Research
18 May 2012 - 13:31
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
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
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
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
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
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
26 Apr 2012 - 21:27
Type: News Article
17 Apr 2012 - 19:16
Type: News Article
10 Apr 2012 - 09:27
Type: Event Report
9 Apr 2012 - 10:40
Type: Event Report
