鍬耕祭,研究室セミナー,今週の輪読

10/22, 23 には茨城大学農学部の学園祭である鍬耕祭が 3 年ぶりに開催されました.新型コロナウイルス感染症の影響で二年間開催できなかったため,今回の開催はかなり大変だったと思いますが,実行委員をはじめとした学生たちの頑張りのおかげでなかなか盛況であったようです.秋のミニミニオープンキャンパスとして学部説明会や模擬授業も行われ,長谷川は広報委員長として学部説明を担当しました.鍬耕祭の様子は茨大広報学生プロジェクトの記事がこちらに掲載されています.

今週の研究室セミナーでは化学生態学研究室 4 年生が下記の論文を紹介しました.
Zheng, Y. et al. (2021). Auxin guides germ-cell specification in Arabidopsis anthers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 118: e2101492118.

今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.

2097. Yin, X. et al. (2022). Cinnamoyl CoA: NADP oxidoreductase-like 1 regulates abscisic acid response by modulating phaseic acid homeostasis in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Exp. Bot. 73: 860–872.
2098. Qian, B. et al. (2022). MoErv29 promotes apoplastic effector secretion contributing to virulence of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. New Phytol. 233: 1289–1302.
2099. Ampt, E.A. et al. (2022). Plant neighbours can make or break the disease transmission chain of a fungal root pathogen. New Phytol. 233: 1303–1316.
2100. Zhai, K. et al. (2022). NLRs guard metabolism to coordinate pattern- and effector-triggered immunity. Nature 601: 245–251.

研究室セミナー & 今週の輪読

今週の研究室セミナーでは化学生態学研究室修士 2 年生が下記の論文を紹介しました.
Sato, Y. et al. (2021). Insecticide resistance by a host-symbiont reciprocal detoxification. Nat. Commun. 12: 6432.

今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.

2093. Sun, H., Zuo, X., Zhang, Q., Gao, J., and Kai, G. (2022). Elicitation of (E)-2-hexenal and 2,3-butanediol on the bioactive compounds in adventitious roots of Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus. J. Agric. Food Chem. 70: 470–479.
2094. Wang, C. et al. (2022). Identifying key metabolites associated with glucosinolate biosynthesis in response to nitrogen management strategies in two rapeseed (Brassica napus) varieties. J. Agric. Food Chem. 70: 634–645.
2095. Zhang, L.-L. et al. (2022). Osa-miR535 targets SQUAMOSA promoter binding protein-like 4 to regulate blast disease resistance in rice. Plant J. 110: 166–178.
2096. Panda, S. et al. (2022). Steroidal alkaloids defence metabolism and plant growth are modulated by the joint action of gibberellin and jasmonate signalling. New Phytol. 233: 1220–1237.

研究室セミナー & 今週の輪読

今週から研究室セミナーでの文献紹介が始まりました.今週は生物制御化学研究室修士 2 年生が下記の論文を紹介しました.
Charoenpattarapreeda, J., Walsh, S.J., Carroll, J.S., and Spring, D.R. (2020). Expeditious total synthesis of hemiasterlin through a convergent multicomponent strategy and its use in targeted cancer therapeutics. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 59: 23045–23050.

今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.

2090. Yang, W. et al. (2022). Degraded metabolites of phlorizin promote germination of Valsa mali var. mali in its host Malus spp. J. Agric. Food Chem. 70: 149–156.
2091. König, S. et al. (2022). Sphingolipid-induced programmed cell death is a salicylic acid and EDS1-dependent phenotype in Arabidopsis Fatty Acid Hydroxylase (Fah1, Fah2) and Ceramide Synthase (Loh2) triple mutants. Plant Cell Physiol. 63: 317–325.
2092. Guzman, A.L., and Hoye, T.R. (2022). TMS is superior to residual CHCl3 for use as the internal reference for routine 1H NMR spectra recorded in CDCl3. J. Org. Chem. 87: 905–909.

今週の輪読

今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.
2086. Li, J. et al. (2022). Ceramides regulate defense response by binding to RbohD in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 109: 1427–1440.
2087. Qin, X. et al. (2022). An unconventionally secreted effector from the root knot nematode Meloidogyne incognita, Mi-ISC-1, promotes parasitism by disrupting salicylic acid biosynthesis in host plants. Mol. Plant Pathol. 23: 516–529.
2088. Zhao, M. et al. (2022). Eugenol functions as a signal mediating cold and drought tolerance via UGT71A59-mediated glucosylation in tea plants. Plant J. 109: 1489–1506.
2089. Kashiwa, T., Motoyama, T., Yoshida, K., Yun, C.-S., and Osada, H. (2022). Tenuazonic acid production is dispensable for virulence, but its biosynthetic gene expression pattern is associated with the infection of Pyricularia oryzae. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 86: 135–139.

後期授業開始 & 今週の輪読

今週の木曜日から後期の授業が始まりました.以前は 10 月から後期開始だったのですが,最近は授業回数の確保のために 9 月の最終週から授業が始まるようになっています.

今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.

2081. Hu, Y. et al. (2022). Salicylic acid carboxyl glucosyltransferase UGT87E7 regulates disease resistance in Camellia sinensis. Plant Physiol. 188: 1507–1520.
2082. Schott, J., Fuchs, B., Böttcher, C., and Hilker, M. (2021). Responses to larval herbivory in the phenylpropanoid pathway of Ulmus minor are boosted by prior insect egg deposition. Planta 255: 16.
2083. Maver, M. et al. (2021). Applications of the indole-alkaloid gramine modulate the assembly of individual members of the barley rhizosphere microbiota. PeerJ 9: e12498.
2084. Ishihama, N. et al. (2021). Oxicam-type non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs inhibit NPR1-mediated salicylic acid pathway. Nat. Commun. 12: 7303.
2085. Nomoto, M. et al. (2021). Suppression of MYC transcription activators by the immune cofactor NPR1 fine-tunes plant immune responses. Cell Rep. 37: 110125.