Background

1986 B. Sc.	Kyoto University, Faculty of Science
1986 B. Sc.	Kyoto University, Faculty of Science
1988 M.Sc.	Kyoto University, Faculty of Science
1991 Ph.D.	Kyoto University, Faculty of Science
1990	JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (DC)
1990-1992	Assistant Professor, Faculty of Science, Osaka City Univ.
1992-2003	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo
1996	Visiting Scholar, Harvard Univ./ MGH, Supported by Japan-US cooperative Photoconversion and Photosynthesis Research Program
1999-2000	Visiting Scholar, UCSD, Supported by Monbusho Fellowship program for Japanese Scholars and Researchers to study Abroad by the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan
2003-2004	Associate Professor, Research Institute of Bioresources, Okayama Univ.
2004-2011	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, Univ. of Tokyo
2011-2017	Associate professor, Biotechnology Research Center, Univ. of Tokyo
2017-Present	Professor, Biotechnology Research Center, Univ. of Tokyo
2003	Award for Young Scientists by the Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists

Selected Publications

• Liu K, Niu Y, Konishi M, Wu Y, Du H, Chung HS, Li L, Boudsocq M, McCormack M, Maekawa S, Ishida T, Zhang C, Shokat K, Yanagisawa, S. and Sheen, J. (2017) “Discovery of Nitrate-CPK-NLP signalling in central nutrient-growth networks”, Nature 545: 311-316.
• Yanagisawa S (2015) “Structure and evolution of the plant Dof transcription factor family” in Plant Transcription Factors. Evolutionary, Structural and Functional Aspects” (Daniel H. Gonzalez, ed.), Elsevier/Academic Press.
• Konishi M and Yanagisawa S (2013) “Arabidopsis NIN-like transcription factors play a central role in nitrate signalling”, Nat. Commun. 4: 1617.
• Negi J, Moriwaki K, Konishi M, Yokoyama R, Nakano T, Kusumi K, Hashimoto-Sugimoto M, Schroeder JI, Nishitani K, Yanagisawa S and Iba K (2013) “A Dof transcription factor, SCAP1, is essential for the development of functional stomata in Arabidopsis”, Curr. Biol. 23: 479-484.
• Takahara T, Tasic B, Maniatis T, Akanuma H and Yanagisawa S (2005) “A delay in the synthesis of the 3’ splice site promotes trans-splicing of the preceding 5’ splice site”, Mol. Cell 18: 245-251.
• Yanagisawa S, Akiyama A, Kisaka H, Uchimiya H and Miwa T (2004) “Metabolic engineering with Dof1 transcription factor in plants: Improved nitrogen assimilation and growth under low nitrogen conditions”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 7833-7838.
• Gagne JM, Smalle J, Gingerich DJ, Walker JM, Yoo S-D, Yanagisawa S and Vierstra RD (2004) “Arabidopsis EIN3-binding F-box 1 and 2 form ubiquitin-protein ligases that repress ethylene action and promote growth by directing EIN3 degradation”, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101: 6803-6808.
• Potuschak T, Lechner E, Parmentier Y, Yanagisawa S, Grava S, Koncz C and Genschik P (2003) “EIN3-dependent regulation of plant ethylene hormone signaling by two Arabidopsis F-box proteins: EBF1 and EBF2”, Cell 115: 679-689.
• Yanagisawa S, Yoo S-D and Sheen J (2003) “Differential regulation of EIN3 stability by glucose and ethylene signalling in plants”, Nature 425: 521-525.
• Yanagisawa S (2002) “The Dof family of plant transcription factors”, Trends Plant Sci. 7: 555-560.