Takato Imaizumi
Takato Imaizumi obtained his Ph.D. from the Tokyo Metropolitan University in Japan in 2001 under the supervision of Dr. Masamitsu Wada. His research focused on the function of blue light photoreceptor cryptochrome in fern and moss. After completing his Ph.D., Takato moved to the United States as a postdoctoral associate and worked with Dr. Steve Kay on plant circadian clock-related mechanisms in San Diego. Takato started to study the mechanisms of photoperiodic flowering in the Kay lab, focusing on the molecular genetic analysis of a novel blue-light photoreceptor called FKF1, which plays a pivotal role in photoperiodic flowering. Takato Imaizumi secured a tenure-track assistant professor position at the Department of Biology at the University of Washington in 2008. Since then, Takato has established his own lab. Takato achieved tenure in 2013 and was promoted to professor in 2017. The primary research objective of the Imaizumi lab is to study the mechanisms of seasonal sensing, but we also study other circadian clock-associated mechanisms. One of his major contributions has been elucidating the molecular mechanisms of seasonal sensing in Arabidopsis.
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