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Lab activities
2023
2023.01.16 Wrap up party after our practical course.
2023.03.06 A party to celebrate our paper published in J Neurosci in 2021. Congratulations, Hirao kun!
2023.04.05 Welcome party!
2023.04.07 Book Reading Club has started today!
2023.05.26 Russian roulette Octopus ball party!
2023.06.23 Champloo party!
2023.07.22 Jinpa BBQ party!
2022
2022.10.22 A party to celebrate our new paper published in J Neurosci in 2022. Congratulations, Ikeda kun & Kataoka kun!
2022.11.25 Party with Mr. & Mrs. Schleyer.
2020
2020.02.21 Welcome party for Kataoka kun.
2020.03.03 Ikeda-kun was awarded for presentation of his master thesis.
2019
2019.02.01 Hirao kun won the poster award for his undergraduate thesis.
2019.03.26 Wrap-up party for Hirao kun and Chida kun.
2019.07.26 Oshoro tour to collect marine animals.
2019.08.16 Udon party.
2019.09.18 Party with Iwamoto san from Shimane Univ.
2019.10.18 Hot pot party with Mizunami lab members.
2019.12.13 Year end party.
2018
2018.01.05 New Year's party.
2018.02.02 Ikeda-kun presented his graduation thesis.
2018.02.14 Valentine's day party for Ikeda-kun (I).
2018.02.14 Lovely chocolate for Ikeda-kun (II).
2018.03.02 Welcome party for Hirao-kun and Kiuchi-kun with Mizunami lab members (I).
2018.03.02 Welcome party for Hirao-kun and Kiuchi-kun with Mizunami lab members (II).
2018.05.09 Tanaka was invited to Janelia Farm.
2018.05.10 Tanaka with a great mentor, Mark Stopfer at NIH.
2018.06.09 Genghis Khan party with Mizunami group members.
2018.06.22 Wrap-up party after the practical course for undergraduates (I).
2018.06.22 Wrap-up party after the practical course for undergraduates (II).
2018.07.28. Okonomi-yaki party.
2018.09.03 Wrap-up party after the entrance exam with Nagashi somen.
2018.09.06 Ikeda-kun presented a poster at Neurofly meeting in Krakow in Poland.
2018.09.14. Enjoyed Zubrowka, Ikeda-kun's souvenir from Poland.
2018.10.12 Squid and Octopus meeting in Oki.
2018.10.31 Halloween party.
2018.12.14. Year end party with 400 g Gulliver's hamburg.
2017
2017.01.16 We won the lottery of the university coop festival.
2017.01.16 Cheer up, Tanaka Lab!
2017.02.02 Mabuchi-kun presented his graduation thesis.
2017.02.02 Mabuchi-kun won two awards for the best poster.
2017.03.11 Farewell party for Koizumi-kun at Kinjishi (I).
2017.03.11 Katata-san is eating a piece of doughnut (II).
2017.03.11 Farewell party for Koizumi-kun at Kinjishi (III).
2017.03.27 Welcome party for Ikeda-kun with Octopus balls. Thanks Onoda-kun for nice sake!
2017.03.27 Welcome party for Ikeda-kun. Thanks Soida-san for very deliciou cookie!
2017.03.27 Welcome party for Ikeda-kun. Thanks Koizumi-kun's parents for great Echigo-sake!
2017.06.14 Farewell party for Mabuchi-ku with Mongolian BBQ at Yoshitsune.
2017.06.24 Party after a practical training at our new lab space in the Department of Biological Sciences.
2017.08.24 Udon party (I)
2017.08.24 Udon party (II)
2017.08.24 Udon party (III)
2017.08.24 Udon party (IV)
2017.09.30 Welcome party for Isabel!
2017.10.18 Oshoro tour to collect sea water.
2017.11.05 Welcome party for Matsumoto san with Takoyaki
2017.11.05 Birthday party for Isabel!
2017.12.19 Sam Reiter@MPI visited our lab.
2017.12.19 Year-end party with Sam.
2016
2016.01.23 New year party with Niigata sake and aburage (fried tofu) gifted from Koizumi-kun's parents.
2016.01.23 Aburage taste matched sake very well. Thanks, Koizumi-kun's paretnts!!!
2016.01.23 Drunken guys at midnight.
2016.02.17 Welcome Party for Mabuchi-kun & Birthday Party for Onoda-kun with pasta.
2016.02.17 Cooking a sort of peperoncino.
2016.02.17 Cooking ravioli.
2016.02.17 Enjoying ravioli and gnocchi.
2016.02.17 Happy Birthday, Onoda-kun. Soida-san's cake was really great!
2016.02.17 Serious guys at the pasta party.
2016.03.09 Farewell party with Dr Mizunami's lab members. Yagi-kun finished his master thesis.
2016.03.18 Training course of cephalopod anesthesia in Barcelona.
2016.03.18 Octopus at the training cource.
2016.03.18 Squid in Barcelona.
2016.03.19 Octopuses in Barcelona
2016.04.09 Souveniors from Spain and UK.
2016.04.09 Kissing to the mouth of a female? squid.
2016.04.09 Fino (Vino de Xerez) tasted really dry.
2016.04.09 Enjoyed smoky Scotch whisky, a souvenir from Onoda-kun.
2016.06.07. Mabuchi-kun presented a poster at the International Symposium on Olfaction and Taste in Yokohama. With Endo-san@Riken.
2016.06.27. Takemura-san@Janelia Farm gave a talk on connectome analyses of the mushroom body alpha lobe.
2016.07.8. Oshoro tour to collect plankton. Enjoyed sukiyaki and Koizumi kun's souvenior!
2016.08.02. Niboshi noodle in Hachinohe.
2016.08.25. Farewell party for Yagi-kun. (I)
2016.08.25. Farewell party for Yagi-kun. (II)
2016.09.09. Mabuchi-kun gave an English oral presentation at Japanese Drosophila Research Conference at Rikkyo Univ.
2016.09.16. Genghis Khan (Mongolian mutton BBQ) party with Invertebrate Neurobiology group members.
2016.10.4. Before collecting pygmy squids.
2016.10.4. Dissecting an Ooma tuna.
2016.10.4. Koizumi-kun won rare sashimi by Janken! Tasted so delicious!
2016.11.4. Pasta party to celebrate the third paper accepted (I).
2016.11.4. Pasta party (II)
2016.11.16. Koizumi-kun attended at the International Congress of Zoology in Okinawa.
2016.11.16. Tanaka attended at the SfN meeting in San Diego.
2016.12.8. Year end party, enjoyed lamb shabushabu.
2015
2015.01.30 Koizumi-kun presented his graduation thesis.
2015.01.31 Octopus-like squid at a party to celebrate Koizumi-kun's passing of his thesis.
2015.02.08 With Joby at his lab at Hyderabad Univ in India.
2015.02.12 Lighting the lamp at the Hyderabad Neuroscience meeting.
2015.03.11 Prof Ian Meinertzhagen's talk.
2015.03.11 Banquet with Prof Ian Meinertzhagen.
2015.04.27 Firefly squid musium in Namerikawa, Japan.
2015.05.06 Mabuchi-kun and Onoda-kun joined our lab.
2015.05.06 Welcome party for two new comers. Enjoyed dried firefly squid, octopus, half-dried squid.
2015.05.06 Dried firefly squid. Ink tasted so nice!
2015.05.30 Genghis Khan (Mongolian mutton BBQ) party with Invertebrate Neurobiology group members.
2015.06.05 Annual lab tour to the Oshoro Marine Station to collect plankton and Gammaridea.
2015.06.05 Enjoyed shabushabu at the Oshoro Marine Station.
2015.06.05 Spicy squid.
2015.08.12 Koizumi-kun fried dumpling very well for Noryo festival.
2015.08.12 Yagi-kun and Onoda-kun were wrapping meat and vegetable in dumpling skin for Noryo festival.
2015.08.12 2015.08.12 Koizumi-kun might be proud of his skill of making dumpling.
2015.08.12 Dried octopus for Noryo festival.
2015.08.12 Pose as an octopus.
2015.09.25 Octopus ball party with Tomina-kun@Cincinnati and Niwa-kun@Tsukuba (I). Mabuchi-kun did a good job!
2015.09.25 Octopus ball party with Tomina-kun@Cincinnati and Niwa-kun@Tsukuba (II). Mabuchi-kun did a good job!
2015.09.23. Yagi-kun presented his poster at the European Symposium for Insect Olfation and Taste held in Sardinia, Italy.
2015.11.10 Squid dance at the reception of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council Conference in Hakodate.
2015.11.10 With Ikaaru-seijin at the reception of CIAC meeting.
2015.11.11 Tanaka presented art works at the CIAC meeting.
2015.11.11 Koizumi-kun presented a poster at the CIAC meeting.
2015.11.14 Koizumi-kun won a runner-up stundent poster award at the Cephalopod International Advisory Council Conference!
2015.12.12 Dumplin competition.
2015.12.12 Two great chefs cooking dumplins and soy milk soup for year end party.
2015.12.12 Year end party to celebrate our first paper accepted.
2014
2014.1.29. Yagi-kun presented his graduation thesis.
2014.1.30. Yagi-kun won the best poster award for the presentation of his thesis and the MVP title!
2014.2.18-2.20. International Workshop on Animal Instinctive and Intelligent Behaviors. Thanks, everyone!
2014.2.24. Welcome party with Prof. Mizunami's lab members. Koizumi-kun will join our lab this spring.
2014.3.7. Oyama-san @ Kyoto Univ gave a talk on the circadian rhythms.
2014.4.4. Welcome party for a new comer, Koizumi-kun on the left (I).
2014.4.4. Welcome party for new comer, Koizumi-kun (II).
2014.5.29. Kushiro-Koryo high school students visited our lab. Koizumi-kun explained about pygmy squids.
2014.6.5. Lab tour to the Oshoro Marine Station to collect plankton and Gammaridea.
2014.6.5. Enjoyed a BBQ at night at the Oshoro Marine Station (I).
2014.6.5. Enjoyed the BBQ at night at the Oshoro Marine Station (II).
2014.6.14. Genghis Khan (Mongolian mutton BBQ) party with Invertebrate Neurobiology group members (I).
2014.6.14. Genghis Khan party with Invertebrate Neurobiology group members (II).
2014.6.14. Genghis Khan party with Invertebrate Neurobiology group members (III).
2014.7.25. International Brain Research Organization Advanced (IBRO) School of Neuroethology at Hokkaido University from 7/24 to 7/28.
2014.7.25. Assistant Professor Tanaka taught how to record the electroantennogram from Drosophila antenna to 20 young investigators from many countries at the IBRO School (I).
2014.7.25. Assistant Professor Tanaka taught how to record the electroantennogram from Drosophila antenna to 20 young investigators from many countries at the IBRO School (II).
2014.7.25. Koizumi-kun worked hard as a teaching assistant at the IBRO school.
2014.7.25. Yagi-kun worked hard as a teaching assistant at the IBRO school.
2014.7.27. My former mentor, Mark Stopfer in Sapporo!!! Mark visited Sapporo as a lecturer for the IBRO School.
2014.7.29. Yagi-kun’s poster presentation at the International Congress of Neuroethology (ICN).
2014.7.31. Koizumi-kun’s first poster presentation at the ICN.
2014.7.31. Murakami-san’s first poster presentation at the ICN.
2014.8.31. BBQ outside with Prof Mizunami's Lab members.
2014.9.11. Squids at the Octopus Ball Party. Koizumi-kun passed the entrance exams for the master course.
2014.9.15. Squid fishing in Hakodate.
2014.9.15. Prayed for luck in research in Hakodate Squid God shrine (I).
2014.9.15. Prayed for luck in research in Hakodate Squid God shrine (II).
2014.12.11. Year end party at Mikakuen with Prof Mizunami's lab members.
2013
2013.02.01 I moved to Hokkaido Univ.
2013.05.06 First in-lab party with Akkeshi sea urchin.
2013.05.14 Asia Pacific Drosophila Research Conference in Seoul.
2013.05.24 Nemuro-Keiun junior high school students visited our lab.
2013.06.22 Outside party with Prof. Mizunami's lab members.
2013.07.19 Behavior experiments with Kushiro-Koryo high school students.
2013.08.06 Dr Kitamura, Tasuku gave a talk about Batesian mimicry in the butterfly.
2013.08.09 First lab trip to Hakodate to purchase fresh squids. Dissected out squids’ brains in a hotel.
2013.09.06 Lab party at Kinjishi in recognition of Yagi-kun’s effort to pass the entrance examination of the master course.
2013.12.13. Year-end party at Koharu in Susukino, Sapporo.
Animals
2014.3.27. New animal, Clione have arrived (I).
2014.3.27. Clione (II)
2014.4.17. First squids have arrived. Thanks, Kasugai-san!
2014.4.19. Gammaridea from Yokoebiya-san.
2014.4.21. Pygmy squid eating a goby.
2014.4.17. Pygmy squids love corners.
2014.4.21. Pygmy squid eating a Gammaridea collected at Oshoro Harbor.
2014.5.1. Changing the internal body color.
2014.5.7. First baby squid in our lab.
2014.8.13. Squid and cuttlefish by Kaiyodo.
2014.8.13. Clione. Photo by Yagi-kun (I).
2014.8.13. Clione. Photo by Yagi-kun (II).
2014.8.13. Clione. Photo by Yagi-kun (III).
Lab equipments
Instruments for genetics, electrophysiology, calcium imaging, confocal imaging, behavior works, and electron microscopy are available.
Dissection space
Imaging rig
Electrophysiology rig
Zeiss confocal microscope
Fly room
Fly teaching machine
Eating space....
White board for discussions