Title:
Transcriptional regulation of Al tolerance in barley
Time:
9:00 A.M. Dec. 27th, 2014
Venue:
Room A435, College of Agriculture and Biotechnology
Speaker:
Prof. Jianfeng Ma
Group of Plant Stress Physiology
Institute of Plant Science and Resources, Okayama University, Japan
Host:
Prof. Guoping Zhang
Biography:
Prof. Ma Jianfeng is a well-known phytologist with great contribution to plant stress physiology. He is a full-professor in Okayama University and also takes positions as Associate Editor of Functional Plant Biology and Section Editor of Plant and Soil. His group focuses on plant mineral stress tolerance and mineral transport system in plants. They have identified a number of Al tolerance genes in rice and barley and more recently, they also have elucidated the mechanisms regulating the expression of Al-tolerance genes. With his efforts, many genes involved in uptake, translocation, distribution and redistribution of mineral nutrients including Fe, Zn, Cu, Mn and Si have been identified in rice and other plants. Furthermore, transporters for toxic elements such as As and Cd have also been identified. Over the last 14 years, he has published over 140 peer reviewed papers in international journals including Nature, Trends in Plant Science, Nature Communications, PNAS, Plant Cell, Plant J, Plant Physiology and so on. His scientist ranking in Plant & Animal Science (Essential Science Indicators, ESI) is 66, with a 33.8 citations per paper. His H-index is 61 (Google Scholar, Dec 2014).
Awards:
2012 Kihara Award
2007 Awards of Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition
2006 JSPS Prizes
2006 Japan Academy Medals
Selected publications:
1. Ma, J. F., Tamai, K., Yamaji, N., Mitani, N., Konishi, S., Katsuhara, M., Ishiguro, M., Murata, Y. and Yano, M. 2006. A silicon transporter in rice. Nature 440:688-691.
2. Ma, J. F., Yamaji, N., Mitani, M.,Tamai, K., Konishi, S., Fujiwara, T., Katsuhara, M. and Yano, M. 2007. An efflux transporter of silicon in rice. Nature 448: 209-211.
3. Yamaji, N. Ma, J. F. 2014. The node, a hub for nutrient distribution in gramineous plants. Trends in Plant Sci. 19: 556-563.
4. Song, W. Y., Yamaki, T., Yamaji, N., Ko, D., Jung, K. H., Fujii-Kashino, M., An, G., Martinoia, E., Lee, Y. and Ma, J. F. 2014. A rice ABC transporter, OsABCC1, reduces arsenic accumulation in the grain. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111: 15699-15704.
5. Fujii, M., Yokosho, K., Yamaji, N., Saisho, D., Yamane, M., Takahashi, H., Sato, K., Nakazono, M. and Ma, J. F. 2012. Acquisition of aluminium tolerance by modification of a single gene in barley. Nature Communications 3:713.