WAKANA TANAKA

Profile Information

Affiliation: Associate professor, Graduate School of ScienceDepartment of Biological Sciences, Hiroshima University

Degree: 博士（理学）(東京大学)

Researcher number: 10725245
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2635-5462
J-GLOBAL ID: 201801011405893380
researchmap Member ID: B000289377

I am interested in how plants elaborate their structures such as flowers and leaves. My research objective is to elucidate the molecular and genetic mechanisms underlying the control of plant development.

Research Interests

Research Areas

Research History

Apr, 2023 - Present

Hiroshima University
Dec, 2019 - Mar, 2023

Hiroshima University
Aug, 2015 - Nov, 2019

Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2013 - Aug, 2015

Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2013

Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo
Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2012

Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

Committee Memberships

Apr, 2024 - Present

Gender Equality Committee, Japanese Society of Breeding
Jan, 2023 - Present

Plant & Cell Physiology Budding Editor, The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists
Apr, 2021 - Mar, 2023

評議員, 日本遺伝学会
Dec, 2019 - Sep, 2020

Japan Biology Olympiad Main Competition Committee Member, Japan Biology Olympiad Committee

Awards

Papers

Effect of shading on trichome formation and CAPRICE-like gene expression in tea (Camellia sinensis var. sinensis) leaves

Juri Wakamatsu, Mina Yamamoto, Mayumi Kikuta, Wakana Tanaka, Rumi Tominaga

Scientia Horticulturae, 330 113049-113049, 2024 Peer-reviewed
MiRiQ - a promising new in silico mutant screening tool for the rice community

Wakana Tanaka

Plant and Cell Physiology, 65(1) 1-3, 2024 Peer-reviewedInvitedCorresponding author
Developmental genetic studies on rice morphogenesis

Wakana Tanaka

Breeding Research, 25(2), Dec, 2023 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
Genetic basis controlling rice plant architecture and its modification for breeding

Wakana Tanaka, Takaki Yamauchi, Katsutoshi Tsuda

Breeding Science, 73(1) 3-45, 2023 Peer-reviewedInvitedLead author
Complementation and protein localization analyses of R3 MYBs in an Arabidopsis caprice mutant

Juri Wakamatsu, Kosuke Nagao, Wakana Tanaka, Dong Qin, Rumi Tominaga

Plant Biotechnology, 40(1) 99-103, 2023 Peer-reviewed
D-type cyclin OsCYCD3;1 is involved in the maintenance of meristem activity to regulate branch formation in rice

Ami Ohyama, Rumi Tominaga, TaiyoToriba, and WakanaTanaka

Journal of Plant Physiology, 270 153634-153634, 2022 Peer-reviewedLast authorCorresponding author
Flower meristem maintenance by TILLERS ABSENT1 is essential for ovule development in rice

Wakana Tanaka, Suzuha Ohmori, Naoto Kawakami, Hiro-Yuki Hirano

Development, 148(24) dev199932, Dec 17, 2021 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
Identification of six CPC-like genes and their differential expression in leaves of tea plant, Camellia sinensis.

Juri Wakamatsu, Takuji Wada, Wakana Tanaka, Sotaro Fujii, Yukichi Fujikawa, Yoshihiro Sambongi, Rumi Tominaga

Journal of plant physiology, 263 153465-153465, Jun 27, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Function of the TRY C-terminal region artificially fused with its homologous transcription factors inducing root hair differentiation in Arabidopsis.

Juri Wakamatsu, Kosuke Nagao, Yukino Sumida, Wakana Tanaka, Yoshihiro Sambongi, Rumi Tominaga

Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry, 85(5) 1114-1120, Apr 24, 2021 Peer-reviewed
イネの分げつ形成を開始する遺伝的しくみ

田中若奈

アグリバイオ, 5(4) 44-48, Apr, 2021 InvitedLead authorCorresponding author
The Roles of Two FLORAL ORGAN NUMBER Genes, FON1 and FON2, Differ in Axillary Meristem Development.

Wakana Tanaka, and Hiro-Yuki Hirano

Cytologia, 85(4) 319-324, Dec, 2020 Peer-reviewedLead authorCorresponding author
CURLED LATER1 encoding the largest subunit of the Elongator complex has a unique role in leaf development and meristem function in rice

Hikari Matsumoto, Yukiko Yasui, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Wakana Tanaka, Tetsuya Ishikawa, Hisataka Numa, Kenta Shirasawa, Yojiro Taniguchi, Junichi Tanaka, Yasuhiro Suzuki …

Plant Journal, 104(2) 351-364, Jul 31, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Stem cell maintenance in the shoot apical meristems and during axillary meristem development.

Cytologia, 85(1) 3-8, Mar, 2020 Peer-reviewedInvitedLast author
DWARF WITH SLENDER LEAF1 Encoding a Histone Deacetylase Plays Diverse Roles in Rice Development.

Fumika Clara Kubo, Yukiko Yasui, Yoshihiro Ohmori, Toshihiro Kumamaru, Wakana Tanaka, Hiro-Yuki Hirano

Plant & cell physiology, 61(3) 457-469, Mar 1, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Antagonistic action of TILLERS ABSENT1 and FLORAL ORGAN NUMBER2 regulates stem cell maintenance during axillary meristem development in rice.

Wakana Tanaka, Hiro-Yuki Hirano

New Phytologist, 225(2) 974-984, Jan, 2020 Peer-reviewed
Class I KNOX Gene OSH1 is Indispensable for Axillary Meristem Development in Rice

Wakana Tanaka, Katsutoshi Tsuda, Hiro-Yuki Hirano

CYTOLOGIA, 84(4) 343-346, Dec 25, 2019 Peer-reviewed
TILLERS ABSENT1, the WUSCHEL ortholog, is not involved in stem cell maintenance in the shoot apical meristem in rice

Chie Suzuki, Wakana Tanaka, Hiroyuki Tsuji, Hiro-Yuki Hirano

Plant Signaling & Behavior, 14(9) 1640565-1640565, Sep 2, 2019 Peer-reviewedInvited
Transcriptional corepressor ASP1 and CLV-like signaling regulate meristem maintenance in rice.

Chie Suzuki, Wakana Tanaka, Hiro-Yuki Hirano

Plant Physiology, 180(3) 1520-1534, Jul, 2019 Peer-reviewed
Rice flower development revisited: regulation of carpel specification and flower meristem determinacy.

Shige-Hiro Sugiyama, Yukiko Yasui, Suzuha Ohmori, Wakana Tanaka, Hiro-Yuki Hirano

Plant & Cell Physiology, 60(6) 1284-1295, Jun, 2019 Peer-reviewed
BELL 1 ‐like homeobox genes regulate inflorescence architecture and meristem maintenance in rice

Takuyuki Ikeda, Wakana Tanaka, Taiyo Toriba, Chie Suzuki, Akiteru Maeno, Katsutoshi Tsuda, Toshihiko Shiroishi, Tetsuya Kurata, Tomoaki Sakamoto, Masayuki Murai …

The Plant Journal, 98(3) 465-478, May, 2019 Peer-reviewed

Misc.

Functional analyses of the Elongator genes that regulate rice development

松本光梨, 安居佑季子, 大森良弘, 田中若奈, 田中若奈, 石川哲也, 沼寿隆, 白澤健太, 白澤健太, 谷口洋二郎 …

育種学研究, 22, 2020
個体の成長にともなって葉の形態を制御するイネ遺伝子の発生遺伝学的解析

松本光梨, 安居佑季子, 田中若奈, 大森良弘, 石川哲也, 沼寿隆, 白澤健太, 白澤健太, 谷口洋二郎, 田中淳一 …

育種学研究, 21 55, Sep 6, 2019
Functional analysis of two related genes involved in the axillary meristem formation in rice

Wakana Tanaka, Hiro-Yuki Hirano

GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS, 91(6) 354-354, Dec, 2016
Three TOB1-related YABBY genes regulate flower and inflorescence development in rice

Wakana Tanaka, Shigeyuki Kawano, Hiro-yuki Hirano

GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS, 88(6) 366-366, Dec, 2013
Communication between the meristem and lateral organs in rice spikelet development

Hiroyuki Hirano, Tanaka Wakana

GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS, 87(6) 391-391, Dec, 2012
イネ小穂の側生器官の発生とメリステムのオーガナイゼーションを制御するTONGARIBOUSHI1(TOB1)遺伝子の単離と機能解析

田中若奈, 鳥羽大陽, 大森良弘, 河合新, 吉田明希子, 槌田智子, 市川裕章, 光田展隆, 高木優, 平野博之

日本植物生理学会年会要旨集, 53rd, 2012
イネの小穂に多面的な異常を生じるtongariboushi(tob)変異体の解析および原因遺伝子の単離

田中若奈, 鳥羽大陽, 大森良弘, 河合新, 吉田明希子, 光田展隆, 高木優, 槌田智子, 市川裕章, 平野博之

育種学研究, 13, 2011
Genome-wide analysis of genes involved in carpel development in rice

Wakana Tanaka, Mafumi Abiko, Hiro-Yuki Hirano

GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS, 83(6) 498-498, Dec, 2008

Books and Other Publications

つくると食べるをつなぐサイエンス最先端の生物生産学図鑑

分げつの形づくりを理解して、お米の収量増加を目指す (Role: Contributor)

恒星社厚生閣, 2022 (ISBN: 9784769916857)
Introduction to applied biological science for the SDGs

(Role: Contributor)

2021
Flower Development - Methods and Protocols

Hiro-Yuki Hirano, Wakana Tanaka, Taiyo Toriba (Role: Contributor, Chapter 3 “Grass Flower Development”)

Springer, 2014
The Molecular Genetics of Floral Transition and Flower Development - Advances in Botanical Research

Wakana Tanaka, Taiyo Toriba, Hiro-Yuki Hirano (Role: Contributor, CHAPTER 8 “Flower Development in Rice”)

Elsevier, 2014

Professional Memberships

Research Projects

光強度に応答した腋芽形成機構の解明

科学研究費基金基盤研究(C), 基盤研究(C), 文部科学省, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025

田中若奈
腋芽メリステム確立時の幹細胞の維持機構

科学研究費助成事業新学術領域研究(研究領域提案型), 文部科学省, Apr, 2020 - Mar, 2022

田中若奈
イネの腋芽幹細胞の新生メカニズムの解明

科学研究費基金若手研究, 文部科学省, Apr, 2019 - Mar, 2022

田中若奈
イネの腋芽形成過程における幹細胞の確立と維持の制御機構の解明

科学研究費基金若手研究(B), 文部科学省, Apr, 2016 - Mar, 2019

田中若奈
イネの形づくりと分裂組織の維持に関する遺伝学的研究

共同研究（共同研究A）, 国立遺伝学研究所, Apr, 2017 - Mar, 2018

田中若奈
イネの分げつの形成機構の解明

理・工・農学分野女性教員スタートアップ研究費, 国立大学法人東京大学, Oct, 2015 - Sep, 2016

田中若奈
被子植物における花メリステムの有限性制御機構の解明

科学研究費助成事業特別研究員奨励費, 文部科学省, Apr, 2013 - Mar, 2016

田中若奈
高等植物の花の発生・分化のメカニズムとその多様性の解明

科学研究費助成事業特別研究員奨励費, 文部科学省, Apr, 2011 - Mar, 2013

田中若奈