LAB LOGA page on LabLog, a review site (not the lab's official page)
Biodiversity Science Lab
Machine-translated · View original
A lab that uncovers how ecosystem balance works by studying the interactions between organisms and their environment.
AboutAbout the lab
The science of biodiversity
The Biodiversity Science Lab studies the mechanisms that maintain and disrupt ecosystem balance, focusing on the interactions between organisms and their environment.
Ecosystems have the capacity to recover from a certain degree of disturbance, but in recent years biodiversity has been disappearing at a rate that exceeds this limit.
Building on ecology, the lab works to clarify and predict how the abundance and diversity of organisms, the structure of food webs, and other features will change.
The lab shares its findings with the world through papers, and also delivers them to society as concrete recommendations for protecting and managing ecosystems and biodiversity.
Key terms
- food web
- The whole of the "eating and being eaten" relationships among organisms, connected in a complex, net-like structure
- pollination service
- The function by which insects and other animals carry pollen, helping crops and plants bear fruit. One of the benefits people receive from nature
- regime shift
- A phenomenon in which the structure or functioning of an ecosystem abruptly changes to a different state
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to uncover and predict the mechanisms that maintain and disrupt ecosystem balance, by studying the interactions between organisms and their environment. Its work covers reconciling rare species conservation with agriculture, managing invasive species and wildlife, theory on the evolution of biodiversity, and the mechanisms by which ecosystems persist amid human activity.
*Illustrative imageReconciling Rare Species Conservation and Agriculture
The lab conducts research on reconciling agriculture with the protection of the endangered Miyama-shijimi butterfly, and on landscape management that keeps buckwheat yields (pollination services) stable.
*Illustrative imageManaging Invasive Species and Wildlife
Among invasive species, the lab studies the problem of feral cats, which particularly affect island ecosystems, focusing on the relationships among organisms and their connections to human activity.
*Illustrative imageTheory on the Evolution of Biodiversity
This research explores, from a theoretical perspective, how biodiversity changes through evolution from the past into the future.
*Illustrative imageHow Ecosystems Persist Amid Human Activity
To predict in advance when human activity will cause regime shifts in ecosystems, the lab develops early warning signals using deep learning trained on data generated by simulations.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Biodiversity Science Lab consist of faculty, concurrently appointed faculty from collaborating institutions, administrative and technical staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorGaku TakimotoPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorTsuyoshi Fujita
- Associate Professor (Concurrent Appointment, Collaborative)Yuya Watari
VoicesStudent voices
Ratings and reviews reflect the experiences of individual current or former students, not the lab's official views. Whether a lab has reviews, or how many, says nothing about the lab itself.
Students who take part in an interview may receive a thank-you gift worth ¥1,000, regardless of what they say.
Student ratings (0 students)
--
--
--
--
--
--
Student voices answer questions like these
- What's great about this lab?
- What did you learn after joining?
- What's the vibe, and what is the professor like?
- Who is this lab for?
- Where do graduates go?
Your experience can help younger students choose their lab. Your name won't be shown.
Write a lab reviewAnonymous · Your draft is saved if you stopRelatedLabs similar to Biodiversity Science Lab
Aquatic Conservation LabFaculty of Agriculture, Major in Field ScienceHarmony between humans and aquatic ecosystems; the generatio…
Forest Biosphere Management LabFaculty of Agriculture, Major in Field ScienceConsidering how to maintain the diversity of forests and the…
Makino LabFaculty of Agriculture, Major in Aquatic Life SciencesResearch on measures to harmonize ocean use and conservation…
Aquatic Physiology LabFaculty of Agriculture, Major in Aquatic Life SciencesElucidation of the mechanisms that regulate physiological fu…The information on this page is compiled by the LabLog team from the lab's public information and interviews. For corrections or removal requests, please contact LabLog, not the lab.
Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Satoyama landscape near Hida, Gifu” Seth Vidal / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Reconciling Rare Species Conservation and Agriculture: “Plebejus argyrognomon ( )” Gilles San Martin / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Managing Invasive Species and Wildlife: “Feral Cat - Gator Creeks - Flickr - Rusty Clark” Rusty Clark / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Theory on the Evolution of Biodiversity: “Brazilian butterflies collection, Zoology Museum, University of São Paulo” Wilfredor / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- How Ecosystems Persist Amid Human Activity: “Eutrophied lake - Maack” Smaack / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Aquatic Conservation Lab): “NOAA divers coral reef north coast Pagan 2022” NOAA Fisheries / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Forest Biosphere Management Lab): “UonumaPhoto Oshirakawa Buna Forest 201705” 魚沼市 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Makino Lab): “Fishing boats in the port of Shiraoi, Hokkaido, April 2023” Calistemon / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Aquatic Physiology Lab): “Nihon Medaka in Medaka World of Higashiyama Zoo - 2” KKPCW / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
About LabLog
LabLog is a lab review app for students only. Student members at each university interview students in labs and publish what they say. Student voices can only be read by students who sign up with a university email address. Operated by bestiee Inc.
Learn more about LabLog ↗Search engines and AI may reference the basic lab info and rating summaries on this page and the description of LabLog. Student voices are for student members only. Automated collection by programs (scraping, or input to or training of AI) is prohibited under Article 8 of the Terms of Service. If you need data for research or analysis, please contact us.