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Overview

Hiroyuki Ohta is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Cell Biology, and Biochemistry.

The scientist's recent publications focus on various aspects of plant biology, molecular mechanisms, and microbial interactions. Notable papers include:

  • "Efficient and multiplexable genome editing using Platinum TALENs in oleaginous microalga, Nannochloropsis oceanica NIES-2145" (2020) published in Genes to Cells
  • "Transcriptomic Analysis of Resistant and Susceptible Responses in a New Model Root-Knot Nematode Infection System Using Solanum torvum and Meloidogyne arenaria" (2021) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "RCB-mediated chlorophagy caused by oversupply of nitrogen suppresses phosphate-starvation stress in plants" (2020) published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Recycling of the major thylakoid lipid MGDG and its role in lipid homeostasis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii" (2021) published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "A Nitrate-Transforming Bacterial Community Dominates in the Miscanthus Rhizosphere on Nitrogen-Deficient Volcanic Deposits of Miyake-jima" (2023) published in Microorganisms

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Tomoyasu Nishizawa
  • Yong Guo
  • Kazuhiko Narisawa
  • Masako Iwai
  • Mie Shimojima

Hiroyuki Ohta has published several times in venues such as:

  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Microorganisms
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Scientific Reports

The main research topics covered in their work are:

  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis

This body of work highlights a focus on molecular and cellular aspects of plant biology, interactions with microorganisms, and lipid metabolism. The contributions also address adaptation mechanisms under nutrient stress and biotechnological approaches such as genome editing in microalgae.

Best Publications

  • GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • GW190425: Observation of a Compact Binary Coalescence with Total Mass $\sim 3.4 M_{\odot}$

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • GW190814: Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 23 M$_\odot$ Black Hole with a 2.6 M$_\odot$ Compact Object

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • Tests of general relativity with the binary black hole signals from the LIGO-Virgo catalog GWTC-1

    B.P. Abbott;R. Abbott;T.D. Abbott;S. Abraham

  • Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation

    Koichi Hori;Fumito Maruyama;Takatomo Fujisawa;Tomoaki Togashi

  • 12-oxo-phytodienoic acid triggers expression of a distinct set of genes and plays a role in wound-induced gene expression in Arabidopsis.

    Nozomi Taki;Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto;Takeshi Obayashi;Akihiro Kikuta

  • GWTC-2: Compact Binary Coalescences Observed by LIGO and Virgo During the First Half of the Third Observing Run

    R. Abbott;R. Abbott;T.D. Abbott;S. Abraham;F. Acernese

  • ATTED-II: a database of co-expressed genes and cis elements for identifying co-regulated gene groups in Arabidopsis

    Takeshi Obayashi;Kengo Kinoshita;Kenta Nakai;Masayuki Shibaoka

  • Two types of MGDG synthase genes, found widely in both 16:3 and 18:3 plants, differentially mediate galactolipid syntheses in photosynthetic and nonphotosynthetic tissues in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Koichiro Awai;Eric Maréchal;Maryse A. Block;Delphine Brun

  • ATTED-II provides coexpressed gene networks for Arabidopsis.

    Takeshi Obayashi;Shinpei Hayashi;Motoshi Saeki;Hiroyuki Ohta

  • Coordinated activation of metabolic pathways for antioxidants and defence compounds by jasmonates and their roles in stress tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto;Nozomi Taki;Takeshi Obayashi;Mitsuko Aono

  • Monitoring of methyl jasmonate-responsive genes in Arabidopsis by cDNA macroarray: self-activation of jasmonic acid biosynthesis and crosstalk with other phytohormone signaling pathways.

    Yuko Sasaki;Erika Asamizu;Daisuke Shibata;Yasukazu Nakamura

  • Cloning of chlorophyllase, the key enzyme in chlorophyll degradation: finding of a lipase motif and the induction by methyl jasmonate.

    Tohru Tsuchiya;Hiroyuki Ohta;Katsuya Okawa;Akihiro Iwamatsu

  • Galactolipid synthesis in chloroplast inner envelope is essential for proper thylakoid biogenesis, photosynthesis, and embryogenesis

    Koichi Kobayashi;Maki Kondo;Hiroaki Fukuda;Mikio Nishimura

  • Properties and astrophysical implications of the 150 Msun binary black hole merger GW190521.

    R. Abbott;T. D. Abbott

  • Arabidopsis lipins mediate eukaryotic pathway of lipid metabolism and cope critically with phosphate starvation

    Yuki Nakamura;Ryota Koizumi;Guanghou Shui;Mie Shimojima

  • Degradation pathway(s) of chlorophyll : what has gene cloning revealed?

    Ken-ichiro Takamiya;Tohru Tsuchiya;Hiroyuki Ohta

  • A novel phosphatidylcholine-hydrolyzing phospholipase C induced by phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis.

    Yuki Nakamura;Koichiro Awai;Koichiro Awai;Tatsuru Masuda;Yasushi Yoshioka

  • Search for the isotropic stochastic background using data from Advanced LIGO's second observing run

    B. P. Abbott;R. Abbott

  • Phospholipase C5 (NPC5) is involved in galactolipid accumulation during phosphate limitation in leaves of Arabidopsis

    Nicole Gaude;Yuki Nakamura;Wolf-Rüdiger Scheible;Hiroyuki Ohta

Frequent Co-Authors

Tatsuru Masuda
Tatsuru Masuda University of Tokyo
K. C. Cannon
K. C. Cannon University of Tokyo
S. M. Gaebel
S. M. Gaebel University of Birmingham
Alessandra Corsi
Alessandra Corsi Texas Tech University
Daniel E. Holz
Daniel E. Holz University of Chicago
Richard O'Shaughnessy
Richard O'Shaughnessy Rochester Institute of Technology
Samuele Cortese
Samuele Cortese University of Southampton

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