Research Fields
How do plants sense the gravity vector?
What is a plant gravity sensor?
How do plants sense insect feeding and mechanical wounding and transmit this information throughout the plant body?
Why does Mimosa pudica move its leaves rapidly?
What is the mechanism underlying the rapid leaf movements?
How do plants transmit their information toward the neighboring plants?
How does Venus flytrap close its leaf rapidly?
How do plant roots sense mechanical bending?
What is the role of Glu/GLR/Ca2+ signaling in plant physiology?
Research Grants
Japan Science and Technology Agency(JST) Strategic Basic Research Program "Presto"(Sakigake)
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science "Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (A)"
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science "Specially Promoted Research"