Job title:
Assistant Professor.
Research theme for competitive and other funds (4):
2022 - 2027 Analyses of reproduction traits in wild wheat Aegilops tauschii
2022 - 2025 Elucidation of genomic stability mechanism involved in the establishment of allopolyploid species.
2022 - 2024 Generation of wheat acquires apomixis and clonal embryo formation and identification of related genes.
2020 - 2022 コムギ近縁ゲノム種における新規種間雑種生育不全遺伝子の同定と機能解析
Papers (10):
In Son, Nozomi Kasazumi, Moeko Okada, Shigeo Takumi, Kentaro Yoshida. Discrepancy of flowering time between genetically close sublineages of Aegilops umbellulata Zhuk. Scientific Reports. 2024. 14. 1
Jianqiang Sun, Moeko Okada, Toshiaki Tameshige, Rie Shimizu-Inatsugi, Reiko Akiyama, Atsushi J Nagano, Jun Sese, Kentaro K Shimizu. A low-coverage 3' RNA-seq to detect homeolog expression in polyploid wheat. NAR genomics and bioinformatics. 2023. 5. 3. lqad067
Asami Michikawa, Moeko Okada, Tatsuya M. Ikeda, Kiyotaka Nagaki, Kentaro Yoshida, Shigeo Takumi. Phenotypic effects of Am genomes in nascent synthetic hexaploids derived from interspecific crosses between durum and wild einkorn wheat. PLOS ONE. 2023. 18. 4. e0284408-e0284408
Kentaro K Shimizu, Dario Copetti, Moeko Okada, Thomas Wicker, Toshiaki Tameshige, Masaomi Hatakeyama, Rie Shimizu-Inatsugi, Catharine Aquino, Kazusa Nishimura, Fuminori Kobayashi, et al. <i>De Novo</i> Genome Assembly of the Japanese Wheat Cultivar Norin 61 Highlights Functional Variation in Flowering Time and <i>Fusarium</i>-Resistant Genes in East Asian Genotypes. Plant & cell physiology. 2021. 62. 1. 8-27
Moeko Okada, Asami Michikawa, Kentaro Yoshida, Kiyotaka Nagaki, Tatsuya M. Ikeda, Shigeo Takumi. Phenotypic effects of the U-genome variation in nascent synthetic hexaploids derived from interspecific crosses between durum wheat and its diploid relative Aegilops umbellulata. PLoS ONE. 2020. 15. e0231129
梨木 聡人, 山森 晃一, 古村 翔也, 工藤 葵, 桒田 理恵子, 竹内 亜美, 清水 浩晶, 小川 泰生, 岡田 萌子. 若手研究者による農学的興味の広げ合い(第3回)これからの農学とは-Discovery of new interests by young scientists : What is the future of agricultural science-2023年第64回シンポジウム(シンポジウム・ワークショップ)報告. 育種学研究 = Breeding research : 日本育種学会和文誌 / 日本育種学会 編. 2024. 26. 1. 73-77
Akito Nashiki, Koichi Yamamori, Shoya Komura, Aoi Kudoh, Rieko Kuwada, Ami Takeuchi, Hiroaki Shimizu, Taiki Ogawa, Moeko Okada. Discovery of new interests by young scientists ~What is the future of agricultural science~. Breeding Research. 2024
Hiroyuki Kakui, Mai Minamikawa, Moeko Okada, Shun Sakuma, Mashiro Okada, Kanae Masuda, Takao Komatsuda. The latest on study and research abroad during mid- and post-COVID-19 periods. Breeding Research. 2024
Yoshiki Tokuyama, Moeko Okada, Ken Kuroki, Shoya Komura, Moeko Sato, Akito Nashiki, Kanae Masuda, Hiroki Matsuo, Koichi Yamamori, Xiaotong Ji. Discovery of new interests by young scientists ~application of phenotyping techniques for plant breeding~. Breeding Research. 2023. 25. 1. 73-77
Hiroki Matsuo, Moeko Okada, Koichi Yamamori, Moeko Sato, Erina Yanagi, Ko Motoki, Kanae Masuda. Discovery of new interests by young scientists~sexuality and crossing in plants~(Japan Society of Breeding). Breeding Research. 2022. 24. 1. 64-69
Genome Assembly and Population Genomics in *Aegilops umbellulata* Zhuk.
(The 32nd Plant and Animal Genome Conference 2025)
Alteration of Homoeologous Gene Expression by Allopolyploidization: an Example of Cold Response
(The 3ed International Wheat Congress 2024)
Introgressions of <i>Aegilops</i> chromosome fragments into common wheat using a <i>pairing homoeologous 2</i> mutant
(The 3ed International Wheat Congress 2024)
Population structure of <i>Aegilops umbellulata</i> Zhuk. shown by genome-wide genotype data analysis
(The 3ed International Wheat Congress 2024)
Effects of Allopolyploidization on Homoeologous Gene Expression under Cold Treatment in Synthetic Hexaploid Wheat
(KAAB International Symposium 2024 2024)
2019/09 - Japanese Society of Breeding Award for exellent presentation Genetic analysis of the grass-clump dwarf-causal gene in wheat relative <i>Aegilops umbellulata</i> revealed in interspecific hybrids with tetraploid wheat
2019/07 - L'Oréal Fundation The 14th L’Oréal-Unesco for women in Science Japan Encouragement Award in Life Science