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2026

02.20 News Research Lab Website Updated
02.06 News High-Throughput Screening of Marine Microalgae Using Droplet Microfluidics
02.04 Paper Assoc. Prof. Koiwai's Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
01.27 News Successful Whole Genome Sequencing of 'Sandstock,' a Desert Plant
01.20 News Assoc. Prof. Koiwai's Interview
01.16 Paper Hao's New Paper Published in Genome Biology and Evolution, Congratulations!
01.11 Paper Alolod's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
01.09 Paper Collaborative Paper with Dr. Shirasawa (Kazusa DNA Research Institute) Published in DNA Research, Congratulations!
01.01 News Happy New Year! Hope we will have great sicience!

2025

12.16 Paper Yoshimura's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
12.12 Paper Collaborative Paper with Dr. Yamamoto (Fisheries Research and Education Agency) Published in Scientific Reports, Congratulations!
12.08 News The international symposium Challenges and Expectations in Fish Disease Research was hosted by the Institute for Aquaculture Biotechnology.
12.03 News We hosted the international symposium, The Impact of Climate Change on Shrimp Health and Aquaculture.
11.28 Paper Guzman's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
11.04 News At the 5th ISFSI, our group demonstrated a strong presence with 11 members participating. We are honored that JP, Yuasa, Ramela, Prasadika, and Waan were recognized with prestigious awards for their exceptional presentations and contributions.
10.21 Paper Guzman's New Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
10.19 News Professor Hirono and Associate Professor Koiwai presented at AQUAEXPO 2025 held in Guayaquil, Ecuador.
10.10 Paper Mwamburi's New Paper Published in Fisheries Science, Congratulations!
10.01 News We are excited to announce that new international students are joining our laboratory this October! We look forward to working with them and wish them a successful and fulfilling journey here.
09.24 News Pook and Teruya gave oral presentations, and Hao gave a poster presentation at the Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 2025
09.23 News Yoshimura and Yoshino participated in the 12th Symposium on Diseases in Asian Aquaculture (DAA12) held in India. Yoshimura received the Student Travel Grant Award, and Yoshino was honored with the Best Poster Presentation Award. Congratulations to both!
09.20 Paper Alolod's New Paper Published in Fisheries Science, Congratulations!
09.10 News Boy and Yoshimura gave oral presentations, and Yoshizawa and Fujii gave poster presentations at the Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fish Pathology 2025
09.09 News Our participation in the JST NEXUS Young Researchers’ Exchange Program has been featured!
09.04 News Associate Professor Koiwai presented at a symposium during the 96th Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan in Nagoya
08.29 News Froid, Harada, Prasa, and Kusaka gave oral presentations at the 36th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Comparative Immunology
08.21 News Professor Hirono’s initiatives have been featured on NHK!
08.13 Paper Guzman's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
08.10 Paper Sakulworakan's New Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
08.05 Paper Homsombat's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
07.01 News The official website for the Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas (B) project Bacteria UX: Universal Transformation for Genetic Engineering of All Bacteria, in which Associate Professor Koiwai is a participating member, has been launched.
06.20 News We participated in DROPLET 2025.
06.09 Paper Sakamoto's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
05.23 News Claudino, Nobukiyo, and Sebata gave oral presentations at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology
04.30 Paper Collaborative Paper with Ji Published in Lab on a Chip, Congratulations!
04.28 News We are participating in the Young Researchers’ Exchange Program under the Japan-ASEAN Science, Technology and Innovation Platform (NEXUS), supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)!
04.01 News As the new academic year begins, we are excited to introduce our new team! This year, we welcome eight new undergraduate seniors: six from within the university and two from other institutions. We look forward to a great year together!
03.28 Paper Yoshizawa's New Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
03.26 News Yoshizawa and Claudino gave oral presentations at the Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 2025
03.25 News Congratulations to our graduates! This year, five undergraduate students, five Master’s students, and one Doctoral student have graduated from our laboratory. We are so proud of your achievements and wish you all the best in your future endeavors!
03.15 News Harada received the Best Poster Award at the Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fish Pathology 2025. Congratulations!
03.14 Paper Collaborative Paper with Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology's Mori Lab Published in Marine Biotechnology, Congratulations!
03.01 Paper Guzman's New Paper Published in Aquaculture, Congratulations!
02.23 News We held a special celebration for Professor Hirono’s 60th birthday (Kanreki)!
02.23 News Professor Ikuo Hirono’s research has been featured on The Japan Times website!
02.17 News The Ph.D. dissertation, Master’s thesis, and Undergraduate senior thesis presentations for the students graduating this March were held.
02.11 Paper Yuasa's New Paper Published in Microbiology Resource Announcements, Congratulations!
02.01 Paper Guzman's New Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
01.30 Paper Takase's New Paper Published in Aquaculture, Congratulations!

2024

12.13 News The e-ASIA Joint Research Program, led by Associate Professor Koiwai and scheduled to begin next fiscal year, has been featured on SICORP.
12.13 Paper Elfadadny's New Paper Published in Molecular Biology Reports, Congratulations!
12.01 News Associate Professor Koiwai’s research has been featured in JST news.
12.01 Paper Alolod's New Paper Published in Aquaculture, Congratulations!
11.21 Paper Puttirungroj's New Paper Published in Journal of General Virology, Congratulations!
10.01 News We are pleased to welcome our new international students joining us this October! We look forward to working together and wish them a great start in our laboratory.
09.26 News Kojima received the Session Best Presentation Award at the 11th ICFA held in Thailand.
09.01 Paper Yoshizawa's New Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
09.01 Paper Wayha's New Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
07.01 Paper Imaizumi's New Paper Published in Journal of Applied Microbiology, Congratulations!
06.17 Paper Elfadadny's New Paper Published in Fisheries Science, Congratulations!
06.08 Paper Mwamburi's New Paper Published in Marine Biotechnology, Congratulations!
06.01 Paper Alaman's New Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
05.25 News Samuel, Harada, and Yoshimura presented at the 24th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology
05.03 Paper Thanomchaisanit's New Paper Published in Fisheries Science, Congratulations!
04.10 News The SATREPS project, led by Professor Hirono, has been featured in a JICA Topic article.
04.01 News As the new academic year begins, our laboratory is excited to start with a fresh team! This year, we welcome seven new members: four undergraduate seniors (three from within the university and one from another institution), one Master's student, and two Doctoral students. We look forward to a productive and inspiring year ahead!
03.26 News Tsutsumi, Yoshimura, Yoshizawa, Kusaka, Okubo, Sajee, and Rungnapa presented at the Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 2024
03.09 News Boy, Yoshimura, Konno, Teruya, Yuasa, Nakano, and Miyata presented at the Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fish Pathology 2024
03.05 News Professor Kondo participated in the OQEANOUS Plus program information sessions and faculty exchange meetings at the University of Malaya (Malaysia) and IPB University (Indonesia).
03.01 Paper Prof. Hirono and Dr. Omori's Collaborative Paper Published in Aquaculture, Congratulations!
02.27 News A joint paper by Assistant Professor Koiwai and Professor Kawano (TUAT) has been featured in a press release.
02.22 Paper Assistant Prof. Koiwai's Coauthored paper published in ACS Omega, Congratulations!
02.01 Paper Kawato's New Paper Published in Access Microbiology, Congratulations!
01.17 Paper Arai's Collaborative Paper Published in Phycological Research, Congratulations!
01.11 Paper Kawato's New Paper Published in Microbiology Spectrum, Congratulations!

2023

12.14 News The SATREPS project, led by Professor Hirono, has been featured in the news.
12.08 Paper Kawato's New Paper Published, Congratulations!
12.01 Paper Prof. Kondo and Kamei's New Paper Published in Fish and Shellfish Immunology Reports, Congratulations!
11.26 News Harada presented a poster, and Assistant Professor Koiwai gave an invited lecture at FAOBMB 2023.
11.24 News Dr. Somboonwiwat and Researcher Nanthajak’s visit to our laboratory has been featured on the university website.
11.14 News Harada, Kusaka, and Yuasa presented at NGS EXPO 2023.
10.01 News Four new international students have joined our laboratory. We are excited to have them with us!
10.01 News Professor Kondo, Assistant Professor Koiwai, and Samuel gave oral presentations at APMBC 2023.
09.19 News Takase, Shimura, Kojima, Medhat, Namwan, JP, and Garner presented at the Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 2023
09.11 Paper Eurlaphan's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
08.25 Paper Kawato's New Paper Published in Fisheries Science, Congratulations!
08.23 Paper Imaizumi's New Paper Published in Marine Biotechnology, Congratulations!
06.16 Paper Assistant Prof. Koiwai's New Paper Published in Marine Biotechnology, Congratulations!
05.26 News Samuel and Assistant Professor Koiwai presented at the 23rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Marine Biotechnology
04.24 Paper Mahmoud's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
04.01 News As the new academic year begins, we are excited to introduce our new team! This year, we welcome eight new undergraduate seniors: six from within the university and two from other institutions. We look forward to a productive year together!
04.01 Paper Wang's New Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
03.29 Paper Rathnapala's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
03.28 News Sakamoto, Shimura, Harada, Hirose, Yoshizawa, Samuel, Pook, Medhat, and Hao Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 2023
03.14 News Mikami, Yoshimura, Sajee, and Garner Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fish Pathology 2023
03.01 Paper Kawato's New Paper Published in Archives of Virology, Congratulations!
02.14 News Fourth-Year Students' In-Lab Graduation Thesis Presentations Held
01.10 Paper Takase's New Paper Published in Aquaculture, Congratulations!

2022

09.05 News Matsumoto, Sakamoto, Hao, and Ao Presented at the Autumn Meeting of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science 2022
09.04 News Ito and Shimura Present at Japan Society of Fish Diseases Autumn Conference 2022
09.01 Paper Prof. Kondo and Murotani's New Paper Published in Developmental & Comparative Immunology, Congratulations!
08.30 News Harada and Koiwai Present at Single-cell Genomics Workshop 2022
08.01 Paper Jirapongpairoj's New Paper Published in Fish & Shellfish Immunology, Congratulations!
07.21 Paper Ishihara's New Paper Published in Journal of Fish Diseases, Congratulations!
05.31 News Our Lab Attended the 13th Asian Fisheries and Aquaculture Forum; Takase, Wang, and Sakamoto Presented
05.28 News Our Lab Attends 22nd Marine Biotechnology Conference; Matsumoto Gives Poster Presentation
05.01 Paper Imaizumi's New Paper Published in Aquaculture, Congratulations!
04.01 News New Fiscal Year Begins. We Appreciate Your Continued Support.
03.01 Paper Assistant Prof. Koiwai's Co-authored Paper Published in Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Congratulations!
02.23 Paper Ragab's New Paper Published in Microbial Genomics, Congratulations!

2021

2020

12.03 Paper Kawato's New Paper Published in Microbiology Resource Announcements, Congratulations!
12.01 Paper Thammasorn's New Paper Published in Aquaculture, Congratulations!
11.01 Paper Yasumoto's New Paper Published in Developmental & Comparative Immunology, Congratulations!
09.29 Paper Prof Kondo's New Paper Published in Fisheries Science, Congratulations!
06.20 Paper Pedrosa‐Gerasmio's New Paper Published in Aquaculture Research, Congratulations!
04.01 Paper Pedrosa-Gerasmio's New Paper Published in Gene, Congratulations!
02.06 Paper Kawato's New Paper Published in Microbiology Resource Announcements, Congratulations!