An animal should not do that – symbiotic annelids synthesize a plant sterol de novo

Seminar by Dr. Dolma Michellod  (Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany)

Joint Poster Session of OIST & ERATO Evolving Symbiosis Project Members

Open Poster Session (~20 posters by ERATO members and ~10 posters by OIST units)

Genetic mutation in Escherichia coli genome during adaptation to the murine intestine is optimized for the host diet

Seminar by Dr. Shinji Fukuda (Keio University and University of Tsukuba)

Towards Prediction and Control of Microbial Evolution: Analysis of Phenotypic Constraints in Laboratory Evolution

Seminar by Dr. Chikara Furusawa (RIKEN and University of Tokyo)

E. coli evolves into an insect mutualist in real-time

Seminar by Dr. Takema Fukatsu (AIST, University of Tokyo, and University of Tsukuba)

An evolutionary perspective on symbioses from the alvinocaridid shrimp family

Seminar by Dr. Pierre Methou (JAMSTEC)

Decoding the chemical language of plants

Seminar by Dr. Tomas Pluskal (IOCHB, Prague, CZ)

[Seminar] "Evolution of operon formation in the laboratory" by Mr. Yuki Kanai

Mr. Yuki Kanai, PhD Student, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Tokyo, Japan

“Hoshizuna: the floating star-sand” art installation

“Hoshizuna: the floating star-sand” art installation

From Saturday, March 25, through Saturday, April 1, OIST will house giant balloons in the shape of Hoshizuna, or Okinawa star sand.

Seminar by Dr. Noriko Okamoto, Hakai Institute

Beach microbiology - from a single cell to the community