研究内容/Objects of our Labo

おもに樹木の生産する木質資源の有効利用を念頭に、その形成制御機構、具体的には樹木の成長、分化機構の解明を目指します。
In our labo, the mission is to relieve the regulating system of the secondary xylem formation, which is important natural resources in these days expected to get to be the most hopeful alternative for fossil resources. for getting woods better in quality. We believe that thorough our work, people will be able to harvest woods with higher quality as our request. The secondary xylem formation has three steps. The first is cell division caused by the activity of the cambium. The second is  differentiation which happens in the cells which lost the dividing potential. Then, final step is cell death, or more precisely to say,