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（Last updated : 2024-04-07 09:46:07）

MOTOMURA KAZUKI

Department / Course Research Organization of Science and Technology

Title / Position Associate Professor

Academic background
1.		│ The University of Tokyo Ph.D. (Life Sciences)
2.	～2012/03	Master Course │ Department of Life Sciences │ Graduate School of Arts and Sciences │ The University of Tokyo
3.	～2015/03	Doctorial Course │ Department of Life Sciences │ Graduate School of Arts and Sciences │ The University of Tokyo

Business career
1.	2022/04/01 ～ 2024/03/31	Assistant Professor │ College of Llife Science │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2021/04/01 ～ 2022/03/31	Assistant Professor │ │
3.	2020/12/01 ～	│ │ JST
4.	2019/04/01 ～ 2022/03/31	│ ITbM │ Nagoya University
5.	2019/04 ～ 2021/03/31	│ │ Ritsumeikan University
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Research activities
1.		THE BOTANICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2.		THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PLANT MORPHOLOGY
3.		THE JAPANESE SOCIETY OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGISTS

Present specialized field
Cell biology, Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology, Applied molecular and cellular biology (Keyword：RNA, Pollen, Intercellular communication, Genome editing, Arabidopsis)

Papers
1.	2024/02/02	Microtubules ensure transport of vegetative nuclei and sperm cells by fine-tuning their home positions │ (Co-authored)
2.	2024	Temporal Gene Expression and Functional Acquisition in Pollen Tubes │ Plant Morphology │ (Co-authored)
3.	2022/10/01	A way to discover a hidden pollen-tube potential controlling directional tip-growth in Arabidopsis thaliana . │ Plant Morphology │ ,pp.69-76 (Co-authored)
4.	2022	Possible molecular mechanisms of persistent pollen tube growth without de novo transcription. │ Frontiers in plant science │ 13,pp.1020306 (Co-authored)
5.	2021/04	Persistent directional growth capability in Arabidopsis thaliana pollen tubes after nuclear elimination from the apex. │ Nature communications │ 12 (1),pp.2331 (Co-authored)

Academic conference presentation
1.	2024/03/18	Defect of pollen maturation and germination in the mutant of Arabidopsis deadenylases
2.	2024/03/18	Establishment of novel Arabidopsis thaliana sperm cells isolation system
3.	2023/06/07	Proposed molecular mechanism for persistent growth capability in physiologically anuclear pollen tubes (the 33rd International Conference on Arabidopsis Research)
4.	2023/03/16	A possible molecular mechanism for directional growth of pollen tubes devoid of the nuclei from the apical cytoplasm
5.	2022/09/16	精細胞と栄養核の個別動態に着目したシロイヌナズナ花粉管ライブイメージング解析 (日本植物形態学会第34回大会)
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Winning science prize
1.	2017/12	ITbM Research Award (Plant cell wall localizing group enable live-imaging for extracellular dynamic movement of proton)

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research -KAKENHI-
1.	2023/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	花粉管の持続的な先端成長を保障する時空間発現調節原理 │ Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas（A）
2.	2022/04/01 ～ 2025/03/31	花粉管受精様式の要となる“精細胞―栄養核複合体”輸送の分子機構の解明 │ Early-Career Scientists
3.	2020/04 ～ 2022/03	Discovery and functional analysis of molecules responsible for "sperm cell driving force" essential for fertilization in angiosperms │ Early-Career Scientists
4.	2019/08/30 ～ 2021/03/31	Functional analysis of mobile RNAs that are transferred to the sperm cells based on cell isolation and live cell imaging │ Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity start-up
5.	2016/04/22 ～ 2019/03/31	Live cell analysis of mRNA degradation in early development based on microscopy and cell-specific analysis techniques │ Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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Competitive grants, etc. (exc. KAKENHI)
1.	2022/09/01 ～ 2024/08/31	近接標識技術を基盤とした“単離困難な細胞内被覆構造”の上に存在する生殖関連分子群の解析 │ Research by External Competitive Fund
2.	2022/08/05 ～ 2025/05/31	独自の植物ツールと多重遺伝子破壊を基盤とした分子モーターが駆動する“生殖細胞の輸送動態”の解明 │ Research by External Competitive Fund
3.	2020/12/01 ～ 2024/03/31	Analysis of cell-to-cell movement of RNAs using pollen and its application to genetic modification │ Research by External Competitive Fund
4.	2020/04 ～ 2021/02	Analysis of Novel Vesicular Transport Pathways in Plants Using Pollen │ Research by External Competitive Fund
5.	2013/04 ～ 2014/03	Mechanism and significance of decapping protein aggregation in temperature stress response │ Research by External Competitive Fund │ Plant Global Education Project
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External Researcher ID
ORCID ID
0000-0002-3431-1363