The FY2018 members of the Science and Technology Group
The FY2018 members of the Science and Technology Group
This is the FY2018 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 FY2018.
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STG Associate |
Discipline |
Brief description of project |
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1. |
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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4. |
Biology |
Behavioral ecology and conservation of Asian birds and mammals |
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5. |
Charlotte Fournier |
Biophysics |
The molecular dynamics of the epidermal growth factor receptor in cell membranes |
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6. | Garth Ilsley |
Genomics |
Regulation of gene expression |
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7. |
Organometallics |
Basic Organometallic Research and Catalysis with Coordination Complexes |
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8. |
Biology |
Reproductive mechanism including long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) and Chromatin regulation between germ cells and somatic cells |
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9. |
Cell Biology |
How the cellular wound healing affect cell physiology and the lifespan |
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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 |
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12. |
Organometallic chemistry |
Development of innovative catalysts to activate small molecules based on organometallic chemistry |