{"id":45472,"date":"2016-04-28T15:37:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T01:37:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=45472"},"modified":"2020-03-13T15:49:16","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T01:49:16","slug":"jellyfish-researcher-angel-yanagihara-chosen-as-a-fulbright-specialist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2016\/04\/28\/jellyfish-researcher-angel-yanagihara-chosen-as-a-fulbright-specialist\/","title":{"rendered":"Jellyfish researcher Angel Yanagihara chosen as a Fulbright Specialist"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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Angel Yanagihara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Mānoa researcher Angel Yanagihara<\/strong><\/a> has been selected as a Fulbright Specialist by the J. William Fulbright Council for International Exchange of Scholars<\/a>. Yanagihara is an assistant research professor at the John A. Burns School of Medicine<\/a> and the Békésy Laboratory of Neurobiology<\/a> in the Pacific Biosciences Research Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Her expertise and innovative technologies were specifically sought in a newly approved Fulbright project proposed by researchers at the National University of Ireland in Galway<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Said Yanagihara, “I first met the National University of Ireland Galway research faculty member and fisheries researchers after they requested that I be invited to participate in a Canadian Broadcasting Channel<\/a> and BBC<\/abbr><\/a> documentary titled Jellyfish Rule<\/em><\/a>.”<\/p>\n

“We actually did some novel experiments at that time under the auspices and with the funding support of the two broadcast networks. This research project is an outcome of that pilot work,” she said.<\/p>\n

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Angel Yanagihara in Cork, Ireland. (photo credit: Michael O’Donoghue)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Taking her jellyfish expertise to Ireland<\/h2>\n

Yanagihara will travel to Ireland again to work with faculty and students on research efforts aimed at addressing dangerous stings of the lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata<\/em>). Increasing numbers of lion’s mane jellyfish in Dublin Bay have led to beach closures and have been linked to serious Irukandji syndrome symptoms in swimmers.<\/p>\n

Yanagihara will also test innovative new approaches to prevent salmon deaths in offshore fisheries following exposure to massive jellyfish blooms.<\/p>\n

“There is a critical need to mitigate the negative economic and public health impacts of increasing numbers and frequencies of jellyfish blooms in coastal zones of Ireland. I look forward to sharing the expertise and break through technologies I developed at the University of Hawaiʻi<\/span>, in collaborative efforts to address the serious impacts of jellyfish blooms,” she said.<\/p>\n

As a Fulbright Specialist, Yanagihara will be considered for additional future overseas assignments that require her unique expertise during the next five years.<\/p>\n

东精影业<\/abbr> News video on Yanagihara’s research<\/h2>\n