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 NEWS
27.11.2023
Dr. Asiloglu received Outstanding Paper Award (Niigata University, 2023).
Article: Asiloglu R, 2022: Biochar–microbe interaction: more protist research is needed Biochar, 4, 72.
THE TEAM
Principal Investigator

Asst. Prof. Asiloglu Rasit
Graduate Students

Bodur Ozer Seda
Doctoral Course

Fujino Mayu
Master's Course

Polat Muhammet Fatih
Master's Course

Ezer Enes Baki
Master's Course
Undergraduate Students

Kuno Hayato
Undergraduate Course

Kazama Shiori
Undergraduate Course

Ishizuka Haruka
Undergraduate Course

Ando Hinata
Undergraduate Course

Miyashita Yuka
Undergraduate Course

Kamikaze Yuumu
Undergraduate Course

Kubota Hana
Undergraduate Course
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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Murase J & Asiloglu R, 2023: Protists: The hidden ecosystem players in a wetland rice field soil. Biology and Fertility of Soils.
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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








