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Ken Maeda, a researcher in OIST’s Marine Genomics Unit, has identified a new freshwater goby species on the islands of Okinawa and Iriomote. The species, Stiphodon alcedo, is described in the latest issue of the journal Cybium.

In a new Nature study, the genomic, epigenomic, and cell-level characteristics of the mysterious arrow worm have been tied together.

In February 2014, Professor Noriyuki Satoh published a book “Developmental Genomics of Ascidians.”

New research by OIST researchers finds genetic mechanism that makes African midges invulnerable to harsh conditions.

Researchers discover the timer that tells jellyfish when to mature.

Scientists have decoded the genome of Okinawa mozuku, a seaweed with healthy properties that plays a key economic and ecological role.

A protein complex formed during abnormal cell division eliminates potentially harmful cells over time.

Female and male Japanese termites can flip sex roles in order to form stable same-sex pairs, finds a new study.

The first app of its kind allows users to interact with biodiversity research through augmented reality.

The way in which most multicellular organisms have been classified has been the same for more than a century. But new research is changing how we see classification, specifically among Chordates.

In a paper published yesterday in Science, a team of researchers that includes OIST's Nick Luscombe shows that the long-accepted view of how male fruit flies manipulate their genes’ activity should be revised. Their finding shows how cells use a single, crucial regulator to change the activity of large numbers of genes at the same time.

Changes in gene expression were found when coral and algae begin to interact.