cellular biology ,  Plant genetics and breeding
Research keywords  (5): rice ,  endosperm ,  transcription factor ,  epigenome ,  transcriptional regulation
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (11):
  • 2023 - 2028 Support activities to promote plant-climate feedbacks
  • 2023 - 2028 BVOC放出とストレス耐性を連動させるエピゲノム分子基盤の解明
  • 2023 - 2026 Single-cell analysis to understand gene regulatory system in crops
  • 2022 - 2026 カキのゲノム進化に基づく果実の形状多様性獲得モデルの構築
  • 2022 - 2025 Molecular mechanisms of ERF transcription factor-mediated adaptation to abiotic stresses
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Papers (44):
  • Ryokei Tanaka, Tsubasa Kawai, Taiji Kawakatsu, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Matthew Shenton, Shiori Yabe, Yusaku Uga. Transcriptome-based prediction for polygenic traits in rice using different gene subsets. BMC genomics. 2024. 25. 1. 915-915
  • Kaoru Tonosaki, Akemi Ono, Hiroki Nagata, Hiroyasu Furuumi, Ken-ichi Nonomura, Yutaka Sato, Luca Comai, Katsunori Hatakeyama, Taiji Kawakatsu, Tetsu Kinoshita. Multi-layered epigenetic control of persistent and stage-specific imprinted genes in rice endosperm. Nature plants. 2024
  • Yuhya Wakasa, Taiji Kawakatsu, Ken Ishimaru, Kenjirou Ozawa. Generation of major glutelin-deficient (GluA, GluB, and GluC) semi-dwarf Koshihikari rice line. Plant cell reports. 2024. 43. 2. 51-51
  • Shujun Wei, Ryokei Tanaka, Taiji Kawakatsu, Shota Teramoto, Nobuhiro Tanaka, Matthew Shenton, Yusaku Uga, Shiori Yabe. Genome- and Transcriptome-wide Association Studies to Discover Candidate Genes for Diverse Root Phenotypes in Cultivated Rice. Rice. 2023. 16. 1
  • Fumiyuki Soma, Yuka Kitomi, Taiji Kawakatsu, Yusaku Uga. Life-cycle multiomics of rice shoots reveals growth stage-specific effects of drought stress and time-lag drought responses. Plant & cell physiology. 2023
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MISC (9):
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Patents (2):
  • Gene capable of being expressed specifically in endosperm of plant, promoter for the gene, and use of the gene and the promoter
  • 植物の内胚乳に特異的に発現する遺伝子および該遺伝子のプロモーター、並びにそれらの利用
Lectures and oral presentations  (6):
  • Comparative analysis of the transcriptomes under drought condition between rice varieties with distinct root system architecture
    (育種学研究 2021)
  • Phenome analysis on root traits of world-wide rice varieties in the upland field
    (育種学研究 2021)
  • Comprehensive search for gravity-responsive genes of rice root tip after simulated microgravity condition generated by a three-dimensional clinostat
    (育種学研究 2021)
  • Nanopore sequencingとLinked-read sequencingによるインディカ水稲品種「IR64」ゲノムのde novoアセンブリ
    (育種学研究 2018)
  • イネbZIP型転写因子RISBZ1とDOF型転写因子RPBFの種子登熟における補償作用および相互作用
    (日本植物生理学会年会要旨集 2010)
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Education (2):
  • 2001 - 2006 University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences Agricultural and Environmental Biology
  • 1997 - 2001 University of Tokyo Faculty of Agriculture Agricultural and Environmental Biology
Professional career (1):
  • ph.D. (University of Tokyo)
Work history (7):
  • 2021/04 - 現在 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO Principal Scientist
  • 2019/10 - 2021/03 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO Principal Scientist
  • 2016/04 - 2019/09 National Agriculture and Food Research Organization Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, NARO, Division of Biotechnology, Plant Molecular Farming Unit Senior Researcher
  • 2011/04 - 2016/03 National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences Genetically Modified Organism Research Center, Functional Transgenic Crop Research Unit Principal Researcher
  • 2012/10 - 2014/10 Salk Institute for Biological Studies Plant Molecular Biology/Genomic Analysis Lab Research Associate
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Committee career (2):
  • 2022 - 現在 Plant and Cell Physiology Editor
  • 2018/09 - 現在 植物インフォマティクス研究会 運営委員
Awards (1):
  • 2018/04 - The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology The Young Scientists’ Prize Epigenomic diversity and dynamics in plants
Association Membership(s) (2):
JAPANESE SOCIETY OF BREEDING ,  The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
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