At the Future of Nematode Research 2024 held from August 27 to 28, 2024, YAMASHITA Tatsuya, a second-year doctoral student at the Agriculture Program, the Graduate School of Agriculture (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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