Sustainable Resource Science

08/08/2023

A new approach to attacking fungi involves inhibiting a gene needed for making fatty acids.

17/12/2021

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Reducing starch branching enzymes in cassava plants made more resistant and thus healthier tapioca starch.

14/05/2021

RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) will host an international symposium themed “Hope for the Future - RIKEN Symposium on Sustainable Resource Science -”.

03/09/2020

A new Nature publication from the RIKEN CSRS Plant Immunity Research Group

Study shows that immune responses in crops against bacterial infection give parasitic plants what they need to invade: quinones.

08/07/2020

who needs spiders? bacteria web spinners are for real

A little genetic engineering and a special recipe allows photosynthetic bacteria to mass-produce super lightweight spider silk for use in manufacturing.

10/06/2020

new study shows that organic nitrogen is somehow nutritious

Scientists used a multi-omics analysis to show that soil solarization helps crops grow because it increases organic nitrogen in the soil.

25/05/2020

Read about how AI is being used to make cancer prognoses, a biomarker for schizophrenia found in hair, and the launch of RIKEN Innovation.

13/03/2019

Watch a new RIKEN Research Highlight Video from CSRS: Environmentally friendly maleate production using genetically modified E. Coli.

Watch these videos about scientific research and learn something! Also find out about what RIKEN is doing.

20/02/2019

Self-healing material from RIKEN CSRS and CPR!

This newly created ethylene-based material has shape memory that allows self-healing!

06/11/2018

New genetic insights into the plant rehydration process: this is why your plants don't die after you forgot to water them.

31/08/2018

Transgenic plants 🌿🌱🌾 with increased drought tolerance!

Scientists designed transgenic plants that survive drought-like conditions by bumping up acetic acid production only when water is scarce.

05/07/2018

Just out in Plant Cell. A gene that protects plants from extreme heat

Scientists have discovered a gene that allows plants to cope with extreme heat by changing the composition of chloroplast membranes.