International Workshop “Pathways Toward an Integrated Understanding of the Marine Environment and Marine Ecosystems”
Information
The workshop will include lectures that will provide an overview of the current status and challenges of research on the marine environment and marine ecosystems, promote the exchange of the latest knowledge among disciplines, and present cross–disciplinary perspectives. Young researchers and graduate students will share and discuss their ideas to formulate recommendations for the future of cross–disciplinary research.
Date
Tuesday, December 5, 2023 – Wednesday, December 6, 2023
Venue
- TOKYO ELECTRON House of Creativity 3F, Lecture Theater, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
- Workshop on December 6
AIMR Main Building 5F, Katahira Campus, Tohoku University [Access]
Speakers
David Armitage (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Hiroyo Clemente (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Fillip Husnik (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Takako Masuda (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency)
Charles Plessy (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Lauren Sallan (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
Peter Strutton (University of Tasmania)
Time Schedule
- Tuesday, December 5, 2023
- Opening Session
- Chair: Sayaka Yasunaka (Tohoku University)
- 09:30 – 09:40
- Opening remarks
- Toshio Suga (Tohoku University)
- 09:40 – 10:20
- Self–introduction & Small activity to know each other
- Hiroyo Clemente (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
- 10:20 – 10:40
- Break
- Lectures
- Chairs: Keith Rogers (Tohoku University)
- 10:40 – 11:20
- Lecture 1
- Peter Strutton (University of Tasmania)
- Integrated carbon cycle studies: Multi–platform observations to track natural and anthropogenic variability
- 11:20 – 12:00
- Lecture 2
- Lauren Sallan (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
- Using the Biodiversity of Fishes to Reconstruct Evolution Over 500 Million Years
- 12:00 – 12:40
- Lecture 3
- Charles Plessy (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
- The species concept in environmental and genetic studies: the case of the zooplankton Oikopleura dioica going from global to cryptic
- 12:40 – 14:00
- Lunch Break
- Workshop
- Chairs: Jamie Kass (Tohoku University)
- 14:00 – 16:30
- Presentation from students/young researchers
- 16:30 – 17:00
- Discussion in small groups 1
- Wednesday, December 6, 2023
- Lectures
- Chairs: Cheryl Ames (Tohoku University)
- 09:30 – 10:10
- Lecture 4
- Takako Masuda (Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency)
- Phytoplankton response to environmental changes
- 10:15 – 10:55
- Lecture 5
- David Armitage (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
- How environmental change can affect species range limits
- 11:00 – 11:40
- Lecture 6
- Fillip Husnik (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology)
- Exploring Marine Symbioses with Advanced Imaging and AI Tools
- Workshop @ AIMR 5F
- Chairs: Sayaka Yasunaka (Tohoku University)
- 12:00 – 13:00
- Discussion in small groups 2
- 13:00 – 13:30
- Report from each group
- 13:30 – 13:40
- Wrap–up
- Jamie Kass (Tohoku University)
- 13:40 – 13:50
- Closing Remarks
- Toshio Suga (Tohoku University)
- 14:00 – 17:00
- Tour to Faculty of Agriculture
Co–hosted by
- Graduate School of Science, Tohoku University
- Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University
- Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University
- Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Tohoku University
- The International Joint Graduate Program in Earth and Environmental sciences
- Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University
In cooperation with
Japan Agency for Marine–Earth Science and Technology
Contact
Email: yasunaka*tohoku.ac.jp (change * to @)