2023 fiscal year

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Genes expression analysis of Morelet’s crocodile (Crocodylus moreletii) by de novo RNA-seq analyses

  Principal investigator ／ Midori Iida (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Comprehensive screening of organic halogen compounds in deep-sea sediment core samples from the Japan Sea

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

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Comprehensive marine observations using multiple multi-copters

  Principal investigator ／ Kaoru Ichikawa (Kyushu University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Exposure to and pharmacokinetics of neonicotinoid insecticides

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

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Temporal trends of asbestos pollution reconstructed from sedimentary records

  Principal investigator ／ Jun Inoue (Osaka Metropolitan University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Effects of sediments collected from Seto Inland Sea to aquatic organisms

  Principal investigator ／ Seiichi Uno (Kagoshima University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  鯨類における海洋プラスチックを介したPOPs曝露の実態把握―組織中POPsプロファイルに基づく解析アプローチ―

  Principal investigator ／ Toru Oeda (University of Tsukuba)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Accumulation features of persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals from Northwest Greenland

  Principal investigator ／ Monika Ogawa (Hokkaido University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

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

  Principal investigator ／ Masanori Konda (Kyoto University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Study on the relationship between exposure to environmental chemicals and systemic pathogenesis employing companion animals as a natural surrogate model

  Principal investigator ／ Kohei Saeki (Okayama University of Science)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  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)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Analysis of stress response mechanisms in the coastal environment of the freshwater ciliate Colpoda

  Principal investigator ／ Yoichiro Sogame (National Institute of Technology, Fukushima College)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Study on turbulent mixing processes at tidal fronts

  Principal investigator ／ Eisuke Tsutsumi (Kagoshima University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

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

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

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Comparison of mercury and other trace element concentrations between dam and fetus in some terrestrial/marine mammals with high mercury content.

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

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Elucidating characteristics of PFASs that bind to human PPARα using machine learning

  Principal investigator ／ Kazuhiro Maeda (Kyushu Institute of Technology)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Morphological and genetic differentiation of harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena in the coastal area of Japan

  Principal investigator ／ Takashi Matsuishi (Hokkaido University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Mobile Ship Observation for KYUCHO in the Bungo Channel according to the ocean prediction

  Principal investigator ／ Toru Miyama (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Time course of immune response after exposure to Benzo[a]pyrene and evaluation of effects on virus infection.

  Principal investigator ／ Masatoshi Yamasaki (Kagoshima University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Exploring the node to link between social and natural sciences to clarify “Bountiful Sea”

  Principal investigator ／ Kazumi Wakita (Tokai University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

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

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

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Simulation of intertidal ecological processes and carbon fluxes

  Principal investigator ／ Xinyu Lu (Ocean University of China)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  ARTEMIS: Assessing Risk from exposure To Environmental contaminants in Portuguese Mother-Infant pairS

  Principal investigator ／ Ana Catarina Sousa (University of Évora)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Effects of azithromycin on river periphyton: Structure, meta-transcriptional process and ecological functions

  Principal investigator ／ Yulu Tian (Northwest University)

• General collaboration on chemical pollution and coastal environment researches

  Analysis of the diversity and evolution of arthropod viruses using endogenous viral elements

  Principal investigator ／ Masayuki Horie (Osaka Metropolitan University)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes contamination in finfish and shellfish aquaculture of Bangladesh and evaluation of human health risk

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ Anwar Hossain (University of Dhaka)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Insecticide resistance status and future insecticide choices for vector control strategies in Bangladesh

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ Ashekul Islam (Mawlana Bhashani Science and Technology University)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 1

  Antimicrobial resistance profiling along Selangor River, Malaysia

  Research 1: Pathogen and pest control with reduced drug dependence and environmental impact: towards sustainable infectious disease control and agriculture

  Principal investigator ／ Choon Weng Lee (Universiti Malaya)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 2

  Establishment of testing method for developmental neurotoxicity of chemicals and development of sensitive biomarkers using zebrafish embryos

  Research 2: Creation of platform for signal toxicity evaluation starting from the development of neurotransmission network disturbance detection method

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

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 2

  Highly sensitive detection of brain function disturbance by chemical substances

  Research 2: Creation of platform for signal toxicity evaluation starting from the development of neurotransmission network disturbance detection method

  Principal investigator ／ Anri Hirai (Hokkaido University)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 2

  Exploring novel biomarkers for disturbance of microglia-neuron signaling by chemical exposure

  Research 2: Creation of platform for signal toxicity evaluation starting from the development of neurotransmission network disturbance detection method

  Principal investigator ／ Tetsushi Hirano (University of Toyama)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 2

  Establishing the molecular basis for understanding the biological effects of environmental pharmaceuticals

  Research 2: Creation of platform for signal toxicity evaluation starting from the development of neurotransmission network disturbance detection method

  Principal investigator ／ Shinichi Miyagawa (Tokyo University of Science)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Research 2

  Evaluation of potential risk of bioplastic additives based on their binding affinities with nuclear receptors including PPAR and ER and in-silico analysis

  Research 2: Creation of platform for signal toxicity evaluation starting from the development of neurotransmission network disturbance detection method

  Principal investigator ／ Nurlatifah (Kumamoto University)

• Creation of new discipline and Interdisciplinary fusion research

  Others

  Integrated assessment of chemical pollution and its impacts on wild populations of Crocodylus moreletii in the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula

  Others: New discipline and interdisciplinary fusion research proposed by applicants

  Principal investigator ／ Mauricio González Jáuregui (Autonomous University of Campeche)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Development of monitoring method of virus genetic diversity in Aedes mosquitoes

  Principal investigator ／ Artem Baidaliuk (Institut Pasteur)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  The contribution ratio of river water discharged into the red tide areas in the upper Gulf of Thailand based on numerical simulation

  Principal investigator ／ ANUKUL BURANAPRATHEPRAT (Burapha University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Analysis of compound marine heatwave and low-chlorophyll extremes across the Indo-Pacific Ocean

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

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Risk assessment for Thai residents exposed to microplastics

  Principal investigator ／ Chalida Chompoobut (Chulabhorn Research Institute)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Occurrence, spatial distribution, and health status risk of emerging contaminants in marine water, sediment and biota samples in Bay of Bengal, India

  Principal investigator ／ Arun Elaiyaraja (Bharathidasan University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Spatial analysis of Malaria receptive area in West Java, Indonesia

  Principal investigator ／ Lia Faridah (Universitas Padjadjaran)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Temporal and spatial variation in macrolide antibiotic concentrations in an urban river: resulting effects on periphytic communities

  Principal investigator ／ Jiahua Guo (Northwest University)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Occurrence of pharmaceutical residues in wastewater and surface water and their impact on aquatic organisms during the Covid-19 pandemic in Sri Lanka

  Principal investigator ／ Keerthi S. GURUGE (National Institute of Animal Health- National Agriculture and Food Research Organization)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Bioaccessibility evaluation of halogenated and organophosphorus flame retardants by physiologically-based extraction test with Tenax bead: Application to settled dust from e-waste and end-of-life vehicle processing workshops in northern Vietnam

  Principal investigator ／ Quoc Anh Hoang (University of Science, Vietnam National University, Hanoi)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Remote sensing monitoring and future change assessment of coral reefs in the South China Sea

  Principal investigator ／ Tianchi Li (Tianjin University of Science and Technology)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Numerical simulation study on the contribution of nutrients exchange flux to primary productivity in the sea-sea sections around the Yellow Sea.

  Principal investigator ／ Yujun Liu (Ocean University of China)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Environmental health study of marine coastal waters of the Gili Matra Marine Tourism Park, Lombok, Nusa Tenggara Barat, Indonesia

  Principal investigator ／ Suhendar Indrakoesmaya Sachoemar (National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Physical-ecosystem numerical model for Jakarta Bay(Phase 2)

  Principal investigator ／ Endro Soeyanto (National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Investigation on the Occurrence of PCBs and dioxin-like PCBs in Cisadane River of Banten Province, Indonesia

  Principal investigator ／ Fuji Suciati (National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Assessment of the Occurrence, Distribution and Ecological Risk of Bisphenol Analogues in the Surface Water from Citarum Watersheds

  Principal investigator ／ Agus Sudaryanto (National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Characterization of Pharmaceutical and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in Wastewater Treatment Plants in Indonesia

  Principal investigator ／ Susi Sulistia (National Research and Innovation Agency, Indonesia)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Analysis of toxic/stress-responsive gene expression in selected Philippine wildlife species

  Principal investigator ／ Maria Claret Tsuchiya (University of the Philippines Los Baños)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Seasonal variations and control factors of nutrient fluxes at the benthic-pelagic interface of Harima Nada.

  Principal investigator ／ Zhaosen Wu (Ocean University of China)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  Simulation and parameter determination of persistent organic pollutants sorption process in sediment

  Principal investigator ／ Donglin Yu (Ocean University of China)

• International joint research on Asian environmental problems

  The organic matter source causing the bottom hypoxia in the upper Gulf of Thailand

  Principal investigator ／ Yoshihisa Mino (Nagoya University)

• International symposium and research meeting

  Transdisciplinary Approach in Biological Control for vector-borne diseases and agricultural pest management

  Principal investigator ／ Divina AMALIN (De La Salle University)

• International symposium and research meeting

  7th International Chemical Hazard Symposium ～Interdisciplinary approach for environmental research～

  Principal investigator ／ Yoshinori Ikenaka (Hokkaido University)

• International symposium and research meeting

  Workshop for fishery environment studies in the Seto Inland Sea

  Principal investigator ／ Tsutomu Tokeshi (Fukui Prefectural University)