Bryology
We study the morphological and ecological diversity of wild bryophytes and their evolutionary origins. Although bryophytes are small and inconspicuous, there are about 20,000 species in the world and nearly 2,000 species in Japan. Bryophytes, which have an evolutionary history of more than 400 million years, are important plants when considering the origin of land plants. Our research fields include bryophyte taxonomy, evolutionary biology, ecology, morphology, embryology, and cell biology. We maintains a research Herbarium (HIRO) which has an extensive bryophyte collection.We welcome you to visit our laboratory.
Microbiology
We have engaged in the molecular and evolutionary mechanism of genome transfer systems including conventional sexuality in prokaryotic bacteria and eukaryotic yeasts. During the last 10 years, we have successfully established 1) the trans-kindom conjugation between bacteria and yeasts, 2) the first complete mitochondrial genome sequencing of Hansenula wingei yeast with the molecular and evolutinoary analyses, and 3) the first complete sequencing of Ti plasmid with the gene analyses. We have been also involved in the maintenance and development of BIAS (Bio-inoformation Analyzing System)
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