11th International Workshop for Mangrove Biodiversity Studies by eDNA Metabarcoding

2 - 10 July, 2025
at the Iriomote Station, TBRC, University of the Ryukyus

Co-sponsored by JSPS Core to Core, KAKENHI International (B), COI-Next@Kanazawa Univ., Ocean Shot and COI-Next@Tohoku Univ.

Welcome to Iriomote Station!

We are pleased to hold the “11th International Workshop for Mangrove Biodiversity Studies by eDNA Metabarcoding” at Iriomote Station, Tropical Biosphere Research Center (TBRC), University of the Ryukyus, Japan.

The international collaboration project for eDNA research on global mangroves started in 2020 by obtaining support from JSPS Core to Core. The project successfully finished at the end of March 2023, and we started the second phase of the program by obtaining support from JSPS Core to Core in April 2024. We will explore further collaborations with Nature Positive oriented projects launched at Tohoku University and Kanazawa University.

In this one-week workshop, we will provide basic training for about 10 participants from 8 countries to further use of eDNA metabarcoding for their own studies.

Workshop Schedule

2 July: Arrival to Iriomote Station.
- Workshop Web Page (access restricted) :
3: Field sampling and eDNA extraction
4 - 6: Library preparation. Lectures on eDNA metabarcoding
7: NGS run by Illumina iSeq100
- Seminars and Lectures by invited or selected participants
8 - 9: Data Analyses
10: Closing the workshop

Participants

Andi Aznan Aznawi (Center of Excellence for Mangrove, Universiti Sumatera Utara), Indonesia
Natchanon Wongyai (Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University), Thailand
Jacklyn Fe J. Tolentino (Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines - Diliman), Philippines
Surabi Ravi (Faculty of Marine Sciences, Annamalai University), India
H.M. Thanuja Priyadarshika (Postgraduate Institute of Science, University of Peradeniya), Sri Lanka
Frankie Thomas Sitam (Environmental Sciences, Research & Development, Sarawak Energy Berhad), Malaysia
Farhan Bin Habib (Department of Marine Fisheries Science, Bangladesh Agricultural Univntersity), Bangladesh
Lauretta Andrew Laneng (Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation, Universiti Malaysia Sabah), Malaysia
Mayenne P. Balaba (College of Marine and Allied Sciences, Mindanao State University at Naawan ), Philippines
Imane Siudo (Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University), Japan

Organizers

Tadashi Kajita (TBRC, University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Yukinobu Isowa (TBRC, University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Iori Mizukami (TBRC, University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Keiko Shiromoto (TBRC, University of the Ryukyus, Japan)
Bernadeth Grace Pananganan, (TBRC, University of the Ryukyus, Japan), Research Assistant
Marizka Juliano Grafane, (TBRC, University of the Ryukyus, Japan), Research Assistant
Kohei Okuda, Admin (TBRC, University of the Ryukyus, Japan), Administrator