Motoaki Seki
MotoakiSekigraduatedfromtheFacultyofAgriculture,KyotoUniversityin1988.HeobtainedhisPh.D.insciencefromHiroshimaUniversityin1994.HecontinuedthestudyuntilMarch1995asaResearchFellowoftheJapanSocietyforthePromotionofScience(JSPS).InApril1995,hejoinedLaboratoryofPlantMolecularBiology,RIKENTsukubaInstituteandhasstudiedplantfunctionalgenomicsandmolecularresponsestoabioticstressesinplants.In1999,healsobecameSeniorScientistofPlantMutationExplorationTeam,PlantFunctionalGenomicsResearchGroup,RIKENGenomicSciencesCenterandhasperformedArabidopsisfunctionalgenomicsusingfull-lengthcDNAsandwhole-genometranscriptomeanalysesunderdrought,coldandhigh-salinitystressconditions.InNovember2006,hewasappointedtobeTeamLeaderofPlantGenomicNetworkResearchTeam,RIKENPlantScienceCenter.InApril2008,hewasappointedtobeGuestProfessorofKiharaInstituteforBiologicalResearch,YokohamaCityUniversity.InApril2012,hewasappointedtobeVisitingProfessorofVietnamAcademyofAgriculturalScience(VAAS),Vietnam.InApril2013,hewasappointedtobeVi