Month: April 2025

From April 11th to 22nd, 2025, Masato Nikaido and Aibara Mitsuto visited Malawi.　
Conducted environmental DNA experiments with local researchers and technical officers at the DNA lab of the University of Malawi. Installed the environmental DNA analysis software on the PC for analysis and checked its operation, then used the local researcher’s PC to carry out the procedures from creating the analysis environment to installing the software, created a manual, and then extracted DNA from environmental water samples collected from Lake Malawi. A power outage prevented us from carrying out the final step, but since the local researcher had already acquired the know-how, we decided to have them carry out the remaining steps locally.
Able to successfully transfer the technology to the local researchers and technical officers, by carrying out almost all steps related to environmental DNA analysis together and sharing the manual.

Environmental DNA extraction experiment and environmental DNA PCR experiment

Experiment with DNA at University of Malawi together with Dyson Kwenda，Sullamite Manduwa，Bashir Merico. Thank you！

 

From April 4th to 18th, 2025, Tetsu Sato visited Malawi.
The project’s key issues of community-based Satoumi fisheries resource management, the formulation of community-based resource management guidelines, and the development and dissemination of new tour programs by tour guide associations were discussed in depth, leading to significant progress and great results.