Basic Information

Faculty

• Faculty of Agriculture

Email Address

• Email Address

  omori.masafumi.8xkyoto-u.ac.jp

Academic Degree

• 23 Mar. 2021

  中華民国国立台湾大学修士（農学）
• 23 Mar. 2021

  京都大学修士（農学）
• 25 Mar. 2024

  京都大学博士（農学）

Academic Resume (Undergraduate School/Majors)

• 京都大学, 農学部資源生物科学科, 卒業

Research History

• From Apr. 2026, To Present

  Okayama University, 学術研究院 環境生命自然科学学域, Assistant Professor
• From Jan. 2025, To Jan. 2026

  University of Florida, IFAS, 日本学術振興会海外特別研究員
• From Apr. 2024, To Mar. 2026

  Kyoto University, Graduate School of Agriculture, Assistant Professor
• From Apr. 2021, To Mar. 2024

  Kyoto University, 日本学術振興会特別研究員（DC1）

ID,URL

• J-Global ID

  202401011183926540

• Researcher number

  61000295

researchmap URL

• https://researchmap.jp/masafumiomori

Research

Research Interests

• Fruit and fruit tree science
• Blueberry
• genome editing
• Regeneration

Papers

• FPX, a chemical callus inducer, promotes in vitro shoot regeneration and Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation in three fruit tree species

  Feng Dai; Masafumi Omori; Ryutaro Tao

  Plant Biotechnology, Mar. 2026, Peer-reviewed, Corresponding author

  
• Diversity of direct regeneration rate in highbush blueberry cultivars

  M. Omori; H. Yamane; R. Tao

  Acta Horticulturae, Nov. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Identification and expression analyses of the CENTRORADIALIS (CEN) gene family involved in flowering regulation in persimmon (Diospyros kaki)

  C. Iwami; M. Omori; T.-F. Hsiang; S.S. Sugano; T. Akagi; R. Tao

  Acta Horticulturae, Sep. 2024, Peer-reviewed

  
• CRISPR-Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of the flowering repressor gene VcCENTRORADIALIS (VcCEN) induces early flowering in tetraploid highbush blueberry

  Masafumi Omori; Hisayo Yamane; Keishi Osakabe; Yuriko Osakabe; Ryutaro Tao

  Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC), 07 Aug. 2025, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

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• Comparative transcriptome and functional analyses provide insights into the key factors regulating shoot regeneration in highbush blueberry

  Masafumi Omori; Hisayo Yamane; Ryutaro Tao

  Horticulture Research, Apr. 2024, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

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• The evaluation of CRISPR-Cas9-mediated editing efficiency using endogenous promoters in tetraploid blueberry

  M. Omori; H. Yamane; K. Osakabe; Y. Osakabe; R. Tao

  Acta Horticulturae, 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Efficient Transient Expression for Functional Analysis in Fruit Using the Tsukuba System Vector

  Masafumi Omori; Yosuke Fujiwara; Hisayo Yamane; Kenji Miura; Ryutaro Tao

  The Horticulture Journal, 2023, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

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• Off-season flowering and expression of flowering-related genes during floral bud differentiation of rabbiteye blueberry in a subtropical climate

  Masafumi Omori; Chieh-Chi Cheng; Fu-Chiun Hsu; Shiang-Jiuun Chen; Hisayo Yamane; Ryutaro Tao; Kuo-Tan Li

  Scientia Horticulturae, Dec. 2022, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  
• Targeted mutagenesis of CENTRORADIALIS using CRISPR/Cas9 system through the improvement of genetic transformation efficiency of tetraploid highbush blueberry

  M. Omori; H. Yamane; K. Osakabe; Y. Osakabe; R. Tao

  The Journal of Horticultural Science and Biotechnology, 2021, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

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• Expressional analysis of FT and CEN genes in a continuously flowering highbush blueberry ‘Blue Muffin’

  M. Omori; H. Yamane; K.-T. Li; R. Matsuzaki; S. Ebihara; T.-S. Li; R. Tao

  Acta Horticulturae, Jun. 2020, Peer-reviewed, Lead author

  

Books and Other Publications

• ゲノム編集によるブルーベリー早期開花系統の作出

  大森真史; 山根久代

  アグリバイオ2024年11月号, Oct. 2024

  
• ブルーベリーの形質転換およびゲノム編集 「ひとりではじめる植物バイオテクノロジー入門 : 組織培養からゲノム編集まで」

  大森真史; 山根久代, Contributor

  国際文献社, Mar. 2022

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Awards

• 20 Mar. 2023

  園芸学会令和5年度春季大会優秀発表賞
• 12 Jun. 2020

  国立台湾大学園芸景観学系研究発表会優等奬

External funds: Kakenhi

• Development of a novel screening method selecting cultivars suitable for genetic transformation and elucidation of genetic mechanism of genetic transformation

  Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up

  0602:Agricultural and environmental biology and related fields

  Kyoto University

  大森 真史

  From 31 Jul. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025, Ceased

  形質転換;ブルーベリー;再分化;アグロバクテリウム;遺伝子組換え

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-24K23130/
• ゲノム編集を活用したブルーベリー野生種の育種利用

  Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists

  Basic Section 39030:Horticultural science-related

  Kyoto University

  大森 真史

  From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2028, Suspended

  https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-25K18234/

Education

Teaching subject(s)

• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Special Laboratory Work in Pomology

  AG04, Spring, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2.5
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Special Laboratory Work in Pomology

  AG04, Fall, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2.5
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Laboratory Course in Plant Production Science I

  5357, Spring, Faculty of Agriculture, 6
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Laboratory Course in Plant Production Science II

  5359, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 6
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Pomology Seminar

  AF04, Spring, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Pomology Seminar

  AF04, Fall, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2025, To 31 Mar. 2026

  Seminar in Horticultural Science

  5285, Year-long, Faculty of Agriculture, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Special Laboratory Work in Pomology

  AG04, Fall, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2.5
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Special Laboratory Work in Pomology

  AG04, Spring, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2.5
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Pomology Seminar

  AF04, Spring, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Pomology Seminar

  AF04, Fall, Graduate School of Agriculture, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Introduction to Foreign Literature in Plant Production Science

  5353, Fall, Faculty of Agriculture, 2
• From 01 Apr. 2024, To 31 Mar. 2025

  Seminar in Horticultural Science

  5285, Year-long, Faculty of Agriculture, 2