2024.10.26: Manuscript "Multiple layers of regulators emerge in the network controlling lateral root organogenesis" in collaboration with the group of Dr. Soazig Guyomarc’h and Dr. Laurent Laplaze (University of Montpellier) has been published in Trend in Plant Sciene.

2024.10.08: Manuscript "CLE peptide signaling in plant-microbe interactions" by Satoru Nakagami and Taiki Kajiwara has been accepted by Frontiers in Plant Science.

2024.10.08: Manuscript "Mitigation of salt effect using graphene oxide as additives in plantation" by Mizuki Yamada has been accepted by Environmental Science: Nano.

2024.09.04: News article regarding the Japan Biology Olympia Kumamoto 2024 "Japan’s Future Biology Olympians Emerge from JBO Kumamoto 2024" has been published on the Kumamoto University homepage.

2024.07.19: Manuscript "Evolution of secondary metabolites, morphological structures and associated gene expression patterns in galls induced by four closely related aphid species on a host plant species" in collaboration with Prof. Hiroshi Ikeda (The University of Tokyo) is published in Molecular Ecology.

2024.04.25: Manuscript "VND genes redundantly regulate cell wall thickening during parasitic nematode infection" by Saki Gushino has been accepted by Plant & Cell Physiology.

2024.04.01: Undergraduate students Risa Fukunaga, Nanaka Goya, Ryo Ikeyama, Daiki Matsunaga, Kazuma Nunogami and Yuujirou Sasamoto are joining the Sawa Laboratory. Welcome!

2024.03.31: Associate professor Masahiro Furutani, students Saki Gushino, Asuka Haraguchi, Chihiro Kanzaki, Masahiro Naoe, Naoki Wada, Yuuki Hachiya, Sena Harada, Shoto Machida and Haruka Nomura are leaving the Sawa Laboratory. Thank you very much for everything!

2024.02.15: Allen Yi-Lun Tsai, Nao Kamino and Miku Tashiro were awarded the 2023 Well Seeds Foundtion Research Grants, congratulation!

2024.02.01: Manuscript "Dissection of the IDA promoter identifies WRKY transcription factors as abscission regulators in Arabidopsis" in collaboration with Prof. Melinka Butenko (University of Oslo) is published in Journalof Experimental Botany.

2024.01.22: Manuscript "Genome Size Determination and Chromosome Characterization of Limosella aquatica L. (Scrophulariaceae) in Japan" in collaboration with Prof. Yoshikazu Hoshi (Tokai University) is published in Cytologia.

2024.01.21: Prof. Sawa was the invited guest speaker for the 8th "Gathering of Students with Frontier Researchers" event, organized by the Ohsumi Frontier Science Foundation.

2024.01.21: The Sawa laboratory hosted a boothin the 8th "Gathering of Students with Frontier Researchers" event, organized by the Ohsumi Frontier Science Foundation, to display nematode exhibits and host quiz games for the participants.

2023.09.01: Post-doctoral researcher Joon Kwon and visiting researcher Emre Demirer Durak are joining the Sawa laboratory. Welcome!

2023.06.09: Yuki Yoshida's presentation "Stomata-derived intercellular signaling that directs mesophyll air space formation" won the presentation award for the 33rd Internationa Conference on Arabidopsis Research! Congratulation!

2023.05.09: Manuscript "A mechanical theory of competition between plant root growth and soil pressure reveals a potential mechanism of root penetration" by Yuki Yoshida is published in Scientific Reports.

2023.05.01: Technical staff Haruka Nagamoto is joining the Sawa Laboratory. Welcome!

2023.04.26: Manuscript "Root-knot nematode modulates plant CLE3-CLV1 signaling as a long-distance signal for successful infection" by Satoru Nakagami has been accepted by Science Advance.

2023.04.14: Manuscript "PECT1, a rate-limiting enzyme in phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthesis, is involved in the regulation of stomatal movement in Arabidopsis" in collabortion with Prof. Juntaro Negi (Kyushu University) is published in Plant Journal.

2023.04.01: Undergraduate students Yuuki Hachiya, Sena Harada, Shoto Machida, Honoka Maki, Mioka Muta, Takayoshi Nishida and Haruka Nomura, technical staffs Hitoshi Koga and Yuujirou Sasamoto are joining the Sawa Laboratory. Welcome!

2023.03.31: Students Ayame Fujimoto, Kasumi Matsuura, Sabila Fatimah, and technical staff Yui Otani are leaving the Sawa Laboratory. Thank you very much for everything!

2023.03.29: Manuscript "NAC103 mutation alleviates DNA damage in an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant sensitive to excess boron" in collabortion with Prof. Toru Fujiwara (The University of Tokyo) is published in Frontiers in Plant Science.

2023.02.10: Manuscript "A rapid method for detection of the root-knot nematode resistance gene, Mi-1.2, in tomato cultivars" by Chihiro Furumizu has been published by Frontiers in Plant Science.

2023.02.07: Manuscript "Contribution of vasculature to stem integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana" in collaboration with Prof. Ali Ferjani (Tokyo Gakugei University) has been published by Development.

2023.01.26: Manuscript "Rhamnogalacturonan-I as a nematode chemoattractant from Lotus corniculatus L. super-growing root culture" by Morihiro Oota has been published by Frontiers in Plant Science.

2022.12.13: Sawa lab members participated in the International Symposium on Plant Development and Biotic Interactions.

2022.10.01: JASSO international students Nina Božiček and Sabila Fatimah are joining the Sawa Laboratory. Welcome!

2022.09.25: Post-doctoral researcher Satoru Nakagami is leaving the Sawa Laboratory. Thank you very much for everything!

2022.09.02: Manuscript "A group of CLE peptides regulates de novo shoot regeneration in Arabidopsis thaliana" in collaboration with Prof. Guodong Wang (Shaanxi Normal University) has been published in New Phytologist.

2022.09.02: Manusript "Long-distance translocation of the CLE2 peptide and its positive effect on the root sucrose status" in collaboration with Dr. Satoru Okamoto (Niigata University) has been published in Plant Physiology.

2022.08.01: Associate professor Masahiko Furutani is joining the Sawa Laboratory. Welcome!

2022.07.01: Post-doctoral researcher Mizuki Yamada and technical staff Yui Otani are joining the Sawa Laboratory. Welcome!

2022.04.04: Manuscript "CLE42 Delays Leaf Senescence by Antagonizing Ethylene Signaling 1 in Arabidopsis" in collaboration with Prof. Zhonghai Li (Beijing Forestry University) has been accepted by New Phytologist.

2022.04.04：Manuscript "Control of root stem cell differentiation and lateral root emergence by CLE16/17 peptides in Arabidopsis" in collaboration with Prof. Limin Pi (Wuhan University) has been accepted by Frontiers in Plant Science.

2022.04.04：Manuscript "High water adsorption features of graphene oxide: Potential of graphene oxide-based desert plantation" in collaboration with Md. Saidul Islam and Shinya Hayami (Kumamoto University) has been accepted by Materials Advances.

2022.04.01: Undergraduate students Mai Jinkawa, Kasumi Matsuura, Airi Misaka, Wakana Saho and Ibuki Yamano are joining the Sawa Laboratory. Welcome!

2022.03.31: Students Reira Suzuki, Syuuto Toyoda, Sae Nagano and Migiwa Tanaka are leaving the Sawa Laboratory. Thank you very much for everything!

2021.09.24: Manuscript "Control of Fusarium and nematodes by entomopathogenic fungi for organic production of Zingiber officinale" in collaboration with Dr. Aya Yanagawa (Kyoto University) has been accepted by Journal of Natural Medicines.

2021.09.13: Manuscript "PUCHI regulates giant cell morphology during root-knot nematode infection in Arabidopsis thaliana" by Reira Suzuki has been accepted by Frontiers in Plant Science.

2021.09.03: Manuscript "Root-knot nematode chemotaxis is positively regulated by l-galactose sidechains of mucilage carbohydrate rhamnogalacturonan-I" by Allen Yi-Lun Tsai has been featured in EurekaAlert and ScienceDaily.

2021.07.02: Manuscript "Root-knot nematode chemotaxis is positively regulated by l-galactose sidechains of mucilage carbohydrate rhamnogalacturonan-I" by Allen Yi-Lun Tsai has been published by Science Advances.

2021.07.01: Manuscript "Seed Mucilage: Biological Functions and Potential Applications in Biotechnology" by Allen Yi-Lun Tsai has been published by Plant & Cell Physiology.

2021.06.28: Manuscript "The RGF/GLV/CLEL family of short peptides evolved through lineage-specific losses and diversification and yet conserves its signaling role between vascular plants and bryophytes" by Chihiro Furumizu has been accepted by Frontiers in Plant Science.

2021.05.13: Manuscript "The Sequenced Genomes of Non-Flowering Land Plants Reveal the (R)Evolutionary History of Peptide Signaling" by Chihiro Furumizu has been accepted by The Plant Cell.

2021.04.30: Post-doctoral researcher Nhat My Truong is leaving the Sawa Laboratory. Thank you very much for everything!

2021.04.16: Technical staff Haruyo Nezuya is leaving the Sawa Laboratory. Thank you very much for everything!

2021.04.01: Undergraduate students Saki Gushino, Chihiro Kanzaki, Migiwa Tanaka, Sae Nagano, Masahiro Naoe, Asuka Haraguchi and Naoki Wada are joining the Sawa Laboratory. Welcome!

2021.04.01: Assistant professors Minoru Kubo, Chihiro Furumizu, undergraduate students Kyoko Iwamoto, Ryuya Okamoto, and graduate student Morihiro Oota are leaving the Sawa Laboratory. Thank you very much for everything!

2021.03.29: Manuscript "Calcium sulfate and calcium carbonate as root-knot-nematode attractants and possible trap materials to protect crop plants" by Syuuto Toyoda and Morihiro Oota have been published by Plant Biotechnology.

2021.03.29: Manuscript "Database mining of plant peptide homologues" by Na Yuan and Chihiro Furumizu has been published by Plant Biotechnology.

2021.03.29: Manuscript "Identification of genes involved in Meloidogyne incognita-induced gall formation processes in Arabidopsis thaliana" byReira Suzuki has been published by Plant Biotechnology.

2021.03.24: Manuscript "Expression of Peat Moss VASCULAR RELATED NAC-DOMAIN Homologs in Nicotiana benthamiana Leaf Cells Induces Ectopic Secondary Wall Formation"by Minoru Kubo has been accepted by Plant Molecular Biology.

2021.03.23: Manuscript "The Meloidogyne incognita nuclear effector MiEFF1 interacts with Arabidopsis cytosolic glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenases to promote parasitism" by Nhat My Truong, in collaboration with Prof. Stéphanie Jaubert-Possamai, Prof. Pierre Abad, Prof. Bruno Favery, and Prof. Michaël Quentin (INRAE, Université Côte d’Azur) has been accepted by Frontiers in Plant Scinece.

2021.03.03: Description of a new orchid species "A new form of the mycoheterotrophic plant Lechanorchis nigricans var. patipetala" has been published in Orchid Digest.

2021.03.01: Manuscript "Stem integrity in Arabidopsis thaliana requires a load-bearing epidermis" in collaboration with Prof. Ali Ferjani (Tokyo Gakugei University) has been published by Development. The article was also selected to be featured on the issue cover.

2021.02.24: Manuscript "Discovery, characterization and functional improvement of kumamonamide as a novel plant growth inhibitor that disturbs plant microtubules" byTakashi Ishida has been accepted by Scientific Reports.

2021.02.18: Manuscript "The root-knot nematode effector MiEFF18 interacts with the plant core spliceosomal protein SmD1 required for giant cell formation" by Nhat My Truong in collaboration with Prof. Bruno Favery and Prof. Michaël Quentin (INRAE, Université Côte d'Azur) has been published in New Phytologist.

2021.02.02: Manuscript "Visualization of Toyoura sand-grown plant roots by X-ray computer tomography" by Yuki Yoshida and Tetsuya Arita has been published in Plant Biotechnology.

2021.02.02: Manuscript "Development of a dynamic imaging method for gravitropism in pea sprouts using clinical magnetic resonance imaging system" in collaboration with Dr. Ryusuke Nakai (Kyoto University) has been published in Plant Biotechnology.

2021.01.18: Manuscript "A ClearSee-based clearing protocol for 3D visualization ofArabidopsis thaliana embryos" in collaboration with Prof. Mitsuhiro Aida (Kumamoto University) has been acceptd by Plants.

2021.01.13: Plant Development & Biotic Interactions Research Laboatory homepage goes online!