2025.8 The research by Ogo et al. was published in PNAS  (A 65-kb deletion survey identifies a distal cis-regulatory region for red-light induction of Ghd7, a key rice floral repressor)

2025.4 The research by Sun et al. was published in Theoretical and Applied Genetics  (Temporal transcriptome analysis reveals the two-phase action of florigens in rice flowering)

2025.1 The research by Toda et al was published in Development  (Transcriptional dynamics during karyogamy in rice zygotes)

2023.6 The research by Nishiyama et al. was published in BMC Genomics  (High genome heterozygosity revealed vegetative propagation over the sea in Moso bamboo )

2023.6 The research by Cui et al. was published in Nature Communications (Fertilization controls tiller numbers via transcriptional regulation of a MAX1-like gene in rice cultivation )

2021.12. The project by graduates Ms. Honda, Dr. Hibara, and Dr. Itoh, in collaboration with Dr. Keizuka of Tohoku University and Dr. Naramoto of Hokkaido University, was accepted in PCP (NARROW AND DWARF LEAF 1, the Orthologue of Arabidopsis ENHANCER OF SHOOT REGENERATION1/DORNRÖSCHEN, Mediates Leaf Development and Maintenance of the Shoot Apical Meristem in Oryza sativa L) 

2021.11 Yoshioka(M2) et al. was accepted (Dec: Published) in Frontiers in Plant Science (Real-time monitoring of key gene products involved in rice photoperiodic flowering)

2021.11 Dr. Mimura has been appointed as an assistant professor.

2021.9 The research by Asanga(D3) et al. was published in PCP (High Ambient Temperatures Inhibit Ghd7-Mediated Flowering Repression in Rice)

2021.3 The research by Miya(D2) et al. was published in BMC Genomics (Genome-wide analysis of spatiotemporal expression patterns during rice leaf development)