Prof. Dr. Yoshihiro Shiraiwa

Profile

Academic positionEmeritus
Research fieldsPlant Physiology,Biochemistry
KeywordsAcclimation to CO2, Biomineralization, CO2 Concentrating Mechanism, Microalgae, Photosynthetic Carbon Metabolism

Current contact address

CountryJapan
CityTsukuba
InstitutionUniversity of Tsukuba
InstituteFaculty of Life and Environmental Sciences
Homepagehttp://www.sakura.cc.tsukuba.ac.jp/~plmet302/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Georg H. SchmidFakultät für Biologie, Universität Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Prof. Dr. Horst SengerFachbereich Biologie - Botanik, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/1984

Programme(s)

1984Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2004Shiraiwa, Y., A. Danbara and Y. Kanke: Characterization of highly oxygen-sensitive photosynthesis in coccolithophorids. . In: Jpn. J. Phycol. , 2004, 87-94
2004Hanawa, Y., K. Iwamoto, Y. Shiraiwa: Purification of a recombinant high-CO2-inducible protein of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii expressed in Escherichia coli. . In: Jpn. J. Phycol., 2004, 95-100
2004Iwamoto, K., H. Kawanobe, T. Ikawa and Y. Shiraiwa: Regulatory mechanism of mannitol biosynthesis in the red alga Caloglossa continua (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta).. In: Jpn. J. Phycol. , 2004, 101-105
2003Iwamoto, K. and Y. Shiraiwa: Characterization of NADH:nitrate reductase from the coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi (Lohman) Hay & Mohler (Haptophyceae). In: Mar. Biotechnol., 2003, 20-26
2003Iwamoto, K., H. Kawanobe, T. Ikawa and Y. Shiraiwa: Characterization of salt- regulated mannitol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase in the red alga Caloglossa continua.. In: Plant Physiol., 2003, 893-900
2003Miyachi, S., I. Iwasaki and Y. Shiraiwa Historical perspective on microalgal and cyanobacterial acclimation to low- and extremely high-CO2 conditions.. In: Photosynth. Res. , 2003, 139-153
2003Sorrosa, J. M., M. Yamamoto and Y. Shiraiwa Nonthermal factors affecting production and unsaturation of alkenones in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica. . . Academic Publishers, 2003.
2003Yoshihiro Shiraiwa: Physiological regulation of carbon fixation in the photosynthesis and calcification of coccolithophorids. . In: Comp. Biochem. Physiol. Part B, 2003, 775-783
2003Shiraiwa, Y., Y. Hatano-Sugimoto and M. Satoh: Regulation of intracellular calcification and algal growth by nutrient supply in coccolithophorids. . In: Kobayashi, I. Ozawa, H. (eds). Biomineralization: formation, diversity, evolution and application. Tokai University press, 2003. 241-246
2002Yoshihiro Shiraiwa: Marine photosynthesis and global environment: Role of coccolithophorids. . In: Photomedicine and Photobiology, 2002, 35-37
2001Yoshihiro Shiraiwa: Analyses of high-CO2-inducible proteins located in the periplasm and released from cells in microalgae.. In: T Kobayashi, Bio-Molecular Design for Biotargeting (No. 296), Report on Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Priority Areas (A). Nagoya University, 2001. 184-189
2001Iwamoto, K., H. Kawanobe, Y. Shiraiwa and T. Ikawa: Purification and characterization of mannitol-1-phosphatase in the red alga, Caloglossa continua (Ceramiales, Rhodophyta). . In: Mar. Biotechnol., 2001, 493-500
2000Yamamoto, M., Y. Shiraiwa and I. Inouye Physiological responses of lipids in Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica (Haptophyceae) to growth status and their implications for alkenone paleothermometry. . In: Org. Geochem., 2000, 799-811
2000Sawada, K., H. Okada, Y. Shiraiwa and N. Handa Productivity of Gephyrocapsacean algae revealed from long-chain alkenones and alkyl alkenoate in the northwestern Pacific off Japan. (peer-reviewed original article). In: N. Handa, E. Tanoue and T. Hama., Dynamics and Characterization of marine organic matter.. Terra Pub./Kluwer, 2000. 187-212
1999Wu, Q., Dai, J., Y. Shiraiwa, Sheng, G. and J. Fu: A renewable energy source- hydrocarbon gasses resulting from pyrolysis of the marine nanoplanktonic alga Emiliania huxleyi. . In: J. Applied Phycol., 1999, 137-142
1999Wu, Q. and Y. Shiraiwa: Effects of HCO3- on surface calcification and CO2 fixation in marine Emiliania huxleyi.. In: Acta Botanica Sinica , 1999, 285-289
1999Wu QY, Wang RY, Dai JB, Song YT, Shiraiwa Y Hydrocarbons pyrolysed from nannoplanktonic algae: An experimental organism system for study on the origin of petroleum and natural gas.. In: Chinese Science Bulletin , 1999, 767-768
1999Wu, Q., Y. Shiraiwa, H. Takeda, G. Sheng and J. Fu: Liquid-saturated hydrocarbons resulting from pyrolysis of the marine coccolithophores Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica.. In: Marine Biotechnology , 1999, 346-352
1999Danbara, A. and Shirawa, A.: Requirement of selenium for the growth and selection of adequate culture media in a marine coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi. (in Japanese). In: Bull. Soc. Sea Water Sci, Japan, 1999, 476-484
1999Danbara, A. and Y. Shiraiwa: The requirement of selenium for the growth of marine coccolithophorids, Emiliania huxleyi, Gephyrocapsa oceanica and Helladosphaera sp. (Prymnesiophyceae).. In: Plant Cell Physiol. , 1999, 762-766
1998Satoh,A., T. Iwasaki, S. Odani and Y. Shiraiwa: Purification, characterization and cDNA cloning of soluble carbonic anhydrase from Chlorella sorokiniana grown under ordinary air. . In: Planta, 1998, 657-665
1997Sasaki, T., R. K, Togasaki and Y. Shiraiwa Carbonic anhydrase is induced prior to arylsulfatase under the simulataneous deprivation of inorganic carbon and sulfate in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.. In: Phycol. Res., 1997, 207-211
1996Sekino, K. and Y. Shiraiwa: Evidence for the involvement of mitochondrial respiration in calcification in a marine coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi.. In: Plant Cell Physiol., 1996, 1030-1033
1996Sawada, K., N. Handa, Y. Shiraiwa, A. Danbara. and S. Montani: Long-chain alkenones and alkyl alkenoates in the coastal and pelagic sediments of the northwest North Pacific, with sepecial reference to the reconstruction of Emiliania huxleyi and Gephyrocapsa oceanica ratios. . In: Org. Geochem. , 1996, 751-764
1996Sekino, K., H. Kobayashi and Y. Shiraiwa: Role of coccoliths in the utilization of inorganic carbon by a marine unicellular coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi: a survey using intact cells and protoplasts.. In: Plant Cell Physiol., 1996, 123-127
1995Sekino, K. and Y. Shiraiwa: CO2 release during photosynthesis and respiration from the culture of calcifying and non-calcifying marine unicellular algae.. In: J. Marine Biotech., 1995, 101-104
1995Ramazanov, Z., Y. Shiraiwa, M. Jimenez del Rio and J. Rubio: Effect of external CO2 concentrations on protein synthesis in the green algae Scenedesmus obliquus (Turp.) Kutz and Chlorella vulgaris (Kosikov). . In: Planta, 1995, 272-277
1994Sekino, K. and Y. Shiraiwa: Accumulation and utilization of dissolved inorganic carbon by a marine unicellular coccolithophorid, Emiliania huxleyi. . In: Plant Cell Physiol., 1994, 353-361
1994Muller, C., M. Tsuzuki, Y. Shiraiwa and H. Senger: Carbon affinity adaptation of Synechococcus and its phycocyanin mutant to various CO2 concentration and light intensities. . In: J. Photochemistry & Photobiology B: Biology , 1994, 97-101
1994Suzuki, E., Y. Shiraiwa and S. Miyachi: The cellular and molecular aspects of carbonic anhydrase in photosynthetic microorganisms. . In: F.E. Round and D.J. Chapman., Progress in Phycological Research.. Biopress Ltd., 1994. 1-54