Feb/13/2024, Podcast and article Our unit's research got the privilege of being featured in the Bioconvergence Center Series Podcast, along with Prof. Amy Shen Unit's research. We would like to thank DJ Nick Luscombe, the OIST CPR section, and all other contributors. Bioconvergence Center Series Podcast Date: 13 February 2024 Category: Research Update Research Unit Membranology Unit Share on: Related News Institutional News OIST Meets Young Hopefuls in Tokyo and Sapporo OIST Café, a seminar aimed at science students, was inaugurated in April in Tokyo. This month it was held again in Tokyo, and also in Sapporo, on June 16 and 19. Institutional News Climate Change and Coral On June 29 and 30, the International Conference on Climate Change and Coral Reef Conservation, organized by the Ministry of the Environment and Okinawa Prefecture with the support of OIST and the University of the Ryukyus, was held at the OIST campus. Institutional News Undergrads Experience Life at OIST The second OIST Research Intern Summer Program is now underway. Research Update Prof. Economo Wins Presidential Award from ASN Prof. Evan Economo, who leads OIST’s Biodiversity and Biocomplexity Unit, was awarded the 2013 Presidential Award from the American Society of Naturalists (ASN). Research Update G0 Cell Unit work on fission yeast cells in low-glucose may lead to new research into metabolic diseases Researchers at the OIST G0 Cell Unit have found that the actual glucose requirements of fission yeast cells and human cells are surprisingly similar and that the life span of fission yeast could be prolonged by glucose starvation, an effect that had been observed in higher organisms like human beings.
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Research Update G0 Cell Unit work on fission yeast cells in low-glucose may lead to new research into metabolic diseases Researchers at the OIST G0 Cell Unit have found that the actual glucose requirements of fission yeast cells and human cells are surprisingly similar and that the life span of fission yeast could be prolonged by glucose starvation, an effect that had been observed in higher organisms like human beings.
