Education

Ph.D., Graduate school of Science, Kyoto University, Japan, 2013

Current position

Project Assistant Professor, Tokushima University, Japan, 2014

Publications

1. Kawase, T., Sugano, S. S., Shimada, T. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2015). A direction-selective local-thresholding method, DSLT, in combination with a dye-based method for automated three-dimensional segmentation of cells and airspaces in developing leaves. Plant J 81(2): 357-366.
   
2. Sugano, S. S., Shirakawa, M., Takagi, J., Matsuda, Y., Shimada, T., Hara-Nishimura, I. and Kohchi, T. (2014). CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L. Plant Cell Physiol 55(3): 475-481.
   
3. Tanaka, Y.*, Sugano, S. S.*, Shimada, T. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2013). Enhancement of leaf photosynthetic capacity through increased stomatal density in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 198(3): 757-764. * equal contribution
   
4. Shimada, T., Sugano, S. S. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2011). Positive and negative peptide signals control stomatal density. Cell Mol Life Sci 68(12): 2081-2088.
   
5. Sugano, S. S., Shimada, T., Imai, Y., Okawa, K., Tamai, A., Mori, M. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2010). Stomagen positively regulates stomatal density in Arabidopsis. Nature 463(7278): 241-244.