MOU Agreement：Thai Burapha University

We signed an MOU with Burapha University in 2019 and renew it every few years.

My aquarium conducts jellyfish research in Thailand with the full cooperation of Burapha University.

Various jellyfish species not found in Japan, such as Lobonemoides robustus, Versuriga anadyomene, and Blackfordia sp., have been collected and successfully bred.

Additionally, staff from the Burapha University-affiliated Bansae Marine Science Institute have visited for training.

 

 

In 2018, my aquarium visited Thailand for the first time.
This is a group photo taken in front of Burapha University.

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a scene from the 2019 signing ceremony.

 

 

 

 

We collect tiny jellyfish using a plankton net.

Among jellyfish so small they’re invisible to the naked eye, there may be new species.

 

 

 

 

We sometimes go out by boat to collect jellyfish.

This wouldn’t be possible without the cooperation of local Brapa University, including arranging boats and negotiating with fishermen.

Large jellyfish can be collected from the boat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The collected jellyfish are sorted immediately.

We examine and record what types of jellyfish were collected and how many.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We’ll borrow microscopes from Brapa University to observe tiny jellyfish and eggs.

In the case of eggs, we’ll take them back to my aquarium to breed them.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In 2024, staff from the Bang Saen Marine Science Institute came for aquaculture training.
He is performing water changes
in the jellyfish tanks.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We plan to continue this wonderful exchange going forward.