Anna Ikarashi

A new parent training program - the first of its kind in Japan – will be coming out of OIST’s Seaside House.

Experts with markedly different specialties worked closely at OIST to characterize the venoms of the Habu and Himehabu, two native species of venomous snakes in Okinawa.

A multinational project has led to the finding of not only one of the world’s rarest ant genus, but also the discovery of a new ant species.

A group of researchers from the OIST Nanoparticles by Design Unit can now make custom-designed multicomponent nanoparticles with controlled shape and structure.

Prof. Economo described a new ant species and named it ‘Pristomyrmex tsujii’ after University of Ryukyus Professor Kazuki Tsuji.

The academic journal, Zoological Science, published a special issue devoted to pearl oysters. Dr. Takeshi Takeuchi of the OIST Marine Genomics Unit was the driving force behind this special issue.

Two Okinawan researchers came back to Okinawa after years of research elsewhere to work on an innovative new microscope.