UK-J - Research Visits and Exchanges

Research Visits and Exchanges

The UK-J partnership wishes to encourage research visits and exchanges for PhD students and post doctoral researchers between Japan and the UK.

Reports on these visits and the research activities undertaken will appear at this site.

Researcher	Host Institution	Aim of the visit
2005
Fleur Geoghegan	National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan	Cloning and relative expression of oestrogen receptor isoforms ERα and ERβ in the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus
Dr. Andrew Johnson	Public Works Research Institute, Japan	Visiting the experimental facilities at the Public Works Research Institute (Tsukuba) and the River water purification facility
Dr. Anke Lange	National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan	Oestrogenic sensitisation of gene expression in roach gonads
2006
Dr. Andrew Johnson	Kyoto University & Public Works Research Institute, Japan	Reviewing Japanese data and information regarding the level of aquatic endocrine disruption in Japan
Dr. Masaki Nagae Dr. Kiyoshi Soyano	Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, UK	Inspection of the equipment for the in vivo stickleback exposure system Research discussion and planning
Dr. Daniel Pickford	Institute for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima, Japan	Exchange of research results and discussion
2007
Dr. Anke Lange	National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan	Gene expression patterns revealing feminisation responses in roach gonads
Dr. Kiyoshi Soyano	Centre for Environment, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science, UK
2008
Dr. Melanie Dodge	National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan	Learning and applying the stickleback reporter gene assay systems
Dr. Andrew Johnson	Research Center for Environmental Quality Management, Japan PWRI, Japan	Several academic presentations and lectures Exchange of research results and discussion
Dr. Andrew Johnson	Institute for Amphibian Biology, Hiroshima, Japan	Visiting for study and discussion
Prof. Hiroaki Tanaka and research group	Centre for Ecology and Hydrology, Wallingford, UK	Thames river survey and sample pretreatment
2009
Dr. Anke Lange	National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan	Application of fish reporter gene assays - Knowledge transfer from Japan to the UK