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Marine Bioscience as the Pioneer of the Next Age
Taking as its foundation the cutting-edge technology of life sciences as well as the thinking processes found in resource management and bio-production, the School of Marine Biosciences has gained a worldwide reputation for research and education in the field of living marine resources. In 2011, due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, the School moved the base of its operations from the Sanriku coast to Sagamihara, where it has fully incorporated practical training via the newly built education and research wing as well as the Sanriku Seaside Practice Facilities and similar facilities of outside organizations. As a result, the School is offering a richer quality of education and research than ever before.Message from the Dean
Nobuhiro Kan-no
Dean of Kitasato University School of Marine Biosciences
Dean of Kitasato University School of Marine Biosciences
Our oceans are the birthplace of life and from where, the evolution of the great diversity of organisms has occurred. Currently, reproducible marine bioresources play an important role in human survival. However, the marine industry is faced with a daunting situation of decreasing resources, environmental degradation of coastal waters, and other problems. Recently, global consumption of marine products has rapidly increased, leading some to predict that in the near future, ensuring a sufficient food supply to meet the needs of Japan’s population will even become difficult. There is pressing need for the marine industry to change its stance to one of resource management and environmental conservation, in other words, it must become an industry which seeks the efficient use of marine organisms, while aiming to protect marine ecosystems. Ultimately, to achieve this change, global, economic and political action may be required. I believe, however, this must be supported by the accumulation of academic information regarding basic and bioscientific knowledge of marine vital phenomena. As such the responsibility of those in academic fields related to the use of marine organisms is becoming increasingly important. Now is the time when the true value of our academic resources is under test.
Recently, there has been a reawakening of the importance of biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems. Organisms living in aquatic environments eke out unique survival strategies which differ from those of land animals, such as water-mediated information transmission between organisms. Research methods in marine biosciences have made rapid progress in the late 20th century and are great contributing to the revelation of the physiology and ecology of marine organisms which sustain biodiversity. On the other hand, demands by society for this academic field have also diversified. New technologies for utilization and management of marine resources and for life production are required, in addition to conventional technologies and concepts of the marine industry.
At Kitasato University, under the basic principle of a “university where biomedical sciences are taught alongside the coordination of health, environment and food, the School of Marine Biosciences seeks to develop basic research on marine vital phenomena from the standpoint of the rapidly progressing biosciences and to apply its research results to the sustainable and efficient use of marine resources. Through our systematic educational programs ranging from fundamental to highly specialized, our goal is to develop human resources with a comprehensive view of society and man, keen global awareness, problem-solving and communication skills, and which can actively participate in a wide range of fields related to the use of marine resources.
1976 A Master’s Course in the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences is established.
1978 A Doctoral Course in the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences is established.
2000 The Department of Aquacultural Sciences and the Department of Marine Food Chemistry is reorganized into the Department of Marine Biosciences.
The Division of Fisheries Sciences in the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences are changed into the Division of Aquatic Biology.
2008 The name of the Department of Marine Biosciences, School of Fisheries Sciences is changed to the Department of Marine Biosciences, School of Marine Biosciences.
2011 The School of Marine Biosciences and the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences moved from Sanriku to Sagamihara Campus.
2012 The Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences renamed the Graduate School of Marine Biosciences.
2014 The Sanriku Education and Research Center for Marine Biosciences established at Sanriku Campus.
Recently, there has been a reawakening of the importance of biodiversity in aquatic ecosystems. Organisms living in aquatic environments eke out unique survival strategies which differ from those of land animals, such as water-mediated information transmission between organisms. Research methods in marine biosciences have made rapid progress in the late 20th century and are great contributing to the revelation of the physiology and ecology of marine organisms which sustain biodiversity. On the other hand, demands by society for this academic field have also diversified. New technologies for utilization and management of marine resources and for life production are required, in addition to conventional technologies and concepts of the marine industry.
At Kitasato University, under the basic principle of a “university where biomedical sciences are taught alongside the coordination of health, environment and food, the School of Marine Biosciences seeks to develop basic research on marine vital phenomena from the standpoint of the rapidly progressing biosciences and to apply its research results to the sustainable and efficient use of marine resources. Through our systematic educational programs ranging from fundamental to highly specialized, our goal is to develop human resources with a comprehensive view of society and man, keen global awareness, problem-solving and communication skills, and which can actively participate in a wide range of fields related to the use of marine resources.
History
1972 The Department of Aquacultural Sciences/Marine Food Chemistry, School of Fisheries Sciences is established.1976 A Master’s Course in the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences is established.
1978 A Doctoral Course in the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences is established.
2000 The Department of Aquacultural Sciences and the Department of Marine Food Chemistry is reorganized into the Department of Marine Biosciences.
The Division of Fisheries Sciences in the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences are changed into the Division of Aquatic Biology.
2008 The name of the Department of Marine Biosciences, School of Fisheries Sciences is changed to the Department of Marine Biosciences, School of Marine Biosciences.
2011 The School of Marine Biosciences and the Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences moved from Sanriku to Sagamihara Campus.
2012 The Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences renamed the Graduate School of Marine Biosciences.
2014 The Sanriku Education and Research Center for Marine Biosciences established at Sanriku Campus.