| Position | Name | Study field | E-mail address | Specific Research Interests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Director/Professor | Hironori ANDO | Reproductive endocrinology/ Neuroendocrinology |
hando311＠cc.niigata-u.ac.jp | Neuroendocrine regulation of behavioral and physiological functions in diadromous migratory fish, such as salmonids and puffer fish |
| Associate professor | Midori IIDA | Fish ecology/ Aquatic biology |
mdr.iida＠cc.niigata-u.ac.jp | Migratory ecology of diadromous migratory organisms, Dynamics of plankon |
| Assistant professor | Akihito OMORI | Evolutionary Developmental Biology/ Phylogenetic Systematics |
omori＠cc.niigata-u.ac.jp | Evolutionary developmental biology and natural history of echinoderms |
| Assistant professor | Kento KAWASAKA | Fish ethology/ Behavioral ecology |
kawasakak＠cc.niigata-u.ac.jp | Studies on social behavior and cognition in territorial fish |
| Technician | Toyokazu SHIMOTANI | Research/ Practice assistance |
simotani＠cc.niigata-u.ac.jp | |
| Technical assistant | Kaoru KOSUGI | kkosugi＠cc.niigata-u.ac.jp | ||
| Assistant administrative staff | Satoru HONMA | shonma＠cc.niigata-u.ac.jp |
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| Department | Name | Laboratory | Specific Research Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| Doctoral course, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Parvez Chowdhury | Iida lab. | Distribution patterns of plankton in the coast of Sado Island |
| Doctoral course, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Arisa OSABE | Omori lab. | Development and evolution of mesenchyme cells in feather stars |
| Master course, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Ren HASEGAWA | Omori lab. | Distribution of benthic marine invertebrates in the sand and mud bottoms of Sado Island |
| Master course, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Kodai HORII | Omori lab. | Taxonomic revision of Japanese Anneissia feather stars |
| Undergraduate, Program of Field Research | Riho KOHAYAKAWA | Iida lab. | Distribution and habitat of freshwater shrimps in the rivers of Sado Island |
| Undergraduate, Biology Program | Miki SAKATA | Omori lab. | Evolutionary developmental biology of the adult nervous system of a feather star Anneissia japonica |
| Undergraduate, Program of Field Research | Ryoma TOBITA | Omori lab. | Ecology of a feather star Catoptometra rubroflava and its symbionts |
| Department | Name | Laboratory | Specific Research Interests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 Bachelor's degree, Biology Program | Seina TAKASHIMA | Ando lab. | Gene expression analysis in the brain of male grass puffer in Sado Island, which does not have semilunar spawning rhythm. |
| 2022 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Miori UNAI | Ando lab. | Cryptochrome in Daphnia magna: Expression analyses and production of recombinant proteins |
| 2022 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Itsuki UMETA | Omori lab. | Habitat study of Scoliodota japonica and other infauna at sandy and muddy beaches in Sado island |
| 2022 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Kentaro SHIMADA | Iida lab. | Feeding habits of Gobioid fish genus Gymnogobius and community of benthic macroinvertebrates in the rivers |
| 2022 Bachelor's degree, Program of Field Research | Akari MATSUTANI | Iida lab. | Environmental and seasonal changes of zooplankton dynamics in the coastal areas of Sado Island and Niigata City |
| 2022 Bachelor's degree, Biology Program | Yui TOYOMASU | Ando lab. | Localization of melatonin receptor genes in the brain of grass puffer, a semilunar-synchronized spawner. | 2020-2022 Assistant Professor | Kenji TOYOTA | Molecular mechanisms for establishment of sex differences and larval metamorphosis |
| 2021 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Kosuke NATSUKAWA | Iida lab. | Ecology of freshwater sculpins (Cottidae) inhabiting offshore and Honshu islands in Japan: riverine distribution and early life history of river sculpin (Cottus hangiongensis) in Sado Island |
| 2021 Bachelor's degree, Program of Field Research | Yuta ENO | Ando lab. | Circadian rhythm in the locomotor activity of larval grass puffer, a semilunar spawner |
| 2021 Bachelor's degree, Program of Field Research | Karin RIN | Iida lab. | Seasonal changes of zooplankton dynamics in Tassha, Senkaku Bay, Sado Island, Japan |
| 2020 Doctor's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Md Mahiuddin Zahangir | Ando lab. | Studies on the role and regulation of kisspeptin and gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone system in the reproduction of grass and tiger puffers: Implication of melatonin in semilunar spawning rhythm |
| 2020 Doctor's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Md Lutfar Rahman | Ando lab. | Studies on the regulation of kisspeptin/gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone system in the lunar-synchronized spawning of grass puffer |
| 2020 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Ryoji ASADA | Iida lab. | Riverine microhabitat use of goby genus Gymnogobius |
| 2013-2020 Assistant Professor | Takashi KITAHASHI | Physiological roles of deep-brain photoreceptors | |
| 2019 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Kyoka KIDO | Iida lab. | Migratory patterns, marine larval duration and riverine ecology of goby genus Rhinogobius |
| 2019 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Yoshimasa UEMURA | Ando lab. | Studies on ultradian oscillation in expression of the grass puffer GnRH2 gene using transgenic fish models |
| 2019 Bachelor's degree, Department of Biology | Takashi NAKAJIMA | Omori lab. | Distribution survey of an apodid sea cucumber Scoliorhapis dianthus using environmental DNA in Sado Island |
| 2019 Bachelor's degree, Department of Biology | Satoshi NAKAJIMA | Iida lab. | Food habits of goby genus Gymnobobius of Sado Island |
| 2019 Special research student, University of Münster | Weronika Palkowska | Ando lab. | Molecular mechanism of lunar-dependent regulation of neuropeptide gene expression through melatonin in the grass puffer |
| 2018 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Koshiro SATO | Ando lab. | Regulation of semilunar-synchronized spawning rhythm of the grass puffer: molecular mechanisms of novel ultradian clock |
| 2018 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Tamaki OGURO | Awata lab. | Metapopulation genetic structure in an amphidromous fish, Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis |
| 2017 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Takeshi ITO | Awata lab. | Comparative studies on sperm characteristics in marine sculpins with diverse reproductive strategies |
| 2016 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Nao IGARASHI | Awata lab. | Inter- and intra-specific variation in ovipositor size in marine sculpins |
| 2011-2016 Assistant Professor | Satoshi AWATA | Studies on reproductive strategies of fishes from the perspective of evolutionary- and behavioral ecology | |
| 2015-2017 JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow | Md. Shahjahan | Ando lab. | Regulation and functional analysis of kisspeptin-GnRH system in lunar-synchronized spawning of puffer fish |
| 2015 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Yuki YAMADA | Ando lab. | Neuroendocrine regulation of spawning rhythm in grass puffer |
| 2015 Master's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Saori UEMATSU | Awata lab. | Pre- and post-copulatory sexual selection and multiple paternity in marine sculpins |
| 2015 contract researcher | Yoichiro KATO | Ando lab. | Development of the plastic material for fish transparent skeleton specimens |
| 2014 Bachelor's degree, Department of Biology | Haruka SASAKI | Awata lab. | Evolution of ovipositor size in marine sculpins depending on differences in spawning site |
| 2013 Doctor's degree, Graduate School of Science and Technology | Maki NISHIYAMA | Nozaki lab. | Study on sex steroid hormones in hagfish |
| 2013 Bachelor's degree, Department of Biology | Tomohito GOTO | Awata lab. | Spawning site selections of female marine sculpins which utilize invertebrates as spawning substrate |
| 2012 Bachelor's degree, Department of Biology | Nozomi ABE | Nozaki lab. | Identification of steroid producing cells in hagfish |
| 2012 Bachelor's degree, Department of Biology | Takahiro KAWASAKI | Ando lab. | Brain localization of ependymin in puffer fish |