- Usa Marine Biological Institute
Infobox University
name = Usa Marine Biological Institute (Japanese: 高知大学 海洋生物教育研究センター)
established = 1953, August 1
type =Public
president =Izumi Kinoshita
city = Usa
state = Kochi
country =Japan
undergrad = 30
postgrad = 7
PhDs = 3
faculty = 4
website = [http://www.kochi-u.ac.jp/JA/kaiyo/]The Usa Marine Biological Institute (UMBI) (sometimes referred to as MBI-Japan, Japanese Marine Biological Institute, Usa Kaiyo Center or just Usa) in
Usa cho , is one of the oldest and largest centers forPhycology andMarine Biology research , graduate training, and public service inJapan . UMBI is located in the village ofUsa_cho ,Kochi Prefecture ,Japan and is devoted to scientific research leading to MS and PhD degrees inPhycology ,Marine Biology and related fields. It grants degrees jointly withKochi University .History
The Usa Marine Biological Station was founded in 1953 as an "independent research institute" by the
Japanese Government . In 1978, its name changed into "Usa Marine Biological Institute".Under the directorship of Professor Masao Ohno, the institute has established a
JICA training program inMarine Biology and since then a large number of foreign researchers come to the instutute to pursue short term research projects. At present, the current director Professor Izumi Kinoshita supervises and coordinateJICA training program.Since 2004, UMBI has started a new graduate program Kuroshio Sciences jointly withKochi University to studyKuroshio Current in an interdisciplinary perspective. UMBI graduate students are supported by various financial aid schemes, especiallyMonbukagakusho MEXT International PhD Program .Vessels
UMBI operates several manned
research vessels and vehicles, owned by theKochi University or theJapanese Government
*R/V Yutaka Hata Maru
*R/V Neptune
*R/V Hamayu
*R/V Triton Faculty and Research
Laboratories
Early life-history of fishes
* [http://www.cc.kochi-u.ac.jp/~muhomatu/jako Kinoshita] "PhD Student"
*Mr Nunobe , Early life history ofAyu Zooplankton Ecology
* [http://www.cc.kochi-u.ac.jp/~hueda/zplab Hiroshi Ueda] Crustacean Ecology
* [http://www.kochi-u.ac.jp/JA/kaiyo/iwasakikenhp/index.html Nozomu Iwasaki] Marine Phycology
* [http://bbs5.cgiboy.com/p/26/03145 Masanori Hiraoka] "PhD Students"
*Hiroko Haraguchi Distribution ofSargassum species inTosa bay .
* [http://www.geocities.jp/ttpww132 Felix bast] Physiologicalecology andphylogenetics ofMonostroma species in Japan.Phycological Research
Usa Marine Biological Institute is long renowned for marine Phycological research. Emeritus Professor Masao Ohno is the first person in Japan to incorporate artificial seeding method for the commercial cultivation of
green algae . The institute is one of the pioneer research institutes in the world for the study ofUlvophycean algae and has state-of-art facilities for the marine Phycological research.Contemporary Marine Phycology research in the UMBI focuses on culture studies to establish life-histories of Ulvophycean algae (
Ulva andMonostroma ), tank cultivation ofUlva using Deep Seawater (Conducted conjointly withDeep Seawater Research Center ,Muroto ,Japan ) and Ecology ofEcklonia andSargasm species inPacific Ocean .Notable Alumni
*
Masao Ohno
*Professor Nakauchi
*Professor Yamaoka See also
* The
Scripps Institution of Oceanography is a similar research facility located in La Jolla, California.
* TheWoods Hole Oceanographic Institution is also a similar oceanographic facility located atWoods Hole inMassachusetts .
* TheInstitute of Algological Research is a similar phycological research institute also located inJapan
* TheFriday Harbor Laboratories in theUSA also conducts similar research inMarine Biology .External links
* [http://www.kochi-u.ac.jp/JA/kaiyo/Japanease%20top/japanease%20main6.htm Usa Marine Biological Institute]
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