“Microbial Production of Plant Secondary Metabolites, Isoquinoline Alkaloids, based on Metabolic Engineering Research” (Joint Research), Japan Academy Prize, The Japan Academy
Winner: SATO Fumihiko, KUMAGAI Hidehiko
May 2011
Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrichemistry Award, Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology and Agrichemistry
Jul 2009
Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology Scientific Award, Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology
Apr 2009
Prizes for Science and Technology（Research Category）, The Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
Apr 2003
Ichimura Foundation Scientific Contribution Award, Ichimura Foundation
Oct 1999
Japanese Society of Chemical Regulation of Plants Awards, Japanese Society of Chemical Regulation of Plants
Apr 1989
Junior Scientist Award (Japan Society of Bioscience Biotechnology and Agrichemistry)
Improved production of plant isoquinoline alkaloids by metabolic engineering. In Advances in Botanical Research. Vol.68, Chap. 6
SATO Fumihiko (Giglioli-Guivarc'h, N., Ed.)
Academic Press 2013 ISBN:ISSN0065-2296
Microbial Production of Plant Benzylisoquinoline Alkaloids. K.G. Ramawat, J.M. Merillon (eds.), Handbook of Natural Products
Matsumura E., Matsuda, M., Sato, F., Minami, H.
Springer-Verlag Berlin DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-22144-6_1 2013
Metabolic engineering and synthetic biology for the production of isoquinoline alkaloids. In: Biotechnology for Medicinal Plants: Micropropagation and Improvement.
Chow, Y.L., Sato, F. （分担執筆）Chandra, S., Lata H., Varma A. (eds)
Springer, pp. 327-343, DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29974-2_14 2012
Engineering the biosynthesis of low molecular weight metabolites for quality traits (essential nutrients, health-promoting phytochemicals, volatiles, and aroma compounds). In: Plant biotechnology and agriculture: Prospects for the 21st century.
Sato, F., Matsui, K. （分担執筆）(Ed. Altman, A. and Hasegawa, P.M.)
Academic Press, Oxford, pp. 443-462. 2011
Overexpression of rate-limiting enzymes to improve alkaloid productivity. In " Plant Secondary Metabolism Engineering (Methods in Molecular Biology 643): Methods and Protocols"
Takemura, T., Chow, Y-L., Todokoro, T., Okamoto, T. and Sato, F. (分担執筆）(ed. Fett-Neto, A.G.)
Humana Press. pp. 33-45 2010
Microbial expression of alkaloid biosynthetic enzymes for characterization of their properties. In " Plant Secondary Metabolism Engineering (Methods in Molecular Biology 643): Methods and Protocols"
Identification of regulatory protein genes involved in alkaloid biosynthesis using a transient RNAi system. In " Plant Secondary Metabolism Engineering (Methods in Molecular Biology 643): Methods and Protocols"
Yamada, Y., Kato, N., Kokabu, Y., Luo, Q. Dubouzet, J.G. and Sato, F. （分担執筆）(ed. Fett-Neto, A.G.)
Humana Press. pp. 95-109 2010
Engineering formation of medicinal compounds in cell cultures. In Advances in Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Vol. 1.
Sato, F., and Yamada, Y.（分担執筆）(HJ Bohnert, H. Nguyen, and N.G. Lewis eds)
Elsevier Ltd., Amsterdam, Pp. 311-345 2008
Metabolic Engineering in Alkaloid Biosynthesis: Case Studies in Tyrosine- and Putrescine-Derived Alkaloids. In: Applications of Plant Metabolic Engineering
Fumihiko Sato, Koji Inai and Takashi Hashimoto(分担執筆）(Editors: Robert Verpoorte, A. W. Alfermann and T. S. Johnson)
Springer, ISBN: 978-1-4020-6030-4. pp. 145-173 2007
Secondary metabolites and biotechnology in plants
Sato, F
Agrobiotechnology and Plant Tissue Culture; ed. S. S. Bhojwani and W.-Y. Soh, Science Pub. Inc., Enfield (NH) ,USA, ISBN 1-57808-243-9,/ , 97-104 2003
Possibility of molecular protection of phtosynthesis under salinity stress(共著)
Sato, F. (Part:Joint Work)
Advances in Chemical Conversions for Mitigating Carbon Dioxide; Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis,114/,249-254 1998
Characterization of OEC23 polypeptide of NaCl-adapted photoautotrophic cultured cells of tobacco. (共著)
Sato, F. (Part:Joint Work)
“Photosynthesis : from Light to Biosphere"P. Mathis(ed. ), Kluwer Acad. Pub. Netherlands.,IV/,601-604 1995
CND41 ; a novel chloroplast-nucleoid DNA-binding protein. (共著)
Sato, F. (Part:Joint Work)
“Photosynthesis : from Light to Biosphere"P. Mathis(ed. ), Kluwer Acad. Pub. Netherlands.,III/,575-578 1995
Selection and characterization of high NaCl-adapted cultured green cell of tobacco. (共著)
Sato, F. (Part:Joint Work)
“Ecophysiology and photosynthetic in vitro cultures,1995", Aix-en-Provence(France),1-3 December1993, F. Carre and P. Chagvardieff ED. CEA, Cadarache, ISBN : 2-7272-0175-3, 1995
Photoautotrophic culture : a model system to investigate the regulation of gene expression in cultured plant cells. (共著)In "Primary and Secondary Metabolism in Cultured Plant Cells II" ed. by W. G. W. Kurz,
Sato, F. (Part:Joint Work)
Springer-Verlag(Berlin),,27-34 1989
Selection for photoautotrophic cells(共著) In"Handbook of Plant Cell Culture, Vol 1 Techniques for propagation and breeding" eds. by D. A. Evans, W. R. Sharp, P. V. Amirato and Y. Yamada,
Sato, F., Yamada, Y. (Part:Joint Work)
Macmillan Publishing Co (New York),1, 489-500 1984
Synthetic biology goes in benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis[Invited]
SATO Fumihiko
The 4th International Conference on Plant Metabolism (ICPM 2017) 16 Jul 2017
Synthetic biology of plant secialized metabolism using NGS information of non-model medicinal plants[Invited]
SATO Fumihiko
Plant Genomics & Gene editing, Asia Congress 10 Apr 2017
Microbial production of Opiates and Related Isoquinoline alkaloids[Invited]
SATO Fumihiko
16th Annual PEPTalk, Microbial Production; Optimizing the Production of Microbial-based Expression Systems 13 Jan 2017
Perspectives of Metabolic Engineering in Plant Cells and/or Microorganisms: Case Studies for Isoquinoline Alkaloid Biosynthesis[Invited]
SATO Fumihiko
29 Sep 2016
Production of Plant Natural Products in in vitro system 2016[Invited]
SATO Fumihiko
7 Jul 2016
Characterization of plant functions using cultured plant cells, and biotechnological applications.[Invited]
SATO Fumihiko
International Science Conferences & Events Association (VISCEA) on “Plant Cells in Vitro: Theory and Practice” 9 Feb 2016
Microbial production of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid 2015
SATO Fumihiko; MINAMI Hiromichi
ISPSA2015, Tokushima 31 Aug 2015
P450s and plant isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis[Invited]
SATO Fumihiko
12th International symposium on cytochrome P450: Biodiversity and biotechnology 24 Sep 2014
Energy use and loss of absorbed light at PSII in field-grown rice[Invited]
Fumihiko Sato
International Conference “Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability” in hornor of Jalal A. Alliyev, Baku, Azerbaijan 8 Jun 2013 International Organizing Committee, Chairman, James Barber (UK)
Microbial platform for systematic investigations of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid pathway[Invited]
Fumihiko Sato
International Conference of Natural Products Biosynthesis. Enzymology, Structural Biology, Drug Discovery and Genome Mining, Awaji Shima, Japan 17 Jun 2012 International Conference of Natural Products Biosynthesis
Metabolic engineering and microbial production of benzylisoquinoline alkaloids[Invited]
SATO Fumihiko
GNU Plant Science Symposium 2012 10 May 2012 Gyeongsang National University, Korea
The great footprints of the late Prof. Meinhart Zenk in isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis studies, The legacy of Meinhart H. Zenk
Fumihiko Sato
50th Anniversary Meeting Phytochemical Society of North America, Fairmont Orchid, Hawaii 10 Dec 2011 Phytochemical Society of North America
Never-ending attempts to produce plant natural products in vitro; case study for isoquinoline alkaloids[Invited]
SATO Fumihiko
International Symposium “Future Prospects of Plant Biotechnology”, Univ. Tokyo 15 Nov 2011 Biotechnology Research Center, University of Tokyo
Recent progresses in regulation of linear and cyclic electron transfers
15th International Congress of Photosynthesis, Beijing, China 24 Aug 2010 International Society of Photosynthesis Research
Role of CND41 homologues in protein degradation in leaves of Arabidopsis under nitrogen depletion
Nitrogen 2010-1st International Symposium on the Nitrogen Nutrition of Plants (Inuyama, Japan) 26 Jul 2010
Production of Novel Plant Metabolite-producing Cells using RNAi for Drug-discovery Screening[Invited]
Fumihiko Sato
2009 4th China Medical Biotech Forum, Dalian, China 8 Aug 2009 BIT Life Sciences
Novel P450s in isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis[Invited]
Sato, F., Ikezawa, N., Iwasa, K. and Takemura, T.
Proceedings of 16 th International Conference on Cytochrome P450 (eds. Shoun, H. and Ohkawa, H.) 21 Jun 2009
Reconstitution of benzylisoquinoine alkaloid biosynthesis in microbe[Invited]
Fumihiko Sato
XIth France-Japan Workshop on Plant Sciences 2008: Genome-wide omics analysis in plant sciences 20 Oct 2008 筑波大学
Synthetic biological approaches for producing benzylisoquinoline alkaloids in microbes[Invited]
Fumihiko Sato
7th US-Japan Seminar on the Biosynthesis of Natural Products: Enzymology, Structural Biology, and Drug Discovery 23 Jun 2008 US-Japan Seminar
Recent progresses in molecular research on photosynthetic energy-converting machinery: Oxygen evolving complex and cyclic electron transfer system[Invited]
Fumihiko Sato
The 19th Annual Meeting of the Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology (COEX, Seoul) 18 Oct 2007 Korean Society for Molecular and Cellular Biology
Beyond the molecular characterization of isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis[Invited]
Fumihiko Sato
2007 Phytochemical Society of North America Annual Meeting, Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, St. Louis, Missouri 21 Jul 2007 Phytochemical Society of North America
Molecular and cellular biology of isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in higher plants and its application[Invited]
Fumihiko Sato
The 6th Kyoto University Symposium on Plat Sciences in Japan and China; from Genetics to Breeding (Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing) 8 Oct 2005 Kyoto University
Molecular engineering of isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis[Invited]
Fumihiko Sato
The 7th AEARU Molecular Biology and Biotechnology Workshop (Tsinghua Univ., Beijing) 19 Sep 2005 AEARU
Characterization of a high chlorophyll fluorescence mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana.
Kishine, M., Takabayashi, A., Munekage, Y., Shikanai, T., Endo, T., Sato, F.
12th International Congress on Photosynthesis 2001
The extrinsic 18-kDa protein in photosystem II restores the ion-retention activity of a mutant extrinsic 23-kDa protein lacking 19 amino-acid residues on the amino terminus.（共著）
Ifuku, K., Nakatu, T., Kato, H., Sato, F.
PS2001 Proceedings of 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis (ISBN:0643067116), CSIRO Publishing, Australia, www.publish.csiro.au/ps2001,S13-018 2001
Different sensitivity of photosynthetic electron transport of plant species to lichen acids.（共著）
Takahagi, T. , Endo, T., Ifuku, K., Yamamoto, Y., Kinoshita, Y., Takeshita, S., Sato, F.
PS2001 Proceedings of 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis (ISBN:0643067116), CSIRO Publishing, Australia, www.publish.csiro.au/ps2001,S36-013 2001
Defect in chloroplastic NAD(P)H dehydrogenase complex resulted in stromal over-reduction after exposure to strong light.（共著）
Endo, T., Takabayashi, A., Shikanai, T., Sato, F.
PS2001 Proceedings of 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis (ISBN:0643067116), CSIRO Publishing, Australia, www.publish.csiro.au/ps2001,S11-018 2001
CND41, achloroplast DNA-binding protease, is involved in Rubisco degradation.（共著）
Kato, Y. Murakami, S., Nakano, T., Sato, F.
PS2001 Proceedings of 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis (ISBN:0643067116), CSIRO Publishing, Australia, www.publish.csiro.au/ps2001,S21-006 2001
An Arabidopsis thaliana high F0 mutant had an impaired 33 kDa protein in oxygen evolving complex (OEC).（共著）
Murakami, R., Ifuku, K., Endo, T., Shinai, T., Sato, F.
PS2001 Proceedings of 12th International Congress on Photosynthesis (ISBN:0643067116), CSIRO Publishing, Australia, www.publish.csiro.au/ps2001,S13-013 2001
Regulation of PR-5d gene expression via ERFs. (共著)[Invited]
F. Sato, S. Kitajima, T. Koyama, T. Okada, M. Ohme-Takagi, and H. Shishi,
The 14th Symposium on Plant Biotechnology : 2000 Japan-Korea Joint Symposium,14, 103-109 2000
CND41, a DNA-binding protein in chloroplast nucleoid, and its function(共著)[Invited]
Sato, F., Murakami, S., Chatani, H. & Nakano, T.
The 13th Symposium on Plant Biotechnology, Korea,13, 51-56 1999
