Assistant Professor KOFUJI Rumiko
Faculty, Affiliation
Faculty of Biological Science and Technology,Institute of Science and Engineering
College and School Educational Field
Division of Natural Sciences, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology
Course in Biosystems, School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering
Laboratory
Laboratory for plant developmental biology
Academic Background
【Academic background(Doctoral/Master's Degree)】
Kanazawa University Doctor Graduate School, Division of National Science and Technology (except Gakushuin University, Konan University) 199703 Completed
【Academic background(Bachelor's Degree)】
Kanazawa University 1990
Career
Kanazawa University School of Biological Science and Technology, College of Science and Engineering assistant professor(2018/04/01-)
Kanazawa University Division of Natural System, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology assistant professor(2008/04/01-2018/03/31)
Kanazawa University Division for Life Sciences(2001/04/01-2008/03/31)
National Institute for Basic Biology Division of Speciation Mechanisms II(1997/04/01-2000/03/31)
Year & Month of Birth
Academic Society
Society of Evolutionsry Studies, Japan
Award
Specialities
Evolutionary biology、Biodiversity/Systematics、Morphological Evolution Phylogeny Speciation
Speciality Keywords
Land Plants, Phylogeny, Evolution, Morphogenesis, Bryophytes
Research Themes
Evolution of morphogenesis in land plants
Study of developmental mechanism of the moss Physcomitrella patens
Evolution of reproductive organs in gametophyte generation in land plants
Books
- Rumiko Kofuji, Takeshi Yoshimura, Haruko Inoue, Keiko Sakakibara, Yuji Hiwatashi, Tetsuya Kurata, Tsuyoshi Aoyama, Kunihiko Ueda, and Mitsuyasu Hasebe Gametangia development in the moss Physcomitrella patens. In The moss Physcomitrella, D. Cove, F. Perroud, and C. Knight, eds. Annual Plant Reviews, Volume36, pp. 167-181. Wiley-Blackwell 2009/06
Papers
- Natural Hybrids between Osmunda japonica and Plenasium banksiifolium (Osmundaceae) and the Implications for Reproductive Barriers Nakakita, Rumiko Kofuji, Chie Tsutsumi, Satoshi Nanami, Toshihiro Yamada Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 74 3 157-170 2023/10/31
- GRAS transcription factors regulate cell division planes in moss overriding the default rule Ishikawa M, Fujiwara A, Kosetsu K, Horiuchi Y, Kamamoto N, Umakawa N, Tamada Y, Zhang L, Matsushita K, Palfalvi G, Nishiyama T, Kitasaki S, Masuda Y, Shiroza Y, Kitagawa M, Nakamura T, Cui H, Hiwatashi Y, Kabeya Y, Shigenobu S, Aoyama T, Kato H, Murata T, Fujimoto K, Benfey PN, Hasebe M, Kofuji R PNAS 120 4 120 (4) e2210632120 2023/01/20
- Morphology and Anatomy of Hornwort Rumiko Kofuji, Masaki Shimamura BSJ-Review 12 206-222 2021/07/20
- Physcomitrella MADS-box genes regulate water supply and sperm movement for fertilization Shizuka Koshimizu, Rumiko Kofuji, Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto, Masahide Kikkawa, Mie Shimojima, Hiroyuki Ohta, Shuji Shigenobu, Yukiko Kabeya, Yuji Hiwatashi, Yosuke Tamada, Takashi Murata, and Mitsuyasu Hasebe. Nature Plant 4 36-45 2018/01
- Antheridial development in the moss Physcomitrella patens: implications for understanding stem cells in mosses Rumiko Kofuji, Yasushi Yagita, Takashi Murata, Mitsuyasu Hasebe Philosophical Transactions B 373 1739 2018/01
- Plastid genome sequences of Gymnochlora stellata, Lotharella vacuolata, and Partenskyella glossopodia reveal remarkable structural conservation among chlorarachniophyte species Shigekatsu Suzuki, Yoshihisa Hirakawa, Rumiko Kofuji, Mamoru Sugita, Ken-ichiro Ishida Journal of Plant Research 129 4 581-90 2016/07
- Eight types of stem cells in the life cycle of the moss Physcomitrella patens Rumiko Kofuji and Mitsuyasu Hasebe CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 17 13-21 2014/02
- AP2-type transcription factors determine stem cell identity in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Aoyama T, Hiwatashi Y, Shigyo M, Kofuji R, Kubo M, Ito M, Hasebe M. DEVELOPMENT 139 17 3120-3129 2012/09
- Molecular genetic and chemotaxonomic characterization of the terrestrial cyanobacterium Nostoc commune and its neighboring species. Arima H, Horiguchi N, Takaichi S, Kofuji R, Ishida K, Wada K, Sakamoto T. FEMS MICROBIOLOGY ECOLOGY 79 1 34-45 2012/01
- Transient transformation of a chlorarachniophyte alga, Lotharella amoebiformis (Chlorarachniophyceae), with uidA and egfp reporter genes Hirakawa Y, Kofuji R, Ishida K JOURNAL OF PHYCOLOGY 44 3 814-820 2008/06
- Phylogeny and nucleomorph karyotype diversity of Chlorarachniophyte algae Silver TD, Koike S, Yabuki A, Kofuji R, Archibald JM, Ishida K. JOURNAL OF EUKARYOTIC MICROBIOLOGY 54 5 403-410 2007/09
- A novel treatment system of wastewater contaminated with copper by a moss. Kobayashi F, Kofuji R, Yashima Y, Nakamura Y BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING JOURNAL 28 3 295-298 2006/03
- Evolution and divergence of the MADS-box gene family based on genome-wide expression analyses. Kofuji R, Sumikawa N, Yamasaki M, Kondo K, Ueda K, Ito M, Hasebe M. MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 20 12 1963-77 2003/12
- Involvement of auxin and a homeodomain-leucine zipper I gene in rhizoid development of the moss Physcomitrella patens. Sakakibara K, Nishiyama T, Sumikawa N, Kofuji R, Murata T, Hasebe M. DEVELOPMENT 130 20 4835-46 2003/10
- Two ancient classes of MIKC-type MADS-box genes are present in the moss Physcomitrella patens. Katrin Henschel, Rumiko Kofuji, Mitsuyasu Hasebe, Heinz Saedler, Thomas Münster, Günter Theißen MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 19 6 801-814 2002/06
- Evolution of MADS-box genes and reproductive organs in land plants 46 10 1358-1366 2001/08
- Isolation and phylogenetic analysis of MADS genes from the fern Ceratopteris richardii. J. Phytogeogr. & Taxon. 45 83-91 1997
- Regulatory genes of flower development: members of the MADS box gene family 39 15 2570-2579 1994/11
- Molecular phylogeny in the Lardizabalaceae. Kofuji R, Ueda K, Yamaguchi K, Shimizu T JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 107 339-348 1994/09
- Phylogenetic relationships of ferns deduced from rbcL gene sequence. Hasebe M, Ito M, Kofuji R, Ueda K, Iwatsuki K. JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR EVOLUTION 37 5 476-482 1993/11
- Phylogeny of gymnosperms inferred from rbcL gene sequences. Hasebe, M., Kofuji, R., Ito, M., Kato, M., Iwatsuki, K., Ueda, K. JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 105 1080 673-679 1992/12
- Phylogenetic relationships in Gnetophyta deduced from rbcL gene sequences. Hasebe, M., Ito, M., Kofuji, R., Iwatsuki, K., Ueda, K JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH 105 1079 385-391 1992/09
Conference Presentations
Others
Arts and Fieldwork
Patent
Theme to the desired joint research
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research
○「陸上植物の原始形質を探る~ツノゴケからのアプローチ~」(2021-2024)
○「 半数体世代の両性花進化をもたらす雌雄決定原理」(2022-2026)
○「造卵器・造精器形成に基づく陸上植物基部大系統の質的分子系統解析」(2018-2021)
○「小葉類開墾者仮説がもたらす根の初期進化研究の新展開」(2018-2020)
○「植物発生進化のグランドプランとしての細胞分裂軸制御機構とその時空間制御機構の解明」(2016-2020)
○「低温依存的雑種形成が切り拓く植物多様性研究の新展開」(2015-2017)
○「コモウセンゴケ複合体におけるジェネティック、エピジェネティックな種分化機構の解析」(2007-2009)
○「花期に関与する遺伝子を指標とした交雑起源種の種分化機構の解析」(2002-2004)
○「造卵器・造精器から見た陸上植物における生殖器官の進化」(2001-2002)
Competitive research funding,Contribution
Collaborative research,Consignment study
Classes (Bachelors)
○Biology for Education(2023)
○Biology for Education(2023)
○Biology for Education(2023)
○Phylogenetic Systematics Lab(2023)
○Biodiversity and Evolution B(2023)
○Taxonomy B(2023)
○Basic Biology Lab 1(2023)
○Physiology 1A(2023)
○Biodiversity and Evolution A(2023)
○Guide to Biology and Bioengineering A(2023)
○Introduction to Region-studies(2023)
○Experiments in Biology(2023)
Classes (Graduate Schools)
○Laboratory Rotation I(2023)