Research
27 May 2011 - 07:21
A paper by Dr. Hiroaki Kitano, Principal Investigator of the Open Biology Unit, was published in Nature Chemical Biology. The paper discusses a new type of big science emerging that involves...
Type: News Article
20 May 2011 - 07:00
A two-photon microscopic image of a neuron fluoresced with red dye
By Kaoru Natori
What do you do if you want to observe a tiny object? You could use a magnifying glass...
Type: News Article
20 May 2011 - 06:00
Campus tour by Dr. Masahisa Yamada of the Common Resources Group
On Wednesday, May 18, the participants of the 44th annual meeting of the Japanese Society of Development...
Type: Event Report
13 May 2011 - 10:40
By Micheal E. Cooper
Glucose as a source of energy is centrally important to our understanding of life. Human body cells take the glucose from blood to make energy. The glucose content of human...
Type: News Article
6 May 2011 - 07:15
Type: News Article
2 May 2011 - 00:00
Fission yeast (Schizosaccharomyces pombe) cells growing and dividing regularly in a culture medium, the glucose concentration of which is similar to that of human blood (4.4 mmol/L).
Glucose as a...
Type: Video
2 May 2011 - 00:00
The calyx of Held is one of the biggest nerve terminals in the central nervous system (named by Hans Held in 1893 because of its flower petal like shape). The unique structure of this synapse makes...
Type: Video
15 Apr 2011 - 05:06
Okinawa, Japan, April 15, 2011 — Dr. Satoshi Mitarai, Independent New Investigator of the Marine Biophysics Unit at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), has been selected as one...
Type: Press release
14 Apr 2011 - 00:00
Simulated larval dispersal patterns from an offshore island in the Southern California Bight (Mitarai et al., 2009)
Dr. Satoshi Mitarai, Independent New Investigator, Marine Biophysics Unit, Okinawa...
Type: Video
30 Mar 2011 - 09:00
A black smoker at a mid-ocean ridge hydrothermal vent
Source: The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Since their discovery in 1977 in...
Type: News Article
23 Mar 2011 - 00:00
Still a work in progress, this simulation shows changes in water surface temperature around Okinawa. This simulation attempts to assess coral larval dispersal and coral connectivity in Okinawa and...
Type: Video
13 Mar 2011 - 00:00
In the brain, cells called neurons use ions (electrical charges) and chemicals called neurotransmitters to communicate with one another. Other cells called glia support the neurons in many ways. In...
Type: Video
