update from Izu

Hi all,

6 lab members are in Izu now, at Tsukuba University's oceanside lab. We are sampling by SCUBA for two days, very cold! We have found some great samples, however, so we are all quite happy.

As well, 2 more papers from our lab accepted, expect to see them soon online:

1. Kristine N. White, James Davis Reimer. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part III: coral rubble-dwellers. ZooKeys (in press).

2. Catalina Aguilar, Masanori Nonaka, James Davis Reimer. The Melithaeidae (Cnidaria: Octocorallia) of the Ryukyu Archipelago: molecular and morphological examinations. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution (in press)

1th Feb. Lab. meeting

1. For Master 1,
  the explanation of the help of Master graduate presentation at 14th Feb.(13:00-)
2. Master presentation is at 17th Feb. (Yuya-san)
3. No power in science building at 18th Feb.(9:00-18:00)
4. The poster practice for undergraduate students(Megumi-san, Iori)
5. Let's use sample room 330 (near Tachihara-lab.) to keep our place.

And another...

Kristine N. White, James Davis Reimer. Commensal Leucothoidae (Crustacea, Amphipoda) of the Ryukyu Archipelago, Japan. Part I: ascidian-dwellers. ZooKeys (accepted).

Need to start writing again!

one more paper

Just accepted:

James Davis Reimer, Masaru Mizuyama, Megumi Nakano, Takuma Fujii, Euichi Hirose. Current status of the distribution of the coral-encrusting cyanobacteriosponge Terpios hoshinota in southern Japan. Galaxea (accepted).

cheers,

JDR

another paper!

Just accepted today:

Satoe Aratake, Tomohiko Tomura, Seikoh Saitoh, Ryouma Yokokura, Yuichi Kawanishi, Ryuichi Shinjo, James Davis Reimer, Junichi Tanaka, Hideaki Maekawa. Soft Coral Sarcophyton (Cnidaria: Anthozoa: Octocorallia) Species Diversity and Chemotypes. PLoS One (accepted).

cheers!

New paper!

Finally, our backlog of papers is getting reduced!

Accepted (provisionally) today:
James Davis Reimer, Meifang Lin, Takuma Fujii, David Lane, Bert Hoeksema. The phylogenetic position of the solitary zoanthid Sphenopus (Cnidaria: Hexacorallia). Contributions to Zoology.

cheers.

7st Dec. lab. meeting

1. Next week's seminar is 4pm-5pm.
2. Machida-san seminar will be hold from 5pm at next Wednesday
3. PhD final presentation is 13st Feb.
4. Master final presentation is 17st Feb.
5. Graduate ceremony is 22st March at Convention center
6. Reimer lab. X'mas party will be hold at 25st, Dec.
7. Specimens
    If you move common or other people's specimens, please replace it.