- Fieldwork class in Sugadaira, Nagano. (2023.8.28)
- Welcome! Léon Brouillé, a visiting student from Université de Tours (France) joined. (2023.7.10)
- Welcome! One graduate student and two undergraduates joined. (2023.4.3)
- Our papers were selected as a Top Cited Article in Evolution & Development and a Top Downloaded Article in Entomological Science. (2023.3.30)
- Conglats for graduations! (2023.3.24)
- Taira Nishimura and Karen Terada were awarded their doctorates. Conglats! (2023.3.23)
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Tadashi Shinohara got a post-doc position in Shizuoka University, Japan. (2022.5.1)
- Farewell and welcome! Three students left to graduate and three undergraduates joined. (2022.4.1)
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Tadashi Shinohara was awarded the poster prize in the 81st Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of Japan. Conglats! (2021.9.5)
- Farewell and welcome! Nagata finished his master course, and four undergraduates joined. (2021.4.1)
- Tadashi Shinohara was awarded the doctorate. Conglats! (2020.9.25)
- One graduate and three undergraduate students joined. Welcome! (2020.4.1)
- Daisuke Satomi was awarded the doctorate. Conglats! (2019.9.25)
- Fieldwork in Korea. (2019.7.19)
- Farewell and welcome! Inoue finished his master course, and Kamuro joined to us. Nishimura, Terada and Nagata continue researches in their next steps. (2019.4.1)
- At the ceremony for Journal of Ethology Editor's Choice Award (2018.9.29)
- Invited speech in the symposium "Ecology and Evolution of Genitalia" in the 50th Annual Meeting of
the Arachnological Society of Japan. (2018.8.25)
Takami, Y. Sexual conflict and genitalia as a driver of eco-evolutionary dynamics.
- Fieldwork in Korea. (2018.7.13)
- Farewell and welcome! Kuroda finished his master course, and Nagata joined to us. (2018.4.2)
- Fieldwork in Sardegna Is. (Italy) and Tenerife Is. (Canary Isles., Spain). (2017.12.21)
- A short review "Current perspectives in insect speciation studies in Japan: Natural history meets genomics" by Y. Takami was published in Konchu-to-Shizen (Nature and Insects) (in Japanese). (2017.11.24)
- Fieldwork in Korea, again. (2017.8.1)
- Fieldwork in Korea. (2017.7.3)
- Fieldworks in Amami and Okinawa islands. (2017.4.24)
- One master course student joined to us. (2017.4.3)
- Yong Hwan Park was awarded the doctorate. Conglats! (2017.3.25)
- We attended
the 64th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan (March 14-18 2017, Tokyo, Japan).
Congrats on Kuroda's poster award! (2017.3.18)
Nishimura T, Takami Y Geographical variation in the genital morphology of Carabus maiyasanus is reproductive character displacement?: testing avoidance of hybridization costs
Shinohara T, Takami Y Diverse defensive morphologies in insects: the evolution of generalization and specialization in response to predater feeding types
Park YH, Kim JK, Takami Y Ground beetle community change in response to local climate change and its impact on broad-scale community evaluation
Kuroda T, Takami T Cost and morphological alteration due to parasitism by horsehair worms in a mantid
Inoue Y, Watanabe S, Takami Y Release from suppressive control by the brain mediates adaptive control of male mating behavior?
- Fieldwork in New Zealand, collaborated with Kyoto University and Hirosaki University. (2016.11.29)
- A short review of Takami's previous studies about molecular ecology of urban butterfly populations was published in Konchu-to-Shizen (Nature and Insects) (in Japanese). (2016.10.27)
- Takami attended XXV International Congress of Entomology (9/25-30, Orlando), and made a presentation in a symposium "In the Light of Morphometrics: Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution of Insect Morphology". (2016.10.4)
"Detecting divergent sexual selection operating upon divergent genital morphologies"
Yasuoki Takami & Sogo Takahashi
- Fieldwork in the states of Wasington and Arizona, the U.S.A., collaborated with Kyoto University and Hirosaki University. (2016.7.26)
- Fieldwork in Amami and Okinawa Islands, collaborated with Naruto University of Education and the University of Ryukyus. (2016.4.22)
Coraebus niponicus / Oedemeronia sexualis / Twilight in the YANBARU forest
- Two undergraduates joined
us. (2016.4.4)
- Congrats on graduations! (2016.3.25)
- We will attend
the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan (March 20-24 2016, Sendai, Japan). (2016.2.4)
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Evolution of insect external morphology as anti-predator adaptations: effects of predation manners" Shinohara T, Takami Y. [P1-154]
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Ground beetle community change in response to climate change in Baekdudaegan, Korea" Park YH, Jang TW, Kim JK, Chae HM, Takami Y. [P1-182]
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Mating behavior of praying mantids parasitized by horsehair worms" Kuroda T, Takami Y. [P1-274]
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Sperm competition and heteromorphic sperm bundles in ground beetles" Takami Y. [T15-2]
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Detecting divergent sexual selection operating upon divergent genital morphologies: Difference and complementarity between distance-based and landmark-based morphometrics" Takami Y, Takahashi S. [W33-3]
- Takami enjoyed fieldwork in Australia for collecting Cicindelid, Silphid and Carabid beetles. (2015.12.28)
- Takami gave an invited lecture at
CompBiol2015 (12/11-13, Hiroshima). (2015.12.14)
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Sexual conflict mediates mating behavior of a sexually cannibalistic praying mantid"
Yasuoki Takami, Kotaro Morimoto and Mika Kadoi
- Takami struggled in fieldwork in Chile for collecting Carabid, Cicindelid and Silphid beetles. So cold but nice beetles. (2015.12.8)
- Takami and Park enjoyed fieldwork in Korea for long-term research of ground beetle communities. Collaborated with Professor Jong Kuk Kim in Kangwon National University. (2015.8.3)
- Takami, Shinohara and Satomi enjoyed fieldwork in Ryukyu islands for collecting Chrysomelid and Oedemerid beetles. Granted from the University of Ryukyus. (2015.4.19)
- Three new students, Satomi, Kuroda and Watanabe, joined to the lab. (2015.4.3)