FY2015 Annual Report
The FY2015 members of the Science and Technology Group
This is the FY2015 Annual Report produced by the Science and Technology Group. This work is described below, and reveals a diverse program of research and cultural development complementary to the rest of the OIST programme.
Please refer to the links on the name for each member's Annual Report FY2015.
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STG Associate |
Discipline |
Brief description of project |
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Geology |
Past climate and environmental change |
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2. |
Environmental Science |
Human impact on the Amazon rainforest and Okinawa |
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3. |
Art Conservation |
Preservation of cultural objects in Okinawa museum, especially pottery and old musical instruments |
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Biophysics |
The molecular dynamics of the epidermal growth factor receptor in cell membranes |
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Genomics |
Regulation of gene expression |
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| 6. | Eugene Khaskin |
Organometallics |
Basic Organometallic Research and Catalysis with Coordination Complexes |
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Biology |
Reproductive mechanism including long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) and Chromatin regulation between germ cells and somatic cells |
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8. |
André Leier |
Systems Biology |
Development of mathematical tools and models for biological and physiological processes |
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Neuroscience |
Homeostatic regulation of neural connectivity |
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10. |
Biotechnology |
1. Engineering of catalytic RNAs 2. Analysis and functionalization of natural fibers |
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11. |
Environmental Economics |
Analyze the social and environmental consequences of natural resource management policies and formulate optimal strategies to address environmental challenges such as climate change |