Metabolomics Research Group
News
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- 4.1, 2026
- Important NoticeDue to organizational reorganization, the activities of the Metabolomics Research Group have ended. This site is published as an archive. There will be no updates after 2025. note that.
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- 11.28, 2024
- Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director and Dr. Takayuki Tohge, Senior Visiting Scientist has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers 2024
- Highly Cited Researchers 2024
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- 10.3, 2023
- Dr. Amit Rai, Researcher was featured in "RIKEN People".
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- 5.24, 2023
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Dr. Kazuki Saito, Director of the CSRS, received "Knight in the Order of Léopold" from King of the Belgians
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- 12.8, 2022
- Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director, received "Shimadzu Award 2022"
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- 8.11, 2021
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Press releaseA blood pressure-lowering effect of asparagus
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- 6.15, 2021
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Press releaseWhy are some Glycyrrhiza species not sweet?
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- 2.26, 2021
- Press releasePotato toxin, α-solanine, was evolutionally diverged from a bitter-taste constituent of tomato
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- 12.1, 2020
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Press releaseHow plants produce seed-protective neolignans
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- 9.7, 2020
- Press releaseMechanism of energy metabolism for fruit setting in tomato
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- 8.5, 2020
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Press releaseThe mechanism of tuberous root formation revealed in cassava
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- 4.23, 2020
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Press releaseDevelopment of metabolome analysis method targeting alkaloids
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- 2.28, 2020
- Press releaseA shadow commander for flavonoid biosynthesis
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- 11.19, 2019
- Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers 2019
- Highly Cited Researchers 2019
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- 6.21, 2019
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RIKEN ResearchFinding potential drugs from natural resources (P.21)
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- 3.29, 2019
- Press releaseWhat’s in this plant? The best automated system for finding potential drugs
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- 11.2, 2018
- Dr. Kazuki Saito, CSRS Deputy Director, awarded "Medal with Purple Ribbon"
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- 8.7, 2018
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Press releaseDiscovery of biosynthetic gene for a medicinal component of ashwagandha
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- 7.6, 2018
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Press releaseSummer fun: how plants beat the heat
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- 6.27, 2017
- Press releaseVinegar: a cheap and simple way to help plants fight drought
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- 5.31, 2017
- A paper of Dr. Kazuki Saito, Deputy Center Director, and Drs. Shigehiko Kanaya and Mami Yamazaki, Senior Visiting Scientist, has been selected as" The Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy Paper Award" and also selected as one of the "World-changing Aticles of Springer Nature"
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- 4.4, 2017
- Press releaseNew rice fights off drought
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- 3.6, 2017
- Press releaseA new metabolome analysis approach for nitrogen (N)-containing metabolites
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- 8.23, 2016
- Press releaseNew flavonoids protect plants from damaging UV rays
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- 7.26, 2016
- Press releaseNon-poisonous potatoes
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- 6.24, 2016
- Press releasePlant alkaloid productivity from convergent evolution of metabolizing enzymes
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- 12.24, 2015
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RIKEN ResearchAsparagus lowers blood pressure (P.8)
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- 12.1, 2015
- A paper by Dr. Ryo Nakabayashi has been selected as Most cited papers from The Plant Journal. "Enhancement of oxidative and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis by overaccumulation of antioxidant flavonoids."
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- 8.12, 2015
- Dr. Yozo Okazaki, Research Scientist of the Metabolomics Research Group, received the "Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology Award for Young Scientists"
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- 3.24, 2015
- RIKEN Metabolomics Group's 10 th Anniversary Party (3.18, 2015)
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- 11.21, 2014
- RIKEN ResearchCutting cholesterol for safer potatoes
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- 10.28, 2014
- Press releaseGenome-wide association study on all metabolites from 175 Japanese rice cultivars
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- 9.13, 2014
- Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director of the Metabolomics Research Group, received "The PSJ Award"
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- 5.28, 2014
- Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director and Dr. Shigehiko Kanaya, Senior Visiting Scientist of the Metabolomics Research Group, received the "JSPP Plant and Cell Physiology Award for the Paper of Excellence"
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- 11.15, 2013
- RIKEN ResearchModifying one cell factor alters many others
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- 9.17, 2013
- RIKEN CSRS Workshop: Metabolomics to Better Understand Plant Specialized Metabolism (This Workshop is finished.)
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- 7.19, 2013
- RIKEN Research A new tool for engineering crop tolerance
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- 7.16, 2013
- Press releaseDiscovery of the Regulator of Bioplastic Production in Cyanobacteria
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- 4.26, 2013
- RIKEN ResearchUnearthing onions' sulfurous secrets
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- 4.1, 2013
- Our group has changed its name to Metabolomics Research Group.
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- 7.13, 2012
- RIKEN ResearchSeeking a splice for better rice
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- 3.9, 2012
- RIKEN ResearchPlant enzymes reveal complex secrets
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- 2.8, 2012
- Press releaseNew study sheds light on genetics of rice metabolism
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- 11.26, 2011
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RIKEN ResearchInside a plant's pharma factory
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- 10.12, 2011
- Press releaseGlycosyltransferase Genes Found to Be Involved in Plant Pigment Accumulation
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- 9.6, 2011
- Kazuki Saito Group Director won the JSPCMB Award for Distinguished Research 2011.
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- 9.6, 2011
- Press releaseNew technique elucidates dynamics of plant cell metabolites
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- 5.31, 2011
- The article on "UV-B metabolic response analysis" by Dr. Miyako Kusano was published in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.
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- 5.13, 2011
- RIKEN ResearchKnow your tomatoes
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- 2.17, 2011
- Press releaseChemical Diversity in Genetically Modified Tomatoes Using Metabolomics for Objective Substantial Equivalence Assessment
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- 2. 7, 2011
- Press releaseMetabolomics Data Reveal a Crucial Role of Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase 1;1 in Coordinating Metabolic Balance in Rice
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- 10.20, 2010
- Press releaseMetabolome analysis reveals flavor and aroma components in 'Dadacha-mame'
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- 4.1, 2010
- Our group has changed its name to Metabolomic Function Research Group.
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- 3.12, 2010
- RIKEN ResearchDetails uncovered of site-specific secondary metabolite biosynthesis by plants
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- 6.12, 2009
- RIKEN ResearchAll in the timing
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- 3.13, 2009
- Press releaseNew gene involved in sulfo-lipid biosynthesis discovered through lipid metabolome analysis, revealing new possibilities for the production, by means of the regulation of sulfo-lipid biosynthesis, of plants tolerant to phospher-deficiency and plants that produce useful substances
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- 12.12, 2008
- RIKEN ResearchFrom genes to plant metabolism
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- 9.2, 2008
- RIKEN ResearchEstablishment of a new synthetic route to a plant anti-oxidative flavonoid
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- 4.29, 2008
- RIKEN ResearchElucidating the mechanism of plants' tolerance of their own anti-tumor substance
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- 12.10, 2007
- Press releaseNew study released on plant metabolism
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- 9.26, 2007
- A research paper from the Metabolomics Research Group and the Plant Nutrition and Basal Metabolism Research Team has been ranked as the top cited paper in the field of Plant Biotechnology for 2006
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- 5.25, 2007
- RIKEN ResearchHoning in on plant ‘flavor’
