Annual Report 2011

I. Outline of the Noda Institute for Scientific Research

II. Achievement of Research Activities in 2011

Reproduced Papers
F. J. JIN, T. TAKAHASHI, K. MATSUSHIMA, S. HARA, Y. SHINOHARA, J. MARUYAMA, K. KITAMOTO, Y. KOYAMA
SclR, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor, regulates hyphal morphology and promotes sclerotial formation in Aspergillus oryzae (Abstract)
 Reproduced from Eukaryotic Cell, 10: 945-955 (2011) by copyright permission of American Society for Microbiology
N. KATO, M. TOKUOKA, Y. SHINOHARA, M. KAWATANI, M. URAMOTO, Y. SESHIME, I. FUJII, K. KITAMOTO, T. TAKAHASHI, S. TAKAHASHI, Y. KOYAMA, H. OSADA
Genetic Safeguard against Mycotoxin Cyclopiazonic Acid Production in Aspergillus oryzae
Reproduced from ChemBioChem, 12: 1376-1382 (2011) by copyright permission of WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
A. SATO, K. OSHIMA, H. NOGUCHI, M. OGAWA, T. TAKAHASHI, T. OGUMA, Y. KOYAMA, T. ITOH, M. HATTORI, Y. HANYA
Draft genome sequencing and comparative analysis of Aspergillus sojae NBRC4239
 Reproduced from DNA Research, 18: 165-176 (2011) by copyright permission of Oxford University Press
Y. SHINOHARA, M. TOKUOKA, Y. KOYAMA
Functional analysis of cyclopiazonic acid biosynthesis gene cluster in Aspergillus oryzae RIB 40
 Reproduced from Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 75: 2249-2252 (2011) by copyright permission of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
F. J. JIN, M. NISHIDA, S. HARA, Y. KOYAMA
Identification and characterization of a putative basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor involved in the early stage of conidiophore development in Aspergillus oryzae
 Reproduced from Fungal Genetics and Biology, 48: 1108-1115 (2011) by copyright permission of Elsevier B.V.
Japanese Patents Registered
Titles of Oral and Poster Presentations

III. Report on the Research Assisted by the NISR Research Grant in 2010

Research Grant
Keietsu ABE (Tohoku University)
Development of transporter-control technology for fermentation
Tohru DAIRI (Hokkaido University)
Studies on the novel menaquinone biosynthetic pathway and its application to anti-Helicobacter pylori drugs
Takayuki SEKITO (Ehime University)
The mechanism for vacuolar amino acid compartmentalization and its regulation in the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Young Investigator Research Grant
Takasumi HATTORI (Waseda University)
Metabolic Engineering of Aspergillus niger for production of aromatic compounds
Shigeru KITANI (Osaka University)
Clarification of new regulatory network for antibiotic production
Atsushi KURATA (Kinki University)
Development of biomass conversion system with hydrophilic ionic liquid and enzyme from extremophile
Nobukazu SHITAN (Kobe Pharmaceutical University)
Analysis of plant secondary metabolite transport and application to high production using plant cultured cells
So UMEKAGE (Toyohashi University of Technology)
Functional RNA production using the marine phototrophic bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum
Keiko WATANABE (Soka University)
Construction of a microbial community for effective hydrolysis of the cellulosic and lignocellulosic biomass

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