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  • Follow the smell of the ocean to find where marine predators feed

    23-Feb-2021
    Prof. Kei Toda: Department of Chemestry

    Researchers have found that zooplankton can be located by following the concentration gradient of the chemical dimethyl sulfide (DMS) in ocean water and air. They are now looking into how marine predators use it to find sources of food.

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  • Historical document details martyrdom of Japanese Christian retainers 400 years ago

    23-Feb-2021
    Prof. Tsuguharu Inaba: Eisei Bunko Research Center

    Eisei Bunko researchers have discovered a primary historical document from the Hosokawa family library that verifies the details of the martyrdom of the last two Christian vassals in the Hosokawa clan.

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  • How blood and lymph vessels remain separated after development

    4-Feb-2021
    Assoc. Prof. Masaya Baba: International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS)

    Blood and lymph vessels have very similar characteristics and how they remain segregated has remained unexplained for many years. In this research, Kumamoto University researchers found that the molecule Folliculin (FLCN) in vascular endothelial cells acts as a gatekeeper to maintain that separation

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  • Healthy lifespan analysis using nematodes

    27-Jan-2021
    Assoc. Prof. Tsuyoshi Shuto: Grad. Sch. of Pharmaceutical Sciences

    A Kumamoto University research group has developed an automated measurement system to assess healthy lifespans using nematodes (C. elegans).

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  • The end of domestic wine in 17th century Japan

    15-Jan-2021
    Prof. Tsuguhara Inaba: Eisei Bunko Research Center

    Researchers have found an Edo period document indicating stoppage of domestic wine production by the Hosokawa clan in 1632, the year before the shogunate ordered them to move to the Higo Domain.

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  • A highly sensitive technique for measuring the state of a cytoskeleton

    14-Jan-2021
    Assoc. Prof. Takumi Higaki: Int'l Research Org. for Adv. Science and Technology (IROAST)

    Kumamoto University researchers have developed a highly sensitive technique to quantitatively evaluate the extent of cytoskeleton bundling from microscopic images.

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