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J-GLOBAL ID：201601002941572487   Update date: Jan. 06, 2026

Kei Hiruma

ヒルマ ケイ | Kei Hiruma
Affiliation and department：
The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Multi-Disciplinary Sciences Life Sciences

About The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Multi-Disciplinary Sciences Life Sciences


Other affiliations (2)：
  • 理学系研究科生物科学専攻
  • Graduate Program on Environmental Sciences
Homepage URL  (1)： http://park.itc.u-tokyo.ac.jp/hiruma/
Research field  (2)： Plants: molecular biology and physiology ,  Conservation science (plants)
Research keywords  (15)： 病原と共生の連続性 ,  Holobiont ,  Plant-Microbe interactions ,  Arabidopsis thaliana ,  Microbial evolution ,  Pathogens ,  Endophytes ,  Plant nutrition ,  Microbiome ,  Plant Immunity ,  揮発性物質 ,  Secondary metabolites ,  Functional genomics ,  Colletotrichum ,  Plant growth promotion
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (22)：
  • 2024 - 2028 The development of multimodal imaging technology for ion dynamics in super-organism, connecting agricultural fields and molecular biology
  • 2021 - 2027 植物微生物共生体における糸状菌の休眠二次代謝物群の役割
  • 2024 - 2026 同種・近縁糸状菌が植物根圏で競合した際に覚醒する有性生殖機構の解明および活用
  • 2023 - 2026 Molecular mechanisms underlying the spectrum of lifestyles exhibited by plant-associated fungi, ranging from pathogenicity to mutualism
  • 2023 - 2026 植物感染糸状菌の病原から共生と対照的かつ連続的な感染戦略を支える分子機構の解明
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Papers (41)：
  • Kei Hiruma, Kuldanai Pathompitaknukul, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yuki Iwaguchi, Shunsuke Miyashima, Nanami Kawamura, Atsushi Toyoda, Takehiko Itoh, Yusuke Saijo. Host-mediated endophyte-pathogen competition in roots enables asymptomatic fungal colonization in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant and Cell Physiology. 2025
  • Kei Hiruma, Akifumi Sugiyama. Preface to the special issue "Diverse Symbiotic Relationships between Plants and Microbes in the Phyllosphere and Rhizosphere". Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan). 2025. 42. 3. 189-191
  • Elsie Sarkodee-Addo, Yasuhiro Tsujimoto, Aung Zaw Oo, Tomohiro Nishigaki, Kei Hiruma, Papa Saliou Sarr. Colletotrichum tofieldiae enhances phosphorus uptake and biomass production and alters the microbial interactions in the rhizosphere of komatsuna (Brassica rapa var. perviridis) grown in phosphorus-deficient farm soils. Plant biotechnology (Tokyo, Japan). 2025. 42. 3. 371-382
  • Tan Anh Nhi Nguyen, Takuya Wada, Masami Nakamura, Yuniar Devi Utami, Salvatore Cosentino, Momoko Takagi, Kenta Ikazaki, Takatoshi Kiba, Kei Hiruma. Nitrogen acquisition and selective bacterial attraction through fungal hyphae promote plant growth and health under nitrogen limitation. 2025
  • Ren Ujimatsu, Junya Takino, Seishiro Aoki, Masami Nakamura, Hiromi Haba, Atsushi Minami, Kei Hiruma. A fungal transcription factor converts a beneficial root endophyte into an anthracnose leaf pathogen. Current Biology. 2025
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MISC (74)：
  • 氏松蓮, 晝間敬. 植物内生糸状菌を「病原菌」にする転写因子の発見. バイオサイエンスとインダストリー. 2025. 83. 6
  • 氏松蓮, 晝間敬. 植物感染性微生物の二面性-善と悪を分ける分子メカニズム. 科学. 2025. 95. 9
  • 晝間敬. 共生と病原性の間を揺れ動く植物根圏微生物のふるまいに迫る. 日本微生物生態学会大会(Web). 2025. 38th
  • 諏訪彩可, 酒造ひなた, 晝間敬, 成澤才彦, 竹下典男. Analysis of Chemotropism in Plant Endophytic Filamentous Fungi Using a Microfluidic Device. 日本農芸化学会大会講演要旨集(Web). 2025. 2025
  • SHIINA Akito, HIRUMA Kei. Investigation of the mechanisms by which the endophytic fungus Colletotrichum tofieldiae suppresses pathogen virulence in Arabidopsis thaliana roots. 日本植物生理学会年会(Web). 2025. 66th
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Patents (1)：
  • Use of Colletotrichum tofieldiae for promoting plant growth
Education (3)：
  • 2009 - 2012 Kyoto University
  • 2007 - 2009 Kyoto University
  • 2003 - 2007 Kyoto University
Professional career (1)：
  • Agriculture (Kyoto University)
Work history (5)：
  • 2020/11 - 現在 The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Multi-Disciplinary Sciences Life Sciences Associate Professor
  • 2014/01 - 2020/10 Nara Institute of Science and Technology
  • 2016/10 - 2020/03 Japan Science and Technology Agency
  • 2012/04 - 2014/03 JSPS overseas fellow(Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research)
  • 2010/04 - 2012/03 JSPS fellow (DC2)
Awards (5)：
  • 2025/12 - JSPS PRIZE
  • 2024/03 - The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists JSPP Young Investigator Award
  • 2021 - 東京大学卓越研究員
  • 2019/10 - The Foundation of agricultural Sciences of Japan Japan Prize in Agricultural Science,Achievement Award for Young Scientists
  • 2019/03 - The Phytopathological Society of Japan Winners of the young scientist award
Association Membership(s) (3)：
THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS ,  THE PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN ,  日本植物学会
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