At the Future of Nematode Research 2024 held from August 27 to 28, 2024, YAMASHITA Tatsuya, a second-year doctoral student at the °µÍø½ûÇø Program, the Graduate School of °µÍø½ûÇø (Nematology Laboratory, Associate Professor SHINYA Ryoji), won the Outstanding Oral Presentation Award based on participants’ voting.
In this research, YAMASHITA established a transformation method for a new genus and species of viviparous nematode discovered by his research group. YAMASHITA’s award-winning presentation title is as follows:
Presentation title: Establishment of transformation technique for viviparous nematode,
Tokorhabditis tufae, living in an extreme environment for nutrient matter imaging
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