Hirakawa Lab
Evolution and Development of Plant Meristems
Evolution and Development of Plant Meristems
Welcome to the Hirakawa group @ Hiroshima U
We use the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha and the flowering plant Arabidopsis thaliana to study plant development and environmental responses.
We are currently recruiting new laboratory members. We accept PhD students and postdoctoral researchers from both domestic and international backgrounds (see Members page)
Upcoming events
2026/Mar/13-16 67th JSPP Annual Meeting and JTPB2026
Lab News
2026/Jan/16 Preprint out in bioRxiv.
2026/Jan/5-6 Bryophyte stem cell meeting.
2025/Nov/25-27 Go presented in EMBO Workshop.
2025/Oct/20 New undergrad students joined the group.
2025/Sep/19-21 89th BSJ Annual meeting in Utsunomiya (website)
2025/May/17-18 ChugokuShikoku Biology Meeting 2025 at Matsuyama (website)
2025/Apr/1 New members joined the group in HU.
2025/Mar/14-16 66th JSPP Annual Meeting in Kanazawa (website)
2024/Dec/12 The first student joined the group in HU.
2024/Nov/18-21 Organized Marchantia Workshop 2024 in Hiroshima (website)
2024/Sep/17-19 Yuki presented in Sainsbury Laboratory Symposium 2024.
2024/Sep/14-16 88th BSJ Annual meeting in Utsunomiya (website)
2024/Aug/31 Marchantia Workshop 2024 website open.
2024/Jul/25 Assistant professor recruitment.
2024/Jun/24-28 Yuki and Go presented in IPMB 2024.
2024/Jun/1 Yuki presented in 2024 ICMBS.
2024/Apr/1 Yuki moved to Hiroshima University as professor.
2024/Mar/17 Yuki and Go presented in 65th JSPP annual meeting.
2024/Mar/7-12 Yuki visited MPIPZ and HHU.
2023/Nov/17 Article (Takahashi et al.) out in Current Biology.
2023/Oct/18 Yuki presented in TJPB2023.
2023/Oct/06 Yuki and Go presented in PPRM2023 meeting.
2023/Sep/09 Group members presented in 87th BSJ annual meeting. Yuki received BSJ Award for Young Scientist.
2023/Jun/23 Preprint out in bioRxiv.
2023/Jun/09 Yuki and Go presented in ICAR2023. Yuki received Presentation Award.
2023/Apr/25 Review published in Seikagaku (in Japanese).
2023/Apr/22 Website Open