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MEcoH Laboratory Weekly Seminars

Insightful and informative research presentations of MECOH Lab members and invited scientists, every Friday starts at 16:20 JST onwards in a hybrid face-to-face and online style (毎週金曜日の16:20から研究室員・招待研究者の研究発表が対面とオンラインのハイブリッド形式で行われます。)
Please ask Prof. Kozo Watanabe or the presenter by email if you are interested to join our seminar, and enter from the zoom link below!
(
参加ご希望の方は、渡辺幸三教授または発表者にメールでご連絡の上、下記のズームリンクからご視聴ください​)

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Meeting ID : 985 351 9232
Passcode   : admA0507
Blue  : Tentative schedule(暫定予定)
2023
DATE
DAY
TIME (GT+9)
TITLE/BRIEF DESCRIPTION
PRESENTER
24 Feb 2023
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​​​To be announced
Dr. Karen Judan (JSPS Fellow)
17 Feb 2023
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​​​To be announced
​Kenneth B. (Research Student)
10 Feb 2023
​Friday
​​02:00 PM
The diversity of modern and ancient RNA viruses
Dr. Masayuki HORIE (Osaka Metropolitan University)
03 Feb 2023
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
MEcoH internship: From theory to practice
Karim C. (ETH Zurich)​
27 Jan 2023
​​Friday
​​4:20 PM
Environment as a reservoir: accumulative human impact on an increasingly antagonistic environment
Kyle Young (New Research Student)
 
20 Jan 2023
​​Friday
​​4:20 PM
Evaluation and genetic analysis of resistance in Malay-2 against Rice Blast
Emmanuel (Central Luzon State University)

2022

DATE
DAY
TIME (GT+9)
TITLE/BRIEF DESCRIPTION
PRESENTER
23 Dec 2022
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
Using metagenomics to explore the resistome in wastewater and river water
​​Ngure (Research student)​
9 Dec 2022
​​Friday
​​4:20 PM
Benthic macroinvertebrate community structure in relation to environmental variables in Hiji River, Ehime, Japan based on DNA metabarcoding
​​​​Dan Joseph (Research Student)​​​
2 Dec 2022
​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
​An ecological significance of anoxygenic phototrophs in the ocean
​Dr. Yuki Takabe (The University of Tokyo)
25 Nov 2022
​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
​​​​​​EU-DLSU ICRL Research Plans 2023
Marynold Purificacion (EU-DLSU International Collaborative Research Laboratory)​
​​18 Nov 2022
​​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Toxicity assessment of chemicals in treated wastewater by in vitro bioassays
​​​Dr. Miina Yanagihara (Postdoc)​​
​​11 Nov 2022
​​Friday
​4:20 PM
​Investigation of potential impacts of cell-fusing agent virus infection on Aedes aegypti ​mosquito fitness
​​​​​​​​​Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki (Asst.Prof)
​4 Nov 2022
​Friday
4:20 PM​​​
​Dynamics of the global monkeypox outbreak in the Netherlands
​Dr. Fuminari Miura (Postdoc)​​​​​
​​​​28 Oct 2022
Friday
​4:20 PM
Wolbachia detection in Ae.aegypti populations from Metropolitan Manila using  ddRAD-Seq data​​
​​Atikah F (D2)
​​​​21 Oct 2022
​​Friday
​4:20 PM
Free divers: the first observation of underwater oviposition of two Hexatoma species ​​
​​​​​Dr. L.P. Kolcsár (Post-doc)
​​​7 Oct 2022
​​​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​​​​​Update of Study 3: Taxonomic and functional profiling of gravel hyporheic microbial communities using metatranscriptomics
​​​​A. D. Laraño (D3)
30 Sep 2022
 
​​Friday
​4:20 PM
Status of implanting adobe housing village model for mosquito surveys in Mozambique
 
M. Francisco (D1)
​​​9 Sept 2022
​​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​​​Chasing aquatic insects from upstream collection to downstream analysis
​Art (New research student)​​​​​​
​​​​5 Aug 2022
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Dengue virus evolution in vector mosquitoes​​
​​​J. Reyes (D1)
​​29 July 2022
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Population genetic approach in arthropod vectors and its microbiome​​
​​​M.A. Regilme​
​​​22 July 2022
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​​​​Dengue Study in Bandung
​​Lia Faridah (Padjajaran University)
​15 July 2022
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​​Investigation of endogenization mechanism of the non-retroviral RNA viruses in the mosquito genome.
​​​​Mohammad Mosleh Uddin (D1)​​​​​​​​​​​​​
​​​​​​8 July 2022
​​Friday
​4:20 PM
​​​​​Self-introduction and overview of research background
​​Coleen Asin (New Research Student)
​​​​​​1 July 2022
​​Friday
​4:20 PM
​​​The Application of 
Nanobiotechnology against Quorum Sensing
​​​Dr.Karen Judan (Asst. Prof)​​
​​​​​24 June 2022
Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Metagenomics and AMR- 'Take it all or what fits!'
​​​Ngure (Research student)
​​​​17 June 2022
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Mobilome, resistome, and virulome of clinical and environmental Acinetobacter spp
Kenneth B (Research Student) ​​
​​​​​10 June 2022
​​Friday
​4:20 PM
​​​​​The sea of microbes: Who is doing what with whom and how in marine
ecosystem and biogeochemical cycle?
​​Dr. Yumiko Obayashi (Senior Asst. Prof)
​​​3 June 2022
​Friday
​4:20 PM
​​​Vision and future directions of MECOH Lab.
​Prof. Kozo Watanabe (Professor) ​​
​​​​​​26 May 2022
Thursday
​4:20 PM
​​​Coupling spatial dimensions of gravel-bed rivers using aquatic faunal communities
​​​​Dr Junjiro NEGISHI (Hokkaido University)
​​​​20 May 2022
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​​Insect vector of ARGs transportation
​​​​Prof. Satoru Suzuki (Professor)
​​​​13 May​ 2022
Friday
​4:20 PM
​​​​​​​Comparison of bioinformatics pipelines for DNA metabarcoding of insect mock communities with varying levels of genetic diversity and across different library preparation methods
​​​​Dan Joseph (Research Student)
​​6 May 2022
​
​4:20 PM
​​​​​Assessing potential risks of chemicals in the water environment by in
silico models
​​​Dr. Miina Yanagihara (Postdoc)
​​​​​22 Apr 2022
Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Frailty models in survival analysis: application to infectious disease data and future directions
​​​​​​​​Dr. Fuminari Miura (Postdoc)​​
​​15-Apr 2022
​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
​​Generation of Aedes aegypti line naturally infected with cell-fusing agent virus:
Toward a better understanding of the mosquito-virus interactions
​Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki (Asst.Prof)
​18-Feb 2022
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​​​​​Population genomics: Local adaptation of Aedes aegypti mosquito from fine spatial scale Metropolitan Manila Philippines​​​​
​​​​Atikah F M (D1)
​28-Jan 2022
​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
​​​​​​Integrated morphology and metabarcoding-based identification of stream macroinvertebrates
​​​A. D. Laraño (D2)

2021

DATE​
​DAY
TIME (GT+9)
​TITLE/BRIEF DESCRIPTION
​PRESENTER
​17-Dec ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Spatio-temporal and numerical data resolution affects the performance of machine learning in dengue forecast. A Case Study in Metropolitan Manila, Philippines.
M. Francisco (M2)
10-Dec ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​A Research Update: Examining the impact of library preparation and sample diversity on metabarcoding read quality based on a macroinvertebrate mock community
​Mori (M2)
3-Dec ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
 Preliminary results: DNA Barcoding of Japanese crane flies (Diptera: Tipuloidea)
​​Dr. L.P. Kolcsár (Post-doc)
24-Nov ​2021
Wednesday
​​4:20 PM
​​A Research Update: Relationship of rickettsia infection and genetic diversity of Ixodid ticks, Ixodes ovatus and Haemaphysalis flava in Niigata Prefecture, Japan 
​​M.A. Regilme (D4)
19-Nov ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Investigation of endogenization mechanism of the non-retroviral RNA viruses in mosquito genomes.
​Mohammad Mosleh Uddin (Research Student)
​​12-Nov ​2021
​​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Wolbachia density in Aedes aegypti is influenced by host sex and bacterial strain (update on 2nd paper)
​J. Reyes (Research Student)
​5-Nov ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Exploring hazardous chemicals in water using biological responses
​​Dr. M. Yanagihara (Post-Doc)
​29-Oct ​2021
​​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
​Effect of CFAV on the health status of the Aedes aegypti
​​Takahiro Suzuki (M1)
22-Oct ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Self introduction and overview of researches
​Dr.Karen Judan (New Upcoming Asst. Prof)
​15-Oct ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Antibiograms and Molecular Characterization of Drug Resistance of Mycobacterium abscessus complex from Patients with Multidrug-Resistant Pulmonary Tuberculosis (MDR TB) Infection
Kenneth B (New Upcoming Student)
​8-Oct ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Phylogenetic analysis of Tilapia Lake Virus (TiLV) isolates from the Philippines based on partial genome segment 3 sequences
​​Dan Joseph (New upcoming Student)
​1-Oct ​2021
​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
​​Neonatal carriage of Extended Spectrum Beta-lactamase Producing (ESBL) Enterobacterales in Kilifi County Hospital, Kenya.
​​Ngure Kagia (New upcoming student)
24-Sep ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Robust Naive Bayes Algorithm for Classification of Microarray Gene Expression Data
​​Shakil Ahmed (New upcoming student)
​17-Sep ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Inferring vaccine efficacy and mode of action with human challenge data
​Dr. F.Miura (Post-Doc)
​10-Sep ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​How can we use k-mer-based prediction of phenotypic traits on mosquito-virus interactions?
​​Dr. Yasutsugu SUZUKI (Asst.Prof)
6-Aug ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Microbial community dynamics associated with the cacao black pod rot infection
​​Sharin (RA)
​30-Jul ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Past - Copulation and oviposition behavior of Helopeltis bakeri under lab conditions,  Proposal - Reverse chemical ecology for oviposition attractant of Aedes aegypti
​Leslie (RA)
16-Jul ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Proposal: House Structure Modification for Mosquito Entry Blocking
M. Francisco (M2)​
9-Jul ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Preliminary Result of Population genomics on female and male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes from Metro Manila Philippines
​Atikah F M (D1)​
2-Jul ​2021
​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
​Updates on Research Projects 
​A. D. Laraño (D2)​
25-Jun ​2021
​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
​MinION nanopore sequencing for the detection of antimicrobial resistance genes (ARGs), mobile genetic elements (MGEs), and indicators of co-selective forces
​Dr. J.M. Serrana (Asst. Prof)​
​18-Jun ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Challenges in crane fly taxonomy and systematics
​​Dr. L.P. Kolcsár (Post-doc)
​11-Jun ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​A proposal entitled with 'investigation of endogenization mechanism of the non-retroviral RNA viruses in the mosquito genomes'
​Mohammad Mosleh Uddin (Research Student)
​4-Jun ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Gene flow through environmental pathways is more important than genetic drift in influencing genetic structure
​Dr. Ming-Chih CHIU (Asst.Prof)
​28-May ​2021
​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
​​Examining the impact of library preparation and sample diversity on metabarcoding read quality based on a macroinvertebrate mock community
​Mori (M2)
21-May ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Genetic diversity and rickettsia in Ixodid tick, Ixodes ovatus from Niigata Prefecture, Japan
​​M. A Regilme (D4)
​14-May ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Using CRISPR/Cas9 to screen for host dependency factors in arboviral infection
​​J. Reyes (Research Student)
​7-May ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​Prediction of saltwater toxicity based on freshwater toxicity data using species sensitivity distribution
​Dr. M. Yanagihara (Post-Doc)
​30-Apr ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Optimization algorithm for vaccine allocation: an application to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands
​​Dr. F.Miura (Post-Doc)
23-Apr ​2021
​Friday
​​4:20 PM
​​Variations in the Microbiota and the Genetic Diversity of Culex quinquefasciatus: Preliminary Results
​Dr. Eng T.Carvajal (Post-Doc)
​15-Apr ​2021
Thursday​
​​4:20 PM
​​Ongoing and future research projects on mosquito-virus interactions and COVID-19 task force in Ehime
​Dr. Yasutsugu SUZUKI (Asst.Prof)
16-Feb ​2021
​Tuesday​
​​4:20 PM
​RNA-Sequencing for bacterial gene expression
A. D. Laraño (D1)
​9-Feb ​2021
Tuesday​
​​​4:20 PM
​​Optimization of Next-generation Sequencing library construction for population genomic analysis of dengue vector mosquitoes
​​Atikah Fitria M (M2)
​​2-Feb ​2021
​Tuesday​
​​4:20 PM
​Preliminary results on Comparison of Machine Learning Approaches for Dengue Forecast
​​M. Francisco (M1)
26-Jan ​2021
​Tuesday​
​​4:20 PM
​​ Update on the Innovation for Covid-19 Detection in Bandung
​Dr.Savira (Unpad,Indonesia)
​19-Jan ​2021
​Tuesday​
​​4:20 PM
​​Next-generation Freshwater Biomonitoring: Applications of DNA Metabarcoding for Community and Population-based Ecological Assessment
​​J.M. Serrana (D3)
12-Jan​ ​2021
​​Tuesday
​​4:20 PM
​Preliminary results of the revision of Japanese snow crane flies (Chionea, Limoniidae)
​​Dr. L.P. Kolcsár (Post-doc)
2020
DATE
​DAY
​TIME (GT+9)
​​TITLE/BRIEF DESCRIPTION
​PRESENTER
​22-Dec 2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
​Assessment of biological arsenite oxidation in the sand filtration unit of arsenic-iron removal plants (AIRPs) at Manikganj, Bangladesh
​Mohammad Mosleh Uddin (New Research Student)
​15-Dec ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Genomic population studies on Aedes aegypti mosquito using SNPs discovery ddRAD-Sequencing method in the fine-scale Metropolitan Manila Philippines
Atikah Fitria (M2)
8-Dec ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
 Elevational biodiversity patterns and metacommunity-structuring processes
Dr. Ming-Chih CHIU (VR)
1-Dec ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Zoonotic Malaria
​Prof Richard Culleton (Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University)
24-Nov ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Time-varying effect of weather to dengue infection in the community  
​Dr.Dwi Agustian (UNPAD Bandung, Indonesia)
17-Nov ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Temporal Variations of the Community Microbiota of Culex quinquefasciatus correspond to its Genetic Heterogeneity and Environmental Patterns
​Dr. Eng. T.Carvajal (Post-doc)
​10-Nov ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
(Research Proposal) Identifying host plant resistant varieties of Sweet potato, Ipomea batatas against the Sweetpotato weevil, Cylas formicarius
​M.A. Tavera (RA I)
27-Oct ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Diversity of Wolbachia in selected Aedes mosquitoes at household level 
M.A. Regilme (D3)
​20-Oct ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Evaluation of detection methods and characterization of natural Wolbachia infection in Aedes aegypti
J. Reyes (Research Student)
​13-Oct ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Comparison between freshwater and saltwater toxicity to aquatic organisms using species sensitivity distributions
​Dr. M. Yanagihara (Guest Researcher)
6-Oct ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Inferential method for vaccine efficacy and effectiveness with individual variation in susceptibility: applications to coronaviruses
​​Dr. F. Miura (Post-Doc)
​29-Sep ​2020
Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Endogenous viral elements and their roles in antiviral immunity in mosquitoes
​​Dr. Yasutsugu SUZUKI (New Asst. Prof. )
​23-Sep ​2020
​Wednesday
​4:20 PM
​(Research proposal) Metabolic insights into the hyporheic microbial communities assemblage across gravel bars
A. D. Laraño (D1)
​6-Aug ​2020
​Thursday
​4:20 PM
Sediment-associated microbial community profiling: Sample pre-processing through sequential membrane filtration for 16s rDNA amplicon sequencing
​​J.M. Serrana (D3)
30-Jul ​2020
Thursday
​4:20 PM
​The status of Biological Control Approaches against Aedes-borne diseases: How far are we in effectively controlling this mosquito vector
Dr. T. Carvajal (Post-doc)
16-Jul ​2020
​Thursday
​4:20 PM
(Research proposal) Deep Learning-Based Approach for Dengue Forecast
M. Francisco (M1)
​9-Jul ​2020
​Thursday
​4:20 PM
​Gene expression differences governing latitudinal adaptation responses in wild stonefly species
​Dr. M. Gamboa (Asst. Prof.)
2-Jul ​2020
​Thursday
​4:20 PM
(Research proposal) Assessment of ARGs in Stream Ecosystem: Magnetic nanoparticle-enhanced assessment and ARG quantification
​S.I. Fernando (Post-MS Researcher)
25-Jun ​2020
​Thursday
​4:20 PM
(Research proposal) Genetic variation studies on Aedes aegypti from Metro Manila using RAD-Sequencing
​A. Ftria (M2)
18-Jun ​2020
​Thursday
​4:20 PM
The accidental discovery of shaking immatures of Holorusia mikado (Diptera, Tipulidae)
​Dr. L.P. Kolcsár (Post-doc)
11-Jun ​2020
​Thursday
5:20 PM
Surface Characterization and Wetting Properties of Coconut Scale Insects, Aspidiotus destructor Signoret and Aspidiotus rigidus Reyne (Hemiptera: Diaspididae) ​
Meril Kate K. MARIANO (RA II)
4-Jun ​2020
​Thursday
​4:20 PM
Semiochemical screening for the cacao mirid bug Helopeltis bakeri Poppius
Mary Angelique A. TAVERA (RA I)
26-May ​2020
Tuesday
​4:20 PM
The Effect of Anthropogenic Landscape in Manila, Philippines on the Population Structure of Dengue Vector, Aedes aegypti
​M.A. Regilme (D3)
​19-May ​2020
Tuesday
​4:20 PM
Wolbachia against medically important viruses: changes in transcriptomic profiles and molecular mechanisms of Ae.aegypti
J. Reyes (Post-MS Researcher)
12-May ​2020
Tuesday
​4:20 PM
​Dengue Incidence (dis)similarity pattern and determinants among provinces in Indonesia
​R. La Ane (D3)
​7-May ​2020
Thursday
​4:20 PM
​Microbial community across gravel bars of Tenryu River, Japan
​A. D. Laraño (D1)
28-Apr ​2020
​Tuesday
​4:20 PM
​Assessment of sediment toxicity by metabolomic information of benthic  organisms
​Dr. Miina YANAGIHARA (VR)
​27-Apr ​2020
Monday
4:20 PM
​Infectious disease dynamics with heterogeneous susceptibility and implication of human challenge studies
​Dr. Fuminari MIURA (New PostDoc Fellow)
​21-Apr ​2020
Tuesday
​4:20 PM
​Recurrent seasonal dynamics of the planktonic eukaryotic communities in the polymictic eutrophic Lake Müggelsee (Germany)
J.M. Serrana (D3)
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