| Project/Area Number |
21F20775
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 外国 |
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| Review Section |
Basic Section 45020:Evolutionary biology-related
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| Research Institution | Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
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Principal Investigator |
HUSNIK Filip 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 進化・細胞・共生の生物学ユニット, 准教授 (30886130)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
DUNPHY COURTNEY 沖縄科学技術大学院大学, 進化・細胞・共生の生物学ユニット, 外国人特別研究員
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| Project Period (FY) |
2021-04-28 – 2023-03-31
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2022)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Keywords | coral microbiome / functional dynamics / host microbiome / stability / ecosystem function |
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| Outline of Research at the Start |
We will conduct a short-term perturbation experiment which will allow me to understand whether coral hosts and their associated microbial communities from anthropogenically impacted sites are primed and therefore more robust to projected climactic conditions. Additionally, conducting a long-term reciprocal transplantation experiment between reef sites subjected to different levels of anthropogenic impact will shed light on the differences in adaptability of bacterial association and function across coral species.
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| Outline of Annual Research Achievements |
This past year, I was able to conduct multiple fieldwork expeditions and accomplish a large experiment and subsequent sample processing. Surveys were conducted along the west coast of Okinawa. Targeted coral species were collected to determine microbial species across variables such as (but not limited to): temperature, distance to river input, nearest population density, etc. In addition, corals were collected and a controlled experiment was conducted. To understand how differences in microbial community structure and function impacted coral survival, corals collected along the west coast of Okinawa were exposed to different stressors, for example, temperature, pH, hypoxia, etc. This was the second attempt at the large experiment. Thousands of samples have been collected, and subsequent lab and data analyses are currently underway.
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| Research Progress Status |
令和4年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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| Strategy for Future Research Activity |
令和4年度が最終年度であるため、記入しない。
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