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Nonomura Lab
Nonomura Lab
National Institute of Genetics
Plant Cytogenetics Laboratory
Challenge for the molecular mechanism underlying
Genetics & Breeding
What's new
Dr. Harsha Somashekar's PhD thesis won the Plants Best PhD Thesis Award 2024. Congratulations! (2025/01/23)
Dr. Huong Ta, a project postdoc researcher, won the Best Papers Award at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan. Congratulations! (2024/12/25)
Dr. Katsutoshi Tsuda has received both the 2025 Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists Encouragement Award and the Japanese Society of Breeding Encouragement Award. Congratulations! (2024/12/10)
A paper by graduate student Harsha Somashekar was published in Annals of Botany. (2024/0820)
A paper by Dr. Manaki Mimura (currently an assistant professor at Univ. Tokyo), a past postdoc. at Nonomura Lab, was published in the New Phytologist journal. (2024/07/26)
Dr. Katsutoshi Tsuda's paper was published in Science. (2024/06/14)
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Approaching gene function from phenotype
Phenotypes are genetically controlled at various biological layers, including plant architecture, chromosome dynamics, and epigenetic modification patterns of DNA and proteins.
We are approaching gene functions through the mutant analysis.
Observing plants
We put a priority on carefully observing plants from various angle.
Observing chromosome
Chromosome dynamics is an important phenotype. Using microscopy, we will unravel the mysteries of cells.
Analyzing DNA/RNA
We will investigate biological functions through genome-wide analyses such as RNA-seq and DNA methyl-seq by NGS technology.
Visualizing Proteins
We are good at analyzing intracellular protein localization with Confocal microscopy.
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