- Our new paper on medaka sex chromosome was accepted for the American Naturalist! (2022.12.13)
- Kohta's paper is accepted for Genome Biology and
Evolution! We have found that Japanese freshwater stickleback
populations have more putatively deleterious mutations than marine
ancestors. The accepted manuscript is now available online. (2020.04.05)
- Asano's review paper on the diversity of seasonal reproduction in sticklebacks has been published in the Journal of Experimental Biology.（2020.02.10）
- Katie Peichel has re-visited our institute and gave another excellent talk as a Visiting Professor.（2020.01.28）
- Katie Peichel and Tim Connallon has visited our institute and gave excellent talks.（2020.01.21）
- I have participated in a fatty acid worshop organized by
Blake Matthews in EAWAG. We have spent a lot of time for discussion and
wrote a review paper. Thank you Blake for organizing and inviting!
(2019.11.25-29)
- Asano's paper was pubslihed in Science! We have found that increase in copy number of Fads2 ,
encoding an enzyme involved in omega-3 fatty acid DHA, is important for
freshwater colonization not only in sticklebacks but also in many fish
species! (2019.05.31)
- Dr. Hiroki Gotoh has joined our lab! He is studying the genetic basis
for sexual dimorphism and sexual conflict in stag beetles.（2019.04.01）
- Our websites is moved to http://ecogen.sakura.ne.jp/index-e.html.（2019.03.31）
- Takuya won a poster prize at a meeting of the Genetics Society of Japan! Congratulatins Takuya!（2019.03.08）
- Takuya Hosoki's paper has been accepcted for Evol Ecol Res! Takuya has characterized morphological variations among new stickleback populations established by the 2011 tsunamis. Congratulatins Takuya!（2019.02.12）
- Yo Yamasaki's paper has been accepcted for Evol Ecol
Res! He has charcaterized armor plate variation in Japanese threesine sticklebacks. Congratulatins Yo!（2019.01.10）
- A collaborative work with Kirkpatrick Lab on sex chromosome evolution in ninespine sticklbacks has been publihsed in MBE. It is surprising that the Y chromosome of Pungitius pungitius is derived from introgression of a chromsome from P. sinensis. Congratulatins Grove!（2018.10.4）
- Kohta's paper on the functional evolution of a
heterochromatin-binding protein in sticklebacks was accepted for
Molecular Ecology! Please check it. (2018.8.11)
- Mark's paper on genomic analysis of Japanese stickleback speciation has been finally out in PLoS Genetics! (2018.6.5)
- Jason's G3 paper on sex diffrenece in recombination rate in the stickleback is out! (2018.5.31)
- Mark's paper on genomic analysis of Japanese stickleback speciation has been accepted for PLoS Genetics! (2018.4.12)
- Registration for Stickleback 2018 is now open. See you in Kyoto, July 3-7, 2018!
- Asano's eQTL paper was accepted for Evolution! (2016.12.21)
- Makoto's paper on salinity tolerance QTL was accepted for Mol Ecol! (2016.9.8)
- Brian Lohman has joined our lab as a JSPS/NSF summer student! He is staying in our lab for two months. (2016.6.21)
- Taomotaka's paper was accepted for the Journal of Theoretical Biology.（2016.5.30）
- Mark's paper on Japanese ninespine stickleback was accepted for Evol Ecol Res! (2016.3.3)
- Kohta's paper on Lake Towada stickleback genome sequencing was accepted for Ecology and Evolution! (2016.2.10)
- Asano's paper on freshwater tolerance tests of Japan Sea stickleback has been accepted for Evol Ecol Res! (2016.2.1)
- Our paper on the genetic analysis of variation in anal fin processes is accepted for G3! (2015.10.25)
- Lenny Yong from East Carolina University has joined our lab under the support of EASPI-NSF Program. (2015.6.16)
- Our paper on the sex chromosome-autosome fusions in fishes and reptiles have been published on PLOS Genetics. (2015.5.20)
- As of today, Kitano Lab belongs to Department of Population
Genetics of the National Institute of Genetics (not Center for Frontier
Research) (2015.4.1)
- Tetsumi Takahashi becomes a professor of Hyogo Prefectural University (2015.4.1)
- Asano won the Suzuki Award from the Ecological Society of Japan (2015.3.20)
- Asano, I, and Yamahira Lab members have visited Jakarta to obtain research permits, and it was successful. (2014.11.18-25)
- Mark Ravinet's paper was accepted for PLoS One! (2014.11.14).
- Our paper on QTL analysis of medaka fin development was accepted for Molecular Ecology! (2014.9.18)
- Shingo's paper on medaka mating preference has been accepted for Zoological Science! (2014.7.31)
- A review paper by the Tree of Sex has been published in PLOS Biology! (2014.7.1)
- Our paper on stickleback relaxin signalling has been published in Gen Comp Endocrinol. (2014.6.27)
- Our paper on the genomic analysis of the neo-sex chromosome of the Japan Sea sticklebacks is published in PLOS Genetics.(2014.3.14)
- Mark Ravinet has come back from Sweden and joined our lab again as a JSPS postdoc.(2014.1.8)
- A review article with Asano and Sean was publshed in Ecological Genomics (Springer).(2014.1.4)
- Fumihiro has joined our lab as a research student. (2013.10.1)
- Asano won the best talk prize at the Annual Meeting for the Japan Society for Evolutionary Studies.（2013.9.17）
- Tim Howes from Stanford University visited us for helping injection experiments of stickleback. Thank you!（2013.6.13-6.29）
- Asano's paper on ninespine stickleback speciation has been published in Journal of Evolutionary Biology.（2013.5.14）
- Mark Kirkpatrick and Katie Peichel have visited us. We had a small symposium o sex chromosome evolution at the NIG. (2013.5.7)
- Our paper on stickleback small RNAs have been accepted for BMC Genomics. (2013.3.21)
- Our paper on the divergence in juvenile T4 levels between stickleback ecotypes have been accepted for the Stickleback Special Issue of Evol Ecol Res. (2013.2.27)
- Lara's paper on the Japanese stickleback phylogeography have been accepted for the Stickleback Special Issue of Evol Ecol Res. (2013.2.27). Congratulations!
- Asano's paper on ninespine stickleback speciation has been accepted for the Journal of Evolutionary Biology. Congratulations! (2013.02.12)
- I organized a symposium at the Annual Meeting of Molecular Biology Society of Japan. (2012.12/11)
- I went to the NESCent to attend the third meeting of the Tree of Sex. (2012.10.13-10.19)
- Asano and I visited the Borg Lab in Sweden to learn hormonal manipulation techniques. (2012.10.13-10.19)
- Asano won the best talk award at the Stickleback Conference 2012! (2012.8.3)
- Our review paper was published on line with Open Access (http://www.intechopen.com/articles/show/title/
ecological-genetics-of-variation-in-thyroid-hormone-
physiology). (2012.7.18) - Lara Cassidy has joined our lab as a summer student (NIG Intern) ! (Jun.12.2012)
- Our review paper on the variation in stickleback migratory behavior has been published on line (http://www.springerlink.com/content/
g44418613451736u/). (Jun.9.2012) - Our female meiotic drive paper is now available on line(http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1558-5646.2012.01681.x/full).
- Our crater lake paper is now available on line (http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.234/full). (Apr.28.2012)
- Kohta's paper on the sex chromosome evolution and female meiotic drive has been accepted in Evolution! (Apr.22.2012)
- Asano's review paper on the variation in thyroid hormone signaling in humans and animals has been accepted in Thyroid Hormones (online open book)! (Apr.14.2012)
- A new member Maiko Kawajiri has joined our lab as a postdoc. She will work on the ecological genomics of medakas. (Apr.1.2012)
- I was invited to an Okazaki conference on Speciation and Adaptation. All talks were really great and stimulating! (Mar.19-23.2012)
- A new lab member Mark Ravinet has joined the lab as a JSPS postdoctoral researcher! (Feb.10.2012)
- Our paper on the crater lake sticklebacks has been accepted for Ecology and Evolution! (Feb.14.2012)
- Our paper on sex steroid divergence between closely related species has been accepted for PLoS One (doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0029253)! (Nov.23.2011)
- Students of Fuji High School came to my lab for a lab tour. (Oct.28.2011)
- A new paper was accepted by Journal of Fish Biology. (Oct.15.2011)
- I gave lectures about Ecological Genetics and Genomics at Kyoto University . Thanks for inviting! (Oct.12-13.2011)
- Makoto and I have organized a symposium titled "Integrating Genomics into Physiology at the Annual Meeting of the Zoological Society of Japan (Asahikawa, Hokkaido). Adam, Mark, and Asano - Thanks for giving great talks. It was a great meeting! (Sep.23.2011)
- Seiichi and I have organized a symposium on the past and future of stickleback ethology at the Annual Meeting of the Japan Ethological Society. Hiroshi, Manabu, and Tomoyuki - thanks for coming over to Keio University to give excellent talks. (Sep.10.2011)
- I gave a talk at the Conservation Genomics Symposium at the Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society at Seattle. (Sep.7.2011)
- Students of Nirayama High School came to my lab and did some molecular biology experiments. (Aug.10.2011)
- I had a great chance to give an invited talk at the SMBE meeting in Kyoto and obtained many constructive feedbacks from the audience. (Jul.27.2011)
- We've got a big news that we are receiving the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas from the MEXT! (Jul.26.2011)
- A review paper was published on line. Kitano and Peichel (2011). Turnover of sex chromosomes and speciation in fishes. Env. Biol. Fish. in press. DOI: 10.1007/s10641-011-9853-8 (Jun.4.2011)
- The site has been opened. (May.23.2011)
