Junya Hirai
@jhirai87.bsky.social
Lecturer at the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo
Zooplankton Ecologist | Biological Oceanographer
Zooplankton Ecologist | Biological Oceanographer
Excited to share our new paper by former Ph.D student Kanako Amei, together with Erica Goetze (UH)! This is the first study to uncover the global diversity of Tomopteridae (pelagic polychaetes). Ready for the next step in exploring hidden ocean biodiversity!
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Global-scale biogeography of the pelagic polychaete family Tomopteridae (Annelida) revealed by DNA barcoding and genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphisms
Zooplankton are essential members of marine ecosystems that respond sensitively to environmental changes. While the distribution patterns of zooplankt…
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February 7, 2026 at 12:08 AM
Excited to share our new paper by former Ph.D student Kanako Amei, together with Erica Goetze (UH)! This is the first study to uncover the global diversity of Tomopteridae (pelagic polychaetes). Ready for the next step in exploring hidden ocean biodiversity!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Our new paper is out in MEPS!
My student Fanyu Zhou uncovered fine‑scale feeding differences among tropical and subtropical euphausiids using metabarcoding and stable isotope analyses.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
My student Fanyu Zhou uncovered fine‑scale feeding differences among tropical and subtropical euphausiids using metabarcoding and stable isotope analyses.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Our new paper is out in MEPS!
My student Fanyu Zhou uncovered fine‑scale feeding differences among tropical and subtropical euphausiids using metabarcoding and stable isotope analyses.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
My student Fanyu Zhou uncovered fine‑scale feeding differences among tropical and subtropical euphausiids using metabarcoding and stable isotope analyses.
www.int-res.com/abstracts/me...
Reposted by Junya Hirai
Our last product of the SCOR WG157 MetaZooGene if out! We run a 10-laboratory intercomparison experiment on for zooplankton metabarcoding. Take home: major patterns hold, but sequencing platform matters, taq matters (a lot), add positive/negative controls...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
MetaZooGene Intercalibration Experiment (MZG‐ICE): Metabarcoding Marine Zooplankton Diversity of the Global Ocean
DNA metabarcoding of zooplankton biodiversity is used increasingly for monitoring global ocean ecosystems, requiring comparable data from different research laboratories and ocean regions. The MetaZo...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 26, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Our last product of the SCOR WG157 MetaZooGene if out! We run a 10-laboratory intercomparison experiment on for zooplankton metabarcoding. Take home: major patterns hold, but sequencing platform matters, taq matters (a lot), add positive/negative controls...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...