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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)
2025
DATE
DAY
TIME (GT+9)
TITLE/BRIEF DESCRIPTION
PRESENTER
​08 August 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM 
to be announced
Mosle U. (D4)
​01 August 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
to be announced
Jerica R. (D4)
​25 July 2025
Friday
2:30 PM
to be announced
​​Shafi Md (Research student)
​18 July 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
to be announced
​​Von Dela Torre (Research student)
​11 July 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
to be announced
​​Jomel L. (Research student)
​04 July 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
to be announced
​​​Kyle Young (D1)
​27 June 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
to be announced
 Ngure K. (D2)​
​20​ June 2025
Friday
2:30 PM
to be announced
Kenneth B. (D3)
​​13 June 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
to be announced
​​​​​​​​​​Dan Joseph L. (D3)
​​06 June 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
to be announced
Dewi Gustari (M1)
​​30 May 2025
Friday
4:20 PM
to be announced
Jude Francisco (Research Student from De La Salle University)
​​22 May 2025
Thursday
4:20 PM
Water Quality Monitoring and Purification Technologies to Mitigate Health Risks for Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)
Dr. Anwar Hossain (Visiting Researcher)
​​09 May 2025
Friday​
4:20 PM
Comparison of ESBL-Producing E. coli Genomic Profiles from Human, Environment, and Animal Sources
Arata Danyoshi (M2)
​​02 May 2025
Friday​
4:20 PM
Mind the Gap: Who Decides What's 'Good' Research?
​​​​​​​​​Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki (Project Associate Professor)
​​18 April 2025
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Exploring local examples of global issues: Ehime at the tropicalization forefront
​​​​​​​​​​​Dr. Kohei Hamamoto (Assistant Professor)
​​11 April 2025
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
A Qualitative Exploration of Sharing Ideas and Knowledge in the MECOH: The study framework explained
​​​​​​​Dr. Scott Webber (Associate Professor)
07 March 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
My way to the research on antibiotic resistance – A student became a scholar –
​Prof. Satoru Suzuki (Professor Emeritus)​​​​​​​​​​
​​28 February 2025
Friday
 
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Status of insecticide resistance in mosquitoes of Bangladesh
​Mosle U (D3)
​21 February 2025
Friday
​
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Metagenomic Investigation of Abundance and Diversity of Antibiotic Resistance Genes (ARGs) Variability by Hospital Type and Region
​​​​​​​​​Shafi (Research student)​​
​14 February 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Mosquito's blood-feeding habits alter its viral landscape
​Von Dela Torre (New PhD candidate)​​
​07 February 2025
Friday​
​​​​​​4:20 PM
PCR-based Exon Capture Meets Exome Sequencing: Innovation or Just Another Method?
​​​​​Jomel L. (Research student)
​31 January 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Sequins (Sequencing spike-ins) as a normalization strategy towards improved absolute quantification of virus communities
​​​​​Kyle Young (D1)​​​
​24 January 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
The mobilome and its extent of antimicrobial resistance gene carriage
​​​​​Kenneth B. (D2)​​
​17 January 2025
Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Biology meets materials science: molecular perspectives on peptide-mediated biomineralization
​​Dr. Jose Isagani Janairo (De La Salle University)
​09 January 2025
Thursday
1:30 PM
Smelling Blood: Deep behavioral phenotyping reveals how mosquito-pathogen interactions shape transmission
Dr. Felix Hol (Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands)

2024
DATE
DAY
TIME (GT+9)
TITLE/BRIEF DESCRIPTION
PRESENTER
​​20 December 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
How do taxa and ARG's compare? Diversity matrices using metagenomic data
Ngure K. (D2)
​​11 December 2024
Wednesday
10:20 AM
From Ridge to Reef: Unraveling Plastic Pollution in Different Environmental Compartments in the Philippines
Dr. Hernando Bacosa (Mindanao State University -IIT)
​06 December 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Can environmental DNA reveal connectivity within fish and aquatic insect's populations in a dendritic river?
​​​​​​​​​​Dan Joseph L. (D2)
​29 November 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
AI-based Mosquito Habitat Detection and Mapping with Drone Imagery in Indonesian Landscapes
​​​​​​​​​M. Francisco (D3)
​22 November 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Exploring the Biological Relevance of Antiviral Functions of Endogenous Viral Elements in Mosquitoes
​​​​​​​​​Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki (Project Associate Professor)
​15 November 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Antibiotics Contamination in Extremely Urbanized Rivers of Bangladesh and Ecological and Resistance Risk Assessment 
Dr. Anwar Hossain (JSPS Fellow)
​​08 November 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Researching Sea Cucumbers: Ecological and Economic Importance, and Associated Microbiome
​​Dr. Kohei Hamamoto (Assistant Professor)
​​01 November 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Insights into virus and insecticide interaction with mosquito
​​​​​​​​​​Mosle U (D3)
​​25 October 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Degradation of antibiotics, bacteria, and antibiotic resistant genes from wastewater treatment plant effluent and assessing the effect of antibiotics on ozonation efficiency
​​​​​​​​Shafi (Research student)
​​18 October 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
One Health Solutions for Emerging Infectious Disease Vulnerability: A Case Study from Davao City, Mindanao, Philippines
​​Von Dela Torre (New PhD candidate)
​​11 October 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Safe water reuse in a changing environment: microbial degradation of contaminants in rivers
​Dr. Joeselle Serana (Stockholm University)
​02 August 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Adaptive genetic divergence of three Caddisfly species: Analysis from genomewide scan and ensemble machine learning approach
​​Jomel L. (New research student)
​​26 July 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Importance and significance of utilizing appropriate process controls during virome extraction
​​​Kyle Young (Research Student)
​​12 July 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Antibiotics contamination in Aquaculture of Bangladesh and Degradation of Antibiotic Residues from Aquaculture Wastewater
​​​​​​​​​Dr. Anwar Hossain (JSPS Fellow)
​​​​​​​ 05 July 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Composition and localization of resistome and virulome in Acinetobacter ​species
​​​​​​​Kenneth B. (D2)
​​​​​​​ 28 June 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​ARGs and their 'lifelong' friends: ARG synteny - Localization and Mobilization
​​​​​​​Ngure K. (D1)
​​​​​​​ 21 June 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​The quest for hyporheic macroinvertebrates: Morphology, bulk DNA, or eDNA - which method tells all?
​​​​​​​Dan Joseph L. (D2)
​​​​​​​ 14 June 2024
​​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​​Collective knowledge: can we develop research ideas within one hour?
​​​​​Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki (Project Associate Professor)​
​​​​​​​ 07 June 2024
​​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​Mosquito community in peri-urban environment of Yogyakarta, Indonesia: association with pig livestock keeping
​​​​​​​​Atikah F (D4)
​​​​​​ 17 May 2024
​​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​Influence of dengue serotypes on virus population and adaptation
​​​​​​​​Jerica Reyes (D3)
​​​​​​​ 10 May 2024
​​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Using UAVs for Identification and Mapping Potential Anopheles Habitats
​​​​​​​​M. Francisco (D3)
​​​​​​​ 26 Apr 2024
​​​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
Amplicon based high-throughput sequencing: Tools for tracking viral evolutionary genetics ​​
​​​​​​​Mosle U (D3)
​​​​​​​ 18 Apr 2024
​​Thursday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Understanding Hospital-Specific Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Metagenomics Profiling of Hospital Wastewater
​​​​​​​​Shafi (Research student)
​​​​​​​ 12 Apr 2024
​​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Exploring the anticancer potential of Philippine ethnic plants
​​​​​​​​​​Dr. Karen Judan (JSPS Fellow)
​​​​​​​ 05 Apr 2024
​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Talk Dirty to Me: Are Microplastics, Heavy Metals, Soil Texture, and Flow Velocity Dancing in a Single Symphony?
​​​​Jomel L. (New Research Student)
​​​​​​​ 01 Mar 2024
​​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Exploring Paths Toward Enhanced Viral RNA Diversity in Environmental Samples
​​​​Kyle Young (Research Student)
​​​​​​​ 16 Feb 2024
​​​Friday
​​​​​​4:20 PM
​Conjugation dynamics: Mobilization of a blaOXA72-harboring plasmid by conjugation in trans
​​​​​​​Kenneth B. (D1)
​​​​​​​ 09 Feb 2024
​​Friday
​​​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Antimicrobial Resistance Genes; "I’m here, I’m there! Am I everywhere?"
​​​​​​Ngure (Research Student)
​​​​​​ 02 Feb 2024
​​​​Friday
​​​​​​​4:20 PM
​Making the Unseen Seen: Exploring Hyporheic Macroinvertebrates with eDNA
​​​​​Dan Joseph L. (D1)
​​​​​​ 25 Jan 2024
​Thursday
​​​​​​​4:20 PM
​Basic virology before jumping into viral metagenomics: a personal perspective of virus researches
​​​​Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki (Project Associate Professor)​
​​​​​​ 19 Jan 2024
​​​Friday
​​​​​​​4:20 PM
​Sensitivity of waterborne viruses to different disinfectants: an application of species sensitivity distribution (SSD) methodology
​​​​​Dr. Miina Yanagihara (Postdoc)
​​​​​​ 12 Jan 2024
​​Friday
​​​​​​​4:20 PM
Diversity and Blood Meal Analysis of Mosquitoes in Livestock and Human Settlements in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
​​​​​​Atikah F (D3)

2023
DATE
DAY
TIME (GT+9)
​TITLE/BRIEF DESCRIPTION
​PRESENTER
​​​​​ 15 Dec 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
Antibiotics contamination in various water matrices in Bangladesh and Japan and Risk Assessment
​​​​​​Dr. Anwar Hossain (JSPS Fellow)
​​​​​ 08 Dec 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Hypothetical interactions of co-infected viruses (competition vs. cooperation)
​​​​​​Jerica Reyes (D2)
​​​​​​ 24 Nov 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Section 1 - Proposal: Investigating the underlying factors influencing malaria trends in Mozambique from 2012 to 2020
Section 2 - Assaying applied research initiatives as a contribution to addressing community problem in Mozambique
​​​​​M. Francisco (D2)
​​​​​​​ 17 Nov 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​Analysis of how CFAV evolves in the lifespan of Aedes aegypti:  A whole genome Amplicon based sequence approach to accurately measure  viral diversity.
​​​​​Mosle U (D2)
​​​​​​​ 10 Nov 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​Deciphering the diversity, evolution, and biology of Aedes ​mosquito-associated viruses
​​​​​​​Coleen A. (Research Student)
​​​​​​​ 20 Oct 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​Open discussion for potential research collaborations: marine biodiversity, reproductive biology, and aquaculture
​​​​​​Dr. Ivane Gerasmio (Mindanao State University -IIT)
​​​​​​​ 13 Oct 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Innate Immune Gene Expression and Heavy Metal Contamination in Nile Tilapia Aquaculture
​​​​​​Shafi (PhD candidate)
​​​​​​ 06 Oct 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Taxonomic and phylogenetic studies of East Asian Ephemeroptera and Tipuloidea
​​Sang Kyu Shin (Korea University)
​​​​​​ 29 Sept 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Using ddRAD for the genome-wide scan for signatures in genetically enhanced Philippine farmed tilapia hybrids
​​​​​​​Dr. Karen Judan (JSPS Fellow)
​​​​​​ 22 Sept 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Bioinformatics pipeline optimized for machine learning utilization
​​​​​Kyle Young (Research Student)
​​​​​​​ 15 Sept 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Plasmidome: genetic parasites driving bacterial evolution
​​​​​Kenneth B. (D1)
​​​​30 August 2023
Wednesday
​2:00 PM
​​​(1) Mosquito-specific viruses: diversity, evolution, and virus-host interactions
(2) ​Dynamic evolution of endogenous retroviral envelope derived protein-coding genes in mammalian genomes​
​(1) Dr. Artem BAIDALIUK (Institut Pasteur)
(2) Dr. ​So NAKAGAWA  (Tokai University)
​​​
​​​​04 August 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Buriganga River: Describing the microbial communities from eight sampling points using different metagenomic data analysis tools
​​​​Ngure (Research Student)
​​28 July 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​Aquatic insects unveiled: Decoding genetic mosaics in a dendritic river network - Metaphylogeography, Species-Genetic Diversity Correlations (SGDC), and Environmental interplay explored through DNA metabarcoding
​​​​Dan Joseph L. (D1)
​​​21 July 2023
Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​Dendritic Cells at the crossroads of immunology and oncology: Unraveling their key contributions in tumor immunity and therapeutic strategies
​​​​Dr. Perry Ayn Mayson A. Maza (Ajou University, S.Korea)
​​14 July 2023
 ​​​Friday
​​​​4:20 PM
​​Open discussion for a potential research project: Investigating possible interactions among chemical pollution, mosquito microbiota, and vector competence
​​​Dr. Yasutsugu Suzuki (Asst.Prof)​
​​​07 July 2023
 ​​​Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​​Effects of model selection on the estimation of species sensitivity distributions
​​​Dr. Miina Yanagihara (Postdoc)
​​​28 June 2023
 ​​​Wednesday
​​​​​2:20 PM
​​​​Arboviruses: a global public health threat
​​​Dr. Anna-Bella Failloux (Institut Pasteur)​​​​​​
​​​21 June 2023
Wednesday
​​​​​2:20 PM
​​​Single cell to many, many cells to single: Bioinformatics analysis to demystifying genome
​​​Dr. ABM Md Khademul Islam (University of Illinois)​​​​​​
​​​16 June 2023
​ ​​​Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​​​Global spread of mpox and its potential impact for Asian countries
​​​Dr. Fuminari Miura (Postdoc)​​​​​​
​​​​​02 June 2023
​ ​​​Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​​​​​​​Blood feeding pattern of important mosquito in livestock and human settlement: potential risk of mosquito-borne diseases in Yogyakarta, Indonesia
​​​​Atikah F (D3)
​​​​​​26 May 2023
​ ​​​Friday
​​​​​2:20 PM
​​​​​Evaluation of the potential of modified houses in reducing malaria transmission in rural communities in Mozambique
​​​​M. Francisco (D2)
​​​​​​19 May 2023
​ ​​​Friday
​​​​​4:20 PM
​​​​​Stream degradation affects aquatic resource subsidies to ground-dwelling spiders
​​​​Dr. Christopher Robinson (ETH Zurich)
​​​​​​12 May 2023
​​ ​​​Friday
​​​​4:20 PM
Virus titer and co-infection as drivers of within-host viral genetic diversity ​​​​
​​​​​Jerica Reyes (D2)
​​​​​​​28 April 2023
​​ ​​​Friday
​​​​4:20 PM
​​​​​​Characterization of viral DNA forms of cell-fusing agent virus (CFAV) produced in Aedes aegypti mosquito ​in vitro
​​​​Mohammad Mosleh Udin (D2)​
​​​​​21 April 2023
​​ ​​​Friday
​​​​4:20 PM
​​​​Benchmarking viral metagenomics from sample preparation to the choice of sequencing technology
​​​Coleen Asin (Research Student)
​​​​​13 April 2023
Thursday
​​​​4:20 PM
Antibiotics, antibiotic resistant bacteria and resistance genes in aquaculture and river environment in Bangladesh ​​​​
​​​Dr. Anwar Hossain (JSPS Fellow)
​​​​07 Apr 2023
​​​ ​​​Friday
​​​​4:20 PM
​​​​Use of E-flows in river management
​​​Dr. Christopher Robinson (ETH Zurich)
​​​​31 Mar 2023
​​ ​​​Friday
​​​4:20 PM
(1) Composition and distribution of mosquito virus in West Java Province
(2) Gene-resistance marker of Plasmodium vivax on anti-malaria drugs
(3) Protein scaffold for detection tool or new drug candidate for Malaria?

​​​​​​​
​​(1) ​Dr. Lia Faridah
(2) Dr. Nisa Fauziah 
(3) Dr. Savira Ekawardhani (all from Universitas Padjadjaran)
​​​24 Feb 2023
​​ ​​​Friday
​​​​4:20 PM
​​​​​Applications of the Nano-Bio Approach: Nanoparticle biosynthesis, quorum sensing inhibition, and anticancer drug screening
​​​​​​Dr. Karen Judan (JSPS Fellow)
​​​17 Feb 2023
Friday
​​​​2:20 PM
​​Antibiograms and resistance determinants in Acinetobacter ​species
​​​Kenneth B. (Research Student)
​​​​10 Feb 2023
Friday
​​​3:00 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
Friday
​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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