Science’s 2024 Breakthrough of the Year was announced. Professor Masao ADACHI from the Research and Education Faculty Natural Sciences Cluster, Agriculture Unit, Kochi University, and Specially Appointed Lecturer Kyoko HAGINO from the Marine Core Research Institute are part of a collaborative research team. Their findings have been recognized as one of the Top 10 Breakthroughs of the Year by Science.
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Guest Assistant Professor Ken NAKAYAMA of the Marine Core Research Institute is part of a collaborative research team that published their findings in the “Scientific Reports.”
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An international collaborative research team published their findings in the science journal, “AGU Advances” on November 6th. The team includes Specially Appointed Professor Joseph KIRSCHVINK and Specially Appointed Professor Atsuko KOBAYASH, as well as Guest Assistant Professor Chisato ANAI.
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Aya OYAMAUCHI and Taro KONO received the “Outstanding Presentation Award” at the Paleosciences Society Annual Meeting 2024. They are members of a laboratory of MaCRI and master’s student at the Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University.
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Holding “Mini symposium on Marine Science and Technology: Legacy and Challenge from Kochi”
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Associated Professor Tomoyo OKUMURA, a member of an international joint research group, published their research paper in the online version of the scientific journal Nature Communication online.
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Mr. Keita KONO received the “Outstanding Student Presentation Award” at the Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2024. Mr. KONO is a master’s student majoring in Science and Technology at the Department of Global Environment and Disaster Prevention, Kochi University.
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Professor Yuji SANO, the director of MaCRI, co-authored a research paper published in Scientific Reports on September 20th. This news was released by Tohoku University, Tokyo University, and Kochi University.
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Prof. Kobayashi and Prof. Kirschvink published their research result in Communications Biology on September 18th.
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Application for one full-time teaching position (associate professor, lecturer or assistant professor) in the field of Earth Drilling Science and related data science is now open. The dead line for the application is Sep. 3rd, 2024 12:00 (JST).
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Application for the MaCRI research fellowship for doctoral student is now open. The dead line for the application is July 31st, 17:00 (JST). Details of the program and application information are listed the Link.
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Ms. Yuka Inagaki, a graduate student in the Faculty of Science and Technology, served as the first author, and Professor Yurika UJIIE, the corresponding author, published a research paper in Frontiers in Marine Science on July 1st, 2024. The paper discusses the toxic effects of artificial nanoparticles as marine pollutants on living organisms.
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Ms. Zahra ZANDAKILI, a third-year doctor student, Professor Nishio, and Dr. Yuji SANO, the director of MaCRI, published a paper on groundwater geochemistry prior to the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake in the journal Progress in Earth and Planetary Science on June 13th, 2024.
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We invite participants to join our scientific experimental program, Hirameki Tokimeki Science. The main theme of the program is Earth Environment and Deep Seafloor Mineral Resources. The program will take place from July 20th to 21st, 2024.
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The Kochi University Academic-Based Core Repository (ABCR) has archived sediment cores collected from Lake Abashiri and the Sea of Okhotsk. For any inquiries regarding ABCR, please contact Professor Minoru IKEHARA, the head of the ABCR secretariat.
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A research paper written by Dr. Yuji SANO, the director of MaCRI, and his research group was published in Communications Earth & Environment.
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Ms. Ma. Marivic Capitle Pepino (D3) and professor Tomoyo OKUMURA published a research paper regarding precious corals off Kochi in Peer J.
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Dr. Yuji SANO, the director of MaCRI, as the lead author, and Mr. Takuya MATSUZAKI, as a co-author, published a joint research paper in the Journal of Analytical Science and Technology on April 23, 2024.
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Dr. Yuji SANO, the director of MacRI published a joint research paper as a corresponding author in National Science Review. The academic journal is published by Chinese Academy of Science, and its impact factor stands at 20.7 as of 2024.
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A research paper written by a visiting lecturer Dr. Kyoko HAGINO and her research group was published in Science.
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