May 19th meeting

Not so much news this week.

1. Be professional, keep your experiment logs, and always record all data! Don't be slack, this could lead to big problems down the road.
2. For master's students, there are scholarships for conferences available.
3. If you wish to participate in the Stockholm International Youth Science Seminar, the deadline for application is June 21st.
4. New building, we need LAN paperwork to connect to the net!
5. Anna's goodbye party - May 28th - yakiniku! HS is the organizer.
6. Next week, MO is in charge of the meeting (JDR will be on holiday likely).
7. Put things back exactly where you found them in the lab - scissors and vinyl tape are missing.

May 12th meeting

Lots of news this week:

1. Job openings: Active Ranger on Ishigaki and in Naha Mangrove Wetlands.
2. Please shut all lids in the lab tightly!
3. May 19th - new building has internet and phones.
4. 3rd years: two people have been decided on, and will enter the lab. MN and SN.
5. Part time jobs available: a) Sperm Conference - see Takemura-sensei.
b) Toxicology conference - June 16-18th - see Yamasaki-sensei.
6. May 29th - English school kids walk on the beach at Toguchi- who wants to be a volunteer guide?
7. June 25th, Nishihira-sensei will give a special presentation on coral reef biodiversity.

Lab meeting on Aug. 5th, 2009

1. Tanks & Cleaning: MO
2. Progress reports: TF & YI
3. Let's do a big cleaning of the lab in October.
4. Always backup all your data!
5. Typhoon is coming! Put all things inside.
6. There is a 'Rising Star beach party' on Aug. 10th. If you want to come, tell JDR.
7. Please upload your own pages of the MISE Homepage.
8. MO or YI will manage information from university while JDR is gone.

Lab meeting on July 29th, 2009

1. Tanks & Cleaning: YH
2. Progress reports: CA, YM
3. There is a 4th years' mid term presentation on Aug. 1st. Please come to watch!
4. JDR wants to go to an island during summer vacation; Aug. 4~6th or Aug. 11~12. If you want to join, let him know!
4. There are a lot of information about scholarships.
5. Influenza info - Check the e-mail from JDR.

Lab meeting on July 22nd, 2009

1. Tanks & Cleaning: MH

2. Progress reports: YI, TF

3. If you rent tanks from Aokawa, get paperwork when giving tanks back there.

4. There is a mid term presentation of 4th years on Aug. 1st.

5. Remember to replenish common good. (ex. tips)

Photo: Baby sea turtles in Ocean Expo Park.

Lab meeting on July 15th, 2009

Present: MO, YM, TF, MH, FS, CA, YI Absent: YS, YH

1. Tanks keeper: YS

2. Progress reports: CA, YM

3. A inspector will come to check our lab on July 21st. So, please don't put your samples fixed with ethanol or formaline in the students room.

4. There is a 4th years' mid-term presentation on August 1st. Please give your help to 4th years.

5. Don't leave diving equipments on the balcony or they will get damage by UV.

6. Don't leave shoes in hall.

7. Lab coats are needed when you do experiment in room 533.


Today's photo: pygmy seahorse in Zanpa (taken by TF)

Lab meeting on July 8th, 2009

1. Tanks & Cleaning: CA

2. Progress Report: YI & TF

3. Make sure the procedure before you do experiments!

4. Please check 'Aquarium room usage' made by MO.

5.CA & FS won a prize at the CBE conference for their photo of an octocoral (today's photo) from the deep sea. Congratulations!

6. Karen showed her illustrations of marine organisms including deep-sea creatures in our seminar. It was very interesting. thank you, Karen!

7. One of the 4th year students will give a mid term presentation on July 15th in science building room 528. If you are free, please come and listen!

Today's photo; an octocoral from deep sea

Lab meeting on July 1st, 2009

Present: Sang-Yin, MO, YM, TF, MH, YH, JDR Absent: FS, CA, YS, YI
1. Tanks & Cleaning:TF
2. Be careful about contamination of pipetman!
3. Diving: Manza-on Tuesday, Odo-on Friday
4. Progress report: YM

Lab meeting on June 24th, 2009

1. Tanks & Cleaning: YI

2. Progress report: YI

3. FS, CA, JDR will attend the CBE conference at Busena, Okinawa, Japan Next week.

4. Mr. Ono who was one of the JDR's coworkers will visit Okinawa on June 28 or 29th.

5. Ms. Sung Ying who is a member of Chen's lab will come to Okinawa on June 29th and atay in our lab for 2 weeks.

6. New information about grant funding. ・・・・titech-tlo.or.jp

Photo: Cape Manza

Lab meeting on June 17th, 2009

It was a very short meeting.
1. Tanks keeper & cleaning: YM

2. A inspector will come to check our lab on June 22th. So, please don't put your samples fixed with EtOH or formaline in the students room.

3. No boat fishing in this weekend. Fred will organize night-fishing in July.

Today's pic; dead sand dollar taken in Oura, Okinawa, Japan

Lab meeting on June 10th, 2009

1. Tanks & Cleaning: FS

2. Progress reports: CA & YM

3. CBE conference will take place on June 29~July 4th.

4. Alcohol/Formalin check - on July 22nd.

5. JDR & MO will be absent from University during the next week or two.

6. If anyone is interested in scholarships, check the Inamori Scholarship on the web.

More recently, some coral species in Okinawa have spawned. I hope some of us (especially me) can take a picture or movie of coral spawning!

by YI

Lab meeting on June 3rd

1. Tanks keeper & Cleaning: YH

2. Progress report: TF/YI

3. There will be a conference/symposium.
Holobiont symposium in Taiwan 　→　June 22th~23
Japan Zoological Science Conference in Shizuoka 　→　Sep. 17~19th.

4. JR will go to Taiwan for sampling on Sep. 6~12th.

5. JR is planning a lab short trip at Oku on Sep. 26~27th.

6. JR might go sampling to Guam in mid of September....?

7. Be careful not to make things fall off from the balcony of lab room. After you use blue backets, please put weights inside.

Lab meeting on May 27th, 2009

1. Tanks Keeper & Room cleaning: MH

2. Progress Report: CA, YM

3. JR is planning a two-day one-night trip in Oku/Hedo this weekend.

4. University is ordering us not to go to the place where there is Influenza. ex.. Fukuoka, Osaka
Otherwise you will be confined to your house for ten days after your trip.

5. We have our home page now. But It's quite new and still under construction. If you are interested, please check it out! http://web.me.com/miseryukyu/


By yuka

pic: Upside-down jellyfish in Ishigaki, Okinawa

Lab meeting on May 20th, 2009

1. Tanks keeper this week: YI

2. Progress reports: YI & TF

3. Trip to Guam has been cancelled :< class="midashi">for alternate plan...

4. Please fill in the questionnaire of library, or biological journals which we need will be cut off.

5. We can buy things at 100-yen shops by lab budget.

6. Don't forget to lock doors!

A happy rainy season!

by YI

Lab meeting April 22th, 2009

1. Tanks & Cleaning: FS -until 4/28th
(4/28th~5/6th: YM)

2. Progress reports: YM, CA

3. YH gave a presentation of his research plan.

4. There is a orientation for Sesoko Marine Biological Station on April 28th.

5. Make sure your classes are surely registered!


Field trip plan
・Ishigaki Island, Okinawa, Japan: 4/28th~5/3rd...members(JR, FS, MO, CA, YI)

・Ogasawara Island, Tokyo, Japan: 5/7th~14th.........JR, FS

・Guam: 5/23rd~6/4th........JR, FS, CA, MO, YI


Have a good Golden Week (almost 1 week holiday for Japanese)!
by yuka

Picture: Melithaea sp. from Kume Island, Okinawa, Japan- Photo by FS

Lab meeting April 7th, 2009

Present: all

1. Tanks & cleaning: YH

2. There are 4th years' presentations on their research plan on April 20th (probably from 16:00).
Please come and give them your comments and advice!

3. Graduate course seminar will start from April 16th!

4. We decided who is in charge of each work.

JDR: Principal Investigator
FS: P.D.
MO: Lab boss
CA: Molecular, Lab fee, Remineder of tank keeper
YM: CA's tutor, TA (Assistant of 4th years' seminar)
TF: Morphology, TA (Assistant of 4th years' seminar)
YI: Information (blog update, etc.), TA (Assistant of Biology experiment class)　
YH, YS, MH: Party organizer

Next week
・Research update reports: YI and TF
・YI will show some pictures of Thailand.

By yuka

Lab meeting: Feb.12~ March 13th

Lab meeting: Feb.12, 2009
Absent: YS, YH, MO

1. tanks keeper: YM
FS made a tank sheet. Please fill in the paper. (about salinity concentration and skimmers, etc..)

2.We have 1st-Aid Kit now. Please take it when you go to the beach.

3. Others (NCB meeting, final presentation: PhD & Master, etc..)

Lab meeting: Feb.19, 2009
Absent: FS, YM

1. tanks keeper: YM

2. Sampling in Guam: May 23rd~June 4th

3. Others (NCB, Symposium in Churaumi aquqrium, Poster presentation of 4th years, etc..)

Lab meeting: March 13th, 2009
Absent: MO, YH, MH, YI, YM, TF

1. tanks keeper: FT

2. March 27th- We will do a Big Clean-up of Lab rooms.

3. March 29th- hotel buffet (graduation party of 4th years and JDR's birthday party!)


By Yuka

Lab meeting 2009.2.4

Present: MO, YM, ES, TF, MH, FS, JDR, YI
Absent: CA - trip for Japanese class, YS

Another quick meeting; it is test and report season.

1. Tanks this week: FS.
2. Beach: JDR and CA are going February 6th, Friday - Sesoko and Churaumi. Let JDR know if you are interested.
3. CA will have a party at her house with Colombian food on the 12th or 13th (note: this will be one week later so people can attend).
4. Big lab clean - fiscal year end, likely sometime in March. Stay tuned.
5. 4th years paper deadline is Feb. 13th (Friday no less) at 5 p.m.
6. Meeting next week will be at 4:30 pm on Thursday, as Wednesday is a holiday.

Have a good week!

Today's pic is of an unknown/undescribed Palythoa sp. - Gizabanta, southern Okinawa. Photo by TF.

Meeting 2008.11.26

Busy day!
Present: FS, MO, YM, CA, ES, TF, YH, YS, MH
Absent: YI (Shizuoka), JDR (prof meeting)

Here is the news:

1. CA and FS: copy your gaijin card, passport, and visa, keep them in a safe spot just in case.
2. Microscope and digital camera now ready to use! Thanks to MO and ES.
3. Primers - must be ordered by this Friday (FS, CA, YM, JDR).
4. Diving around Korijima - end of December!
5. FS will go to Hokkaido sometime next spring.
6. 2 more 2nd year students wish to come do research with us; now 5 people!
7. Shopping: lots on the wish list; JDR will order what he can.
8. YS showed us a video of him winning his pro debut fight in about 40 seconds. Don't get him mad!
9. Tanks: YM.
10. Seminar - do NOT forget to prepare a summary (Mon before presentation) and also to inform the chair of your title (Fri before). Send the PDF to the chair as well.
11. YS and YH: make webmail addresses.
12. YS: lab rule sheet please!

We then cleaned up the experiment room; it looks great! Thanks to everyone for their help.

Today's picture: Serious people at the JCRS conference last weekend!

Meeting 2008.10.22

JDR had only two hours' sleep, so apologies for any mistakes in advance.

Today's meeting info:
Present: JDR, FS, YM, CA, TF, ES, MH, YH, YS
Absent: MO (Tokyo), YI (Churaumi Aquarium)

Notices:
1. Please pay JDR money for Hedo camping if you have not already! He is a bit poor this week.
2. 3rd year/Master's seminar: will be held on Wednesdays after lab meetings. We explained guidelines and rules today. JDR also handed out schedules and information later Weds. Check your desk or inbox!
3. JCRS 11 poster printing: JDR will make reservations tomorrow. We will print between Nov. 18-20, depending on available times.
4. 3rd years - good luck on your research. Now is the time to get started seriously before spring exams and job hunting!
5. TF is tank water manager this week. Yoroshiku!
6. JDR, FS, YM, TF, and MH went to Manza last week after visiting Churaumi Aquarium. Great dive! Also, we got to see YI doing her on-the-job training class at the aquarium. Nice boots! YM will do some electron microscopy with Nonaka-san.

Trips:
1. JDR off to Townsville, Australia for the3rd Japan-Australia Marine Research meeting. Oct.25-Nov.1
2. FS is thinking of Yonaguni sometime over winter holidays (Dec. 24-Jan.9)
3. FS and TF go to Chiba from Nov. 1st to Nov. 5th to work with Yanagi-san on histology and DNA.

Today's presentation was CA, who showed us pictures of Colombia. The food looked particularly good. Next week; YM.

Today's picture is an octocoral at Manza from last weekend - CA.

Have a nice week!