Institute of Algological Research
Hokkaidō , Japan | |
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The Institute of Algological Research (sometimes referred to as Muroran Marine Station, or Northern Hemisphere Field Station) in
History
The Institute of Algological Research was founded in 1933.
Habitat
Coastal zone surrounding the institute has one of the largest seaweed biodiversity in Japan, with over 200 species of macroalgae. The
Faculty and Research
Faculty
- Taizo Motomura(Working on Spindle formation in Brown algal zygotes)
- Yotsukura Norishige(Working on Mitosis and Cytokinesis in Brown algae).
- Chikako Nagasato(Working on Laminariales)
Notable alumni
See also
- The Usa cho, Japan.
- The Woods Hole in Massachusetts.
- The Marine Biology.
References
Motomura, T. and Nagasato, C. (2003) The first spindle formation in brown algal zygotes. Hydrobiologia (in press).
Nagasato, C. and Motomura, T. (2002) New pyrenoid formation in the brown alga, Scytosiphon lomentaria (Scytosiphonales, Phaeophyceae). Journal of Phycology 38: 800-806.
Yotsukura, N., Kawai, T., Motomura, T. and Ichimura, T. (2001) Random amplified polymorphic DNA markers for three Japanese laminarian species. Fisheries Science 67:857-862.