News Institutional News Research Update Facet News type Algebra Analysis Artificial intelligence Atomic physics Biochemistry Bioinformatics Biology Biophysics Biotechnology Botany Cell biology Chemistry Complex systems Computer sciences Condensed matter physics Cyber Security Data science Deep learning Developmental biology Developmental neuroscience Ecology Engineering and applied sciences Environmental sciences Evolutionary biology Fluid dynamics Genetics (-) Genomics Health sciences Immunology Informatics Machine learning Marine sciences Material science Mathematics Mechanics Medicine Molecular biology Nanoscience Neuroscience Optics Organic chemistry Photonics Physics Physiology Polymer chemistry Psychology Quantum Quantum field theory Robotics Soft matter physics Structural biology Synthetic biology Synthetic organic chemistry Theoretical sciences Topology Virology Facet Specialty 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 (-) 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2005 Facet Date Created Clear filters Research Update Worm Genomes Reveal a Link Between Ourselves and Our Distant Relatives Decoding two worm genomes provides new insights into genetic similarities between distantly related animal groups. 05 December 2017 Research Update Hearing the Dawn Chorus: Okinawa’s New Acoustic Monitoring Network Using remote acoustic monitoring to track bird activity on Okinawa for the first time, scientists examined the distribution of birds on Okinawa. 06 November 2017 Research Update Toxic Cocktail: Okinawan Pit Viper Genome Reveals Evolution of Snake Venom Researchers have sequenced the Taiwan habu genome, comparing it to that of the Sakishima habu. These invasive species may be not as well-known as the native habu in Okinawa, pictured here. 04 October 2017 Research Update Parasite Revealed: New Insights into Dicyemida Researchers decisively classify marine parasite Dicyemida, yielding new opportunities for understanding parasites and evolution. 18 July 2017 Research Update Into the DNA of a Coral Reef Predator Researchers from OIST and Australia have sequenced and decoded for the first time the genome of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, paving the way for the biocontrol of this invasive predator responsible for the destruction of coral reefs across indo-pacific oceans. 05 April 2017 Institutional News Robbed of Royalty: mutilation and social determination of female Diacamma ants Triggered by mutilation, expression of select genes determines social castes in Diacamma ants 17 February 2017 Institutional News Surf and Turf: How Land Use in Okinawa Affects the Ocean OIST researchers are investigating coral-damaging sediment runoff from the land to the ocean. 27 January 2017 Media Coverage Coverage of OIST in the media and on the web Media Coverage
Research Update Worm Genomes Reveal a Link Between Ourselves and Our Distant Relatives Decoding two worm genomes provides new insights into genetic similarities between distantly related animal groups. 05 December 2017
Research Update Hearing the Dawn Chorus: Okinawa’s New Acoustic Monitoring Network Using remote acoustic monitoring to track bird activity on Okinawa for the first time, scientists examined the distribution of birds on Okinawa. 06 November 2017
Research Update Toxic Cocktail: Okinawan Pit Viper Genome Reveals Evolution of Snake Venom Researchers have sequenced the Taiwan habu genome, comparing it to that of the Sakishima habu. These invasive species may be not as well-known as the native habu in Okinawa, pictured here. 04 October 2017
Research Update Parasite Revealed: New Insights into Dicyemida Researchers decisively classify marine parasite Dicyemida, yielding new opportunities for understanding parasites and evolution. 18 July 2017
Research Update Into the DNA of a Coral Reef Predator Researchers from OIST and Australia have sequenced and decoded for the first time the genome of the Crown-of-Thorns Starfish, paving the way for the biocontrol of this invasive predator responsible for the destruction of coral reefs across indo-pacific oceans. 05 April 2017
Institutional News Robbed of Royalty: mutilation and social determination of female Diacamma ants Triggered by mutilation, expression of select genes determines social castes in Diacamma ants 17 February 2017
Institutional News Surf and Turf: How Land Use in Okinawa Affects the Ocean OIST researchers are investigating coral-damaging sediment runoff from the land to the ocean. 27 January 2017
