egu Wahei Hagiwara
As a native of Okinawa, it is a great opportunity for me to do Ph.D. at OIST!
During my bachelor's thesis, I engaged in RNA-seq of the brown algae called mozuku, a delicacy of Okinawa. In the Evolutionary Genomics Unit, I am working on low-coverage genome datasets of termite, cockroach, and their symbiotic bacteria and protists. I aim to build robust phylogenetic trees of termite gut protists and determine how they have coevolved with their termite hosts during the last 150 million years.
During my free time, I like watching movies and anime and playing piano. In addition, Karaoke is one of my favorite ways to release stress!
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