Metabolic Systems Research Team

Laboratories

Members

| Team Leader|Team Members|Alums|

Team Leader: Masami Yokota HIRAI, Ph., D.
【Personal Career】
1989: B.A. in Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
1994: Ph.D.in Agricultural Chemistry, The University of Tokyo
1994-1997: Research fellow of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
1997-2001:
Research Fellow, Research for the Future Program, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
2001-2005: Post-doctoral fellow of CREST of Japan Science and Technology Agency in Chiba University.
2005-2008: Unit Leader of the Metabolic Systems Research Unit in RIKEN Plant Science Center
2008-2013: Team Leader of the Metabolic Systems Research Team in RIKEN Plant Science Center
2013-2025: Team Leader of the Metabolic Systems Research Team in RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (following organizational restructuring)
2025-present: Team Director of the Metabolic Systems Research Team in RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science

 

2015-2020: Deputy Unit Leader (Concurrent Appointment) of the Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, Technology Platform Division in RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
2020-present: Unit Leader (Concurrent Appointment) of the Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, Technology Platform Division in RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
2025-present: Division Director (Primary Appointment) of the Technology Platform Division in RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science


2007-present: Visiting Professor, Graduate School, Nagoya University
2012-present: Lecturer, The Open University of Japan


【Duties on Scientific Societies】
The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists: Editor of Plant Cell Physiology(2009-12), Committee member(2012-13)
Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology :Secretary(2012-13)

◆Interview & Article◆
Riken Research (2007) Vegetable matters
Science Watch.com Fast Braking Paper - 2008
Riken Research (2010) Omics analysis nurtures the creation of functional plants

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Team Members

Team Leader
Masami Yokota HIRAI
Research Scientist
Kai UCHIDA
Research Scientist
Ryoichi SATO
Research Scientist
Yushiro FUJI
Research Scientist
Hiromitsu TABETA
Special Postdoctoral Researcher
Mai UZAKI
Visiting Scientist
Ryosuke SUGIYAMA
Visiting Scientist
Yimeng LI
Visiting Scientist
Takashi OSANAI
Visiting Scientist
Kensuke KAWADE
Visiting Scientist
Takehiro ITO
Ryota AKIYAMA
Visiting Scientist
Weiwei WAN
Visiting Scientist
Technical StaffⅠ
Ayuko KUWAHARA
Technical StaffⅠ
Muneo SATO (Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit)
Marie SAKUMA
Technical StaffⅡ
Jiarui CHANG
Student Trainee
Sho OKAMOTO
Student Trainee
Tomo SATO
Student Trainee
Junko TAKANOBU
Part Timer
Miho TANAKA
Part Timer
Chie NAKANO
Assistant
Jini BANG
Assistant

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Alums
Satoko Yasuda
(2023-24)Assistant
Mengyao Wang
(2020-23)Postdoctoral Researcher
(2023)Student Trainee
Cui Li
(2022)IPA
Thi Yen Do
(2019-22) Visiting Scientist
Kinuka Ohtaka
(2018-22)Visiting Researcher
Kentaro Yano
(2022)IPA
Thi Nhung Do
(2019-21)Technical Staff
Jun Inaba
(2019-21)Student Trainee
Rui Li
(2018-19)Postdoctoral Researcher , (2020)Research Scientist
Ratklao Siriwach
Surina Boerzhijin
(2015-19) Student Trainee
Yuji Sawada
(2005-08) Research Associate , (2008-10) Postdoctoral Researcher, (2010-19) Research Scientist
Sarasa Amma
(2019) Part Timer
Akane Sakata
(2006-18) Part Timer
(2015-18) Technical Staff
Mami Okamoto
Hiromichi Akashi
(2014-17) Technical Staff, (2018)Student Trainee
Kieu Oanh Nguyen
(2018) Visiting Researcher
Eiji Okamura
(2010-17) Postdoctoral Researcher
Kansuporn Sriyudthsak
(2010-16) Postdoctoral Researcher, (2017) Visiting Scientist
Tomomi Sawada
(2012-14) Technical Staff, (2017) Visiting Technician
Jun Matsuzaki
(2016) Research Scientist
Vergara Luis Fredd Leonardo
(2014-15) Research Scientist
Hiroshi Kiyota
(2009-15) Visiting Scientist
Henning Frerigmann
(2015) Visiting Researcher
Gabriel Bosque Chacón
(2015) Student Trainee
Takeshi Furuhashi
(2012-14) Special Postdoctoral Researcher
Hiroko Iijima
(2011-14) Technical Staff
Yuka Nakaya
(2014) Technical Staff
Atsuko Watanabe
(2012-14) Temporary Staff
Doris Albinsky
(2009-11) Technical Scientist
Yoko Ide
(2007-11) Student Trainee
Chieri Kubota
(2010) Visiting Researcher
Mark Kroggel
(2010) Visiting Technical Scientist
Mutsumi Nagano
(2009-10) Technical Staff
Ryoichi Araki
(2007-09) Visiting Scientist 
Akiko Maruyama
(2009) Visiting Scientist
William Truman
(2009) Visiting Reseacher
Mitsuru Yano
(2006-09) Student Trainee
Osamu Nishizawa
(2007-08) Visiting Scientist
Romy Klausnitzer
(2007-08) Visiting Researcher
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