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Field

Ecological Developmental Adaptability Life Sciences :
Ecological Dynamics

Research

Assistant Professor BAMBA Masaru
Campus Katahira campus
Laboratory Symbiosis Genomics
Tel +81-22-217-5713
E-mail masaru.bamba.b2@tohoku.ac.jp
Career
April 2011 – March 2015: Faculty of Science, Chiba University, Japan
April 2015 – March 2017: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, Japan
April 2017 – March 2020: Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Chiba University, Japan (Ph.D.)
April 2017 – March 2020: Research Fellowships for Young Scientists DC1, JSPS
April 2020 – December 2021: Postdoctoral researcher, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
January 2021 – : Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan
Selected Publications
Bamba, M., Aoki, S., Kajita, T., Setoguchi, H., Watano, Y., Sato, S., and Tsuchimatsu, T. 2020. Massive rhizobial genomic variations associated with partner quality in Lotus–Mesorhizobium symbiosis. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 96:12. doi: 10.1093/femsec/fiaa202
 
Bamba, M., Aoki, S., Kajita, T., Setoguchi, H., Watano, Y., Sato, S., and Tsuchimatsu, T. 2019. Exploring Genetic Diversity and Signatures of Horizontal Gene Transfer in Nodule Bacteria Associated with Lotus japonicus in Natural Environments. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 32:1110–1120
 
Bamba, M., Nakata, S., Aoki, S., Takayama, K., Núñez-Farfán, J., Ito, M., Miya, M., and Kajita, T. 2016. Wide distribution range of rhizobial symbionts associated with pantropical sea-dispersed legumes. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek. 109:1605–1614
 
Bamba, M., Kawaguchi, Y. W., and Tsuchimatsu, T. 2019. Plant adaptation and speciation studied by population genomic approaches. Dev. Growth, Differ. 61:12–24
Activities in Academic Societies
The Botanical Society of Japan
The Japanese Society of Plant Systematics
Society of Evolutionary Studies, Japan
Japanese Society of Plant Microbe interactions

Recent Activities

Exploring the effects of plant genotypes on Plant-Microbiome interactions under different soil microbiome and different soil environments.
Exploring the Genotype-specific interactions between plant and root nodule bacteria and its genetic basis.

Message to Students

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants is one of the most impressive sentences for imagining what research is. I especially like to use the word “Standing” because the Giants would topple over without any support. I sincerely appreciate and respect great scientists who keep giants standing and would like to contribute that, too.