Research

18 May 2012 - 13:31

Life of a water droplet

Every drop of pond water is teeming with life. Bdelloid rotifers, which are multicellular microscopic invertebrates, are found throughout the world in temporary water bodies. These creatures are...

Type: Photo

18 May 2012 - 13:28

Leafcutter Ants

Two leaf cutter ants on Attamyces fungus. The smaller ant has a ball of food between its mandibles. Photo by Prof. Alexander Mikeyhev

Type: Photo

18 May 2012 - 13:19

A two-photon microscopic image of a neuron fluoresced with red dye

Brain Mechanism for Behavior Unit researchers are interested in the basic units of which our brains are composed - so called nerve cells or neurons. Since these cells have a diameter of only about 10...

Type: Photo

16 May 2012 - 11:42

OIST Researcher Discovers New Fish Species in Ryukyu Streams

Ken Maeda, a researcher in OIST’s Marine Genomics Unit, has identified a new freshwater goby species on the islands of Okinawa...

Type: Press release

15 May 2012 - 12:21

Male and female Stiphodon alcedo

A male Stiphodon alcedo displaying bright colors for courtship (left) and a female S. alcedo with subtler coloration (right). The fish grows to a maximum length of six centimeters. (Photo: Ken Maeda)

Type: Photo

10 May 2012 - 01:01

OIST Researchers Answer Fundamental Question about Signal Transmission in the Brain

After a neuron fires an electrical impulse, this impulse needs to be chemically transmitted to another neuron to propagate into the neuronal circuit; otherwise communication would grind to a halt. In...

Type: Press release