SETO MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY

459 Shirahama-cho, Nishimuro-gun, Wakayama, 649-2211
Tel. +81-739-42-3515 Fax +81-739-42-4518

Professor
 ASAKURA, Akira, D. Sc. (Kyushu Univ.), Invertebrate Zoology; Systematics, ecology, behavior, and biogeography of Crustacea
Chief, Associate Professor
 SHIMOMURA, Michitaka, D. Sc. (Hokkaido Univ.), Invertebrate Zoology; Taxonomy
Associate professor
 NAKANO, Tomoyuki, D. Sc. (Nagoya Univ.), Invertebrate Zoology; Molecular Phylogeny and Phylogeography
Program-Specific Junior Associate Professor
 KAWAMURA, Mariko, D. Sc. (Kyoto Univ.), Marine Biology, Biomineralogy
Assistant Professors
 GOTO, Ryutaro, D. Human and Environmental Studies (Kyoto Univ.), Evolutionary Biology, Ecology, Marine Biology, Invertebrate Systematics, Symbiosis
 YAMAMORI, Luna, D. Human and Environmental Studies (Kyoto Univ.), Natural History of Marine Invertebrates
Program-Specific Assistant Professor
 BAO, Sarina, D.Agr. (Kyoto Univ.), Rural Planning, Sustainable Rural Development, Animal Behavior, Fish Behavior

The Laboratory is situated on the southwest coast of Kii Peninsula, about 234 km from Kyoto. It was founded in 1922 as a field station to provide marine course for students and facility for visiting researchers. The Laboratory also accepts graduate students of the Graduate School of Science. The Laboratory provides accommodation and scientific equipments, e.g. research vessel and microscopes, to these students and visiting scientists. It also maintains an aquarium that is open to the public. The library of the Laboratory has one of the most comprehensive collections in the country regarding the marine biology. The Laboratory mainly has carried out researches on the natural history, e.g. taxonomy and ecology of marine organisms, particularly meiofauna, coelenterates, mollusks, annelids, arthropods and fishes. Recently, interests are expanded into studies on marine biodiversity and evolution of these organisms, using electron microscopy and molecular biological techniques. http://www.seto.kais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/

URL : https://www.seto.kyoto-u.ac.jp/smbl/
   https://www.seto.kyoto-u.ac.jp/shirahama_aqua/english/

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