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Lecture & Course guidance
Course guidance session in May for prospective students.
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Academic Lecture
Every November 3rd (Culture Day), researchers in Hayama campus will give a presentation of their research topic. (in Japanese)
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Science Café
RCIES Researchers are willing to visit various locations to discuss our latest research topics and the basics of evolutionary biology. If you're interested in inviting a lecturer or have inquireies, please contact: matsushita_atsuko (at) soken.ac.jp
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2024.Nov.3
Academic Lectures (in Japanese)
"How Did Mammalian Noses Evolve?: The Evolutionary Morphology of Vertebrate Faces
Lecturer: Dr. Hiroki Higashiyama
"In search of the "forest wise": Research on wild Bornean orangutans"
Lecturer: Asst.Prof. Takumi Tsutaya
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2024.May.11
Lecture and Course guidance on Integrated Evolutionary Science Course (in Japanese)
"From genes to social behavior in insects: case studies in non-model insects"
Lecturer: Asst.Prof. Takayuki Watanabe
"From the origin of the dog to the Japanese dog"
Lecturer: Assoc.Prof. Yohey Terai
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2024.Mar.5
Lecture
"Diversity and Evolution of Cooperative Breeding Societies"
Lecturer: Prof. Nobuyuki Kutsukake
The 31st Online Lecture Meeting of the Institute for Basic Biology and the Animal Behavior Society
2024.Feb.17
Lecture
"What do butterflies "see"?"
Lecturer: Prof. Kentaro Arikawa
2024.Jan.20-21
Lecture
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Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Hisashi Ohtsuki
A workshop on understanding human cooperative behavior - indirect reciprocity and relevant areas -", supported by the Research Center for Integrative Evolutionary Science, SOKENDAI, and JSPS KAKENHI, was held at Hayama Campus, SOKENDAI, on Jan. 20th to 21st, 2024. It was held as a closed meeting on a pre-registration basis. Twenty-seven participants, including theoretical biologists and social psychologists, attended the meeting, and nine oral presentations and sixteen poster presentations were held. Participants discussed sociality of humans with interdisciplinary perspectives, and there were active interactions between theoreticians and empiricists. Discussions over posters lasted till late night, and the event ended on a high note.
2024.Jan.21
Lecture
"The origin of the dog in the Japanese archipelago and their transition"
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Yohey Terai
The 31st Online Lecture Meeting of the Institute for Basic Biology and the Animal Behavior Society
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2024.Jan.11
Lecture
"Color world that butterflies see"
Lecturer: Prof. Kentaro Arikawa
The 31st Online Lecture Meeting of the Institute for Basic Biology and the Animal Behavior Society
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2023.Dec.11
Lecture
"The Color World Seen by Butterflies: Exploring the Mechanisms of the Brain through Behavior"
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Michiyo Kinoshita
The 31st Online Lecture Meeting of the Institute for Basic Biology and the Animal Behavior Society
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2023.Dec.9
Lecture
"The tripartite symbiosis which led the adaptation of Cladonia vulcani Savicz to an extreme environment"
Lecturer: Dr. Mieko Kono
2023.Nov.26
Lecture
"Does Ontogeny recapitulate Phylogeny (Evolution)?"
Lecturer: Prof. Naoki Irie
2023.Nov.11
Lecture and Course guidance on Integrated Evolutionary Science Course
"What the Denisovans Left in Our Genome"
Lecturer: Prof. Yoko Satta
"The Wonders of Life Revealed upon Counting the Numbers: An Introduction to Mathematical Biology"
Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Hisashi Ohtsuki
2023.Oct.22
Lecture
"Ecology, physiology, and evolution of marine animals revealed by biologging technology"
Lecturer: Prof. Yuuki Watanabe
2023.Sep.17
Science Cafe
"Visual world of butterflies"
Lecturer: Prof. Kentaro Arikawa
2023.May.13
Lecture and Course guidance on Integrated Evolutionary Science Course
"Does Ontogeny recapitulate Phylogeny (Evolution)?"
Lecturer: Prof. Naoki Irie
"Behavioral ecology of seals and sharks revealed by animal-borne cameras"
Lecturer: Prof. Yuuki Watanabe
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Research Practice
The program is open to high school students and undergraduate students who intend to enter looking to delve deeper into the world of biology in higher education. So far Molecular biology laboratory is held every July for three days and two nights. Other trial trainings by different instructors are also acceted at any time.
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Super Science High school
As part of the "Science and Techonology and Science Love Plan" policy designated by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports Science and Technology, RCIES supports activities of Super Science High school (SSH), which focuses on science, technology, and mathematics education.
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Summer school for young mathematical biologists
Mathematical biology is an important field of study in which quantitative predictions are made, and it is expected that research will be developed that integrates various fields of biology. For more information, please visit https://jsmbpys.weebly.com
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2023.Nov.5-7
FY2023 SOKENDAI Social Collaboration Project
As part of the Sokendai Social Collaboration Project, Sokendai graduate students and researchers conducted outreach activities at Iida High School in Nagano Prefecture.
, Chunichi Shimbun, Minamishinshu Newspaper(all links in Japanese)Assoc.Prof. Hisashi Ohtsuki (RCIES), Prof. Minoru Sakamoto (REKIHAKU, NMJH), Prof. Akira Kimura (Genetics, NIG), Prof. Ritsuko Kikusawa (MINPAKU, NME)
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The 3rd Summer school for young mathematical biologists
The summer school was held for the first time in 4 years following the second time in 2019. In addition to lectures by 6 mathematical biologists from various fields, it was good opportunities for students, young researchers, and leading researchers to interact through face-to-face poster presentations and discussions.
Lecturers: Prof. Yoh Iwasa (Kyushu Univ), Prof. Akira Sasaki (SOKENDAI), Prof. Yasuo Ihara (Univ. of Tokyo), Prof. Masato Yamamichi (Nat. Inst. Genetics), Asst. Prof. Yusuke Himeoka (Univ. of Tokyo), Asst. Prof. Akane Hara (Univ. of Toyama)
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2023.Jul.25-27
Research practice
As part of our aim to clarify the adaptive evolution of vision-related genes in marine fish, we conducted a molecular biology exercise using fresh fish purchased from a local store.
Lecturers: Assoc. Prof. Yohey Terai, Lect. Jun Gojobori
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FY2023
Super Science High school
Asst. Prof. Watanabe gave a lecture for the second-year students in the SSH class “Yokokoh Academia” at the Kanagawa Prefectural Yokosuka High School. The lecture was entitled “Cricket Courtship Strategies – Social Behavior by Singing Crickets.” Then, he joined several discussion classes on setting up a rearing system for crickets and behavioral experiments on the two-spotted cricket.
Lecturer: Asst.Prof. Takayuki Watanabe
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2012. June published
Book: “Behavioural ecology” (in Japanese)
by Nobuyuki Kutsukake & Tsunenori Koga, Ed. by The Ecological Society of Japan, 2012, KYOURITSU SHUPPAN Co. Ltd.
A standard textbook of behavioural ecology and animal behaviour in Japanese.
Prof. Nobuyuki Kutsukake
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2022. Apr published
Book: “Evolution and Human Behavior, 2nd Edition” (in Japanese)
by Toshikazu HASEGAWA, Mariko HASEGAWA & Hisashi OHTSUKI, 2022, University of Tokyo Press
“Evolution and Human Behavior, 2nd Edition” is a textbook that synthesizes the results of numerous studies that explore various aspects of human beings, including the body, psychology, and culture, from an evolutionary perspective. This updated edition incorporates the latest findings on genomics, human evolution, life history strategies, indirect reciprocity, cultural evolution, and more. The book aims to engage readers in the exciting endeavor of understanding humans by integrating knowledge from the humanities and natural sciences.
Prof. Hisashi Ohtsuki
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2016. Feb published
Book: Evolutionary Traces Carved in Fetal Life (in Japanese)
by Naoki IRIE2016, Keio University Press
When we were fetuses, did we look like fish or amphibians? This book describes the path of the author's research, which challenged the classical hypothesis called Haeckel's iteration theory proposed in 1868. Was the process of animal embryogenesis an evolutionary fast-forward reproduction, as the classical hypothesis suggests? No specialized analytical methods, and can be read by a broad general audience.
Prof. Naoki Irie
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Textbook
Prof. Irie's discovery featured in High School Biology Textbook
Prof. Naoki Irie
Our body develops from just a single cell, the fertilized egg, which divides and grows into our present form. Whether there is a rule governing this developmental process and evolution has been a classic question since the 19th century. The traditional theory was Haeckel's recapitulation theory, which suggested that humans pass through stages resembling fish or amphibians during development. However, research by Professor Irie and others has shown that the developmental hourglass model, rather than the Haeckel's recapitulation theory, is supported as a general relationship between development and evolution. Subsequently, similar findings have been made in many other animals, leading to a revision of high school biology textbooks.
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2024.Mar. 20-23
Trial Admission
One 3rd-year undergraduate student enrolled on trial for 4 days.
Tsutaya Lab.
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2024.Mar. 4
Trial Admission
Two 2nd-year undergraduate students enrolled in the trial admission.
Kutsukake Lab.
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2024.Feb. 7
Trial Admission
Five 3rd-year undergraduate students participated in the trial admission.
Irie Lab.
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Conference
The 3rd AsiaEvo, an international conference on evolutionary studies focusing on the Asian region, was held in Singapore.
Prof. Naoki Irie
The 3rd AsiaEvo Conference took place at the National University of Singapore from December 16-18, 2023, sponsored by the Research Center for Integrated Evolutionary Sciences. Professor Irie, a founding member of the conference, played a key role in planning and organizing as a member of the scientific committee. The conference attracted evolutionary biologists not only from Japan, China, Korea, India, Singapore, and other Asian countries but also from the U.S., Europe, and beyond. The event welcomed 220 participants, including esteemed editors from journals such as Nature Ecology and Evolution, Journal of Zoological Letters, and Journal of Experimental Zoology part B. The attendees actively engaged in discussions on evolutionary biology, presenting their findings through 137 oral presentations (across 15 symposia) and 45 poster presentations. The diverse group of participants, spanning Asia, the U.S., and Europe, contributed to a rich exchange of ideas. The next conference is scheduled to take place in Kunming, China.
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2023.Nov. 15-17
Trial Admission
One working person participated in two days of laboratory activities.
Ohtsuki Lab.
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2023.Sep. 21
Trial Admission
One 3rd-year undergraduate student enrolled for trial admission.
Kutsukake Lab.
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2023.Jun. 19-20
Trial Admission
One 4th year undergraduate student participated in 2 days of laboratory activities.
Ohtsuki Lab.
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2023.Jun. 5-7
Trial Admission
One 4th year undergraduate student participated in 3 days of laboratory activities.
Ohtsuki Lab.
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2023.Apr. 10-13
Trial Admission
One first-year master's graduate student participated in 4 days of laboratory activities.
Terai Lab.
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