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Asai Shuta

アサイ シュウタ | Asai Shuta
Affiliation and department:
Job title: Researcher
Research field  (2): Applied molecular and cellular biology ,  Conservation science (plants)
Research theme for competitive and other funds  (8):
  • 2022 - 2029 Elucidation of phytopathogen infection mechanisms and its field application
  • 2023 - 2027 Analysis of Fusarium disease pandemic factors and their development into outbreak prediction based on future epidemiology
  • 2023 - 2026 Elucidation of epigenetic regulatory mechanisms of plant immune receptors.
  • 2020 - 2023 Identification, functional analysis and application of host plant factors involved in susceptibility
  • 2019 - 2022 Elucidation of the evolution and function of the accessory chromosomes in ascomycete fungi and their application asnovel transformation vector
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Papers (47):
  • Yuna Nakao, Shuta Asai, Hidenori Matsui, Yuki Ichinose, Shinpei Katou. Comparative analysis of interactions between five strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci and Nicotiana benthamiana. Journal of General Plant Pathology. 2026
  • Muhammad Taufiq Hidayat, Kei Yoshioka, Takafumi Nishimura, Shuta Asai, Sachiko Masuda, Ken Shirasu, Nanami Sakata, Mikihiro Yamamoto, Yoshiteru Noutoshi, Kazuhiro Toyoda, et al. Comparative Genomic Analysis Identifies FleQ and GcbB as Virulence-Associated Factors in Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci Strains. Molecular plant pathology. 2025. 26. 11. e70168
  • Shuta Asai, Volkan Cevik, Jonathan D G Jones, Ken Shirasu. Cell-specific RNA profiling reveals host genes expressed in Arabidopsis cells haustoriated by downy mildew. Plant physiology. 2023
  • Jérémy Berthelier, Leonardo Furci, Shuta Asai, Munissa Sadykova, Tomoe Shimazaki, Ken Shirasu, Hidetoshi Saze. Long-read direct RNA sequencing reveals epigenetic regulation of chimeric gene-transposon transcripts in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nature communications. 2023. 14. 1. 3248-3248
  • Shuta Asai, Volkan Cevik, Jonathan D.G. Jones, Ken Shirasu. Inducible TRAP RNA profiling reveals host genes expressed in Arabidopsis cells haustoriated by downy mildew. 2023
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MISC (13):
Education (2):
  • 2006 - 2009 Nagoya University Doctor of Agriculture
  • 2004 - 2006 Okayama University
Professional career (1):
  • 農学博士 (名古屋大学)
Work history (12):
  • 2025/02 - 現在 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Researcher
  • 2021/04 - 2025/03 RIKEN CSRS Plant Immunity Research Group Senior Research Scientist
  • 2020/04 - 2021/03 RIKEN CSRS Plant Immunity Research Group Research Scientist
  • 2016/10 - 2020/03 RIKEN CSRS Plant Immunity Research Group PRESTO Researcher
  • 2015/04 - 2020/03 Kanto Gakuin University College of Science and Engineering Lecturer
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Committee career (1):
  • 2018/04 - 2020/03 科学技術・学術政策研究所 専門調査員
Awards (2):
  • 2020/11 - The Foundation of Agricultural Sciences of Japan Japan Prize in Agricultural Sciences, Achievement Award for Young Scientists Studies on infection mechanisms of oomycete plant pathogens
  • 2020/03 - Phytopathological Society of Japan The Young Scientist Award Studies on infection mechanisms of oomycete plant pathogens
Association Membership(s) (2):
THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS ,  THE PHYTOPATHOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
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