Ocean Science Meeting 2014

5400 participants, over 3000 posters, 17 oral sessions in parallel, this Ocean Science Meeting is huge. But it is a great opportunity to learn on progresses in marine research in various fields from geology, physical oceanography to ecology and molecular biology.

The poster sessions, although huge, were great to exchange ideas and perspectives and discover so many different research, sometimes very related to our own research but in a completely different field of science.

Keeping the best for the end, the last oral session on this meeting (well one of them) will be the mesophotic coral session, and after seeing the exciting posters at the poster session yesterday, I am really looking forward to hear the last updates in the field.

Otsukaresama and Sensei's birthday party

Yesterday (Feb 19th), we had a cheerful otsukaresama party with delicious foods and drinks. Congrats to our hard work this semester especially to Taiga, Kaito, and Yu who have finished their final defense. Wishing you all the best in your next study / career.

At the end of the party we were surprised Sensei with a small-nice birthday cake. We were celebrated her birthday although it was 1 day earlier. Happy birthday Sensei!! We wish you a wonderful day and may all your wishes comes true.