Research Facilities
Environmental Dynamics
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Research vessel Isana
Length:17.5m Breadth:4m Gross tonnage:14t
Full complement:32 persons
Main engine:YAMMAR 6CXAS-GT (450PS)/ 2850rpmx2ISANA, a highly maneuverable research boat is owned and operated by CMES and designed to conduct oceanographic work Seto Inland Sea.
The boat length, volume, capacity is 17.5m, 14ton, 32persons, respectively. Twin Diesel-engines drive couple of screws, the boat maximum speed reaches 27knot/h. It is equipped with 14 mm and 200m polyester rope winch, A-frame, echo-integrator, bow thruster, ADCP, EPIRB.Person in charge / Morimoto A
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Rosette Niskin water sampler (2L x 10 bottles) equipped on Isana
Manufacturer & Model number / JFE Advantec
Isana has a 2.5L 10-Niskin bottle rosette sampler with the multiple CTD sensor (conductivity, temperature, depth, chlorophyll a and turbidity). The rapid operations of the sea water sampling and the water structure profiling are able to do using this system.
Person in charge / Morimoto A
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Quantitative echo sounder system equipped on Isana
Manufacturer & Model number / SONIC KCE-300
Isana has a state-of-the-art compact metering fish finder system. This system can measure the amount of fish school, the length of fish, or the density of seaweed bed quantitatively using the acoustic technology.
Person in charge / Morimoto A
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Ship mounted acoustic doppler current profiler equipped on Isana
Manufacturer & Model number / RD Instruments 300KHz
Isana has an ADCP system. ADCP is an acoustic current meter that measures water current velocities from the surface to the bottom within the water column using the Doppler effect of sound waves scattered back from the suspended particles.
Person in charge / Morimoto A
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Remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) system equipped on Isana
Manufacturer & Model number / Seabotix LBV-150
ROV is a remote control underwater vehicle that captures not only the optical image but also the acoustic image using the 2D imaging sonar (Blue View Inc. P900-90) under the low transparency conditions, and it can take the underwater samples such as the seaweed using the manipulator.
Person in charge / Morimoto A
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Bottom mounted acoustic doppler current profiler equipped on Isana
Manufacturer & Model number / RD Instruments 300KHz
This is a mooring ADCP system at the bottom of ocean. ADCP is an acoustic current meter that measures water current velocities from the surface to the bottom within the water column using Doppler effect of sound waves scattered back from the suspended particles.
Person in charge / Morimoto A
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Submersible ultraviolet nitrate analyzer
Manufacturer & Model number / SEA-BIRD SUNA v2
The instrument measures nitrate concentration from absorbing spectrum of ultraviolet. We can monitor nitrate concentration in real time and measure fine structure of nitrate around nitracline. It is possible to carry out high frequency monitoring of nitrate concentration in coastal seas.
Person in charge / Morimoto A
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High-Performance Computer (HPC) system
Manufacturer & Model number / RC Viento 2400XI
A cluster computing system consisting of 16 calculation nodes, with a total of 1,024 cores and 1016 TB of external storage.
Person in charge / Guo X
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Gamma detector system
Manufacturer & Model number / ORTEC GXM25P, SEIKO EG&G MCA7700
Germanium detector equipped with a multichannel analyzer can measure radioactivity of a variety of radionuclide. It is used for age determination of sediment layers by using “Pb-210” method.
Person in charge / Kuwae M
Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology
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Two-dimensional gas chromatography-time-of-flight mass spectrometer (GC×GC-TOF MS)
Manufacturer & Model number / JEOL GCxGC JMS-T100GC
GC×GC-TOF MS delivers high sensitivity and selectivity with the added value of accurate mass and high resolution information for structural confirmation of target, non-target or unknown compounds.
Person in charge / Kunisue T
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Gas chromatography-quadrupole mass spectrometer
Manufacturer & Model number / SHIMADZU QP2010Ultra
Single quadrupole GCMS-QP2020 gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer utilizes patented Advanced Scanning Speed Protocol technology, allowing high-speed scanning at 20,000 u/second without sensitivity loss or spectral distortion, and is ideally suited for fast-GC/MS.
Person in charge / Nomiyama K
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High performance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometer (LC-MS/MS)
Manufacturer & Model number / AB SCIEX QTRAP 5500
LC-MS/MS is a powerful tool for the analysis of thermally unstable and polar substances, such as pharmaceuticals, personal care products, pesticides, bisphenols, organophosphate flame retardants, thyroid hormones, and neurotransmitters, which are present in environmental and biological samples at trace levels.
Person in charge / Tanoue R
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LC–qTOF–MS
Manufacturer & Model number / SCIEX X500R QTOF
LC-QToF-MS/MS enables analysis with high mass resolution (40,000 FWHM) and high mass accuracy (2 ppm RMS with external calibration). It is widely used for the qualitative and quantitative analysis of thermally unstable or polar environmental pollutants, metabolomics, and the identification of unknown substances. Additionally, it provides information such as accurate mass, isotopic distribution, and MS/MS fragmentation, which is useful for determining the structure of unknown compounds.
Person in charge / Nomiyama K
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All-in-One Fluorescence Microscope
Manufacturer & Model number / Keyence BZ-X800
Microscope for observing toxic effects at the cellular and tissue levels
Person in charge / Iwata H
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Real-time PCR System
Manufacturer & Model number / AB Quant Studie3&Step One Plus
Instrument for quantifying the amount of nucleic acids in biological samples
Person in charge / Iwata H
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Integrated Computational Chemistry System(MOE)
Manufacturer & Model number / CCG Molecular Operating Environment(MOE)
Computer simulation system for biomolecular interactions
Person in charge / Iwata H
Environmental Bioscience
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Biohazard clean bench
Manufacturer & Model number / Panasonic Class Type A2 MHES1300A2-PJ
This cabinet is used for pathogenic microbes and recombinant DNA experiments. Prior to the recombinant DNA experiment, applicant should obtain permission from the Committee of the Recombinant DNA experiment, Ehime University.
Person in charge / Watanabe K
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Mosquito vector rearing and blood feeding system
Manufacturer & Model number / NIPPON MEDICAL & CHEMICAL INSTRUMENTS CO., LTD. &HCLPH1240
Mosquito vector rearing and blood feeding system allows us to maintain mosquito vectors such as Aedes mosquitoes in the laboratory. Mosquitoes are reared in an incubator that can control temperature, humidity and light. It is necessary to produce the eggs to maintain the mosquito colony. For that, the mosquitoes need blood. The artificial membrane feeding equipment enables the efficient blood feeding of mosquitoes by warming blood in the membrane imitating animal skins.
Person in charge / Watanabe K
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Microinjector
Manufacturer & Model number / Drummond Scientific Company Nanoject III
This microinjector can inject liquid samples in nanoliter volume with accurate control. It enables injecting small volume samples into embryos, tissues and insects with proper needles (material/shape). In the CMES, we mainly use the injector for injecting mosquito vectors with viruses and dsRNAs.
Person in charge / Watanabe K
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Microplate reader
Manufacturer & Model number / CORONA SH-8100Lab
Fluorescence, absorbance, and luminescence of samples in a microplate (from 6- to 384-well microplate) can be measured.
Person in charge / Obayashi Y