A schematic phylogenetic tree showing the main lineages of giant sea anemones (A) and the four groups of the Entacmaea lineage with their anemonefish associations (B)

OIST’s third class of PhD students.

Yoriko Yamamura, one incoming student in the class of 2014, introduces herself and expresses her interest in studying the brain. “I procrastinate a lot,” she explains, “and I’ve been thinking about how I can do brain research that helps me overcome this problem.”

Provost George Iwama, center, welcomes Minister Shunichi Yamaguchi to OIST, while Vice President Baughman, right, looks on.

Minister Yamaguchi shakes hands with President Dorfan after signing the OIST golden book with the message, “OIST is the hope of Japan.”

This figure shows the unique gene variation between the two species with the lines above representing earlier species of midge. The large red blocks indicate gene clusters associated with tolerance to extreme conditions known as Anhydrobiotic Related gene Islands or ARIds.