Potato Germplasm Enhancement Laboratory

Obihiro Univerisity of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
West 2-11, Inada, Obihiro, Hokkaido 080-8555, Japan

Sanetomo on a lighthouse

Rena Sanetomo

Office

Research Building II
Room No. 305
Phone: +81-155-49-5502
Fax: +81-155-49-5577
E-mail: sanetomo@obihiro.ac.jp

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Research Interest

  1. Molecular basis of the EBN theory (conflict between maternally and paternally expressed genes in endosperm development)
  2. Introduction of late blight resistance from Mexican wild diploid species by breakdown of interspecific barriers using Sli gene


Sanetomo in fall

Education

Ph.D., Plant Breeding and Genetics, The Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, March 2012
Master of Agriculture, Plant Breeding and Genetics, The Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kobe University, March 2009
Bachelor of Agriculture, Faculty of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Sciences, Tottori University, March 2007


Work Experience

Associate Professor (April 2022 - present)
Potato Germplasm Enhancement Laboratory, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Assistant Professor (April 2013 - March 2022)
Potato Germplasm Enhancement Laboratory, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Obihiro, Hokkaido
Postdoctoral Research Associate (April 2012 - March 2013)
Potato Genetics Laboratory (endowed by Calbee Co., Ltd.), NARO Hokkaido Agricultural Research Center, Memuro, Hokkaido
Research Associate (June 2011 - March 2012)
Potato Genetics Laboratory (endowed by Calbee Co., Ltd.), National Agricultural Research Center for Hokkaido Region, Memuro, Hokkaido
Researcher (April 2010 - May 2011)
Breeding team, Calbee-Potato Co., Ltd, Memuro, Hokkaido

Sanetomo on a mortar bike

Other Experience

Guest Scientist (May 22, 2013 - March 25, 2014)
Worked with Dr. Christiane Gebhardt at Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research, Cologne, Germany
Visiting Researcher (January 17 - March 15, 2013)
Comai Lab, University of California, Davis, California, USA


Memberships

The Japanese Society for Chemical Regulation of Plants
The Potato Association of America
Japanese Society of Breeding
World Wildlife Fund