Hokkaido University 北海道大学
Hokkaido University
北海道大学
Japan
Hokkaido University originates from Sapporo Agricultural College which was established in 1876 as Japan’s first modern institution of higher education to grant bachelor’s degrees. It is one of Japan’s top national universities and has 12 undergraduate and 21 graduate schools covering a wide range of disciplines. Boasting one of the biggest campuses in Japan, the university houses cutting-edge research facilities, a university hospital, and one of the world’s largest research forests.
In 2014, the university adopted the “Hokkaido Universal Campus Initiative (HUCI)” — a reform program which aims to further internationalize the university as a whole to foster more world leaders who can contribute to the resolution of global issues. These leaders will be able to address contemporary issues, represent the frontier spirit as they forge new ways ahead, and contribute to the development of human welfare and society. The initiative will be in effect until 2024, approaching the university’s 150th anniversary in 2016.
As part of the efforts, the university has established the “Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE)” which brings together world-class researchers from around the world and within the University to promote international collaborative research and education. It consists of six Global Stations covering Soft Matter (GSS), Quantum Medical Science and Engineering (GSQ), Zoonosis Control (GSZ), Food, Land and Water Resources (GSF), Big Data and Cybersecurity (GSB) and Arctic Research (GSA). The university also offers a number of degree programs in English for international students.
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1 February 2017 - 31 January 2018
Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All
Subject/journal group: All
The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Hokkaido University published between 1 February 2017 - 31 January 2018 which are tracked by the Nature Index.
Hover over the donut graph to view the WFCoutput for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.
Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.
| AC | FC | WFC |
|---|---|---|
| 212 | 85.19 | 80.27 |
Outputs by subject (WFC)
| Subject | AC | FC | WFC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chemistry | 113 | 51.43 | 51.43 | |
| Life Sciences | 49 | 16.82 | 16.82 | |
| Physical Sciences | 65 | 23.92 | 19 | |
| Earth & Environmental Sciences | 14 | 4.03 | 4.03 | |
Highlight of the month
Bringing the enemy along for the ride
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In the evolutionary struggle between salmon and gill-infecting parasites, a defensive strategy adopted by large and strong fish may actually be helping the parasite do more damage.
A team led by Hokkaido University researchers captured and tagged more than 200 masu salmon from a small tributary to the Chitose River in Japan. Before releasing the shoal, they infected half the salmon with mussel larvae that form cysts in the fish gills.
Fifty days later, the researchers recaptured the tagged fish and found that the large, strong salmon had responded to the parasitic infection by traveling greater distances — presumably to get away from further contagion — while the smaller salmon tended to preserve their energy and stay closer to home.
As computer simulations showed, however, the larger fishes’ defensive strategy backfired: it simply helped the mussel population persist longer and spread further than if the fish had stayed put.
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