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Ph.D.(Biological Sciences)(University of Maryland)
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M.S.(Marine Biology)(琉球大学)
Details of the Researcher
Research History 10
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2024/07 - PresentOIST
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2023/04 - PresentTohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science Professor
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2016/09 - PresentSmithsonian National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Research Associate
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2019/06 - 2023/03Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science Faculty of Agriculture Applied Marine Biology
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2019/12 - 2023/02Kumamoto University Graduate School of Science and Technology Scientific Communication & Presentation II and Research Ethics
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2017/09 - 2019/05United States Naval Research Laboratory Center for Bio/Molecular Science & Engineering National Academy of Sciences NRC Postdoctoral Fellow
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2017/03 - 2017/05National Institutes of Health NCBI Scientific Visitor
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2016/04 - 2017/03University of North Carolina Wilmington Adjunct Assistant Professor
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2007/05 - 2011/08National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Marine Fisheries - National Systematics Lab Research Assistant
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2003/09 - 2004/09Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences CFCAS Program Officer
Education 4
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University of Maryland, College Park, MD USA Biological Sciences Behavior Ecology Evolution & Systematics
2011/08 - 2016/08
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University of the Ryukyus Marine Biology and Coral Reef Studies Marine Sciences
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Queen's University Faculty of Arts & Science Biology
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University of Ottawa Faculty of Arts French Literature
Professional Memberships 3
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eDNA Society
2021 - Present
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Nippon Cnidaria and Ctenophore Biologists (NCB)
2019/10 - Present
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Senate of Scientists, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
2009 - 2022
Research Interests 1
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Jellyfish (Medusozoa) systematics • Box jellyfish (Cubozoa) venom, vision and reproduction • evolutionary novelties • Environmental DNA (eDNA) • Genomics • Invertebrate biodiversity • Phylogenetics • Octopuses • Fisheries
Research Areas 9
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Environmental science/Agricultural science / Environmental dynamics / marine ecosystem change
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Life sciences / Evolutionary biology /
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Life sciences / Applied molecular and cellular biology /
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Life sciences / Genomics /
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Informatics / High-performance computing /
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Life sciences / Ecology and environmental science /
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Life sciences / Biodiversity and systematics /
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Environmental science/Agricultural science / Environmental impact assessment /
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Life sciences / Marine/Aquatic life sciences /
Awards 12
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WPI (World Premier Institute)
2023/09 JSPS Tohoku University-JAMSTEC WPI-AIMEC (Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change
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Sustainability Open Knowledge-Action by Connecting Stakeholders (SOKAP-Connect) Program
2023/06 Tohoku University SEAQUEST: The quest for sustainability through stakeholder-driven collaborative research in coastal communities
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National Science Foundation IOS Division Of Integrative Organismal Systems
2023/01 National Science Foundation MUCUS: Measuring and Understanding the Cassiopea Use of Space https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2227070
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Seventeenth Annual NRC/ASEE Postdoctoral Research Publications Awards
2022/04 National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Fieldable Environmental DNA Sequencing to Assess Jellyfish Biodiversity in Nearshore Waters of the Florida Keys, United States
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NRC/ASEE Postdoctoral Research Publication Award
2021/11 National Research Council (NRC) National Academy of Science Engineering and Medicine (ASEE) Cassiosomes are stinging-cell structures in the mucus of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana
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NSF Convergence Accelerator Award Track E: Phase I: https://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/announcements/092221.jsp
2021/09 National Science Foundation Innovative Seafood Traceability Network for Sustainable Use, Improved Market Access, and Enhanced Blue Economy
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NSF Award Number: 2132455
2021 National Science Foundation RAPID: Discovering Global Diversity in Pelagic Symbioses (Vessels of Opportunity)
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Genomes Award: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/collaboration/aquatic-symbiosis-genomics-project/
2021 Moore Foundation & Sanger Institute Symbioses in 3D: diversity and dynamics in pelagic photosymbioses: http://cgomo.net/pelagic-symbioses/
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Start-up Research Costs: 2019 Academic Year
2019/08 Tohoku University Committee of Gender Equality and TUMUG Japan Empowering students with the power of research so, in turn, they will empower others
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Research Associateships Program Postdoctoral Fellowship
2017/09 National Research Council (NRC) National Academy of Science Engineering and Medicine (ASEE) Development of molecular tools to identify jellyfish species in seawater and assess potential risks of common envenomation syndromes
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Ann. G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship
2016/01 University of Maryland, College Park USA Dissertation Completion Fellowship
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Peter Buck Predoctoral Fellowship
2014/01 National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Washington DC USA Gene expression in the box jellyfish Alatina alit
Papers 39
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A balanced approach to the potential of octopus aquaculture Invited Peer-reviewed
Ian G. Gleadall, Roger Villanueva, Gregory J. Barord, Zoe Doubleday, Felipe Aguado-Giménez, Nobuhiko Akiyama, Eduardo Almansa, Cheryl L. Ames, Alexander Arkhipkin, Otilio Avendaño, Chris Barrett, Giambattista Bello, John R. Bower, Ramiro Braga, Felipe A. Briceño, Paco Bustamante, Claudia Caamal-Monsreal, Miguel Cabanellas-Reboredo, Sergio A. Carrasco, Sheila Castellanos-Martínez, Jesús Cerezo Valverde, Leo Ji-Ho Che, Wen-Sung Chung, Shigeki Dan, Mariana Díaz-Santana-Iturrios, Pedro Domingues, Erica Donlon Durante, Alejandro Escánez, Viviana Espinoza, Ana Farías, Fernando Ángel Fernández-Álvarez, Pedro Ferreiro-Velasco, Graziano Fiorito, Hidetaka Furuya, Pedro Gallardo, Kostas Ganias, Camino Gestal, Alexey V. Golikov, Ángel F. González, Roberto González-Gómez, Jessica Gordon, Angel Guerra, Juergen Guerrero-Kommritz, Karina Hall, Manuel Haimovici, Katsuyuki Hamasaki, Jorge Hernández-Urcera, Jorge Hernández-Velásquez, Noritaka Hirohashi, Kazuki Hirota, Neil Hutchinson, Pamela Imperadore, Yoko Iwata, Maria de Lourdes Jiménez-Badillo, Yoshiki Kato, Oleg N. Katugin, Ryosuke Kimbara, Zdenek Lajbner, Germaine Lau, Unai Markaida, Lorenzo Marquez, M. Virginia Martín, Maite Mascaro, Natalie Moltschaniwskyj, Óscar Monroig, Amalia E. Morales, Ana Moreno, Piedad S. Morillo-Velarde, Jaruwat Nabhitabhata, Manuel Nande, Juan C. Navarro, Goh Nishitani, Harini Nishshanka, Atsushi Ogura, Aurelio Ortega, Nicolás Ortiz, Jaime Otero, Rodrigo Oyanedel, Yumeng Pang, Cristina Pascual, Catalina Perales-Raya, João Manuel Figueiredo Pereira, Cristina Pita, Giovanna Ponte, Anne Marie Power, Delta Putra, Antoni Quetglas, Tiago Repolho, Jean-Paul Robin, Francisco Rocha, Alex Romero, Rui Rosa, Carlos Rosas, Rigoberto Rosas-Luis, Katina Roumbedakis, Álvaro Roura, Rushan M. Sabirov, João B.L. Sales, Sanchez Pilar Sánchez, Noriyosi Sato, Warwick H.H. Sauer, Paul W. Shaw, Shuichi Shigeno, Roxana De Silva-Dávila, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, Yasuo Tsukahara, Iker Uriarte, Maria Valls, Silvina Van der Molen, Inmaculada Varó, Iván Velázquez-Abunader, Diego G. Vilarnau, José C. Xavier, Masa-aki Yoshida, Xiumei Zhang, Jian Zheng, Xiaodong Zheng, Mehmet Arif Zoral
Marine Policy 179 106682-106682 2025/09
Publisher: Elsevier BVDOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106682
ISSN: 0308-597X
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The Grand Challenges of WPI-AIMEC: Executive Summary
Toshio Suga, Fumio Inagaki, Kentaro Ando, Michio Kondoh, S. Smith, Keith Rodgers, Toyonobu Fujii, Michio Kawamiya, Hanani Adiwira, Maki Aita, Vani Alviani, Cheryl Ames, Kamrum Azad, Ettore Barbieri, Batdulam Battulga, Jonathan Derot, Diego Deville, Tetsuichi Fujiki, Jimena García-Rodríguez, Tomoko Hamabata, Masumi Hasegawa-Takano, Andrew Hirzel, Tatsuhiko Hoshino, Benjamin Horton, Shigeki Hosoda, Minoru Ikeda, Yasufumi Iryu, Yoichi Ishikawa, Kota Ishikawa, Sabine Kasten, Jamie Kass, Satoshi Katayama, Shinya Kouketsu, Gaku Kumano, Zhen Lin, Jutarak Luang‑on, Hiroshi Murakami, Yuriko Nagano, Takashi Nakagawara, Tomoe Nasuno, Goh Nishitani, Riko Oki, Takeshi Obayashi, Yuichi Okayama, Yusaku Ohta, Shuhei Ono, Yutaka Osada, Bo Qiu, Namal Rathnayake, Kelvin Richards, Niklas Schneider, Takashi Sakamaki, Yusuke Sasaki, Kanako Sato, Masahito Shigemitsu, Eko Siswanto, Kugako Sugimoto, Shusaku Sugimoto, Yoshihisa Suyama, Kaoru Tachiiri, Hiromi Takahata, Hideko Takayanagi, Akifumi Tanabe, Hiroaki Tatebe, Fumiaki Tomita, Tsunaki Iida, Gerlien Verhaegen, Clara Vives, Lael Wakamatsu, Shingo Watanabe, Shuya Wang, Angelicque White, Nadine Wood, Baolan Wu, Shang-Ping Xie, Sayaka Yasunaka, Jiwei Yang, Akinori Yabuki, Yosuke Yamada, Alan Yee, Taichi Yokokawa, Nan Yuan, William McDonough, Kimio Hanawa
EarthArXiv, a preprint server for Earth and Planetary Sciences. 2025/08/16
Publisher: California Digital Library (CDL)DOI: 10.31223/x55r0j
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Complete linear mitochondrial genomes for Cephea cephea and Mastigias albipunctata (Scyphozoa: Rhizostomeae), with an analysis of phylogenetic relationships Peer-reviewed
Kei Chloe Tan, Cheryl Lewis Ames, Allen G. Collins
Mitochondrial DNA Part B 9 (11) 1544-1548 2024/11/14
Publisher: Informa UK LimitedDOI: 10.1080/23802359.2024.2429644
eISSN: 2380-2359
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”Jellyfish Cassiosomes” in Let's Learn the Truth about Jellyfish: 100 Questions from Jellyfish Aquariums around the World https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/gp/product/486811008X/ref=sw_img_1?smid=AN1VRQENFRJN5&psc=1
Cheryl Ames, Kamo Aquarium, Tsuruoka City
Midori Shobo Publishers 30-31 2024/10
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Histological Investigation of the Female Gonads of Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (Cubozoa: Cnidaria) Suggests Iteroparous Reproduction Invited Peer-reviewed
Jimena Garcia Rodriguez, Cheryl Lewis Ames, Adrian Jaimes-Becerra, Gisele Rodrigues Tiseo, Andre Carrara Morandini, Amanda Ferreira Cunha, Antonio Carlos Marques
Diversity 15 (7) 816 2023/06
DOI: 10.3390/d15070816
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Leveraging Public Data to Predict Global Niches and Distributions of Rhizostome Jellyfishes
Colin Jeffrey Anthony, Kei Chloe Tan, Kylie Anne Pitt, Bastian Bentlage, Cheryl Lewis Ames
Animals 13 (10) 1591-1591 2023/05/09
Publisher: MDPI AGDOI: 10.3390/ani13101591
eISSN: 2076-2615
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Analyses of Stalked Jellyfish in Kitsunezaki, Japan: Calvadosia nagatensis, and Two Lineages of Haliclystus inabai with Early Life Stages Observed in an Aquarium in Canada Invited Peer-reviewed
Amanda S. Adriansyah, Agatha Puspita Astri, Yayoi Hirano, Allen Collins, Marie-Lyne Deshaies, Delta Putra, Shu Sekiguchi, Shuhei Ikeda, Kazuya Okuizumi, Mitsuko Chikuchishin, Masakazu Aoki, Cheryl Lewis Ames
Hydrobiology 1 252-277 2022/06
DOI: 10.3390/hydrobiology1030019
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A description of a novel swimming behavior in a dioecious population of Craspedacusta sowerbii, the rediscovery of the elusive Astrohydra japonica and the first genetic analysis of freshwater jellyfish in Japan Peer-reviewed
Miles Peterson, Kei Chloe Tan, Allen Collins, Satoshi Kitano, Yasushi Kusuoka, Takahito G Suzuki, Masao Migita, Shiga University, Shiga, Jap, Iffah Iesa, Stacy Pirro, Dhugal Lindsay, Cheryl Lewis Ames
Plankton and Benthos Research 17 (2) 231-248 2022/05
DOI: 10.3800/pbr.17.231
ISSN: 1880-8247
eISSN: 1882-627X
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Sustainable seafood using octopus as a model: the NSF-funded project E582
Gleadall IG, Sauer WHH, Moustahfid H, Ames CL, Willette DA
Ocean Monthly [Gekkan Kaiyo] 2022 441~631 http://www.kaiyo-chikyu.com/ 2月号 (54(2)) 64-73 2022
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Raising awareness of the severity of “contactless stings” by cassiopea jellyfish and kin Invited Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis Ames
Animals 11 (12) 3357-3357 2021/11/24
Publisher: MDPI AGDOI: 10.3390/ani11123357
ISSN: 2076-2615
eISSN: 2076-2615
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The role of taxonomic expertise in interpretation of metabarcoding studies Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis Ames
ICES Journal of Marine Science 1-15 2021/05/17
Publisher: Oxford University Press (OUP)ISSN: 1095-9289 1054-3139
eISSN: 1095-9289
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Fieldable Environmental DNA Sequencing to Assess Jellyfish Biodiversity in Nearshore Waters of the Florida Keys, United States Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis Ames
Frontiers in Marine Science 8 (640527) 2021/04
DOI: 10.3389/fmars.2021.640527
ISSN: 2296-7745
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Cassiosomes are stinging-cell structures in the mucus of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea xamachana Peer-reviewed
Cheryl L. Ames, Anna M. L. Klompen, Krishna Badhiwala, Kade Muffett, Abigail J. Reft, Mehr Kumar, Jennie D. Janssen, Janna N. Schultzhaus, Lauren D. Field, Megan E. Muroski, Nick Bezio, Jacob T. Robinson, Dagmar H. Leary, Paulyn Cartwright, Allen G. Collins, Gary J. Vora
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY 3 (1) 2020/02
DOI: 10.1038/s42003-020-0777-8
eISSN: 2399-3642
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Histomorphological comparison of testes in species of box jellyfish (Cnidaria; Cubozoa): does morphology differ with mode of reproduction and fertilization?
Cheryl Lewis Ames
Organisms Diversity and Evolution 20 (1) 25-36 2020
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLCDOI: 10.1007/s13127-019-00427-x
ISSN: 1618-1077 1439-6092
eISSN: 1618-1077
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Box, stalked, and upside-down? Draft genomes from diverse jellyfish (Cnidaria, Acraspeda) lineages: Alatina alata (Cubozoa), Calvadosia cruxmelitensis (Staurozoa), and Cassiopea xamachana (Scyphozoa). International-journal Peer-reviewed
Aki Ohdera, Cheryl L Ames, Rebecca B Dikow, Ehsan Kayal, Marta Chiodin, Ben Busby, Sean La, Stacy Pirro, Allen G Collins, Mónica Medina, Joseph F Ryan
GigaScience 8 (7) 2019/07/01
DOI: 10.1093/gigascience/giz069
ISSN: 2047-217X
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Spermatogenesis and gonadal cycle in male Tamoya haplonema and Chiropsalmus quadrumanus (Cnidaria, Cubozoa) Peer-reviewed
Gisele R. Tiseo, Jimena Garcia-Rodriguez, Fernando J. Zara, Cheryl Lewis Ames, Antonio C. Marques, Andre C. Morandini
ZOOLOGISCHER ANZEIGER 279 59-67 2019/03
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcz.2018.12.008
ISSN: 0044-5231
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Gonadal histology of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) reveals variation between internal fertilizing species Alatina alata (Alatinidae) and Copula sivickisi (Tripedaliidae). International-journal Peer-reviewed
Jimena García-Rodríguez, Cheryl Lewis Ames, José Eduardo A R Marian, Antonio Carlos Marques
Journal of morphology 279 (6) 841-856 2018/06
DOI: 10.1002/jmor.20815
ISSN: 0362-2525
eISSN: 1097-4687
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Upside-Down but Headed in the Right Direction: Review of the Highly Versatile Cassiopea xamachana System Peer-reviewed
Aki H. Ohdera, Michael J. Abrams, Cheryl L. Ames, David M. Baker, Luis P. Suescun-Bolivar, Allen G. Collins, Christopher J. Freeman, Edgar Gamero-Mora, Tamar L. Goulet, Dietrich K. Hofmann, Adrian Jaimes-Becerra, Paul F. Long, Antonio C. Marques, Laura A. Miller, Laura D. Mydlarz, Andre C. Morandini, Casandra R. Newkirk, Sastia P. Putri, Julia E. Samson, Sergio N. Stampar, Bailey Steinworth, Michelle Templeman, Patricia E. Thome, Marli Vlok, Cheryl M. Woodley, Jane C. Y. Wong, Mark Q. Martindale, William K. Fitt, Monica Medina
FRONTIERS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 6 2018/04
ISSN: 2296-701X
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Medusa: A Review of an Ancient Cnidarian Body Form Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis Ames
Results and Problems in Cell Differentiation 65 105-136 2018
Publisher: Springer International PublishingDOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-92486-1_7
ISSN: 1861-0412 0080-1844
eISSN: 1861-0412
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Deepwater Program: Lophelia II, continuing ecological research on deep-sea corals and deep-reef habitats in the Gulf of Mexico
Amanda W.J. Demopoulos, Steve W. Ross, Christina A. Kellogg, Cheryl L. Morrison, Martha S. Nizinski, Nancy G. Prouty, Jill R. Bourque, Julie P. Galkiewicz, Michael A. Gray, Marcus J. Springmann, D. Katharine Coykendall, Andrew Miller, Mike Rhode, Andrea Quattrini, Cheryl L. Ames, Sandra D. Brooke, Jennifer P. McClain-Counts, E. Brendan Roark, Noreen A. Buster, Ryan M. Phillips, Janessy Frometa
Open-File Report 2017
Publisher: US Geological SurveyDOI: 10.3133/ofr20171139
ISSN: 2331-1258
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Erratum to: A new transcriptome and transcriptome profiling of adult and larval tissue in the box jellyfish Alatina alata: an emerging model for studying venom, vision and sex. International-journal Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis Ames, Joseph F Ryan, Alexandra E Bely, Paulyn Cartwright, Allen G Collins
BMC genomics 17 (1) 980-980 2016/11/28
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2944-3
ISSN: 1471-2164
eISSN: 1471-2164
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Evidence for an Alternative Mechanism of Toxin Production in the Box Jellyfish Alatina alata. International-journal Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis Ames, Jason Macrander
Integrative and comparative biology 56 (5) 973-988 2016/11
DOI: 10.1093/icb/icw113
ISSN: 1540-7063
eISSN: 1557-7023
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Box Jellyfish Alatina alata Has a Circumtropical Distribution. International-journal Peer-reviewed
Jonathan W Lawley, Cheryl Lewis Ames, Bastian Bentlage, Angel Yanagihara, Roger Goodwill, Ehsan Kayal, Kikiana Hurwitz, Allen G Collins
The Biological bulletin 231 (2) 152-169 2016/10
ISSN: 0006-3185
eISSN: 1939-8697
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A new transcriptome and transcriptome profiling of adult and larval tissue in the box jellyfish Alatina alata: an emerging model for studying venom, vision and sex. International-journal Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis Ames, Joseph F Ryan, Alexandra E Bely, Paulyn Cartwright, Allen G Collins
BMC genomics 17 650-650 2016/08/17
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-016-2944-3
ISSN: 1471-2164
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Differential expression of genes implicated in venom, vision and sex in the aggregating box jellyfish Alatina alata Peer-reviewed
C. Lewis
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 56 E125-E125 2016/03
ISSN: 1540-7063
eISSN: 1557-7023
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Taxonomy, morphology, and RNA-seq transcriptomics of the cubozoan Alatina alata (Cubozoa: Carybdeida: Alatinidae), an emerging model cnidarian. Peer-reviewed
Cheryl L Ames
University of Maryland 2016
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First record of the box jellyfish Tripedalia cystophora (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Tripedaliidae) in the Gulf of Mexico Peer-reviewed
Robert M. Lasley, Cheryl Lewis Ames, Robert Erdman, Sheri Parks, Allen G. Collins
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 129 (1) 164-172 2016
DOI: 10.2988/0006-324X-129.Q2.164
ISSN: 0006-324X
eISSN: 1943-6327
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Internal fertilization and sperm storage in cnidarians: a response to Orr and Brennan International-journal Peer-reviewed
Antonio Carlos Marques, Jimena García, Cheryl Lewis Ames
Trends in Ecology & Evolution 30 (8) 435-436 2015/08
DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2015.06.002
ISSN: 0169-5347
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Deep-sea echinoids and holothurians (Echinodermata) near cold seeps and coral communities in the northern Gulf of Mexico Peer-reviewed
David L. Pawson, Martha S. Nizinski, Cheryl Lewis Ames, Doris J. Pawson
BULLETIN OF MARINE SCIENCE 91 (2) 167-204 2015/04
ISSN: 0007-4977
eISSN: 1553-6955
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Phylogenomic Analyses Support Traditional Relationships within Cnidaria. International-journal Peer-reviewed
Felipe Zapata, Freya E Goetz, Stephen A Smith, Mark Howison, Stefan Siebert, Samuel H Church, Steven M Sanders, Cheryl Lewis Ames, Catherine S McFadden, Scott C France, Marymegan Daly, Allen G Collins, Steven H D Haddock, Casey W Dunn, Paulyn Cartwright
PloS one 10 (10) e0139068 2015
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139068
ISSN: 1932-6203
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Redescription of Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) from Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean. International-journal Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis, Bastian Bentlage, Angel Yanagihara, William Gillan, Johan Van Blerk, Daniel P Keil, Alexandra E Bely, Allen G Collins
Zootaxa 3737 473-87 2013/11/21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3737.4.8
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Establishing the neotype of the enigmatic oceanic box jellyfish Alatina alata (Reynaud 1830) (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) Peer-reviewed
Lewis C. Ames, A. A. Yanagihara, D. Keil, J. W. Lawley, J. Van Blerk, B. Gillan, B. Bentlage, A. Bely, A. G. Collins
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY 53 E126-E126 2013/04
ISSN: 1540-7063
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On the occurrence of freshwater jellyfish in Japan 1928-2011: eighty-three years of records of mamizu kurage (Limnomedusae, Olindiidae) Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis, Masao Migita, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Allen G. Collins
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON 125 (2) 165-179 2012/08
ISSN: 0006-324X
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Deepwater Program: Studies of Gulf of Mexico lower continental slope communities related to chemosynthetic and hard substrate habitats Peer-reviewed
Steve W. Ross, Amanda W.J. Demopoulos, Christina A. Kellogg, Cheryl L. Morrison, Martha S. Nizinski, Cheryl L. Ames, Tara L. Casazza, Daniel Gualtieri, Kaitlin Kovacs, Jennifer P. McClain, Andrea M. Quattrini, Adela Y. Roa-Varon, Andrew D. Thaler
Open-File Report i-301 2012
Publisher: US Geological SurveyDOI: 10.3133/ofr20121032
ISSN: 2331-1258
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An illustrated key and synopsis of the families and genera of carybdeid box jellyfishes (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Carybdeida), with emphasis on the "Irukandji family" (Carukiidae) Peer-reviewed
Bastian Bentlage, Cheryl Lewis
JOURNAL OF NATURAL HISTORY 46 (41-42) 2595-2620 2012
DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2012.717645
ISSN: 0022-2933
eISSN: 1464-5262
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Evolution of box jellyfish (Cnidaria: Cubozoa), a group of highly toxic invertebrates Peer-reviewed
Bastian Bentlage, Paulyn Cartwright, Angel A. Yanagihara, Cheryl Lewis, Gemma S. Richards, Allen G. Collins
PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES 277 (1680) 493-501 2010/02
ISSN: 0962-8452
eISSN: 1471-2954
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Clarifying the identity of the Japanese Habu-kurage, Chironex yamaguchii, sp nov (Cnidaria: Cubozoa: Chirodropida) Peer-reviewed
Cheryl Lewis, Bastian Bentlage
ZOOTAXA (2030) 59-65 2009/03
ISSN: 1175-5326
eISSN: 1175-5334
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Sexually Dimorphic Cubomedusa Carybdea sivickisi (Cnidaria: Cubozoa) in Seto, Wakayama, Japan
CHERYL LEWIS, SHIN KUBOTA, ALVARO ESTEVES MIGOTT, ALLEN G. COLLINS
Publications of the Seto Marine Biological Laboratory 40 (5-6) 1-8 2008/04
Publisher: Kyoto University LibraryDOI: 10.5134/72820
ISSN: 0037-2870
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Courtship and reproduction in Carybdea sivickisi (Cnidaria : Cubozoa) Peer-reviewed
C Lewis, TAF Long
MARINE BIOLOGY 147 (2) 477-483 2005/06
DOI: 10.1007/s00227-005-1602-0
ISSN: 0025-3162
Presentations 45
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Solar-powered jellyfish and the evolution of their photoendosymbionts and cassiosomes Invited
Cheryl L Ames
OIST-TU Workshop on Biodiversity: From Genes and Species to Ecosystem Services and Resilience http://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/events/online_event/online_workshop_on_biodiversity.html 2022/10/25
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The Journey to Your Dream: It’s Up to You! Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Fukushima High School 3rd Year Super Science Symposium on "expressiveness" (JST) 2022/06/28
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Cassiopea xamachana: The making of a star ! Invited
Cheryl L Ames
5th International Cassiopea Workshop (2022) 2022/05/19
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Marine Collections : A Loans and Permits Data Standard for Scientific Collections Invited
Hassan Moustahfid (NOAA, US IOOS, USA, Cheryl Ames (SI, Tohoku Univ
Joint virtual MOBILISE WG3 and SYNTHESYS+ NA3 workshop 2021/09/29
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Solar-powered jellyfish and their photo-endosymbionts Invited
Cheryl L Ames
The 85th Annual Meeting of the Botanical Society of Japan, Symposium: Cross-disciplinary communication in photo-symbiosis between plants and animals 2021/09/18
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The Journey to Your Dream: It’s Up to You! Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Chuo University;Japan Global Initiative 2021 2021/08/20
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Fieldable Environmental DNA Sequencing to Assess Jellyfish Biodiversity in Nearshore waters of the Florida Keys, United States Invited
Ames, Cheryl Lynn
No Bones IZ series Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History 2021/06/01
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Symbioses in 3D: diversity and dynamics in pelagic photosymbioses
Mike Dawson et al.
International Cassiopea Workshop 2021 2021/05/21
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The Journey to Your Dream: It’s Up to You! Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Chuo University, Japan Global Initiative 2020 2021/02/13
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“Tackling the Old with the New: International Collaborations that Advance Science and Technology in 2020” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Kumamoto University, 15th International Student Conference on Advanced Science&Technology (ICAST) 2020/12/03
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“Delicious jellyfish turned out to be a new species.”
Taiwan Technology Seminar 2020/08
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“Training Students to conduct jellyfish surveys.” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
TUMUG Annual Gender Equality, Symposium Tohoku University, Japan 2019/12
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Rapid detection of jellyfish biodiversity by eDNA metabarcoding using MinION technology
Cheryl L Ames
15th Nippon Cnidaria and Ctenophore Biologists ( NCB ) Symposium 2019/10/30
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Using eDNA to detect jellyfish in aquariums Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Jellyfish Breeders Symposium 2019/09/21
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Rapid detection of jellyfish biodiversity by eDNA metabarcoding using MinION technology Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Nanopore Day Tokyo, Symposium URL: https://register.nanoporetech.com/nanoporeday_tokyo 2019/08/22
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“Tools for understanding jellyfish: Behavior, ecology, evolution and systematics.”
Cheryl L Ames
Rice University EEB Graduate Seminar ; Student-selected Speaker;Houston, Texas 2019/02/17
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“Detecting Cassiopea jellyfish environmental DNA (eDNA) in Florida Keys vulnerable ecosystems using MinION technology Invited
Cheryl L Ames
London Calling 2019 https://vimeo.com/338183732 2019
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“seqCAB (Sequence Conversion & Annotation with BLAST+): A BLAST utility to optimize high-throughput ‘omics’ analyses through multi-core parallelization and taxonomic annotation”
Cheryl L Ames
The Third Global Invertebrates Genome Alliance Meeting and Workshop (GigaIII), Curacao, The Netherlands Antilles 2018/10/20
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“Description of cassiosomes: novel cellular structures in the mucus of the upside-down jellyfish Cassiopea"
Cnidofest Model Cnidarian Meeting, St. Augustine, Florida 2018/09
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“Field-forward DNA sequencing as a tool to establish the upside-down mangrove jellyfish Cassiopea as an indicator species"
Cnidofest Model Cnidarian Meeting, St. Augustine, Florida, USA 2018/09
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“Field-forward Environmental DNA sequencing as a tool to establish the upside-down mangrove jellyfish Cassiopea as an indicator species"
Cheryl L Ames
Cassiopea Model Meeting, Key Largo, Florida USA 2018/05/12
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“Cuboid invasions – Sweating the small stuff.” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History Invertebrate Zoology Department No Bones weekly speaker series, Washington D.C. USA 2018/02
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“Medusozoans: An ancient target for modern research.” Invited
Departments of Electrical, Computer Engineering, Bioengineering Lab Seminar, Rice University, Houston, TX 2018/02
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“Box, stalked and upside-down? Draft genomes from diverse jellyfish (Cnidaria, Acraspeda) lineages: Alatina alata (Cubozoa), Calvadosia cruxmelitensis (Staurozoa), and Cassiopea xamachana (Scyphozoa)”
Co-author
Society for Integrative Comparative Biology, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA 2018/01
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“Assembling the first box jellyfish genome is no easy feat!” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
NIH-National Center of Biotechnology Information, CBB Seminar, Bethesda, USA 2017/05/31
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“In search of a model cnidarian jellyfish”.
Cheryl L Ames
Smithsonian National;Museum of Natural;History Ocean Education Volunteer Appreciation Dinner Washington D.C 2016/10
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“Differential expression of genes implicated in venom, vision and sex of the box jellyfish Alatina alata”.
Cheryl L Ames
International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium, Barcelona, Spain 2016/06
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“Differential expression of genes implicated in venom of the box jellyfish Alatina alata” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Integrative Comparative Biology of Venom Society for Integrative Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Portland, OR Society for Integrative Comparative Biology Annual Meeting, Portland, OR 2016/01
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“Gene prediction and annotation using the Trinity-Transdecoder-Trinotate Pipeline” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
NGS Series, Laboratories of Analytical Biology, Smithsonian National of Museum of Natural History, Washington, D.C. USA 2015/05
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“Venom, Vision and Sex in the Box Jellyfish Alatina alata” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Smithsonian Office of Internships and Fellowships 2015/04
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“Box jellyfish transcriptomics: annotation of genes involved in venom, vision, and sex” Invited
Zoological Department Lecture, Instituto Biociências, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 2015/03
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"A peek at sex through the eyes of the venomous box jellyfish Alatina alata (Cubozoa)” Invited
CEBIMários" seminar series, Center for Marine Biology, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil 2015/03
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“Characterizing the molecular cnidome: Alatina alata as a model cnidarian” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
The Whitney Laboratory for Marine Biosciences, Research Seminar Series, St. Augustine, Florida USA 2014/10
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“Identifying novel "stinging cells" in box jellyfish: classical systematics meets NGS” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
BISI-BEES Weekly, Seminar Series, University of Maryland, USA 2014/10
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“Progress on the whole genome sequencing project for the circumtropical swarming box jellyfish Alatina alata”
Cheryl L Ames
International Jellyfish;Blooms Symposium;Hiroshima Japan 2013/06
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“Lack of geographical structure in molecular data taken from nominal species of Alatina (Cubozoa, Carybdeidaa, Alatinidae).”
Co-author
Congress of Science, Brazil 2013
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“Establishing the neotype of the enigmatic oceanic box jellyfish Alatina alata (Reynaud, 1830)”
Cheryl L Ames
Society for Integrative Comparative Biology, Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA USA 2013/01
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“Box Jellyfish Venomics” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Environmental Proteomics, California Polytechnic State University, SLO, CA USA 2012/12
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“Vision, Sex and Venom: Gene Expression in Box Jellyfish” Invited
Marine Evolutionary Environmental Genomics Workshop, Marine Genomics Users, Roscoff, France 2012/05
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“Cubozoan Diversity” Invited
Cheryl L Ames
Council on International Education Exchange, Bonaire, Netherlands 2011/07
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“Shrimp Diversity of Cold-Water Coral & Cold-Seep Communities of the Gulf of Mexico” Invited
Geological Society of Washington D. C., Cosmos Club, Washington D.C 2009/10
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"Deep-sea shrimp of the Gulf of Mexico"
Cheryl L Ames
NOAA-NMFS Conference, Rhode Island, USA 2009/02
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“Reproduction in the Box Jellyfish Carybdea sivickisi” Invited
Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Japan 2006/07
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“Vision-guided behaviour in the Box Jellyfish Carybdea sivickisi” Invited
Departmental Seminar, Lund University, Sweden 2005/05
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“Comparison of spermatogenesis in the cubozoans Tamoya haplonema and Chiropsalmus quadrumanus.”
Co-author
International Jellyfish Blooms Symposium, Barcelona, Spain
Research Projects 8
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Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change
Offer Organization: MEXT-JSPS
System: https://wpi-aimec.jp/en/
Category: Marine Sciences, physical oceanography, genomics, new species discovery, fisheries
Institution: WPI-AIMEC
2024/01 - 2033/12
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Discovery in the Largest Frontier: Advanced imaging and genomics of open ocean animals
Jan Hemmi, Cheryl Ames, Karen Osborn, Kakani Katija
Offer Organization: Sasakawa Peace Foundation OPRI https://www.spf.org/opri/en/news/20250522.html
System: Ocean Shot https://wpi-aimec.jp/news/2187/
Category: Marine Sciences, physical oceanography, genomics, new species discovery, imaging
Institution: University of Western Australia, Tohoku University, MBARI
2025/04 - 2027/03
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MUCUS: Measuring and Understanding the Cassiopea Use of Space
Offer Organization: National Science Foundation
System: Integrative Organismal Systems (IOS), NSF-Simons Collaboration on a National Institute for Theory and Mathematics in Biology (NITMB) Award
Category: Marine Sciences, genomics, model species, environmental DNA, microbiology
Institution: University of Arizona, University of Georgia, Penn State University, University of Sao Paulo, Tohoku University
2023/01 - 2025/12
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SEAQUEST: The quest for sustainability through stakeholder-driven collaborative research in coastal communities
Delaney, Ames, Fujii
Offer Organization: Tohoku University
System: Sustainability Open Knowledge-Action by Connecting Stakeholders (SOKAP-Connect) Program
Institution: Tohoku Univeristy
2023/06 - 2025/05
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National Science Foundation Convergence Accelerator Program
Demian Willette (Principal Investigator), Cheryl Ames (Co-Principal Investigator, Hassan Moustahfid (Co-Principal Investigator, Warwick Sauer, Co-Principal Investigator, Ian Gleadall (Co-Principal Investigator
Offer Organization: Octopus + Seafood Traceability
Category: Corresponds to these SDGs: 2. Zero hunger, 9. Industry, innovation and infrastructure, 14. Life below water
2021/09 - 2022/09
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Aquatic Symbiosis Genomics: Pelagic symbiosis
Dawson, Lewis Ames, and Ohdera, Kumar, Pitt, Cartwright, Thompson, Sutherland, Alié and Lombard
Offer Organization: NSF & The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
System: Symbiosis in Aquatic Systems Initiative
Institution: https://www.moore.org/initiative-strategy-detail?initiativeId=symbiosis-in-aquatic-systems-initiative
2021/04 -
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Practical Training for students to conduct jellyfish surveys
Cheryl L Ames
Offer Organization: Tohoku University TUMUG
System: Exploring Japanese jellyfish biodiversity
Institution: Tohoku University
2019/08 - 2020/03
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Jellyfish (Medusozoa) eDNA
Offer Organization: Tohoku University TUMUG
2019 -
Works 5
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IRIDIAN Genomes NPO Board Member
http, www.iridiangenomes.com
2016/10/01 - Present
Type: Other
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Guest Editor, Special Issue “Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics of Medusozoa (aka Jellyfish)"
MDPI Journal Animals www.mdpi.com, journal/animals/special_issues/ecology_evolution_systematics_jellyfish
2020/11 - 2023/07
Type: Other
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Instructor for UNESCO funded Workshop on South East Asian Cnidaria systematics
Cheryl L Ames
2019/09/09 - 2019/09/10
Type: Educational material
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Guest on the NHK eTV program "Naoki Matayoshi's Eureka" Episode "Why do jellyfish sting people?" Program URL: https://www4.nhk.or.jp/heureka/x/2019-09-04/31/17547/1426053/
Telecom Staff Ltd
2019/07/29 - 2019/07/29
Type: Educational material
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Guest on the NBS Nagano program on freshwater jellyfish. Program URL: https://www.nbs-tv.co.jp/focus-shinshu/
Cheryl Ames;Miles Peterson, Kitano
2021/08/27 -
Type: Educational material
Media Coverage 3
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A quest to tackle the complexity of the ocean https://www.nature.com/articles/d42473-025-00185-9
Nature Portfolio ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE
2025/08
Type: Newspaper, magazine
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AWARD: JSPS WPIーAIMEC Advanced Institute for Marine Ecosystem Change
Tohoku University Press Release
2023/10
Type: Internet
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AWARD: Tohoku University Sustainability Open Knowledge-Action by Connecting Stakeholders (SOKAP-Connect) Program
https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/creating_sustainable_coastal_ecosystems_and_fisheries_northeast_japan.html https://work.bureau.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/creating_sustainable_coastal_ecosystems_and_fisheries_northeast_japan.html https://www.tohoku.ac.jp/en/news/university_news/creating_sustainable_coastal_ecosystems_and_fisheries_northeast_japan.html
2023/07
Type: Internet
Academic Activities 12
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Tohoku University Open Campus International Marine Sciences Booth, Poster Jellyfish exhibit
2023/07/26 - Present
Activity type: Exhibition
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Faculty Representative of student-run international FARA Journal Club (TGL-approved)
2020/03 - Present
Activity type: Scientific advice/Review
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Special Exhibition Related Event: Ocean Research Experience "Let's Search for Sea Creatures with Dr. Ames" http://www.kagakukan.sendai-c.ed.jp/event_/12702/
2024/08/17 - 2025/08/17
Activity type: Exhibition
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Panel on Biodiversity, Nobel Prize Dialogue Tokyo 2022 https://youtu.be/7ORRE0O4p_c
2022/10/23 - 2022/10/23
Activity type: Academic society, research group, etc.
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Moderator, Faculty of Agriculture International Student Commencement Ceremony
2019/09 - 2022/09/26
Activity type: Other
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Tohoku University Ethics Training
2020 - 2022
Activity type: Other
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Student Support for Tohoku University's 1st Annual TedX Student Conference
2020/12 - 2020/12
Activity type: Other
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Sendai Daiichi High School, Invited Lecturer
2024/01/15 -
Activity type: Other
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Fukushima High School,Invited lecturer
2022/06/28 -
Activity type: Other
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Biological Bulletin
2020 -
Activity type: Scientific advice/Review
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Plankton and Benthos
2019 -
Activity type: Peer review
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Zootaxa
2019 -
Activity type: Scientific advice/Review