2007-10 to 2013-03 PhD: National Institute for Basic Biology, SOKENDAI, Japan
2003-09 to 2007-07 Bachelor's Degree: Harbin Institute of Technology
2022-10 to Present - Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming Institute of Botany - Researcher
2021-01 to 2022-09 - Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan - Assistant Professor
2019-04 to 2020-12 - Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan - Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
2016-04 to 2019-03 - Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Japan - Postdoctoral Researcher
2013-08 to 2016-03 - RIKEN, Japan - Postdoctoral Researcher
2013-04 to 2013-07 - National Institute for Basic Biology, SOKENDAI, Japan - Intern Researcher
Research Plum Garden Award (2021): First Prize, Institute
Science Image Award (2016): First Prize, National
Best Presentation Award at International Parasitic Plant Conference (2015): First Prize, Other
Graduate University President's Award (2011): First Prize, Institute
Research
Molecular Mechanisms of Haustorium Formation in Parasitic Plants Molecular Mechanisms of Haustorium Invasion into Host Plant Tissues Defense Mechanisms of Plants Against Parasitic Plants
Developing for nutrient uptake: induced organogenesis in parasitic plants and root nodule symbiosis, Songkui Cui, Shoko Inaba, Takuya Suzaki, Satoko Yoshida, 2023
Nitrogen represses haustoria formation through abscisic acid in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum, Kokla, Anna, Leso, Martina, Zhang, Xiang, Simura, Jan, Serivichyaswat, Phanu T, Cui, Songkui, Ljung, Karin, Yoshida, Satoko, Melnyk, Charles W, 2022
Strigolactones are chemoattractants for host tropism in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants, Ogawa, Satoshi, Cui, Songkui, White, Alexandra R F, Nelson, David C, Yoshida, Satoko, Shirasu, Ken, 2022
Cytokinins Induce Prehaustoria Coordinately with Quinone Signals in the Parasitic Plant Striga hermonthica, Aoki, Natsumi, Cui, Songkui, Yoshida, Satoko, 2022
Nitrogen represses haustoria formation through abscisic acid in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum, Kokla, Anna, Leso, Martina, Zhang, Xiang, Simura, Jan, Serivichyaswat, Phanu T, Cui, Songkui, Ljung, Karin, Yoshida, Satoko, Melnyk, Charles W, 2022
Molecular dissection of haustorium development in Orobanchaceae parasitic plants, Furuta, Kaori Miyashima, Xiang, Lei, Cui, Songkui, Yoshida, Satoko, 2021
Three-dimensional reconstructions of haustoria in two parasitic plant species in the Orobanchaceae, Masumoto, Natsumi, Suzuki, Yuki, Cui, Songkui, Wakazaki, Mayumi, Sato, Mayuko, Kumaishi, Kie, Shibata, Arisa, Furuta, Kaori M, Ichihashi, Yasunori, Shirasu, Ken, Toyooka, Kiminori, Sato, Yoshinobu, Yoshida, Satoko, 2021
Host-parasite tissue adhesion by a secreted type of β-1,4-glucanase in the parasitic plant Phtheirospermum japonicum, Ken-ichi Kurotani, Takanori Wakatake, Yasunori Ichihashi, Koji Okayasu, Yu Sawai, Satoshi Ogawa, Songkui Cui, Takamasa Suzuki, Ken Shirasu, Michitaka Notaguchi, 2020
The Structural Integrity of Lignin Is Crucial for Resistance against Striga hermonthica Parasitism in Rice, Mutuku, J Musembi, Cui, Songkui, Hori, Chiaki, Takeda, Yuri, Tobimatsu, Yuki, Nakabayashi, Ryo, Mori, Tetsuya, Saito, Kazuki, Demura, Taku, Umezawa, Toshiaki, Yoshida, Satoko, Shirasu, Ken, 2019
Genome Sequence of Striga asiatica Provides Insight into the Evolution of Plant Parasitism, Yoshida, Satoko, Kim, Seungill, Wafula, Eric K, Tanskanen, Jaakko, Kim, YongMin, Honaas, Loren, Yang, Zhenzhen, Spallek, Thomas, Conn, Caitlin E, Ichihashi, Yasunori, Cheong, Kyeongchae, Cui, Songkui, Der, Joshua P, Gundlach, Heidrun, Jiao, Yuannian, Hori, Chiaki, Ishida, Juliane K, Kasahara, Hiroyuki, Kiba, Takatoshi, Kim, MyungShin, Koo, Namjin, Laohavisit, Anuphon, Lee, YongHwan, Lumba, Shelley, McCourt, Peter, Mortimer, Jenny C, Mutuku, J Musembi, Nomura, Takahito, SasakiSekimoto, Yuko, Seto, Yoshiya, Wang, Yu, Wakatake, Takanori, Sakakibara, Hitoshi, Demura, Taku, Yamaguchi, Shinjiro, Yoneyama, Koichi, Manabe, Riichiroh, Nelson, David C, Schulman, Alan H, Timko, Michael P, DePamphilis, Claude W, Choi, Doil, Shirasu, Ken, 2019
Regulation and functional diversification of root hairs, Cui, Songkui, Suzaki, Takuya, TominagaWada, Rumi, Yoshida, Satoko, 2018
Host lignin composition affects haustorium induction in the parasitic plants Phtheirospermum japonicum and Striga hermonthica, Cui, Songkui, Wada, Syogo, Tobimatsu, Yuki, Takeda, Yuri, Saucet, Simon B, Takano, Toshiyuki, Umezawa, Toshiaki, Shirasu, Ken, Yoshida, Satoko, 2018
Sucrose Production Mediated by Lipid Metabolism Suppresses the Physical Interaction of Peroxisomes and Oil Bodies during Germination of Arabidopsis thaliana, Cui, Songkui, Hayashi, Yasuko, Otomo, Masayoshi, Mano, Shoji, Oikawa, Kazusato, Hayashi, Makoto, Nishimura, Mikio, 2016
Haustorial Hairs Are Specialized Root Hairs That Support Parasitism in the Facultative Parasitic Plant Phtheirospermum japonicum, Cui, Songkui, Wakatake, Takanori, Hashimoto, Kei, Saucet, Simon B, Toyooka, Kiminori, Yoshida, Satoko, Shirasu, Ken, 2016
The Haustorium, a Specialized Invasive Organ in Parasitic Plants, Yoshida, Satoko, Cui, Songkui, Ichihashi, Yasunori, Shirasu, Ken, Merchant, SS, 2016
Proteomic Analysis Reveals That the Rab GTPase RabE1c Is Involved in the Degradation of the Peroxisomal Protein Receptor PEX7 (Peroxin 7), Cui, Songkui, Fukao, Yoichiro, Mano, Shoji, Yamada, Kenji, Hayashi, Makoto, Nishimura, Mikio, 2013
Novel proteins interacting with peroxisomal protein receptor PEX7 in Arabidopsis thaliana, Songkui Cui, Shoji Mano, Kenji Yamada, Makoto Hayashi, Mikio Nishimura, 2013
