■Time & Date : Jul.27 Mon. 10:00- Venue : D101 Applicant : 廖 海翔 Hai Xiang Liew Title : Site-specific variation in flowering phenology of a spring ephemeral herb, Corydalis ambigua , and implications for population maintenance under seed set variation Chief Examiner: Associate Prof. Kudo Gaku Co-Examiners: Prof. Aiba Shinichiro, Prof. Tsuyuzaki Shiro, Prof. Utsumi Shunsuke
■Time & Date : Jul.24 Feb. 9:00- Venue : D201 Applicant : 王 雪瑩 Wang Xueying Title : Flexibility of the gut microbiome in giant pandas: insights from captive populations in Japan Chief Examiner: Prof. Koshikawa Shigeyuki Co-Examiners: Prof. Utsumi Syunsuke, Associate Prof. Koizumi Itsuro, Assistant Prof.Hayakawa Takashi
■Time & Date : Jul.24 Feb. 10:30- Venue : D201 Applicant : 西島 明日香 Nishijima Asuka Title : Transcriptomic changes in peripheral blood across reproductive stages in female brown bears and polar bears Chief Examiner: Prof. Koshikawa Shigeyuki Co-Examiners: Prof. Utsumi Syunsuke, Assistant Prof.Hayakawa Takashi, Associate Prof. Yanagawa Yojiro (Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine)
Title : Studies on the effects of early-life nutrition on growth, physiological functions, and tissue development in Japanese Black cattle
Chief Examiner: Prof. Gotoh Takafumi Co-Examiners: Prof. Hoshino Yoichiro, Associate Prof. Suzuki Yutaka, Prof. Matsuzaki Masatoshi (Hirosaki University)
Soil formation process and sampling in northern forests, carbon budget in forests, nitrogen cycling in forest, forest structure and estimation of resources, stream water chemistry, hydrological observation in forested rivers, forest and river ecosystems
Cost：￥8,950 including accommodation fee, meal during the stay* (tentative)
*From dinner on 2 June to lunch on 5 June
Participants need to pay their own travel expenses to the venue. Use the public transport system.
Registration
Inform the following items to the contact address by 28 April (Tue.) 2026:
Name (Given/Middle/Family), Sex, Course name, Grade, Student number, E-mail address, Phone number for emergency *Note that course registration and this registration are required.
Gain agreement with the subject teacher if you are absent from another class due to this course.
For preventing the spread of infectious diseases, follow the instruction by staff during the stay. Pay attention to your physical condition and cancel the participant if you have a favor on the day.
Title : Functional analysis of the two heterogeneous flagella of the brown algal gametes using CRISPR-Cas9
Chief Examiner: Prof. Nagasato Chikako Co-Examiners: Prof. Hoshino Yoichiro, Associate Prof. Ichihara Kensuke, Prof. Kogame Kazuhiro (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University), Prof. Fujita Tomomichi (Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University), Emeritus Prof. Motomura Taizo (Hokkaido University)
“Special Courses in Field Science I & II” will be held at the facilities of the Field Science Center for Northern Biosphere. The following courses are scheduled this year.
Open Marine Courses (Prof. Nakaoka and Prof. Nagasato)
To be held in Akkeshi Marine Station and Muroran Marine Station. 4 courses in total: 2 courses in Muroran from June 12 to 15 and June 15 to 18, and 2 courses in Akkeshi from July 11 to 15 and July 15 to 19. The courses will be given in English.
Forest Ecology Course in Winter (Associate Prof. Kobayashi)
To be held in Research Forest Stations. This course will not be held in 2026.
Open Agro-Ecosystem Course (Prof. Hoshino)
To be held in Agro-Ecosystem Research Station. This course will not be held in 2026.
Open Boarding Course (Associate Prof. Yoshimura)
To be held on Training Vessel Ushio-Maru. The vessel leaves from and arrives at Hakodate Port. This course will not be held in 2026.
If you wish to participate in these courses, please contact first the responsible faculty members to confirm the schedule and course registration procedures. In some courses, the schedule will be announced via the mailing list of the Biosphere Course. Registration procedures are to be made through the registration form (change form) at the time when the participation is decided.
Notes
1. For practical training held outside of Sapporo, travel and accommodation expenses to the site are to be borne by the trainee.
2. Most courses will be held during the regular semester. If you wish to participate without attending other lectures, please obtain approval from the lecturers in advance.
Anyone who want to take this course, firstly apply by 10 April using the google form below BEFORE the formal course registration on the web system. Selection result of participants will be informed by email later.
https://forms.gle/DDb4uGJhS7ANeWUa9
No. participants: 10.
Priority is given to M1 students affiliated with the Forest Field Science Course.
If there are too many applicants, a selection will be made.
Course registration:
Only selected students can register for the course on the web system. Registration by unselected students will be invalid.
Place: Uryu Experimental Forest (Horokanai Town)
Period: From June to August (currently planned for early June)
One 3-night, 4-day field training session (Uryu Research Forest), with the possibility of additional online training sessions. Detailed schedule will be announced in moodle in ELMS.