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Takato-Imaizumi

Takato Imaizumi
Professor
takato@uw.edu
LSB571 LSB
(206) 543-8709
Lab website
Not accepting graduate students
Fields of interest
Cell and Molecular Biology, Development, Physiology, Plant Biology

My general research interest is elucidating the molecular mechanisms by which organisms respond to various environmental changes. Currently, I am interested in studying seasonal and diurnal time-keeping mechanisms in plants.

Please see the details in the lab website. 

 

 

Professional Preparation

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan                        Biology                                    B.S., 1996

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan                        Biology                                    M.S., 1998

Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan                        Biology                                    Ph.D., 2001

The Scripps Research Institute                                    Biochemistry                        Postdoc., 2001-2005

 

Appointments

2017-                    Professor, University of Washington

2013-2017            Associate professor, University of Washington

2008-2013            Assistant professor, University of Washington

2007-2008            Associate Research Scientist, University of California, San Diego

2007-2007            Visiting Assistant Scientist, University of California, San Diego

2007-2007            Assistant Professor of Plant Biology, The Scripps Research Institute

2005-2007            Staff Scientist, The Scripps Research Institute

Linked circadian outputs control elongation growth and flowering in response to photoperiod and temperature., Seaton, Daniel D., Smith Robert W., Song Young Hun, MacGregor Dana R., Stewart Kelly, Steel Gavin, Foreman Julia, Penfield Steven, Imaizumi Takato, Millar Andrew J., et al. , Molecular systems biology, 2015, Volume 11, p.776, (2015)
Circadian clock and photoperiodic response in Arabidopsis: from seasonal flowering to redox homeostasis., Shim, Jae Sung, and Imaizumi Takato , Biochemistry, 2015 Jan 20, Volume 54, Issue 2, p.157-70, (2015)
Natural variation in transcriptional rhythms modulates photoperiodic responses., Kubota, Akane, Shim Jae Sung, and Imaizumi Takato , Trends in plant science, 2015 Mar 19, (2015)
Photoperiodic flowering regulation in Arabidopsis thaliana., Golembeski, Greg S., Kinmonth-Schultz Hannah A., Song Young Hun, and Imaizumi Takato , Advances in botanical research, 2014 Jan 1, Volume 72, p.1-28, (2014)
Photoperiodic Flowering: Time Measurement Mechanisms in Leaves., Song, Young Hun, Shim Jae Sung, Kinmonth-Schultz Hannah A., and Imaizumi Takato , Annual review of plant biology, 2014 Dec 12, (2014)
Distinct roles of FKF1, GIGANTEA, and ZEITLUPE proteins in the regulation of CONSTANS stability in Arabidopsis photoperiodic flowering., Song, Young Hun, Estrada Daniel A., Johnson Richard S., Kim Somi K., Lee Sang Yeol, MacCoss Michael J., and Imaizumi Takato , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2014 Dec 9, Volume 111, Issue 49, p.17672-7, (2014)
Structure and Function of the ZTL/FKF1/LKP2 Group Proteins in Arabidopsis., Zoltowski, Brian D., and Imaizumi Takato , The Enzymes, 2014, Volume 35, p.213-39, (2014)
Arabidopsis CRY2 and ZTL mediate blue-light regulation of the transcription factor CIB1 by distinct mechanisms., Liu, Hongtao, Wang Qin, Liu Yawen, Zhao Xiaoying, Imaizumi Takato, Somers David E., Tobin Elaine M., and Lin Chentao , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2013 Oct 22, Volume 110, Issue 43, p.17582-7, (2013)
Flowering time regulation: photoperiod- and temperature-sensing in leaves., Song, Young Hun, Ito Shogo, and Imaizumi Takato , Trends in plant science, 2013 Oct, Volume 18, Issue 10, p.575-83, (2013)
Circadian clock-regulated physiological outputs: dynamic responses in nature., Kinmonth-Schultz, Hannah A., Golembeski Greg S., and Imaizumi Takato , Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2013 May, Volume 24, Issue 5, p.407-13, (2013)
LOV domain-containing F-box proteins: light-dependent protein degradation modules in Arabidopsis., Ito, Shogo, Song Young Hun, and Imaizumi Takato , Molecular plant, 2012 May, Volume 5, Issue 3, p.573-82, (2012)
FLOWERING BHLH transcriptional activators control expression of the photoperiodic flowering regulator CONSTANS in Arabidopsis., Ito, Shogo, Song Young Hun, Josephson-Day Anna R., Miller Ryan J., Breton Ghislain, Olmstead Richard G., and Imaizumi Takato , Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2012 Feb 28, Volume 109, Issue 9, p.3582-7, (2012)
FKF1 conveys timing information for CONSTANS stabilization in photoperiodic flowering., Song, Young Hun, Smith Robert W., To Benjamin J., Millar Andrew J., and Imaizumi Takato , Science (New York, N.Y.), 2012 May 25, Volume 336, Issue 6084, p.1045-9, (2012)
The KAC family of kinesin-like proteins is essential for the association of chloroplasts with the plasma membrane in land plants., Suetsugu, Noriyuki, Sato Yoshikatsu, Tsuboi Hidenori, Kasahara Masahiro, Imaizumi Takato, Kagawa Takatoshi, Hiwatashi Yuji, Hasebe Mitsuyasu, and Wada Masamitsu , Plant & cell physiology, 2012 Nov, Volume 53, Issue 11, p.1854-65, (2012)
CONSTANS and ASYMMETRIC LEAVES 1 complex is involved in the induction of FLOWERING LOCUS T in photoperiodic flowering in Arabidopsis., Song, Young Hun, Lee Ilha, Lee Sang Yeol, Imaizumi Takato, and Hong Jong Chan , The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology, 2012 Jan, Volume 69, Issue 2, p.332-42, (2012)
The ELF4-ELF3-LUX complex links the circadian clock to diurnal control of hypocotyl growth., Nusinow, Dmitri A., Helfer Anne, Hamilton Elizabeth E., King Jasmine J., Imaizumi Takato, Schultz Thomas F., Farré Eva M., and Kay Steve A. , Nature, 2011 Jul 21, Volume 475, Issue 7356, p.398-402, (2011)
Arabidopsis circadian clock and photoperiodism: time to think about location, Imaizumi, T. , Curr Opin Plant Biol, 2010, Volume 13, Issue 1, p.83-9, (2010)
Similarities in the circadian clock and photoperiodism in plants, Song, Y. H., Ito S., and Imaizumi T. , Curr Opin Plant Biol, 2010, (2010)
F-box proteins FKF1 and LKP2 act in concert with ZEITLUPE to control Arabidopsis clock progression, Baudry, A., Ito S., Song Y. H., Strait A. A., Kiba T., Lu S., Henriques R., Pruneda-Paz J. L., Chua N. H., Tobin E. M., et al. , Plant Cell, 2010, Volume 22, Issue 3, p.606-22, (2010)
CUL1 regulates TOC1 protein stability in the Arabidopsis circadian clock, Harmon, F., Imaizumi T., and Gray W. M. , Plant J, 2008, Volume 55, Issue 4, p.568-79, (2008)
FKF1 and GIGANTEA complex formation is required for day-length measurement in Arabidopsis, Sawa, M., Nusinow D. A., Kay S. A., and Imaizumi T. , Science, 2007, Volume 318, Issue 5848, p.261-5, (2007)
PRR3 Is a vascular regulator of TOC1 stability in the Arabidopsis circadian clock, Para, A., Farre E. M., Imaizumi T., Pruneda-Paz J. L., Harmon F. G., and Kay S. A. , Plant Cell, 2007, Volume 19, Issue 11, p.3462-73, (2007)
In SYNC: the ins and outs of circadian oscillations in calcium, Imaizumi, T., Schroeder J. I., and Kay S. A. , Sci STKE, 2007, Volume 2007, Issue 390, p.pe32, (2007)
Photoperiodic control of flowering: not only by coincidence, Imaizumi, T., and Kay S. A. , Trends Plant Sci, 2006, Volume 11, Issue 11, p.550-8, (2006)
FKF1 F-box protein mediates cyclic degradation of a repressor of CONSTANS in Arabidopsis, Imaizumi, T., Schultz T. F., Harmon F. G., Ho L. A., and Kay S. A. , Science, 2005, Volume 309, Issue 5732, p.293-7, (2005)
FKF1 is essential for photoperiodic-specific light signalling in Arabidopsis, Imaizumi, T., Tran H. G., Swartz T. E., Briggs W. R., and Kay S. A. , Nature, 2003, Volume 426, Issue 6964, p.302-6, (2003)