2021 fiscal year

• Joint usage of equipment

  Surveys of harmful dinoflagellate Karenia mikimotoi and its frequently blooming environment using the latest techniques

  Principal investigator ／ Yoichi Miyake (Fisheries Technology Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Examination for analysis method of time-series variation on plant biomass production from land to lake area around south side of Lake Biwa

  Principal investigator ／ Yasufumi Satoguchi (Lake Biwa Museum)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Maternal transfer of organic pollutants in sea turtles undergoing extensive oceanic migrations.

  Principal investigator ／ Cynthia C. Muñoz (Radboud University)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Assessment of the metabolism of 2,3’,4,4’,5-pentachlorobiphenyl via human cytochrome P450 2A6 by in vitro analysis

  Principal investigator ／ Shusaku Hirakawa (Fukuoka Institute of Health and Environmental Sciences)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Assessment of toxic effects of antibiotic (oxytetracycline) on young red seabream (Pagrus major) using a red seabream-specific interactome reconstructed by deep learning

  Principal investigator ／ Midori Iida (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Halogenated organic pollutants in the marine organisms of the Seto Inland Sea in Japan

  Principal investigator ／ Ya-Nan Li (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Sediment geochemical records of eutrophication in the Seto Inland Sea

  Principal investigator ／ Masatoshi Nakakuni (Kagawa University)

• Joint usage of equipment

  A comparative study of emerging and legacy of organic contaminants in seawater and sediments between the Bohai Sea, China and Seto Inland Sea, Japan.

  Principal investigator ／ Jian Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Study on control mechanism of gonad, adrenal and thyroid function of male black bears during hibernation – Particularly influence of global warming onto awakening from hibernation –

  Principal investigator ／ Toshio Tsubota (Hokkaido University)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Experiments for various types of UAV Altimetry

  Principal investigator ／ Kaoru Ichikawa (Kyusyu University)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Gene expression analysis of cancer-linked and selected toxic/stress biomarkers in the hepatic tissue of adult cane toads, Rhinella marina (L.) from the riparian zone of Laguna De Bay, Philippines

  Principal investigator ／ Maria Claret Tsuchiya (Institute of Biological Sciences)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Effects of brominated flame retardant BDE-209 on ultrasonic communication in rats and elucidation of its action mechanisms in the central nervous system

  Principal investigator ／ Hiromi Wada (Hokkaido University)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Elucidation of the accumulation of PFAS (Per-fluorinated alkyl substances) in carnivora

  Principal investigator ／ Yoshinori Ikenaka (Hokkaido University)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Spatial distribution of pharmaceuticals and personal care products (PPCPs) in coastal waters of India

  Principal investigator ／ RAMU KARRI (NATIONAL CENTER FOR COASTAL RESEARCH)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Associations between Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in female reproductive health

  Principal investigator ／ Ana Catarina Sousa (University of Aveiro)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Screening of naturally occurring and anthropogenic AHR ligands and molecular mechanisms of ligand preference

  Principal investigator ／ Eun-Young Kim (Kyung Hee University)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Convergent evolution hypothesis between avian and mammalian Glucuronosyl transferase (UGT) genes

  Principal investigator ／ Yusuke Kawai (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Historical pollution trends of heavy metal in Beppu Bay using the bottom sediments.

  Principal investigator ／ Tetsuro Agusa (Prefectural University of Kumamoto)

• Joint usage of equipment

  In silico analysis of interaction between estrogen receptors and zearalenones in livestock animals: Can in silico analysis predict the species-specific reproductive toxicity?

  Principal investigator ／ Akira Kubota (Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine)

• Joint usage of equipment

  Observation of the oceanic waves associated with atmospheric forcing

  Principal investigator ／ Tetsutaro Takikawa (Nagasaki University)

• Collaboration by using storage samples in es-BANK

  Comprehensive search for organohalogen compounds by GC×GC – EI/Soft ionization -HRTOFMS method and data analysis by measured accurate mass – Evaluation of the technique using sediment core sample –

  Principal investigator ／ Teruyo Ieda (National Institute for Environmental Studies)

• Collaboration by using storage samples in es-BANK

  Cytogenetics on cetaceans

  Principal investigator ／ Nozomi Kurihara (Utsunomiya University)

• Collaboration by using storage samples in es-BANK

  A trial to establish an immortalized finless porpoise cell line

  Principal investigator ／ Akifumi Nakata (Hokkaido University of Science)

• General collaboration

  Preliminary study on marine ecosystem services from the Seto Inland Sea: Exploring values of marine ecosystem services by residents in the eastern coastal area

  Principal investigator ／ Kazumi Wakita (Tokai University)

• Collaboration by using storage samples in es-BANK

  Contamination status and temporal trend of mercury in cetaceans.

  Principal investigator ／ Sawako Horai (National Institute for Minamata Disease)

• General collaboration

  The influence of Kuroshio intrusion on the low-trophic ecosystem in the Yellow Sea

  Principal investigator ／ Chuangye Chen (Tianjin University of Science and Technology)

• General collaboration

  Green tide distribution and influencing factors in the Yellow Sea

  Principal investigator ／ Sheng Wang (Tianjin University of Science and Technology)

• General collaboration

  Transcriptomics-based approach for chronically evaluating the single and joint toxicity of two lipid-regulating drugs on water flea Daphnia magna

  Principal investigator ／ Yulu Tian (Northwest University)

• General collaboration

  Study on primary production process in Wakasa Bay

  Principal investigator ／ Atsushi Kaneda (Fukui Prefectural University)

• General collaboration

  The development of ecosystem model coupled with sediment processes for the upper Gulf of Thailand

  Principal investigator ／ ANUKUL BURANAPRATHEPRAT (Burapha University)

• General collaboration

  Long-term variation of dissolved oxygen along a transect in the Bohai Sea over 40 years

  Principal investigator ／ Qian Liu (Tianjin University of Science and Technology)

• General collaboration

  Modeling the sediment biogeochemical processes in a semi-enclosed eutrophic sea, Bohai Sea, China.

  Principal investigator ／ Zhaosen Wu (Ocean University of China)

• General collaboration

  Research for establishment and evaluation of method for quantification targeting parent compound and its metabolite to aim the new evaluation and diagnosis system of toxic environmental pollutants.

  Principal investigator ／ Kodai Motohira (Hokkaido University)

• General collaboration

  Development of methodology using environmental DNA as a tool for assessing long-term plankton dynamics

  Principal investigator ／ Narumi Tsugeki (Matsuyama University)

• General collaboration

  Optimization and Application of Suspended Matter Transport Module in the East China Sea Shelf

  Principal investigator ／ Zhaojun Du (Ocean University of China)

• General collaboration

  Analyses of the divergence and evolution of arthropod viruses using endogenous viral elements

  Principal investigator ／ Masayuki Horie (Osaka Prefecture University)

• General collaboration

  Sharing knowledge on analytical method and data analysis for non-target screening of environmental and metabolome analysis

  Principal investigator ／ Akifumi Eguchi (Chiba University)

• General collaboration

  Observational analysis of the change of the current system near-sea surface associated with surface waves

  Principal investigator ／ Masanori Konda (Kyoto University)

• General collaboration

  Onshore and offshore fluxes of nutrients between continental shelf of the East China Sea and the Kuroshio region and their impacts on the Japan Sea.

  Principal investigator ／ Ridong Zhang (Ocean University of China)

• General collaboration

  Evaluation of immune response to OTC in red seabreams

  Principal investigator ／ Su-Min Bak (Korea Institute of Toxicology)

• General collaboration

  Aqueous biphasic systems composed of ionic liquids as a sample purification step in the detection and quantification of phenolic contaminants in biological tissues

  Principal investigator ／ Helena Passos (University of Aveiro)

• General collaboration

  Inversion of subsurface chlorophyll maximum from remote sensing data using a deep neural network model

  Principal investigator ／ Xiang Gong (Qingdao University of Science and Technology)

• Seminar and research meeting

  Japan-China-Korea Joint Symposium on Adverse Outcome Pathways

  Principal investigator ／ Jiahua Guo (Northwest University)

• Seminar and research meeting

  Using Insect Specific Viruses for Arbovirus Control in Mosquitoes

  Principal investigator ／ Maria Carla SALEH (Institut Pasteur)

• Seminar and research meeting

  Seventh Workshop on Assessment and Projection of Coastal Ecosystem

  Principal investigator ／ Masahiko Fujii (Hokkaido University)

• Seminar and research meeting

  Recent trends in biological control: Interdisciplinary approaches for vector-borne diseases and agricultural pest management

  Principal investigator ／ Divina AMALIN (DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY)

• Seminar and research meeting

  Observation and Modeling of Red Tide Towards Prediction

  Principal investigator ／ Joji Ishizaka (Nagoya University)

• Seminar and research meeting

  Meeting for proceeding an application of high-frequency ocean surface radar

  Principal investigator ／ Yoshihiro Okumura (Kansai University)

• Seminar and research meeting

  Workshop for the Bungo channel studies

  Principal investigator ／ Masaya Yukihira (Kyushu Sangyo University)

• Seminar and research meeting

  Symposium on human biomonitoring of chemical exposure

  Principal investigator ／ Tomohiko Isobe (National Institute for Environmental Studies)