TOKUJI Yoshihiko Associate Professor
My DreamI want to make tasty and healthy crops
Theme1. Elucidation of components that alleviate rice allergy 2. Shoot re-differentiation in azuki
Field
Food Science, Plant Physiology, Molecular Biology
Keyword
totipotency, DNA methylation, Arabidopsis thaliana, rice, azuki, allergy
Instructable research topic for doctoral thesis
- 米のアレルギー軽減成分の研究
- 植物細胞の全能性とDNAのメチル化について
- アズキのシュート再分化について
Message
担当科目は分子生物学，細胞生物学，生物学実験，生物学概論。
学生には知的好奇心を持って研究を楽しんもらいたいです。実験や論文作成を通して，自ら考えて問題を解決する能力や，他者に分かりやすく伝える能力を養ってほしいと思います。
| Academic degree | Ph.D. (Science) |
| Self introduction |
I have studied totipotency of plant cells, and have also used transcriptomic and metabolomic methods to evaluate and explore the functionality of food products. My hobbies are fishing and music. |
| Room address | General Research Building 1 |
| Room number | N1302-2 |
| Mail address | tokuji 
obihiro.ac.jp |
Belongs
Research Department/Department of Human Sciences/Division of Natural Sciences and Physical Education/Section of Natural Sciences and Physical EducationCenter for Industry-University Collaboration/共同利用設備ステーション長Introduction
<Food Science>
Active components of rice varieties that are less likely to cause allergic symptoms
<Plant Science>
Mechanism of shoot re-differentiation in Arabidopsis and azuki. Aiming for applications in transformation and genome editing.
List of current research topics
- Research on the molecular structure of rice allergy symptom-reducing components.
- Studies on shoot re-differentiation in azuki
- Relationship between loss of shoot re-differentiation potential and DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana.
| Related industries | Food industry, Agriculture |
| Academic background | March 1993, B.Agr., Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine March 1995, MS.Agr., Graduate School of Agriculture, Obihiro University of Agriculture Veterinary Medicine September 1999, Ph.D., Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo |
