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Bioresource Informatics Lab
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A lab that uses environmental DNA and biologging to study biological resources, and to protect and make use of them.
AboutAbout the lab
Using information on biological resources for their use and conservation.
The Bioresource Informatics Lab studies methods for extracting, analyzing, and using information to support the use and conservation of terrestrial and marine biological resources.
The lab belongs to the Biosphere Informatics Division of the Graduate School of Informatics, which also includes the Biological Environment Informatics Lab.
Using environmental DNA, biologging, and large-scale data, the lab also works on the conservation of animals at risk of extinction, such as sea turtles and the Mekong giant catfish.
Undergraduates can join the Biosphere Informatics Division when they are assigned to a division in their fourth year. For graduate study, the lab accepts students through the Social Informatics Course of the Graduate School of Informatics (application category "社-8").
Key terms
- Environmental DNA (eDNA)
- DNA left behind by living organisms in water or soil. Just by analyzing a water sample, researchers can tell which organisms live in that place.
- Biologging
- A method in which a small data logger is attached to an animal to record its behavior and the environment around it.
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The lab studies methods for extracting, analyzing, and using information on living organisms to support the use and conservation of terrestrial and marine biological resources. Its work covers large-scale data, the responses of organisms to environmental change, animal behavior and ecology, and the development of survey methods.
*Illustrative imageExploring ecology with large-scale data
To address food issues and understand the dynamics of ecosystems around the world, the lab uses large-scale data such as geographic information, satellite data, and DNA databases to tackle a wide range of questions in bioresource science and ecology.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental change and the responses of organisms
Climate change and other factors are altering the abundance, distribution, and seasonal behavior of many organisms. The lab conducts research to predict how organisms will respond to future environmental change.
*Illustrative imageBehavior of animals at risk of extinction
Using biologging, acoustic monitoring, genetic analysis, morphological measurement, and statistical analysis, the lab studies the behavior and ecology of endangered animals such as sea turtles and the Mekong giant catfish, with the aim of conserving them.
*Illustrative imageStudying organisms with environmental DNA
The lab develops environmental DNA methods, which collect DNA from water or soil to study biological communities, as well as techniques for measuring animal behavior. It aims to apply them to the management of resource animals and the conservation of endangered species.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Bioresource Informatics Lab are faculty, administrative staff, postdoctoral researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHideyuki Doi
- Associate ProfessorHideaki Nishizawa
- Assistant ProfessorSatsuki Tsuji
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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: “Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) Moorea” Charles J. Sharp / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Exploring ecology with large-scale data: “Niger ag land use map USGS” United States Geological Survey / Public domain (cropped)
- Environmental change and the responses of organisms: “Lesser Sand Plover with flag no.9M2 by Vedant Kasambe DSC 0606 (2)” Vedant Raju Kasambe / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Behavior of animals at risk of extinction: “Mekong giant catfish side” Cool critter channel / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Studying organisms with environmental DNA: “EDNA Water Sampling ( )” Monica Blaser, photographer, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Midwest Region. USFWSmidwest / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Animal Genetics and Breeding Lab): “Full Blood Wagyu Bull in Chile” Fernando Hartwig / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Animal Husbandry Resources Lab): “Longhorn cattle grazing marsh pasture - geograph.org.uk - 1520789” Evelyn Simak / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Satoumi Ecology and Conservation Lab): “Maizuru bay” Sea of Japan / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Plant Pathology Lab): “Septoria-tritici” Maccheek / Public domain (cropped)
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