Welcome!
We work with a passion in
PROTISTOLOGY
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Graduate School of Science and Technology /
Faculty of Agriculture,
Niigata University, Japan
Asiloglu Rasit, PhD
Assistant Professor
asiloglu[at]agr.niigata-u.ac.jp
ABOUT US
Laboratory of Applied Protistology (LAP) is established in April 2022 by Asiloglu Rasit thanks to full support from Prof. Harada Naoki, members of Faculty of Agriculture, and the ‘Swing-by’ program at Niigata University, Japan. Our ultimate aim is to become a world-leading laboratory through high quality and novel research on diverse aspects of the protistology.
At LAP, we work hard to enhance the knowledge on protist ecology & function through natural and environemental sciences. Then, we aim to apply the scientific knowledge we have gained to develop practical & sustainable applications of protists in agriculture and life.
Our research topics are closely related to soil sciences, plant sciences, microbial ecology, and applied microbiology.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS & AWARDS
Publication
Asiloglu R, Bodur OS, Samuel SO, Aycan M, Murase J, Harada N, 2024: Trophic modulation of endophytes by rhizosphere protists. ISME Journal, wrae235.
https://doi.org/10.1093/ismejo/wrae235
Award
The Protistology lab received three awards at the Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition Conference (Fukuoka) in September 2024!
・Asst. Prof. Asiloglu Rasit: Encouragement Award
・Fujino Mayu (D1): Young Researcher Oral Presentation Award
・Kuno Hayato (M1): Young Researcher Poster Presentation Award
Publication
Bodur OS, Suzuki K, Harada N, Asiloglu R, 2024: Top-down predators shape soil bacterial community composition while bottom-up nutrients drive bacterial abundance. Science of the Total Environment, accepted.
Publication
Bodur OS, Samuel SO, Suzuki K, Harada N, Asiloglu R, 2024: Nitrogen-based fertilizers differentially affect protist community composition in paddy field soils. Soil Ecology Letters, 6, 230221.
THE TEAM
Principal
Investigator
Asiloglu Rasit
Postdoctoral
Fellows
Bodur Ozer Seda
Graduate
Students
Fujino Mayu
Polat Muhammet Fatih
Ezer Enes Baki
Kuno Hayato
Research Students
Fu An
Undergraduate
Students
Ando Hinata
Kubota Hana
Miyashita Yuka
Kamitake Yuumu
Okada Riho
Yamada Hajime
Oda Yuuto
Takabayashi Okuto
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RESEARCH THEMES
Revealing the true impact of predatory protists on microbial communities.
Adopting this concept into soil ecology to understand how bacterial communities are shaped.
Discovering novel mechanisms of protist-enhanced plant growth.
Determining the factors driving taxonomic & functional diversity of protists communities.
TECHNOLOGIES
High Throughput Sequencing
(Illumina Miseq)
Bioinformatics
Biostatistics
FEATURED ARTICLES
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Asiloglu R*, Bodur OS, Samuel SO, Aycan M, Murase J, Harada N, 2024: Trophic modulation of endophytes by rhizosphere protists. ISME Journal, wrae235.
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Bodur OS, et al., Asiloglu R*, 2024: Top-down predators shape soil bacterial community composition while bottom-up nutrients drive bacterial abundance. Science of the Total Environment, accepted.
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Asiloglu R*, 2022: Biochar–microbe interaction: more protist research is needed Biochar, 4, 72.
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Asiloglu R*, et al. 2021: Soil properties have more significant effects on the community composition of protists than the rhizosphere effect of rice plants in alkaline paddy field soils. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, , 161, 108397.
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Asiloglu R*, et al. 2021: Top-down effects of protists are greater than bottom-up effects of fertilisers on the formation of bacterial communities in a paddy field soil. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 108186
At LAP,
Diversity, Equality and Privacy
are fundemental.
We treat each individual equally with respect regardless of nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, and disability.
DIVERSITY
LAP & SDGs
