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Inoue Lab
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A lab that investigates, at the level of genes, the mechanisms that support the lives of deep-sea shellfish, corals, and medaka.
AboutAbout the lab
Uncovering the lives of marine organisms at the molecular level.
The Molecular Marine Biology Group studies the mechanisms behind intriguing biological phenomena in marine organisms, using genes and genomes.
Since life first emerged, the sea has been the stage for the evolution of living things.
Focusing on shellfish and corals from deep-sea hydrothermal vent areas, medaka and related fishes, and other organisms, the lab explores how these mechanisms have evolved and what they mean within the organisms' ecology.
The lab encourages anyone interested in its research to visit and talk with its members in person.
Key terms
- Genome
- The entirety of the genetic information (DNA) that an organism has. It serves as the blueprint for building and operating the body.
- Hydrothermal vent area
- A place on the deep seafloor where water heated underground gushes out. The water is rich in hydrogen sulfide and metals.
- Zooxanthellae
- Tiny photosynthetic algae that live inside the bodies of corals. They live in symbiosis with corals, exchanging nutrients with them.
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Using genomics and molecular biology methods, the lab aims to clarify the molecular mechanisms behind important and intriguing biological phenomena in marine organisms, and their meaning in evolution and ecology.
*Illustrative imageMolecular mechanisms that determine where animals live
The lab studies how invertebrates living in deep-sea hydrothermal vent areas, river mouths, and intertidal zones adapt to changes in hydrogen sulfide and salinity. It also works on the mechanisms by which mussels and related species attach to rocks and other surfaces and move.
*Illustrative imageGene analysis of coral reefs as a whole
The lab sequences the entire genomes of reef-building corals and of the zooxanthellae that live in symbiosis with them, and approaches the mysteries of corals through gene analysis. By analyzing the organisms that make up a coral together, it investigates the mechanisms of symbiosis.
*Illustrative imageConservation of the natural environment and genetic diversity
Using Southeast Asian medaka species and mussels that can also adapt to seawater, the lab examines the effects of harmful substances and microplastics. It is also developing DNA-based population analysis of corals and survey methods using environmental DNA.
*Illustrative imageReading the evolution of organisms through DNA
Using DNA information in public databases as a clue, the lab approaches the mysteries of the form, distribution, and genome evolution of organisms.
MembersFaculty
The Molecular Marine Biology Group consists of faculty members, administrative assistants, project researchers, and doctoral and master's students.
- ProfessorKoji InouePublications ↗
- Associate ProfessorChuya Shinzato
- Associate ProfessorJun InouePublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorToshiyuki Takaki
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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: “Colonie de modioles (Bathymodiolus azoricus) sur une cheminée hydrothermale (Ifremer )” Ifremer / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Molecular mechanisms that determine where animals live: “Espèces endémiques de cheminées hydrothermales (Ifremer )” Ifremer / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Gene analysis of coral reefs as a whole: “Acropora digitifera Maldives 2” MDC Seamarc Maldives / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Conservation of the natural environment and genetic diversity: “Oryzias javanicus 3” Ahsan A.H / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Reading the evolution of organisms through DNA: “Sequencing” John Schmidt / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Coastal Marine Environment Lab): “Algal bloom(akasio) by Noctiluca in Nagasaki” Marufish / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Aquatic Physiology Lab): “Nihon Medaka in Medaka World of Higashiyama Zoo - 2” KKPCW / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Fisheries Chemistry Lab): “Fish on ice. ( )” Bernard Spragg. NZ from Christchurch, New Zealand / CC0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Aquaculture and Stock Enhancement Lab): “Lake Hamana (Aerial)” SUGI MAKOTO / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
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