Laboratory Seminar

Title: ”Developing the image measurement system for phenotype analysis“

Presenter: Takanari TANABATA（Photobiology and Photosynthesis Research Unit National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences）

Date and Time: December 16 (Tuesday), 13:00-14:45

Place: Room S-177

Abstract: With the completion of the rice genome sequencing project, the next major challenge is the systematic determination of gene function, then difficulties arise in the quantitative analysis of phenotypic traits. Comprehensive measurement of visible phenotypes in the process of growing is especially important because it is difficult to predict when and where the growing pattern or rate changes to produce phenotypic variation. To solve these problems, we have been developing the digital imaging system and constructed a large-scale image database. Combined with physiological and molecular biological methods, this systematic and comprehensive phenotypic profiling system may provide new insights on phenotypic trait measurements and advance our understanding of gene functions in plant growth and development.