Kan-nichi Seminar

Kan-nichi seminar is held once a month to facilitate collaborative studies and mutual understanding of researchers inside and outside the university. Those who are interested are welcome to attend the seminar. Students are also welcome to attend the seminar.

2024

April 2024-March 2025

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
90 18 April Recent Trends in biodiversity issues Tohru Nakashizuka Forest Research and Management Organization Abstract
 
2023

April 2023-March 2024

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
89 15 February Molecular geochemistry: Geochemistry = History of elemental partition, partition = behavior of molecular at the interface TAKAHASHI Yoshio Dept of Earth and Planetary Science and Isotope Science Center The University of Tokyo Abstract
88 18 January The degradation state of plastics found in the Japan Sea environment Edward Gou Nagato Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University / Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
Abstract
87 21 December Emission sources and formation processes of ultrafine particles in the troposphere TAKEGAWA Nobuyuki Tokyo Metropolitan University Abstract
86 16 November Seasonal and spatial variations of atmospheric aerosols in Antarctic troposphere Keiichiro HARA Fukuoka University
Abstract
85 19 October Characteristics of the Aryl Hydrocarbon Receptor (AHR) Signaling Pathway in Birds IWATA Hisato Center for Marine Environmental Studies, Ehime University Abstract
84 28 September Chemical reactions of organic compounds associated with atmospheric aerosols Takayuki KAMEDA Graduate School of Energy Science, Kyoto University Abstract
83 7 September Inversion of Environmental Policies in Asia Jin Sato
Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, the University of Tokyo Abstract
82 20 July Physiological and ecological studies of crustaceans and their application to aquaculture and marine ecotoxicology Kenji Toyota
Noto Marine Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University Abstract
81 15 June Creation and development of enviromental colloid engineering on the basis of dynamic analysis of flocculation Yasuhisa Adachi
University of Tsukuba, Faculty of Life and environmental Science Abstract
80 18 May Study on effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on human immune system Sogo Nishimoto
Ishikawa Prefectural University Abstract
79 20 April Discovery and application of the nitrogen fixation by iron-reducing bacteria –key player of sustainable rice production– Yuko Masuda
the University of  Tokyo Abstract
2022

April 2022-March 2023

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
78 16 March Characteristics and causes of air pollution in Wuhan, China Zhang Lulu
Hubei University of Technology
Abstract
77 16 February Quaternary age dating in the Korean Peninsula using OSL and 14C dating Jin Cheul Kim Quaternary Environment Research Center, Korea Institute of Geoscience and Mineral Resources (KIGAM) »Abstract
76 19 January The fates of nitrogen deposition in the forest ecosystems elucidated by natural abundances of nitrogen and oxygen isotopes Keisuke Koba
Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University
»Abstract
75 15 December Characteristics of sedimentary environment and its history in oligohaline estuarine lake (Lake Shinji)
Koji Seto
Estuary Research Center, Shimane University
»Abstract
74 17 November Short-term effects of fine particulate matter and ozone on respiratory system Masayuki Shima
Department of Public Health, School of Medicine, Hyogo Medical University »Abstract
73 20 October How bone-eating worms eat whale bones by the root Nirio Miyamoto
Japan Agency for Marine-earth Science and Technology, X-STAR »Abstract
72 29 September Assessing the effects of environmentally friendly farming practices on biodiversity in rice paddy ecosystems Yuki Baba

Biodiversity Conservation and Utilization Group, Division of Agro-Ecosystem Management,Institute for Agro-Environmental Sciences, NARO, Principal Researcher

»Abstract
71 21 July Science of Biomineralization from pearl to global environment Michio Suzuki

Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, the University of Tokyo, Professor

»Abstract
70 16 June (Online seminar)Atmospheric ammonia and aerosol particles Kazuo Osada

Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University, Professor

»Abstract
69 19 May Predicated drifting polystyrene degradation in world oceans based on thermal decomposition Katsuhiko Saido

Albatross Alliance Founder/ College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Senior researcher

»Abstract
68 21 April (Online seminar)A decade of TEPCO’s Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident from a fisheries oceanography perspective Hideki Kaeriyama Fisheries Resources Institute, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency »Abstract
2021

April 2021-March 2022

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
67 15 February

Analysis of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon quinones in particulate matters (PM) from atmosphere and combustion sources and their contribution to PM oxidative potentials.

Akira Toriba Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University »Abstract
66 18 January Single-particle analysis of aging processes of atmospheric aerosols Masao Gen Faculty of Frontier Engineering, Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University »Abstract
65 22 December The application of OSL dating to marine terrace for estimation of landform evolution – An example of Noto peninsula – Kazumi Ito National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Geological Survey of Japan, Institute of Earthquake and Volcano Geology »Abstract
64 16 November Effect of global warming on water-carbon cycles in permafrost zone of northeastern Eurasia Tetsuya Hiyama Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya University »Abstract
63 19 October (Online seminar)Specific phenotypes observed in growth-hormone-transgenic amago salmon (Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae) Tsukasa Mori Department of Marine Science and Resources, Nihon University College of Bioresource Science »Abstract
62 28 September (Online seminar)Plant-animal communities in the Anthropocene  Chuan-Kai Ho Institute of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, National Taiwan University »Abstract
61 20 July (Online seminar)Investigation of Antarctic Lake Sediment Kota Katsuki Estuary Research Center, Shimane University »Abstract
(Japanese)
60 15 June (Online seminar)Environmental impact on sex determination and endocrine system Shinichi Miyagawa Department of Biological Science and Technology, Faculty of Advanced Engineering, Tokyo University of Science »Abstract
(Japanese)
59 18 May (Online seminar)Genomic Research Linking Marine Field and Evolution Yoshida Masa-aki Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Science, Shimane University »Abstract
(Japanese)
58 20 April (Online seminar)Marine biogeochemical cycles of trace elements revealed by clean technique Obata Hajime Professor, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, Tokyo University, Japan »Abstract
(Japanese)
2020

April 2020-March 2021

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
49 17 June Monitoring of aerosol physical properties in the Noto Peninsula Alessia NICOSIA Ph.D, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Japan »Abstract
50 30 June

Environmental research considered with humic substances

Iwai Hisanori Ph.D. Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Japan »Abstract
(Japanese)
51 21 July

Life history and intraspecific behavior in sphaeromatid isopods (Crustacea: Peracarida)

Takeru Nakamachi

Noto Marine Laboratory, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract (Japanese)
52 1 Sept.

My thoughts for the researches in Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University

Chohji Tetsuji Cooperative Researcher: Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University, Emeritus Professor: National Institute of Technology, Toyama College, and Kagoshima College »Abstract (Japanese)
53 20 Oct.

Marine chemistry of the North Pacific Ocean based on trace metal stoichiometry

Yoshiki Sohrin Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University »Abstract
(Japanese)

54

17 Nov.

Research of environmental dynamics for cosmogenic and anthropogenic radionuclides using Accelerator Mass Spectrometry

Kimikazu SASA Tandem Accelerator Complex, Department of Physics, University of Tsukuba »Abstract
(Japanese)
55 22 Dec.

Interaction of Kosa particles with naphthalene as a probe PAH

ZHANG Lulu Ph.D., Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
56 19 Jan. (Online seminar)

Assessing the risk of climate change and alien invasion species using species distribution models


Zhixin Zhang

Ph.D., Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology »Abstract
57 16 Feb. (Online seminar)
Toxification mechanism of pufferfish–How does pufferfish accumulate tetrodotoxin?
Yuji Nagashima Professor, Niigata Agro-Food University »Abstract


2019

April 2019-March 2020

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
39 2 Apr. Fukushima- a view from the ocean Ken Buesseler Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, MA, USA »Abstract
40 16 Apr. 1. Evaluation of causal effect of insecticides on population declines of a dragonfly, Sympetrum frequens in rice fields Kosuke Nakanishi Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies »Abstract
(Japanese)
    2. Ecological risk assessment and management of heavy metals: assessment of causal effects on invertebrate community and robust decision-making against severe uncertainty. Hiroyuki Yokomizo Center for Health and Environmental Risk Research, National Institute for Environmental Studies »Abstract
(Japanese)
41 18 June 1. Viral toxicity using clinical study in Beni-Suef University as PhD degree, and evaluation of polluted sea water in the Red Sea on the osteoclasts and osteoblasts of goldfish in Noto Marine Laboratory Mohammed Ibrahim Zanaty Mourad Cooperative Researcher, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
  2. Long-term aerosol observations in NOTO Ground-based Research Observatory (NOTOGRO) Alessia NICOSIA Posdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
  3. The use of glass fiber filter functionalized with PEI/HA double-layer coating for removing copper from seawater. Hisanori Iwai Posdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
42 16 July Safety of edible pufferfish – Appearance of hybrid individuals – Shoichiro ISHIZAKI Graduate School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology  
43 9 Sept. Introduction to ocean literature Atsushi TSUDA Atmospheric and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo

»Abstract (Japanese)

44 15 Oct. Accident of Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant for a researcher majoring atmospheric aerosol Naoki KANEYASU National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology »Abstract
(Japanese)

45

7 Nov.

Ecology of microbial loop in lake and marine systems

Shin-ichi NAKANO Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University »Abstract
(Japanese)
46 19 Nov.

Progress of the Japan Environment and Children’s Study

Kenji TAMURA Visiting researcher, National Institute for Environmental Studies »Abstract
(Japanese)
47 21 Jan.

Evolution of metazoan metabolism and morphology

Takeshi Kawashima National Institute of Genetics »Abstract
(Japanese)
48 18 Feb.

Joint ownership rights in Early Modern Period of Kaga Domain – the suggestions for contemporary property law study.

Gakuto TAKAMURA College of Policy Science, Ritsumeikan University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2018

April 2018-March 2019

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
28 17 Apr. Marine Plastic Pollution ーcurrent and future studies on microplastics Atsuhiko Isobe Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University »Abstract
(Japanese)
29 15 May Establishment of Japan as Ocean Resource Nation Hidekazu Tokuyama Center for Advanced Marine Core Research, Kochi University »Abstract
(Japanese)
30 19 Jun. Biomonitoring study for environmental pollutants around Japan sea area Masato Honda Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
31 9 Jul. Bio-aerosols: population dynamics and emerging global trends Stephen B. Pointing Yale-NUS College,
National University of Singapore
»Abstract
32 17 Jul. Coastal engineering and climate change in Korea Wook-Hyun Nahm Geological Research Division, KIGAM »Abstract
33 25 Sep. Prenatal and postnatal environmental chemical exposure and their associations with growth of children – brief introduction to mini-birth cohort in Jiangsu Province rural area Zhijun Zhou School of Public Health, Fudan University »Abstract
34 16 Oct. Particular life cycle strategy of moon-jelly, Aurelia coerulea in the Sea of Japan Hiroshi Miyake School of Marine Biosciences, Kitasato University »Abstract
(Japanese)
35 20 Nov. On the Food Sharing of the Feast: A Case Study in Futuna, Vanuatu, Melanesia Yasuko Kinoshita Institute of Noto SATOUMI Education and Studies »Abstract
(Japanese)
36 18 Dec. Formative process of block stream in the Japan Sea area- A case study of Mt. Maneo in Korea Yukiya Tanaka College of Sciences, Kyung Hee University »Abstract
(Japanese)
37 15 Jan. Analyzing aquatic biodiversity using environmental DNA Toshifumi Minamoto Graduate School of Human Development and Environment, Kobe University »Abstract
(Japanese)
38 19 Feb. From conservation to utilization of nature: Integration of environment, society and economy by green infrastructure Yusuke Ueno Ishikawa Prefectural University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2017

April 2017-March 2018

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
17 18 Apr. 1.Development of an open-access data repository for environmental monitoring data of the Pan-Japan Sea Area Takehiro Miyamoto Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2. Study on environmental radioactivity using radioiodine and radiocarbon Tetsuya Matsunaka Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
18 16 May Studies using Chemical Meteorology Model: Air Pollution – Meteorology Interactions Mizuo Kajino Atmospheric Environment and Applied Meteorology Research Department, Meteorological Research Institute, Japan Meteorological Agency »Abstract
(Japanese)
19 20 Jun. 1. Observation of new particle formation event at Noto peninsula and quantitative evaluation by transported air from outside the country Hiroshi Tsurumaru Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
2. An analysis of Polycyclic aromatic compounds in the marine environment through abiotic and biotic tiers Edward G. Nagato Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology
20 18 Jul. Sinking particles in the marine environment –Observation and analysis in the Japan Sea and off Fukushima Shigeyoshi Otosaka Research Group for Environmental Science, Japan Atomic Energy Agency »Abstract
(Japanese)
21 26 Sep. Evolution of the Japan Sea inferred from neodymium isotopes of fossil apatite and introduction of environmental DNA study in the Toyama Bay Keiji Horikawa Graduate School of Science and Engineering for Research, University of Toyama »Abstract
(Japanese)
22 17 Oct. Habitat connectivity of organisms: its significance and methodological advancement Tadashi Miyashita School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo »Abstract
(Japanese)
23 21 Nov. 1. Impacts of anthropogenic toxic chemicals on aquatic communities Masaki Sakamoto Department of Environmental and Civil Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2. Exposure Assessment of Indoor Air Pollutants to Children Yukari Takahashi Faculty of Contemporary Society, Toyama University of International Studies
24 19 Dec. Natural and social evaluation of connectivity from forests to coastal areas brought by the forest management Shozo Shibata Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies, Kyoto University »Abstract
(Japanese)
25 16 Jan. Study on plant life history using a life table Eiichiro Kinoshita Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
26 20 Feb. Health Effects of Air Pollution: A Historical Review and Perspective Masayuki Shima Department of Public Health, Hyogo College of Medicine »Abstract
(Japanese)
27 5 Mar. Research lecture: The Ecology of Desert Microbes: From Earth to Mars Stephen Pointing Yale-NUS College,
National University of Singapore
»Abstract
2016

April 2016-March 2017

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
10 17 May 1. Analysis of particulate PAHs in Northeast Asia by using model simulations Yayoi Inomata Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2. Studies on catchment environmental changes and material transport processes based on lake and reservoir sediments Shinya Ochiai Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
11 12 Jul. Late Cainozoic Geostructural Development of Hokuriku District, Central Japan Shinji Tsukawaki Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
12 20 Sep. Immunity of Fishes: Innate immune system on fish body surface Yoichiro Kitani Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
13 18 Oct. Relationship between the abyssal circulation in the Japan Sea and the global change Toshitaka Gamo Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, the University of Tokyo »Abstract
(Japanese)
14 15 Nov. 1. Issues on the introduction of marine education in elementary and junior high schools; Effective use of Satoumi resource Makoto Urata Institute of Noto Satoumi Education and Studies,
Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
»Abstract
(Japanese)
2. Measurement of change of in childrens’ consciousness through community-based education -A case study of SATOUMI learning in Noto town, Ishikawa Prefecture – Kyoko Matsumoto Institute of Noto Satoumi Education and Studies,
Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
15 20 Dec. The North Pacific Marginal Seas System – A relationship between the Japan and the East China Sesas Tomoharu Senjyu Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Kyushu University »Abstract
(Japanese)
16 17 Jan. New stage of Japan Sea paleoceanography using shallow marine drilling core Takuya Sagawa Institute of Science and Engineering, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2015

April 2015-March 2016

No. Date Lecture title Lecturer Affiliation Abstract
1 12 May 1. Atmospheric research activity in the western coast of central Japan: Towards the establishment of the aerosol climatology Atsushi Matsuki Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2. Beginning with the research of hormones, development our research into environmental risk assessment and aquaculture Nobuo Suzuki Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
2 9 Jun. 1. Future Direction of Environmental Studies at Marginal Seas Seiya Nagao Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2. Geochronology: Deveropment of new methodology and application to the disaster research Noriko Hasebe Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
3 14 Jul. 1. Predictive model for adsorption/desorption of toxic trace elements on earth surface materials Keisuke Fukushi Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2. Environmetal Pollution in East Asia from the Point View of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Kazuichi Hayakawa Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
4 2 Oct. 1. Ecology of Land crab connecting forest and ocean and its influence on coastal ecosystems Seiji Yanai Environmental Sciences, Ishikawa Prefectural University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2. Depopulation mechanism and some prospects of rural regeneration: a case of Noto peninsula area Hikaru Samuta College of Human and Social Sciences, Kanazawa University
5 16 Oct. Geochemical cycles within the Sea of Japan: Implications from distributions of multi-radionuclides Mutsuo Inoue Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
6 10 Nov. 1. The environmental research of marine invertebrates expanding from the endocrine research Toshio Sekiguchi Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
2. Biodiversity and ecological restoration in paddy-dominated landscapes Nisikawa Usio Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University
7 8 Dec. Direct use of low enthalpy natural energy Shigeo Kimura Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
8 12 Jan. Circulation in the Pacific Ocean revealed by low-level counting at Ogoya underground laboratory
Transportation and prediction of FNPP1-derived radiocesium
Yasunori Hamajima Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)
9 9 Feb. Study on atmospheric polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in East Asian area Ning Tang Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology, Kanazawa University »Abstract
(Japanese)