Asura International Seminars

A Wide variety of topics brought to you by leaders in their field

December 16th, 2015
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  • Dr. Robert Ogden
November 24th, 2015
Dr Robert Ogden
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  • Dr. Robert Ogden
October 26th, 2015
October 28th, 2015
Dr Robert Ogden
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  • Dr. Laura Martinez
September 14th, 2015
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  • Dr. Lydia Hopper
August 28th, 2015
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  • Mr. Thananh KHOTPATHOOM and Mr. Vongdueane VONGSIHARATH
August 26th, 2015
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PHEROMONATHERAPY: THE USE OF SEMIOCHEMICALS TO CONTROL ANIMAL EMOTION. FIRST PRINCIPLES
  • Prof. Daniel Mills
July 24th, 2015
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Reconstructing the social system of Homo erectus
  • Drs. Carel P. van Schaik & Erik Willems
February 27th, 2015
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Deeping Japan-Laos Friendship through Lao Elephant Breeding Project
  • Prof. Houngphet CHANTHAVONG (Dean of Faculty of Forestry, National Univ. of Laos)
  • Mr. Saysamone PHOTHISAT (Deputy Director of DFRM, MoNRE, Lao P.D.R.)
February 23rd, 2015
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University of Medical Sciences of Bhutan:
Introduction and future perspective
February 16th, 2015
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  • Dr. Rekha Chhetri (Senior Lecturer、College of Natural Resources、Royal University of Bhutan)
  • Mai Kobayashi
December 8th, 2014
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  • 「ワイルドライフサイエンスへの展望」（今回は日本語で開催いたします）
December 4th, 2014
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  • Dr. Boniface Kayang ( Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana )
    Characterization for conservation and sustainable use of local animal genetic resources in Ghana.
  • Dr. Erasmus Owusu ( Department of Animal Biology & Conservation Science, University of Ghana)
    Human-Wildlife Conflicts in Ghana: The Role of "Uncharismatic" Species
November 14 th, 2014
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  • Yumi Yamanashi (JSPS Research Fellow [PD], Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University)
    Long-term stress monitoring in captive chimpanzees: development of practical methodologies and application to welfare practices
  • Ai Kawamori (Research Fellow, School of Advanced Science, The Graduate University for Advanced Studies)
    Did interspecific competition cause divergence of risk sensitivity? Laboratory experiments of bird species
  • Augustin K. Basabose (Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles de Lwiro, Democratitic Republic of Congo /
    Visiting Scientist for PWS, Kyoto University)
    GETTING TO KNOW AN UNHABITUATED CHIMPANZEE COMMUNITY USING NONINVASIVE GENETIC METHODS.
November 11 th, 2014
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  • Augustin K. Basabose (Centre de Recherche en Sciences Naturelles de Lwiro, Democratitic Republic of Congo /
    Visiting Scientist for PWS, Kyoto University)
    LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL STUDIES ON CHIMPANZEE INHABITING THE MONTANE FOREST OF KAHUZI-BIEGA NATIONAL PARK: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES.
November 4,6,
2014
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A new international field study program in Sri Lanka on Wildlife and Primate Conservation

August 8 th, 2014
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  • Tashi Phuntsho (Senior Program Officer, Ministry of Health, Royal Government of Bhutan)
    Community Based Medical Care for Elderly People in Bhutan
  • Namgay Dawa (District Health Officer, Ｗangdue Phodrang District, Bhutan)
    Community Based Medical Care for Elderly People at the District Level
  • Ryota Sakamoto (Assistant Professor, Ｋyoto University)
    Community Based Medical Care for Elderly People in Khaling
July 18 th, 2014
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  • John Iversen (University of California San Diego [UCSD], USA)
    Music and animals
  • Maciej Trojan (University of Warsaw, Poland)
    Nature and animals in Poland
  • Yoriko Nishizawa (Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, Thimphu, Bhutan and CICASP, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University)
    1170days of nestling close to neonates in Bhutan
June 11 th, 2014
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  • Dr. Pema WANGDA, PhD (Chief Forest Officer, Watershed Management Division, Department of Forest and Park Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Forests, Kingdom of Bhutan)
    Evergreen Broad-leaved forest dynamics and its uses in the Bhutan Himalaya
June 06th, 2014
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The 3rd International Seminar on Biodiversity and Evolution

Cosponsored by:
MEXT Leading Graduate School Doctoral Program, “Leading Graduate Program in Primatology and Wildlife Science"
JSPS Core-to-Core Program, A. Advanced Research Networks, “Tropical Biodiversity Conservation"
JSPS Core-to-Core Program, B. Asia-Africa Science Platforms, “Study for Wildlife Conservation in the Western Tanzania"
June 4 th, 2014
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  • Prof.Vera Maria Ferreira da Silva （Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazonia）
    Project BOTO (Amazon river dolphin)
May 21 st, 2014
Mr. Jean Mobuli
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  • Mr. Jean Mobuli (WWF-Malebo, Republique Democratique du Congo, Base-camp Manager [Chef de Station])
    Conservation and habituation of bonobos (Pan paniscus) in the West part of the Batekes-North region, Station WWF-RDC/Malebo.
April 18 th, 2014
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Asura International Seminar
JSPS Core-to-Core Program “Research of Wild Chimpanzees in West Africa"
  • Dr. Kimberley HOCKINGS ( Research Fellow, Anthropology Centre for Conservation, Environment and Development, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University )
  • Dr. Kathelijne KOOPS ( Junior Research Fellow, Homerton College, Division of Biological Anthropology, Department of Archaeology & Anthropology, University of Cambridge )
  • Dr. Susana CARVALHO ( Postdoctoral Scientist, Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology, George Washington University )
April 16th, 2014
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Asura International Seminar
JSPS Core-to-Core Program “Research of Wild Chimpanzees in West Africa"
April 16 th, 2014
  • Dr. Dora BIRO ( Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford )
  • Dr. Claudia SOUSA ( Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, Universidade Nova de Lisboa )
  • Dr. Tatyana HUMLE ( Lecturer, School of Anthropology & Conservation, University of Kent )
April 4 th, 2014
Prof. William C. McGrew
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Place: Seminar room (BF1) of Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto
  • Prof. William C. McGrew
    (Emeritus Professor of Evolutionary Primatology, Department of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Cambridge)
    Cultural Primatology: Issues and Insights
February 21st- 22 nd, 2014
21st

22 nd
  • Lecture Ⅰ
    • Scott GILBERT (Swarthmore College, USA)
      "Eco-Devo-Evo: We never were individuals: A symbiotic view of life"
  • Workshop "Ecology, Animal Diversity and Development Ⅰ"
    • Shin-ichi NAKAGAWA(RIKEN, Wako)
    • Kazuyoshi CHIBA (Ochanomizu Univ, Tokyo)
    • Akira NAKAMURA (Kumamoto Univ)
    • Kenji SHIMAMURA (Kumamoto Univ)
    • Toshihiko FUJIMORI (National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki)
    • Masanori TAIRA (Univ of Tokyo)
  • Lecture Ⅱ
    • Scott GILBERT (Swarthmore College, USA)
      "How the turtle gets its shell: A paracrine hypothesis"
  • Workshop "Ecology, Animal Diversity and Development Ⅱ"
    • Naoki IRIE (Univ of Tokyo)
    • Shosei YOSHIDA (National Institute of Basic Biology, Okazaki)
    • Kunimasa Ohta (Kumamoto Univ)
    • Hiyoshi SAWA (National Institute of Genetics, Mishima)
    • Atsuo NISHINO (Hirosaki Univ. Aomori)
    • Hiroyuki TAKEDA (Univ of Tokyo)
February 7 th, 2014
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Place: Large Conference Room, Primate Research Institute, Inuyama
  • David Hill (Professor, CICASP)
    Listening and talking to bats in the dark: sensory excursions in ultrasound
  • Andrew JJ MacIntosh (Assistant professor, CICASP)
    The complex animal: ecological constraints and the emergence of behavioral organization
  • Yuko Hattori (Reserach fellow, Section of Language and Intelligence)
    Rhythmic entrainment in human and non-human primates -A comparative cognitive approach to evolutionary origins of human bonding mechanism-
February 4 th, 2014
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Place: Conference Room, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto
  • Takushi Kishida (Research fellow, Division of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
    The ontogeny of male social partner preferences in maturing mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)
  • Kodzue Kinoshita (JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Wildlife Research Center of Kyoto University)
    Fecal near infrared spectroscopy to discriminate sex and species in the field
  • Haruko Ando (JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)
    Feeding ecology of an endangered bird in oceanic island, estimated by high-throughput sequencing
January 31 st, 2014
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Place: Large conference room, Primate Research Institute, Inuyama
  • Stacy Rosenbaum (Graduate Students, Department of Anthropology, University of California, United States)
    The ontogeny of male social partner preferences in maturing mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)
January 28 th, 2014
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Place: Conference Room, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto
  • Stacy Rosenbaum (Graduate Students, Department of Anthropology, University of California, United States)
    The ontogeny of male social partner preferences in maturing mountain gorillas (Gorilla beringei beringei)
  • Laurent Tarnaud (Lecturer, National Museum of Natural History, France)
    Meshing Education in Animal Behavior with Wildlife Science and Conservation For New Leadership
December 3 rd, 2013
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Place: Conference Room, Primate Research Institute, Inuyama
  • Tetsuro Matsuzawa (PRI&PWS, Kyoto University, Japan)
    Introduction of the Leading Graduate Program of Primatology and Wildlife Science
  • Emilie Genty (Cognitive Science Center, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
    Intentional communication and cooperation in apes
  • Gema Martin Ordas (Cognitive Zoology group, Lund University Cognitive Science < LUCS >, Sweden)
    Episodic memory and semantic memory in the comparative arena: looking at the future
December 2 nd, 2013
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Place: Conference Room, Wildlife Research Center, Kyoto
  • Tetsuro Matsuzawa (PRI&PWS, Kyoto University, Japan)
    Introduction of the Leading Graduate Program of Primatology and Wildlife Science
  • Emilie Genty (Cognitive Science Center, Université de Neuchâtel, Switzerland)
    Intentional communication and cooperation in apes
  • Gema Martin Ordas (Cognitive Zoology group, Lund University Cognitive Science < LUCS >, Sweden)
    Episodic memory and semantic memory in the comparative arena: looking at the future