ネムリユスリカ Anhydrobiosis Sleeping chironomid

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About Sleeping Chirnonmid



Anhydrobiosis Research Unit
Natioal Institute of Agrobiological Sciences,
Ohwashi 1-2, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8634, Japan

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Insects are amazing. You can see them everywhere on this planet, even harsh places like arctic or desert. More than 70 % of animal species belong to the insects. Insects are the most successful animals because they are highly adaptive to environment. Our institute focuses on the distinguished ability insects have and studies the adaptive mechanisms at mainly physiological and molecular level.
At our research unit, we have chosen an insect, the Sleeping, Chironomid Polypedilum vanderplanki, having unbelievable desiccation tolerance, to such an extent that the larvae can stand complete dehydration and we study the mechanisms underlying this tolerance. This homepage provide you up-to-date information relating with this mysterious phenomenon, so called “cryptobiosis” or “anhydrobiosis” and also its application for generating novel preservation technology.



Spt-19-2014 Updated Publicationspage: The paper on genome of the sleeping chironomid was published in Nature Communications.
Apr-16-2014 Updated Publications and Members pages
11-10-13 Updated Publications page.
11-03-25 Updated Publications page.
10-12-15 Opened an official website for ISEPEP4 in 2011.→Click here for more info.
10-12-14 Updated Publications page.
10-12-01 Updated Publications page.
10-04-05 Updated Publications page.
Shimizu et al. was evaluated as Faculty of 1000 Biology on 31 Mar 2010. http://f1000biology.com/article/id/2730957

08-09-05 Updatied "A study of tolerance" and "Application in the furture" ( in "About Sleeping Chironomid" ) pages.
08-09-05 Updated Publications page.
08-04-17 A report of sleeping chironomid appered in Science News.
08-04-15 Opened our Website.
08-04-02 Publications' page was updated.
08-04-01 Established our new website!
   

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