On Saturday, January 27, 2024, the 6th Ueda Nishi High School Learning Project (Ueda Nishi Manabi Project) "Thinking about Biodiversity" was held at the Institute of Freshwater Biology.
On Saturday, January 27, 2024, the 6th Ueda Nishi High School Learning Project (Ueda Nishi Manabi Project) “Thinking about Biodiversity” was held at the Institute of Freshwater Biology. Six students, including members of the Biology Club and the Student Council, participated under the guidance of Mr. Yumitsu Tsuchiya, a teacher at Ueda Nishi High School. Each student presented his or her learning and research and engaged in lively discussions with the faculty of the Institute of Freshwater Biology (Associate Professor Sakie Kodama and Professor Hiroshi Hakoyama). In addition, the faculty of the Institute of Freshwater Biology gave a lecture on the basic concepts of biological conservation and statistics to deepen the students’ understanding. In addition, the students practiced measuring the ploidy (gene dosage) of animals using the Institute’s flow cytometry and, in conjunction with a lecture on the evolution of ploidy, learned the basics of ploidy characteristics in living organisms and that amphibians, among other animals, tend to have larger genome sizes.
The Institute of Freshwater Biology supports the efforts of high school students in biology as part of the high school-university cooperation.
Conference Agenda
High School Student Presentations
On the Purifying Effect of the Chikuma River, Takumi Ishizaka
On the Control of Invasive Species in the Chikuma River (Perch, Bluegill), Shusei Kanbayashi
Water Quality Survey of the Yadesawa River (Then and Now), Akiyoshi Kobayashi
Biofilm on the surface of rocks in Chikuma River, let’s restore Chikuma River to its former self, Kaname Naramoto
On the control of bullfrogs, Ryota Kobayashi
On the Cause of the Decline of Newts, Shiho Miyashita
Lectures
On Biological Conservation, Sakie Kodama
Introduction to Statistical Tests, Hiroshi Hakoyama
The Evolution of Gene Duplication and Polyploidy, Hiroshi Hakoyama
