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# Laboratory for environment, development & evolution

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## Posts

- [For prospective graduate students](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/20250225_104938.html) - Students and post-docs who is motivated to work on the topic of interest in Atsuko lab (please see 'Research interest' page) are welcome to contact to Professor Sato for any opportunities to join the lab. There are scholarship opportunities available in the lab. Please send the following materials to Professor Atsuko Sato (sato.atsukoocha.ac.jp): Cover letter
- [International symposium “The role of soma-to-germline inheritance in evolutionary change”](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/20251105_161626.html) - Together with Daniel Phillip at University of Oxford, I will organise an international symposium “The role of soma-to-germline inheritance in evolutionary change” at Euro Evo Devo 2026 in Glasgow. Soma to germline communication has been reported in Genetics, but the role in evolution has not been investigated. This meeting will be a great opportunity to
- [Our paper on mathematical modeling of seashell horns is in press.](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/20240201_193038.html) - In collaboration with Derek Moulton at Mathematical Institute in Oxford and Nathanael Aubert-Kato at Ochanomizu University, we demonstrated a proof-of-concept approach to a multi-scale modeling of horn shape in a mollusk species 'Sazae' which shows a large phenotypic plasticity in presence and absence of horns within a single species. Sazae shows an amazing phenotypic plasticity
- [Our paper on the impact of maternal thermal stress on heterogeneity in maternal mRNA is published.](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/20240201_192152.html) - How parental stress will impact on the variation in development of the next generation? 'Bet-hedging' hypothesis, in that between-sibling variation increases after parental exposure to environmental stress, has been widely discussed in evolutionary biology. However, contrary to the prediction of bet-hedging hypothesis, we found that variation in the maternal mRNAs decreases after maternal embryonic thermal
- [EuroEvoDevo 2024 Helsinki Symposium 'Systems understanding of development: What can we learn about canalization?'](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/20231227_194244.html) - Daniel Čapek (University of Constance, Germany) and I will organize a symposium at EuroEvoDevo 2024 Helsinki. The symposium aims at forming a new community of research on canalization, integrating mathematics, physics and biology. It will provide a great opportunity to build novel collaborations. Invited Speakers: Marie-Anne Felix, CNRS, Paris Hitoyoshi Yasuo, Villefranche-sur-mer, France (available except
- [Atsuko's contribution to 'Woman in Tunicates' has been published](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/20231007_221807.html) - The Journal Genesis has organized a 'Woman in Tunicate' special issue to disseminate contributions of female scientists in the tunicate research community. Atsuko wrote how she met Ciona and how she developed her research, in a hope of inspiring future scientists. Please check it out! Sato, A*. (2023) Two sister species of Ciona are not
- [A technical staff position available](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/20231007_220142.html) - We are recruiting a technical staff starting 2024. Please find more detail in 'Joining us' section.

## Pages

- [Home](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/) - Environment, Development & Evolution Who we are? How does environment shape organismal forms and evolution? We aim to establish 'Future Evolutionary Developmental Biology' that provides a basis of for humans and the planet Earth to live happily together for another century. Research Interests
- [Members](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/members_list.html) - Current members Vũ Ngọc Huy 志田良平 Past members Lorenzo Pellegrini Simon Kershenbaum (2024-2025) Yuri Kato (2024-2025) Ayaka Ide (2022-2023) Wakana Harada (2023) Takako Matsumoto (2021-2023) Maika Kinoshita (2021-2023) Hiroko Ishii (2022-2023) Yuzu Hasegawa (2018-2022) Yukie Mihirogi (2019-2021) Gina M Oba (2016-2020) Selena Setsu (2018-2020) Karin Inoue (2017-2019) Miyu Kojima (2015-2017) Misato Funahashi (2015-2016)
- [Publications](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/publications.html) - Recent peer-reviewed Articles (* corresponding author) 2026 Sato, A*. How does seawater temperature affect the evolution of chordate body forms? Marine Biologists, in press 2025 Nydam, M., Gamble, D., Gordon T., Hiebert, L.S, Hutchings, B., Liberti, A., Mondal, J., Moody, K., Olhasso, M., Popsuj, S., Sato, A., Unal, F. N. O., Gregorio, A.D. The Second
- [Research Interests](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/research) - The grand challenge: Predicting future morphological changes in a changing environment The reigning conceptual framework for the mechanism of evolution, laid down almost a century ago, is that evolution proceeds by natural selection for reproductive success among individuals that vary by random nucleotide changes in their genome. However, there are many anomalies, including the rapid
- [Joining us](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/Joiningus.html) - Job opportunity Post-doctoral fellowships JSPS offers an excellent opportunity to experience working in Japan. There are three calls every year. For academic year 2026, there are still upcoming application deadlines: 10 April 2026 (12 to 24 months from 1 September 2026) Please find more detail: https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-fellow/e-ippan/appliguidelines.html Other than these, there are many other fellowships
- [Lectures](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/lectures.html) - Molecular Genetics Time: October-January, Thursdays 10:40-12:20 Our understanding of genomes and genes have achieved a tremendous progress. At the same time, there are an increasing number of phenomena discovered that does not fit into traditional Mendelian genetics, such as epigenetics and transgenerational epigenetic inheritance. I will introduce you some of the exciting discoveries of gene
- [Principal investigator](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/member/pi.html) - Atsuko Sato Associate Professor Faculty of Science, Department of Biology Ochanomizu University Education 2008 D.Phil. in Zoology, University of Oxford (Merton College) 2004 Master in Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo 2002 BSc in Biology, Waseda University Appointments 2021- Associate Professor,
- [Members](https://www-p.sci.ocha.ac.jp/bio-atsuko-en/member) - Principal Investigator Members list
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