The FY2018 members of the Science and Technology Group
This is the FY2018 Annual Report produced by the Science and Technology Group. This work is described below, and reveals a diverse program of research and cultural development complementary to the rest of the OIST programme.
Please refer to the PDF links for each member's Annual Report FY2018.
STG Associate |
Discipline |
Brief description of project |
|
1. |
Mirona Chirienco |
Geology |
Past climate and environmental change |
2. |
Juanita Choo |
Environmental Science |
Human impact on the Amazon rainforest and Okinawa |
3. |
Anya Dani |
Art Conservation |
Preservation of cultural objects in Okinawa museum, especially pottery and old musical instruments |
4. |
Vladimir Dinets |
Biology |
Behavioral ecology and conservation of Asian birds and mammals |
5. |
Charlotte Fournier |
Biophysics |
The molecular dynamics of the epidermal growth factor receptor in cell membranes |
6. | Garth Ilsley |
Genomics |
Regulation of gene expression |
7. |
Eugene Khaskin |
Organometallics |
Basic Organometallic Research and Catalysis with Coordination Complexes |
8. |
Reina Komiya |
Biology |
Reproductive mechanism including long intergenic non-coding RNAs (lincRNAs) and Chromatin regulation between germ cells and somatic cells |
9. |
Yohsuke Moriyama |
Cell Biology |
How the cellular wound healing affect cell physiology and the lifespan |
10. |
Yoko Nomura |
Biotechnology |
1. Engineering of catalytic RNAs 2. Analysis and functionalization of natural fibers |
11. |
Payal Shah |
Environmental Economics |
Analyze the social and environmental consequences of natural resource management policies and formulate optimal strategies to address environmental challenges such as climate change |
12. |
Satoshi Takebayashi |
Organometallic chemistry |
Development of innovative catalysts to activate small molecules based on organometallic chemistry |