Akiko Satake wearing a light blue suit, stood in front of a tree

Akiko Satake

Kyushu University, Japan

Invited Speaker - 49th New Phytologist Symposium

Biography

Dr. Akiko Satake is a distinguished professor of mathematical biology at Kyushu University, Japan. She earned her Ph.D. from Kyushu University in 2002 and subsequently conducted postdoctoral research at Pennsylvania State University, Kyoto University, and Princeton University. Her career path includes serving as group leader at the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science (Eawag) and as faculty at Hokkaido University before joining Kyushu University. Her research focuses on employing mathematical and computational approaches to investigate how plant reproductive cycles synchronize with environmental cues such as day-night and seasonal changes. She integrates genomics, gene expression analysis, mathematical modelling, and fieldwork to study plant life history evolution and predict responses to climate change. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges mathematics and biology, addressing complex ecological systems.

A cross‐scale approach to unravel the molecular basis of plant phenology in temperate and tropical climates

New Phytologist
Akiko Satake, Ai Nagahama, Eriko Sasaki
DOI: 10.1111/nph.17897 First Published: December 19th, 2021

Impacts of climate change on the transcriptional dynamics and timing of bud dormancy release in Yoshino‐cherry tree

Plants People Planet
Atsuko Miyawaki‐Kuwakado, Qingmin Han, Keiko Kitamura, Akiko Satake
DOI: 10.1002/ppp3.10548 First Published: September 19th, 2024