Plant stomata on the leaf and stem surfaces are essential for plant survival because they are responsible for gas exchange and transpiration. The stomatal opening and closing are appropriately regulated in response to environmental cues. We aim to understand the regulation mechanism of plant stomatal movement using cell biological approaches.

Figure - Dynamics of PATROL1 protein that controls stomatal movement. The colored bar indicates the timing of the signal detection.

2009.3: PhD (Life Science), Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2009.4 - 2011.3: Project Researcher, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2011.4 - 2016.3: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2016.4 - 2017.7: Research Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
2017.8 – 2021.9: Associate Professor, International Research Organization for Advanced and Technology, Kumamoto University
2021.9 - 2022.3: Associate Professor, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University
2022.4 - present: Professor, Faculty of Advanced Science and Technology, Kumamoto University

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