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The JSPB Awards in 2022

The JSPB Award for Distinguished Research

Norihiko MISAWA, Ishikawa Prefecture University
Identification of biosynthesis genes of carotenoids and their synthetic biology research

The JSPB Award for Young Scientists

Takao KOEZUKA, Yamaguchi University
Elucidation and modification of molecular mechanisms underlying the biosynthesis of plant volatiles

Yoshihiko NANASATO, Forest Research and Management Organization
Development of transformation and genome editing systems for recalcitrant plants

Ayako YOKOI, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Development of novel plant genome engineering using homologous recombination and transposon

The JSPB Student Award

Kosuke SHIMIZU, Kobe University
Identification of a novel hatching factor for potato cyst nematode and investigation of its biosynthesis

Ami TAKEUCHI, Tokyo University of Science
Establishment of the efficient genome editing system for metabolic engineering of the potato tuber starch

The JSPB Excellent Paper Award

Plant Biotechnology 38(3):305-310
A multimodal metabolomics approach using imaging mass spectrometry and liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry for spatially characterizing monoterpene indole alkaloids secreted from roots.
*Ryo Nakabayashi, Noriko Takeda-Kamiya, Yutaka Yamada, Tetsuya Mori, Mai Uzaki, Takashi Nirasawa, Kiminori Toyooka, Kazuki Saito (*corresponding author)

Plant Biotechnology 38(3):345-353
Creation of a potato mutant lacking the starch branching enzyme gene StSBE3 that was generated by genome editing using the CRISPR/dMac3-Cas9 system.
Ami Takeuchi, Mariko Ohnuma, Hiroshi Teramura, Kenji Asano, Takahiro Noda, Hiroaki Kusano, Koji Tamura, *Hiroaki Shimada (*corresponding author)