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Ayako Ikegami, Visiting Postdoctoral Scholar

 

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Research Fellow of the Japan Society of the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Ph.D. in Horticulture (Pomology), Kyoto University (2005)

M.Sc. in Horticulture (Pomology), Kyoto Unviersity (2001)

B.S. in Agriculture, Kobe University (1999)

 

Ayako has been interested in the genetic and biochemical background of condensed tannin production and accumulation in persimmon fruit. Since she joined the Inoue Lab in Spring 2006, she has also been involved in the carotenoids project.

 

Publications:

Ikegami A, Eguchi S, Kitajima A, Inoue K, Yonemori K (2007) Identification of genes involved in proanthocyanidin biosynthesis of persimmon (Diospyros kaki) fruit. Plant Sci 172, 1037-1047

Nomura K, Ikegami A, Koide A, Yagi F (2007) Glutathione transferase, but not agglutinin, is a dormancy-related protein in Castanea crenata trees. Plant Physiol Biochem 45, 15-23

Ikegami A, Eguchi S, Yonemori K, Yamada M, Sato A, Mitani N, Kitajima A (2006) Segregations of astringent progenies in the F-1 populations derived from crosses between a Chinese pollination-constant nonastringent (PCNA) 'Luo Tian Tian Shi' and Japanese PCNA pollination-constant astringent (PCA) cultivars of Japanese origin. Hortscience 41, 561-563

Ikegami A, Sato A, Yamada M, Kitajima A, Yonemori K (2005) Molecular size profiles of Tannins in persimmon fruits of Japanese and Chinese pollination-constant non-astringent (PCNA)-type cultivars and their offspring revealed by size-exclusion chromatography. J Jpn Soc Hort Sci 74, 437-443

Ikegami A, Yonemori K, Kitajima A, Sato A, Yamada M (2005)  Expression of genes involved in proanthocyanidin biosynthesis during fruit development in a Chinese pollination-constant, nonastringent (PCNA) persimmon, 'Luo Tian Tian Shi'. J Am Soc Hort Sci 130, 830-835

Ikegami A, Kitajima A, Yonemori K (2005) Inhibition of flavonoid biosynthetic gene expression coincides with loss of astringency in pollination-constant, non-astringent (PCNA) type persimmon fruit. J Hort Sci Biotech 80, 225-228

Ikegami A, Yonemori K, Sugiura A, Sato A, Yamada M (2004) Segregation of astringency in F-1 progenies derived from crosses between pollination-constant, nonastringent persimmon cultivars. Hortscience 39, 371-374

Nakamura S, Ikegami A, Mizuno M, Yagi F, Nomura K (2004) The expression profile of lectin differs from that of seed storage proteins in Castanea crenata trees. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 68, 1698-1705

Nakamura S, Ikegami A, Matsumura Y, Nakanishi T, Nomura K (2002) Molecular cloning and expression of the mannose/glucose specific lectin from Castanea crenata cotyledons. J Biochem (Tokyo) 131, 241-246

 

Honors and Awards:

Research Fellowships of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science for Young Scientists (2005-)

 

Professional Societies:

The Japanese Society for Horticultural Science (JSHS)

 

 

Last updated in April, 2007