{"id":150,"date":"2023-03-23T13:42:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T04:42:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/?page_id=150"},"modified":"2026-02-12T10:44:36","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T01:44:36","slug":"mc-chikyu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/","title":{"rendered":"Earth, Environmental and Life Sciences"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Earth, Environmental and Life Science<\/h2>\n<p>Fostering human resources who can delve into basic academic disciplines in science, engineering, and agriculture, such as earth science, environmental science, and life science, and who can solve problems we all face, such as population and food issues, global environmental changes, and natural disasters.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"icon_pdf\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/up_load_files\/outline\/outline2025_MCchikyu_EN.pdf\">OUTLINE<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Course of Biological Science<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas01_biosci\/\">Molecular Genetics<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas02_biosci\/\">Plant Ecology and Evolution<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas03_biosci\/\">Structural Biology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas04_biosci\/\">Neural Control of Behavior<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas05_biosci\/\">Environmental Biology and Chronobiology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas06_biosci\/\">Chemical Correlation and Control<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas07_biosci\/\">Developmental Biology<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Course of Earth Science<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;height: 48px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas01_earth\/\">Petrology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas02_earth\/\">Seismology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas03_earth\/\">Geoinformatics<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas04_earth\/\">Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interior<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas05_earth\/\">Geochemistry<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas06_earth\/\">Atmospheric Sciences<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 24px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas07_earth\/\">Planetary Sciences<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Course of Planetary Materials Science<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas01_planet\/\">Planetary Materials Analytical Chemistry<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas02_planet\/\">Planetary Materials Experimental Physics<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas03_planet\/\">Planetary Surface Environmental Science<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Course of Rural and Environmental Sciences<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas02_nou\/\">Applied Ecology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas03_nou\/\">Environmental Biogeochemistry<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas04_nou\/\">Environmental Conservation<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas06_nou\/\">Water Resources Management<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas07_nou\/\">Environmental Hydrology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas08_nou\/\">Design and Manegemant of Environmental Infrastructures<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas01_jun\/\">Material Cycles and Waste Management<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas04_jun\/\">Science for Sound Material-Cycle Sustainable Society System<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas01_nou\/\">Environmental Data Science<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas10_nou\/\">Field Data Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Course of Environmental Ecology<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas01_kankyo\/\">Plant Ecology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas02_kankyo\/\">Environmental Soil Science<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas03_kankyo\/\">Forest Ecology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas04_kankyo\/\">Conservation of Aquatic Biodiversity<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas05_kankyo\/\">Insect Ecology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas06_kankyo\/\">Evolutionary Ecology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas07_kankyo\/\">Bioproduction Systems Engineering<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas08_kankyo\/\">Resources Management<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas09_kankyo\/\">Food and Environmental Policy<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas11_nou\/\">International Rural Studies<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Course of Agricultural and Biological Chemistry<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas01_biochem\/\">Applied Natural Product Chemistry<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas02_biochem\/\">Chemistry of Bioactive Compounds<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas05_biochem\/\">Food Biochemistry<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas06_biochem\/\">Chemistry of Bio-signalling<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas07_biochem\/\">Microbiological Chemistry<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas04_biochem\/\">Cellular Systems Chemistry<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Course of Plant Stress Science<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%;height: 264px\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas11_pstress\/\">Plant Genetics and Physiology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas12_pstress\/\">Signaling Mechanisms<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas02_pstress\/\">Plant Cytomolecular Biochemistry<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas07_pstress\/\">Plant Stress Responses<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas09_pstress\/\">Plant Molecular Physiology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas13_pstress\/\">Molecular Virology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas14_pstress\/\">Plant-Insect Interactions<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas21_pstress\/\">Plant-Pathogen Interactions<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 72px\">\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas20_pstress\/\">Plant-Environmental Microbiology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas04_pstress\/\">Plant Diversity Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas03_pstress\/\">Plant Functional Genomics<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%;height: 72px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas01_pstress\/\">Integrated Genomic Breeding<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h4>Course&nbsp;of Applied Plant Science<\/h4>\n<table style=\"width: 100%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas01_plant\/\">Genetic Engineering<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas02_plant\/\">Plant Genome Dynamics Analysis<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas03_plant\/\">Plant Pathology<\/a><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elst.okayama-u.ac.jp\/en\/education\/mc-chikyu\/areas04_plant\/\">Plant Genetics and Breeding<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">Postharvest and Crop Application<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 25%\">Postharvest Physiology<\/td>\n<td 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