Lab activities
A graduate has won the Award in ADB-JSP Thesis of the Year 2025
Kyaw Soe Win, a master’s graduate from the Department of Socio-Cultural Environmental Studies, has been awarded 3rd Place in the Rural Development and Environment Cluster of the Asian Development Bank–Japan Scholarship Program (ADB-JSP) Thesis of the Year Award 2025. His thesis, titled “Change Detection of Mangrove Forests Using Deep Learning with Medium-Resolution Satellite Imagery: A Case Study of Wunbaik Mangrove Forest, Myanmar,” explored the application of deep learning models with the multi-temporal and multi-source imagery to monitor long-term changes in mangrove ecosystems, contributing to improved accuracy and valuable information for effective conservation strategies in Myanmar. Source: ADB Japan Funds Facebook Page
Laboratory farewell party and summer party
We held a farewell party and a summer party for special research student Nemati. Although he had to postpone his return home due to international conflicts, we wish him all the best in returning to his home country and successfully obtaining his doctorate.
Lab snowboard/ski trip in January 2025
The lab ski/snowboard trip came to Kagura for the first time in two years. It's convenient, being about 20 minutes by bus from Echigo-Yuzawa Station. We enjoyed an early dinner and hot spring at Michi-no-Eki Mitsumata.
Lab's farewell
March 22, 2024 was the farewell party of our laboratory. I would like to thank Dr. Endo and Dr. Chen for their support of our research and educational activities. Dr. Nakamura, a doctoral student, successfully received his doctoral degree and was awarded the Dean's Award of the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences. Congratulations! Thank you very much for your kind attention to the 10th anniversary of the Sasaki Laboratory. I look forward to your further activities and collaboration in the future.
Lab's welcome party
We held a welcome party for Dr. Matsuba, who was appointed as a lecturer of coastal environment group on February 1, and Mr. Deng, who came from the doctoral course of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology as a special research student on March 1. With Prof Satoh, Head of Department
Lab's Karuizawa skiing and snowboarding trip in February 2024
We enjoyed snowboarding and skiing at Karuizawa Prince Hotel Ski Resort (Nagano, Japan) from February 22 to 23, 2024. The nearest station is Karuizawa. We left our luggage at Hotel Cypress Karuizawa, rented equipment in front of the station, and took a cab service to the ski resort. Group photo after lunch Walking around Kumoba Pond Old Karuizawa Ginza
Presentation Award in the Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section at the 2023 Congress of the Japan Geoscience Union
Wataru Nakamura, Ph.D. candidate (3rd-year), received the Outstanding Student Presentation Award in the Atmospheric and Hydrospheric Sciences Section at the 2023 Congress of the Japan Geoscience Union (JpGU Meeting 2023). The title of the presentation was "Inorganic carbon cycle in mangrove soils and possibility for assimilation of outwelled mangrove carbon in seagrass and coral ecosystems." In the presentation, the carbon cycle among mangroves, seagrasses, and coral reef ecosystems was discussed using radiocarbon isotopes as a tracer. Congratulations!
Seminar by a visiting Ph.D. candidate from the UK in April 2023
Ph.D. candidate from Manchester Metropolitan University, UK, visited our laboratory and gave a seminar on April 10, 2023. The lecture's title was "Using Fractals to approximate riverbeds for realistic flow analysis." It would be a valuable technique for creating high-resolution spatiotemporal data. After the seminar, we held a reception party to deepen our friendship.
Lab's farewell party in March 2023
The commencement for the graduate school was held on March 23rd and the graduation ceremony for the undergraduate school was held on March 24th. One master’s student and one undergraduate student from our laboratory were awarded degrees. Congratulations! Lab's farewell party
Best Poster Award at the 70th annual meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan (ESJ70)
Wataru NAKAMURA, a Ph.D. candidate and Phyo Thet Naing, a former master student, received the Best Poster Award in the Material Cycling Section at the 70th Annual Meeting of the Ecological Society of Japan (ESJ70). The title of the poster is Carbon and nutrient cycling among mangrove-seagrass-coral continuum in the Fukido estuary, Ishigaki Island, Japan." Congratulations!