Biography:
Dr. Kawakami conducted research on the Japanese eel migration mechanism at Kyushu University, Japan. He received his PhD degree in 1998, with SEM and EPMA analyses of Otoliths. He then joined the eel reproductive research group at Hokkaido University, using molecular biological methods to study the metamorphosis mechanisms of Anguilliformes. Next, he was involved in aquaculture research at Kinki University, research on Germline chimeras at the Nanae Station, Hokkaido University, and eel seedling production and development at the Research Institute for Aquaculture, Japan. From 2012, he led the development of a research environment for eel seedling production at Shin Nihon Kagaku Ltd., Japan.
Title : Earlier induction of metamorphosis in Japanese eel leptocephali stimulated by thyroid hormone