Research theme for competitive and other funds (5):
2015 - 2019 Field survey and experimental verification to understand the evolution of mode of sexual reproduction in Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex
2014 - 2018 Sex determining mechanism in streptophytes approached by the sex determining gene of Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex
2012 - 2016 Analysis of evolution of sexual reproductive system in Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex, comparing sex-chromosome like regions