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PD
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Park, Yong Ju (Korea)
He is now a COE postdoc. He studies on influence of cues in reef environments on exertion of rhythmicity (circadian and circalunar) in lunar-synchronized spawner in coral reefs. His present focus is on melatonin receptors (MR1a, b and c). |
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D3
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Sugama, Nozomi (Japan)
She is interested in hormonal regulation of vitellogenin synthesis in hepatocytes. Using a technique of primary hepatocyte cultures, she examines vitellogenin synthesis and vitellogenin gene expression after hormone treatmens. |
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D3
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Nikaido, Yoshiaki (Japan)
He studies about effect of light intensity on melatonin fluctuation in the blood circulation. Using a canulation technique, he takes blood samples from each fish and examines changes in melatonin individually. He is also interested in moonlight intensity on changes in plasma melatonin level. |
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M2
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Nakama, Chihiro (Japan)
She studies on semi-lunar cycle in two Apogonidae species. She collects the fish weekly and monthly, and observes changes in gonadal development histologically. Comparisons between spawning activities and aquatic environments are done. |
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M2
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Abu Bapary (Bangladesh)
He studies on involvement of environmental factors in coral reef in initiation of reproductive activity in damselfishes. |
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M2
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Takeuchi, Uki (Japan)
He is interested in perception and utlization of reef environments by fishes. He starts cloning of clock-related peptide genes in fishes. |
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M2
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Itho, Hitomi (Japan)
She is interested in locomotor activity of tropical wrasse and studying on relationship between expression of clock genes and daily activity in threespot wrasse. |
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M1
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Shibata, Yoriko (Japan)
She is interested in spawning activity of three-spotted wrasse, because the fish spawns around high tide during daytime. |
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M1
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Shimomura, Sayoko (Japan)
She is interested in daily spawning rhythm ans studies on the expression of melatonin receptors in the pituiary of rabbtfishes. |
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B4
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Inoue, Hiroyuki (Japan)
He started to study the reproductive and spawning cycle of tropical damselfish using histological techniques. |
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B4
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Kudo, Sayaka (Japan)
She started to study mechanisms of daily spawning rhythm in tropical wrasses that synchronously spawn around daytime hightide. |
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B4
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Esaka, Yuriko (Japan)
She is interested in daily rhythm of marine invertebrates. She started to study it from ecological aspects. |
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B4
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Mizuno, (Japan)
He studies on perceptionn of moonlight in groupers that spawns once a month around the full moon. He will measure plasma levels of melatonin. |
