Our laboratory website has been renewed
We have completely renewed the website of the Laboratory of Stress and Adaptation Biology. The new design makes generous use of photographs and white space to give a calm, easy reading experience.…
News
2026
New undergraduate students join the laboratory
New third-year undergraduate students have joined the Laboratory of Stress and Adaptation Biology. They will begin exploring how plants adapt to their environment. We look forward to working with our new members throughout the academic year.
Joint seminar with Yokohama City University
埼玉大学と横浜市立大学の包括連携協定に基づき開催された合同セミナーに、高橋大輔が参加しました。セミナーの概要は、関連リンクの埼玉大学ウェブサイトで紹介されています。
Yoshiki Izumi and Momoka Ohashi complete their degrees
Yoshiki Izumi and Momoka Ohashi completed their graduate degrees at Saitama University. We thank them both for their work in the laboratory and wish them every success in their next endeavors.
2025
Review on cell wall memory published in New Phytologist
“Memory in the wall”, a review discussing how structural and compositional changes in plant cell walls may retain environmental history, was published online in New Phytologist. It appears in the 2026 volume.
Momoka Ohashi receives an Outstanding Presentation Award
Momoka Ohashi received an Outstanding Presentation Award at the 19th meeting of the Plant Cell Wall Researcher Network in recognition of her presentation. Congratulations, Momoka!
Takuma Kikuchi’s pollen development study published in Plant and Cell Physiology
A study by Takuma Kikuchi and colleagues examining the roles of the cell wall polysaccharides arabinan and galactan in pollen meiosis in Arabidopsis was published in Plant and Cell Physiology. An image from the study was featured on the cover of the journal’s September 2025 issue.
Jan Gehrke from Ulm University visits the laboratory
Jan Gehrke from Ulm University, Germany, visited the Plant Glycobiology and Environmental Adaptation Laboratory from July 1 to 31, 2025. He spent the month with members of the laboratory. Thank you for visiting us, Jan!
Laboratory website launched
The website of the Laboratory of Stress and Adaptation Biology is now online. It introduces our research, members, and publications. Updates on laboratory activities and research findings will be posted in the News section.