Laboratory of Plant Ecological and Evolutionary Developmental Biology

Kyoto Sangyo Univ.

Kimura Lab

 
 

Lab of Plant Ecological and Evolutionary Developmental Biology (Kimura lab) is in the Department of Bioresource and Environmental Sciences at Kyoto Sangyo University.


We are interested in the relationship between environment and leaf development. The leaves of some plant species are able to change their morphology in response to environmental conditions. This phenomenon is termed heterophylly. The current objectives of the research in the Kimura lab are to understand the fundamental mechanisms of heterophylly. 

 

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Department of Bioresource and Environmental Sciences

Kyoto Sangyo University

NEWS


2019.2.22 Three undergraduate students have finished their undergraduate research program of our department. They joined and presented their work at poster session for the program.  Emi Omata received a presentation award.


2018.9.20 Joined the 90th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan (Nara) (Kaoru Okamoto)


2018. 9. 15 Joined the 82th Meetings for the Botanical Society of Japan (Hiroshima) (Tomoaki Sakamoto, Syuka Ikematsu, Rumi Amano, Tatsushi Umase)


2018.9.10 Dr. Gholamreza Gohari returned to Iran.


2018.8.3 Had a welcome seminar for new undergraduate students who will join our lab in this fall


2018.7.19 Four new undergraduate students joined our lab


2018.7.12 Dr. Gholamreza Gohari from University of Maragheh, Iran, is visiting our lab for 2 months


2018.6.25 Published research article in Plant Signaling and Behavior


2018.4.1 New school year started!


2018. 3. 30 Joined the 59th Annual Meetings of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (Sapporo) (Shuka Ikematsu, Yaichi Kawakatsu, Rumi Amano, Seisuke Kimura)


2017.3.19 Congratulations!! Four undergraduate students and two master students in our lab graduated.


2018.2.23 Four undergraduate students have finished their undergraduate research program of our department. They joined and presented their work at poster session for the program.  Rika Yoshida received a presentation award.


2018.2.19 Published a research paper in Scientific Reports


2018.1.23 Published a research paper in Nature Chemical Biology


2017.12.5 Published a research paper in The Plant Cell


2017.11.6 Shuka Ikematsu won a poster award at Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2017


2017.11.6 Joined Taiwan-Japan Plant Biology 2017 (Tapei, Taiwan) (Shuka Ikematu, Yaichi Kawakatsu, Rumi Amano)


2017.10.4 published review article in Frontiers in Plant Science


2017.9.15 Joined the 89th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan (Okayama) (Kaoru Okamoto)


2017. 9. 10 Joined the 81th Meetings for the Botanical Society of Japan (Chiba) (Yaichi Kawakatsu, Syuka Ikematsu, Rumi Amano, Risa Momoi, Syuji Yamaguchi)


2017.9.2 published research article in Developmental Dynamics


2017. 8. 4 Had a welcome seminar for new undergraduate students who will join our lab in this fall.


2017.7.18 Had a research seminar by Dr. Naomi Nakayama (The University of Edinburgh)


2017.4.1 New school year started!


2017.3.19 Congratulations!! Four undergraduate students and one master and one PhD course students in our lab graduated.


2017. 3. 18 Joined the 58th Annual Meetings of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (Kagoshima Univ., Iwate) (Tomoaki Sakamoto, Kaoru Okamoto,Rumi Amano, Seisuke Kimura)


2017.3.10 Published research paper in Journal of Plant Research


2017.2.24 Four undergraduate students have finished their undergraduate research program of our department. They joined and presented their work at poster session for the program.  Akihiro Kuginuki and Yusuke Yamawaki received a presentation award.


2017.1.24  Had a seminar at RIKEN CSRS


2017.1.6 Shuka Ikematsu (PhD) joined the lab as a postdoc.


2017.1.1 Happy New Year !!!!


2016.12.2 Joined Cold Spring Harbor Sympodium Asia, Latest Advances in Plant Development and Environmental Responses. (Awaji) (Rumi Amano, Seisuke Kimura)


2016.11.25 Jointed the 45st Plant Biotechnology Symposium “International Plant Meeting in Kyoto -Plant Development and Environment-” (Kyoto) (Rumi Amano)


2016.9.30 Joined the meeting for young researchers in plant  sciences 2016 (Seisuke Kimura)


2016.9.16 Joined the 80th Meetings for the Botanical Society of Japan (Okinawa) and gave a talke at the sympdium “Induced Development” (Seisuke Kimura).


2015. 9. 16 Joined the 80th Meetings for the Botanical Society of Japan (Okinawa) (Yaichi Kawakatsu, Rumi Amano, Saori Miyosi, Risa Momoi, Syuji Yamaguchi)


2016.9.7 Joined the 88th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan (Mishima) (Kaoru Okamoto)


2016. 8. 5 Had a welcome seminar for new undergraduate students who will join our lab in this fall.


2016. 8. 3 Published a research article in Proc. of the Institute Comprehensive Academic Research, Kyoto Sangyo University


2016.7.11 Joined the international meeting “Plant Genome Stability and Change 2016” (Hayama, Japan) (Kaoru Okamoto)


2016..4.14 Published research article in ACTA HUMANISTICA ET SCIENTIFICA, UNIVERSITATIS SANGIO KYOTIENSIS,, HUMANITIES SERIES


2016.4.7 Gave a talk at Institute of Plant Molecular Sciences in University of Edinburgh (Seisuke KImura)


2016.4.4 Joined and gave a talk at The Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 16’ “Plant Induced Development” (Seisuke Kimura)


2016.4.1 Had a cherry blossom viewing picnic party.


2016.4.1 New school year started.


2016.3.19 Congratulations!! Five undergraduate students and two master course students in our lab graduated.


2016. 3. 18 Joined the 57th Annual Meetings of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (Iwate Univ., Iwate) (Hokuto Nakayama, Kaoru Okamoto, Yaichi Kawakatsu, Saori Miyoshi)


2016.3.7 Had a seminar at Tokyo University of Science


2016.3.5 Gave a talk at symposium organazed by liaison office of Kyoto Sangyo University


2016.3.3 César Iván Ojeda Linares  from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) is visiting the lab for 3 months.


2016.2.26 Had a farewell party


2016.2.26 Five undergraduate students have finished their undergraduate research program of our department. They joined and presented their work at poster session for the program.   LIsa Momoi received the best presentation Award and Syuji Yamaguchi received a presentation award.


2016. 2. 9 Rumi Amano and Toshiaki Kubo presented the masters thesis.


2016. 1. 22 Joined the 41st symposium by Plant Biotechnology Assocation in Kyoto (Rumi Amano)


2015.12.3 Joined the 38th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (Kobe) (Rumi Amano and Hokuto Nakayama)


2015.11/18-20 Joined Agribusiness Creation Fair 2015


2015.11.16 Published research article in PLOS ONE


2015.10.19 Visited and gave a research seminar at Hiroshima University (Seisuke Kimura)


2015.10.1 Research Center for Ecological and Evolutionary Developmental Biology has been started.


2015.9.28 Joined the 87th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan (Nagahama) (Kaoru Okamoto)


2015.9.24 Published protocol article in Bio-protocol


2015.9.18 Visited and gave a research seminar at Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Science, Wuhan, China (Seisuke Kimura)


2015. 9. 10 Joined the 79th Meetings for the Botanical Society of Japan (Toki Messe) (Tomoaki Sakamoto, Yaichi Kawakatsu, Rumi Amano, Toshiaki Kubo, Saori Miyosi)


2015. 8. 6 Had a welcome seminar for new undergraduate students who will join our lab in this fall.


2015.6.5 Joined the 48th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologists (Tsukuba International Congress Center) (Akiko Nakamasu)


2015.6.3 Had a research seminar by Dr. Kazuyuki Kuchitsu (Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Sciences)


2015.4.20 Tomoaki Sakamoto joined our lab as a research associate.


2015.4.1 New school year started.


2015.3.21 Congratulations!! Four undergraduate students in our lab graduated.


2015. 3. 21 Joined the 127th Meetings of the Japanese Society of Breeding (Tamagawa Univ., Tokyo) (Yaichi Kawakatsu)


2015. 3. 16 Joined the 56th Annual Meetings of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture, Tokyo) (Rumi Amano, Toshiaki Kubo, Yaichi Kawakatsu,  Kaoru Okamoto)


2015.3.2 Had a farewell party


2015.3.2 Four undergraduate students have finished their undergraduate research program of our department. They joined and presented their work at poster session for the program and   Nobutaka Enomoto, Fumiaki Dohi and Sayuri Miyoshi received a presentation award.


2015.2.20 Undergraduate students had a research seminar for graduation.


2015.2.4 Our paper is picked up for the cover image for The Plant Cell journal (December 2014)


2015.1.16 Jointed the 35st Plant Biotechnology Symposium “International Plant Meeting in Kyoto -Messages from young Scientist II-” (Kyoto) (Yaichi Kawakatsu)


2014.12.19 Published research paper in Plant Physiology


2014.12.17 Published research article in The Plant Cell


2014.12.08 Joined Marchantia Workshpo 2014 (Kobe University) (Kaoru Okamoto)


2014.11.07 Published research article in PLOS ONE.


2014.10.13 Joined The 7th meeting of the rising generations of Evo-Devo biologists (National Institute of Genetics, Mishima, Japan) (Hokuto Nakayama, Yaichi Kawakatsu).


2014.9.17 Kaoru Okamoto received The GSJ Award for Young Scientists from The Genetics Society of Japan.


2014.9.17 Joined the 86th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan (Nagahama) (Kaoru Okamoto)


2014. 9.16 Joined Theory of Biomathmatics and Its Applications XI, (Kyoto) (Akiko Nakamasu)


2014. 9. 12 Joined the 78th Meetings for the Botanical Society of Japan (Meiji University) (Hokuto Nakayama, Akiko Nakamasu, Yaichi Kawakatsu, Rumi Amano, Toshiaki Kubo)


2014. 9. 11 Joined the 26th Meetings for the Japanese Society of Plant Morphology (Meiji University) (Hokuto Nakayama, Yaichi Kawakatsu)


2014.9.1 Published a research article in Nature Genetics.


2014. 8. 8 Had a welcome seminar for new undergraduate students who will join our lab in this fall.


2014.7.31 Joined The 25th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research (ICAR 2014)(Vancouver, Canada)(Yaichi Kawakatsu and Hokuto Nakayama)


2014. 7.31 The Joint Meeting of the Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology and Society for Mathematical Biology (JSMB SMB 2014)(Osaka) (Akiko Nakamasu)


2014.7. 24 Joined Plant Genome Stability and Change 2014 (Asilomer Conference Center, CA, USA) (Kaoru Okamoto)


2014. 7. 23 Published a research article in Proc. of the Institute Comprehensive Academic Research, Kyoto Sangyo University


2014.7.11 Five new undergraduate students joined our lab


2014.6.17 Published a review article in Plant Signaling and Behavior


2014.5.30 Joined 47th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Developmental Biologist, (Nagoya) (Akiko Nakamasu)


2014.5.19 Gave a research seminar at Dep. of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Science (Seisuke Kimura).


2014.5.15 Had a research seminar by Dr. Ali Ferjani (Tokyo Gakugei University) 


2014.4.17 Had a research seminar by Dr. Toyotaka Ishibashi (The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Hong Kong)


2014.3.27 Yaichi Kawakatsu received a research grant from Sasagawa foundation.


2014.3.23 Yaichi Kawakatsu will join the botanical science research and education promotion project at Nara Institute for Science and Technology


2014.3.22 Congratulations!! Three undergraduate students in our lab graduated.


2014. 3. 20 Joined the 55th Annual Meetings of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (Toyama Univ, Toyama) (Yaichi Kawakatsu,  Kaoru Okamoto, Hokuto Nakayama)


2014.3.10 Joined CDB Symposium 2014, Regeneration of Organs: Programing and Self-organization (Kobe)(Akiko Nakamasu)


2014.3.3 Three undergraduate students have finished their undergraduate research program of our department. They joined and presented their work at poster session for the program and Rumi Amano received a presentation award.


2014.2.21 Undergraduate students had a research seminar for graduation.


2014.1.9 Published a research article in American Journal of Plant Sciences


2013.12.27 Jointed the 1st Colloquium on Evolutionary and Ecological Developmental Biology (Tokyo) (Seisuke Kimura)


2013.12.13 Jointed the 31st Plant Biotechnology Symposium “International Plant Meeting in Kyoto -Messages from young Scientist-” (Kyoto) (Hokuto Nakayama)


2013.12.6 Joined the 36th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan  (Kobe, Japan) (Kaoru Okamoto and Aiko Nakamasu)


2012.12.4 Rumi Amano won a 2nd prize for the 9th Book Review Contest in Kyoto Sangyo University Library.


2013.11.21 Published a review article in Biology


2013.11.11 Joined the 20th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Chronobiology


2013.10.10 Naomi Nakayama, who had been in the lab as a visiting scholar, has started her own lab in Institute of Molecular Plant Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK


2013.9.27 Four new undergraduate students joined our lab.


2013.9.20 Joined the 85th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan (Keio University) (Kaoru Okamoto)


2013. 9. 13 Joined the 77th Meetings for the Botanical Society of Japan (Hokkaido University) (Hokuto Nakayama, Akiko Nakamasu, Yaichi Kawakatsu)


2013. 9. 12 Joined the 25th Meetings for the Japanese Society of Plant Morphology (Hokkaido University) (Yaichi Kawakatsu)


2013. 9. 8 Published a research article in EMBO Reports


2013. 9. 4 Joined the 3rd Meetings for the Next Generation Sequencer Filed (Kobe International Conference Center) (Hokuto Nakayama)


2013. 8. 19 Updated projects page


2013. 8. 9 Had a welcome seminar and party for new undergraduate students who will join our lab in this fall.


2013. 7. 23 Published a research article in Proc. of the Institute Comprehensive Academic Research, Kyoto Sangyo University


2013.7.9 Published a research article in Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (PNAS)


2013.7.8 Published a review article in Front. Plant Sci (Hokuto Nakayama)


2013.7.8 Published a review article in Plant Morpholygy (Hokuto Nakayama)


2013.6.14 Hokuto Nakayama received Botanical Society Awards for Young Scientists from The Botanical Society of Japan.


2013.5.28 Joined the 46th Annual Meetings for the Japanese Society of Developmental biologists (Kunibiki-Messe, Shimane) (Akiko Nakamasu)


2013.4.25 Had a research seminar by Yasunori Ichihashi (RIKEN, UC Davis)


2013.4.01 Kaori Kaminoyama joined our lab as a technician.


2013.4.01 Yaichi Kawakatsu joined our lab as a new PhD student


2013.3.23 Joined the 54th Annual Meetings of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (Okayama Univ, Okayama) (Seisuke Kimura, Hokuto Nakayama, Kaoru Okamoto)


2013.3.1 Akiko Nakamasu joined our lab as a new posdoc (JSPS Postodoctoral Fellowship).


2013.3.1 Published a research article in Theoretical and Applied Genetics


2013.2.1 Hokuto Nakayama received a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, SPD (Super Postdoctoral Fellowship).


2013.2.1 Kaoru Okamoto received a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship, RPD (Restart Postdoctoral Fellowship).


2013.1.10 Kaoru Okamoto won a best paper award at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan


2013.1.1 Published a review article in Iden (Japanese Review Journal) (Seisuke Kimura)


2013.1.1 Published a review article in Iden (Japanese Review Journal) (Hokuto Nakayama)


2012.12.14 Joined the 35th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan  (Hakata, Japan) (Aiko Nakamasu)


2012.12.4 Rumi Amano won a 3rd prize for the 8th Book Review Contest in Kyoto Sangyo University Library.


2012.11.12 Akiko Nakamasu won a poster award at the International Conference on Modeling Analysis and Simulation


2012.11.8 Joined International Conference on Modeling Analysis and Simulation (Meiji Univ, Tokyo) (Akiko Nakamasu)


2012.9.21 Three new undergraduate students joined our lab.


2012.9.15 Joined the 76th Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of Japan  (Hyogo, Japan) (Hokuto Nakayama and Aiko Nakamasu)


2012.9.14 Hokuto Nakayama received Hirase Award from the Japanese Society of Plant Morphology


2012.8.28 Published a research article in Frontiers in Plant Genetics and Genomics


2012.8.20 Joined 7th Plant Biomechanics International Conference (Clermont-Ferrand, France) (Naomi Nakayama)


2012.7.20 Published a research article in The Plant Cell


2012.7.19 Published a research article in Current Biology


2012.7.15 Joined Gordon Research Conference, Oscillations & Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems (ME, USA) (Aiko Nakamasu)


2012.6.22 Had a research seminar by Kenji Fukushima (National Institute for Basic Biology)


2012.5.30 Published a review article in Plant Morphology


2012.5.30 Joined Joint Meeting of JSDB 45th & JSCB 64th (Aiko Nakamasu)


2012.4.01 Kaoru Okamoto joined our lab as a new posdoc.


2012.3.26  Joined CBS symposium 2012, Quantitative Developmental Biology (Akiko Nakamasu)


2012.3.16-18 Joined the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists (Hokuto Nakayama)


2012.3.10 Started the website !!

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