Marine Biological Station, Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University is located on the northwestern shore of Sado Island, Japan. Sado Island is 50 km far from Niigata City and it takes 2 hours 30 minutes by car ferry or 67 minutes by jetfoil. The station is ideally situated for marine biological teaching and research within easy reach of a variety of marine habitats, such as rocky and sandy shores.
In Sado Island, there are 3 field stations (University Forest, Research Station for Toki and Ecological Restoration, and Marine Biological Station) of Sado Island Center for Ecological Sustainability, Niigata University and we are promoting biological research and education in cooperation with the other two stations. Also, we are promoting a joint usage for education of marine biology with other universities. Current research programs include work on reproductive endocrinology, neuroendocrinology, ecology and evolutionary developmental biology.
SMBS organized the International Marine Biology Course (IMBC) 2024 on September 20-29, 2024, which was a hybrid of online and in-person practical courses. Twenty-eight students and four researchers from Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Viet Nam, Hong Kong and Japan have joined the in-person course. Participants learned about marine biodiversity and animal evolution at Sado Island. The report of this course can be found below.
Group photos of in-person and online courses at IMBC2024
