Sharks International 2026 held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, concluded with immense excitement, leaving us with a clear mandate for increasing evidence-based conservation and high expectations for the future. The conference scope encompasses the entire class of Chondrichthyes (cartilaginous fishes). This includes elasmobranchs—a term I suspect many experienced participants often wanted to correct for its pronunciation: (ih-LAS-muh-brangk: /ɪˈlæs məˌbræŋk/ or ih-LAZ-muh-brangk: /ɪˈlæ

SI stands for Sharks International, namely the international conference for shark biology, ecology, and conservation held every four years, as listed below. 2010 (1st): June 6–11, 2010 - Cairns, Australia 2014 (2nd): June 2–6, 2014 - Durban, South Africa 2018 (3rd): June 3–8, 2018 - João Pessoa, Brazil 2022 (4th): October 10–14 (Online) & 20–22 (In-person), 2022 - Valencia, Spain 2026 (5th, Upcoming): May 4–8, 2026 - Colombo, Sri Lanka At the upcoming Sharks International 202

I am thrilled to share that the applications for internship at National Insitute of Genetics (NIG), Japan, are officially open. This would be a invaluable opportunity for aspiring early career researchers. NIG is located in Mishima, Japan, close to Suruga Bay >2500m deep & Mt. Fuji >3700m high. ​Our group is the base of the Squalomix Consortium conducted under the initiative of Earth Biogenome Project (EBP). We are participating and accepting interns in this program, NIG-INTE

I need to let you know that the gVolante server (which was mentioned here before ) has been down since the evening of the day before yesterday (October 20th). This wasn't planned—it's due to a hardware issue. Unfortunately, we don't have a timeline for recovery or a solid workaround right now, so please bear with us. Since it first went live, the server has been maintained thanks to the dedication of the paper 's lead author, Dr. Osamu Nishimura, and support from RIKEN BDR in

Here are some opportunities for those interested in our research to join us or work with us for different career phases. Regardless of...

Here is a brief roundup of conferences focused on the ecology and biology of sharks and their relatives, each with varying degrees of academic orientation. The emphasis naturally shifts across events - some leaning more toward conservation, fisheries science, or market forensics. American Elasmobranch Society - held every year This year's conference is just around the corner, starting on July 9. Japanese Society of Elasmobranch Studies - biennial conference to be held this ye

This is about annual calls of NIG Postdoctoral Fellow . It is a 3-year, NIG-funded program, and the deadline is normally set in early...

Here are planned presentations at international conferences or English-spoken talks at Japanese meetings about the main projects of our...

Writing just in case. We're releasing several elasmobranch genome assemblies alongside manuscript preparation. While we expect these...

The national funding agency for academic research of Japan, JSPS, has announced the call for the 'short-term' category of its fellowship...

Here are some opportunities to work with us at NIG. Please feel free to contact Shigehiro Kuraku for any aplication ideas. NIG Global...

I cannot warn of the confusion about the difference between genome size and assembly size too much. Sequencing just gives you the total...

Our lab is a part of the Japan's domestic circle for supporting medaka biology, called National Bioresource Project (NBRP). For this...

The species Callorhinchus milii is often referred to as 'elephant shark', but it does not belong to the bona fide taxonomic group of...

Below you find opportunities of presentation at international conferences and workshops from our lab August 17-21, 2024 18th...

I think many researchers overtrust completeness assessment scores given by BUSCO. To investigate this matter, we previously analyzed the...

Believe it or not, we, Kuraku Lab at National Institute of Genetics, maintain aquarium tanks hosting three shark species. Cloudy catshark...

A review paper about very plastic repertories of the regulatory genes in vertebrate genomes (Nodal and Lefty) has been published in the...

Now posting after a long, long interval. Shamefully, there was no rountine to provide lab's news in this English version. Announcements...

Here are some presentations about our activity, regarding shark genome analysis. October 3-7. Biodiversity Genomics 2022 Squalomix: shark...