Institutional News OIST and Onna Village's New High-Performance Rice Named "Churaotome" New rice from Onna Village can help lower blood sugar levels after consumption
Research Update ‘Jumping genes’ help plants adapt to extreme temperature and pathogens A cutting edge technique, called Direct RNA sequencing, shows that ‘jumping genes’ could be the key to help plants become more resilient.
Research Update Can noisy and polluted coastlines harm baby fish? OIST researchers aim to find out Less than 40% of Okinawa’s coastline remains natural. An innovative coastal monitoring program investigates how human activity and development affects the health of juvenile fish living near the shore.
Research Update Into the brain of comb jellies: scientists explore the evolution of neurons A new study into the neurons found in the earliest-diverging animal lineages reveals key clues about the form of the most ancestral nervous system, and how it first evolved.
Research Update Hidden in genetics: The evolutionary relationships of two groups of ancient invertebrates revealed Using high quality molecular data, researchers have re-investigated a long-standing question about the position of two phyla of small aquatic invertebrates—Kamptozoa and Bryozoa—on the evolutionary tree.
