2014年3月20日木曜日

今週の輪読

今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.学会や年度の切り替わり時期で学生さんが少ないため,輪読は二週間お休みして,4/7 再開予定です.
503. Hubert, J. et al. (2014). Identification of natural metabolites in mixture: a pattern recognition strategy based on 13C NMR. Anal. Chem. 86: 2955–2962.
504. Prince, D.C., Drurey, C., Zipfel, C., and Hogenhout, S. The leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase BAK1 and the cytochrome P450 PAD3 contribute to innate immunity to aphids in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. in press.
505. Gulati, J., Baldwin, I.T., and Gaquerel, E. The roots of plant defenses: integrative multivariate analyses uncover dynamic behaviors of gene and metabolic networks of roots elicited by leaf herbivory. Plant J. in press.

2014年3月14日金曜日

今週の輪読

今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.
498. Xin, G.-Z. et al. Rapid identification of plant materials by wooden-tip electrospray ionization mass spectrometry and a strategy to differentiate the bulbs of Fritillaria. Anal. Chim. Acta in press.
499. Xu, T. et al. (2014). Cell surface ABP1-TMK auxin-sensing complex activates ROP GTPase signaling. Science 343: 1025–1028.
500. Rojas, C.M., Senthil-Kumar, M., Tzin, V., and Mysore, K. (2014). Regulation of primary plant metabolism during plant-pathogen interactions and its contribution to plant defense. Front. Plant Sci. 5: 17.
501. Kang, J.-H. et al. (2014). The flavonoid biosynthetic enzyme chalcone isomerase modulates terpenoid production in glandular trichomes of tomato. Plant Physiol. 164: 1161–1174.
502. Aerts, J.T. et al. Patch clamp electrophysiology and capillary electrophoresis–mass spectrometry metabolomics for single cell characterization. Anal. Chem. in press.

2014年3月8日土曜日

卒論発表会,新しい冷却水循環装置,輪読

一ヶ月近くブログ更新をさぼってしまいました.この間,2/13, 14 に資源生物科学科の卒業論文発表会が開催されて,生物制御化学研究室の 4 名の四年生も無事に発表を終えました.例年のことですが,発表自体は練習の成果もあってそれなりに立派にできていましたが,質疑応答に関しては当日の緊張や日頃の勉強不足の影響でもうひと頑張りが必要だったように感じました.4 名中 3 名は就職,1 名は大学院進学予定ですが,卒論での経験を次の進路でも生かして頑張っていただきたいと思います.

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一研でロータリーエバポレーターや遠心型エバポレーターのために使っている冷却水循環装置は非常に古い器械でもうモーターは使えなくなってしまっていて,別な循環装置を送液に利用することによって,だましだまし使っていました(こちらの記事参照).何とか予算の目処が立ったので,この装置を更新することにして,2/22 に新しい冷却水循環装置が納品されました.東京理化の CA-1115A という装置です.従来の装置に比べると非常に音が静かで省スペースになりました.

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2/10-3/7 の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.
485. Van Oystaeyen, A. et al. (2014). Conserved class of queen pheromones stops social insect workers from reproducing. Science 343: 287–290.
486. Liu, Y. et al. Quantification of a botanical negative marker without an identical standard: ginkgotoxin in Ginkgo biloba. J. Nat. Prod. in press.
487. Schmelz, E.A. et al. Biosynthesis, elicitation and roles of monocot terpenoid phytoalexins. Plant J. in press.
488. Kästner, J. et al. (2014). Salicylic acid, a plant defense hormone, is specifically secreted by a molluscan herbivore. PLoS ONE 9: e86500.
489. Song, Y.Y. et al. (2014). Hijacking common mycorrhizal networks for herbivore-induced defence signal transfer between tomato plants. Sci. Rep. 4: 3915.
490. Nagel, R., Berasategui, A., Paetz, C., Gershenzon, J., and Schmidt, A. (2014). Overexpression of an isoprenyl diphosphate synthase in spruce leads to unexpected terpene diversion products that function in plant defense. Plant Physiol. 164: 555–569.
491. Shah, J., Chaturvedi, R., Chowdhury, Z., Venables, B., and Petros, R.A. Signaling by small metabolites in systemic acquired resistance. Plant J. in press.
492. Taurino, M. et al. (2014). Jasmonate-dependent modifications of the pectin matrix during potato development function as a defense mechanism targeted by Dickeya dadantii virulence factors. Plant J. 77: 418–429.
493. Sharfman, M., Bar, M., Schuster, S., Leibman, M., and Avni, A. (2014). Sterol-dependent induction of plant defense responses by a microbe-associated molecular pattern from Trichoderma viride. Plant Physiol. 164: 819–827.
494. Gika, H., Wilson, I., and Theodoridis, G. LC-MS-based holistic metabolic profiling. Problems, limitations, advantages, and future perspectives. J. Chromatogr. B in press.
495. VWang, W., Xie, Z.-P., and Staehelin, C. Functional analysis of chimeric LysM domain receptors mediating Nod factor-induced defense signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana and chitin-induced nodulation signaling in Lotus japonicus. Plant J. in press.
496. Boycheva, S., Daviet, L., Wolfender, J.-L., and Fitzpatrick, T.B. The rise of operon-like gene clusters in plants. Trends Plant Sci. in press.
497. LeBrun, E.G., Jones, N.T., and Gilbert, L.E. (2014). Chemical warfare among invaders: a detoxification interaction facilitates an ant invasion. Science 343: 1014–1017.