Annual Report 2014

I. Outline of the Noda Institute for Scientific Research

II. Achievement of Research Activities in 2014

Reproduced Papers
F. J. JIN, S. HARA, A. SATO, and Y. KOYAMA
Discovery and analysis of an active long terminal repeat-retrotransposable element in Aspergillus oryzae.
Reproduced from J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 60: 1-6 (2014) with permission from Applied Microbiology, Molecular and Cellular Biosciences Research Foundation.
T. OGUMA, S. KITAO, and M. KOBAYASHI
Purification and characterization of cycloisomaltooligosaccharide glucanotransferase and cloning of cit from Bacillus circulans U-155.
Reproduced from J. Appl. Glycosci., 61: 93-97 (2014) with permission from The Japanese Society of Applied Glycoscience.
K. ITO and Y. KOYAMA
Analysis of specific proteolytic digestion of the peptidoglutaminase-asparaginase of koji molds.
Reproduced from J Biosci Bioeng. 118: 253-255 (2014) with permission from The Society for Biotechnology, Japan.
R. WADA, F. J. JIN, Y. KOYAMA, J. MARUYAMA, and K. KITAMOTO
Efficient formation of heterokaryotic sclerotia in the fiamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae.
Reproduced from Appl Microbiol Biotechnol., 98: 325-334 (2014) by copyright permission from Copyright Clearance Center.
N. KATO, M. TOKUOKA, Y. SHINOHARA, Y. KOYAMA, and H. OSADA
Genetic safeguard against mycotoxin production and cyclopiazonic acid biosynthesis in Aspergillus oryzae.
Reproduced from JSM Mycotoxins, 64: 197-206 (2014) (DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.2520/myco.64.197) with permission from Japanese Society of Mycotoxicology.
Japanese Patents Laid-Open
Titles of Oral and Poster Presentations

III. Report on the Research Assisted by the NISR Research Grant in 2013

Research Grant
Ryouichi FUKUDA (The University of Tokyo)
Maintenance of membrane homeostasis by the remodeling of acyl residues in phospholipids
Yoshimi KAKINUMA (Ehime University)
Molecular machinery and regulatory system of vacuolar amino acid compartmentalization as a new target for yeast engineering
Seiji MASUDA (Kyoto University)
Development of an innovative protein production system using second-generation mRNA export proteins created by domain engineering
Norihiko MISAWA (Ishikawa Prefectural University)
Construction of an efficient system for the production of red pepper carotenoids and new derivatives
Ken SATO (The University of Tokyo)
Investigation of the molecular mechanisms regulating the secretion from the endoplasmic reticulum in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Hiroshi UEMURA (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology)
Development of an efficient secretory production of ricinoleic acid, a petrochemical replacement of bioplastics, in fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Young Investigator Research Grant
Teigo ASAI (Tohoku University)
Structural diversity of fungal secondary metabolites induced by chemical epigenetic manipulation
Daisuke HAGIWARA (Chiba University)
Molecular mechanism of stress tolerance in conidia of Aspergillus species
Takashi KOYANAGI (Ishikawa Prefectural University)
Genetic engineering of Kluyveromyces marxianus for effective production of the rose-like odor 2-phenylethanol
Motohiro TANI (Kyushu University)
Mechanisms of regulation of membrane phospholipids metabolism and its physiological significance

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