tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34372788834386995732024-03-15T03:45:08.400+09:00Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto UnivetsityAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01291221603833458522noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3437278883438699573.post-35526054864988677612013-02-03T19:36:00.000+09:002019-03-28T22:09:07.511+09:00<i><span lang="EN-US" style="background-color: white; color: #351c75; font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">MESSAGE </span>FROM DIRECTOR</b></span></i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;"> August 2017</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">Throughout ca. 90 years history, the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory (SMBL) has been one of center institutions in Japan to study taxonomy, systematics, phylogeny,
evolution, ecology, behavior, development and other natural history sciences of
marine biota. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SMBL is located on Bansho-zaki, Shirahama-cho, on
west coast of Kii Peninsula, and is well situated for research on many aspects
of marine biology. The water around SMBL is relatively free from pollution,
and the warm oceanic current, Kuroshio, transports warm seawater as well as so many marine biota of tropical ocean to Kii Peninsula. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">The flora and fauna are exceptionally rich. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The salinity is, in general, like that of the open ocean, but there are a few estuarine situations of low
salinity. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> Representatives of nearly all major groups of marine invertebrates and </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">algae</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">can be obtained by collecting at the shore, and depths down to 200 meters can
be explored by dredging and other collecting techniques.<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </b>Many of the organisms available are important for research in taxonomy,
phylogeny, ecology and other natural science.</span><br />
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town of Shirahama-cho can be reached by scheduled air service from Tokyo International
Airport at Haneda, and scheduled express train and bus services from Osaka
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SMBL controls
biological preserves at Hatake-jima in Tanabe Bay, that provides a wide range
of protected terrestrial and marine environments available for short- and
long-term research projects and educational use.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">At
SMBL, research is conducted throughout the year by a permanent staff of
resident researchers, including myself, as well as graduate course students and
post doctoral fellows with a variety of ongoing research programs. It is a
principal function of SMBL to provide facilities for visiting investigators
from national and international institutions, as SMBL </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">has been visited by hundreds of distinguished scientists from all over
the world</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; font-size: 16px;">. Visiting researchers are
encouraged to use the facilities at any time of year. Accommodation
(maximum 50 persons) is also available in the lab. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">SMBL,
part of Kyoto University, offers wide variety of open courseworks in marine biology for
undergraduates and graduate students in spring and summer and is also hosting
many field courses of marine biology by other universities and high schools (SSH
Program) throughout a year.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I look forward to hearing from you about
visiting my lab, Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, having a friendly chat on
collaborative research or, if you are a student, to study in the undergraduate course or the graduate
course (B.S. or M.S. and Ph.D., Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science,
Kyoto University) for marine biology.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Please contact <asakura.akira.6w (at) kyoto-u.ac.jp><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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