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Masahiro Nishihara

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Affiliation Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Fukui Prefectural University
Title Professor
Room (Extension3514)
E-mail mnishiha@fpu.ac.jp ( at = @ )
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Education Department of Gene Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University
Degree Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
Academic Societies Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology, Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, Japanese Society of Breeding
Career 1995-2023 Iwate Biotechnology Research Center
2023- Fukui Prefectural University

Research Interest

Research Field Plant molecular biology, Plant molecular breeding, Plant Biotechnology
Research Summary We develop technologies that contribute to breeding of horticultural crops through research from a molecular biological perspective. Using techniques from plant molecular biology, we are analyzing the functions of genes involved in important traits such as flowering, morphogenesis, flower color, and elucidating plant characteristics. We are also developing next-generation breeding technologies (NBPT) such as genome editing and molecular markers using NGS.
Keywords Flower color, metabolic engineering, genome editing, transposable elements, molecular marker, molecular breeding, flavonoid, betalain, genetic transformation, plant specialized metabolism

Selected Publications

https://researchmap.jp/gentian

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Educational Activites

Classes Biochemistry, Molecular biology etc.
Office Hour
Available Topics Plant tissue culture, transformation, genome editing, molecular breeding of horticultural plants, ｍetabolic engineering of flower color etc.

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