[1] Shiraishi F., Kano A. (2004) Composition and spatial distribution of microencrusters and microbial crusts in upper Jurassic-lowermost Cretaceous reef limestone (Torinosu Limestone, Southwest Japan). Facies 50, 217-227.

[2] Shiraishi F., Yoshidomi K. (2005) Depositional environment of the upper Jurassic-lower Cretaceous reef limestone in western Yamaguchi Prefecture, Southwest Japan. The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 111, 21-28.

[3] Shiraishi F., Hayasaka Y., Takahashi Y., Tanimizu M., Ishikawa T., Matsuoka J., Murayama M., Kano A. (2005) Strontium isotopic age of the Torinosu Limestone in Niyodo Village, Kochi Prefecture, SW Japan. The Journal of the Geological Society of Japan 111, 610-623.

[4] Shiraishi F., Bissett A., de Beer D., Reimer A., Arp G. (2008) Photosynthesis, respiration and exopolymer calcium-binding in biofilm calcification (Westerhofer and Deinschwanger Bach, Germany). Geomicrobiology Journal 25, 83-94. <Top 10 Most-Cited Articles from Geomicrobiology Journal 2007-2009>

[5] Bissett A., de Beer D., Schoon R., Shiraishi F., Reimer A., Arp G. (2008) Microbial mediation of stromatolite formation in karst-water creeks. Limnology and Oceanography 53, 1159-1168.

[6] Shiraishi F., Reimer A., Bissett A., de Beer D., Arp G. (2008) Microbial effects on biofilm calcification, ambient water chemistry and stable isotope records (Westerhofer Bach, Germany). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 262, 91-106.

[7] Shiraishi F., Zippel B., Neu T.R., Arp G. (2008) In situ detection of bacteria in calcified biofilms using FISH and CARD-FISH. Journal of Microbiological Methods 75, 103-108.

[8] Bissett A., Reimer A., de Beer D., Shiraishi F., Arp G. (2008) Metabolic microenvironmental control by photosynthetic biofilms under changing macroenvironmental temperature and pH. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 74, 6306-6312.

[9] Arp G., Bissett A., Brinkmann N., Cousin S., de Beer D., Friedl T., Mohr K., Neu T., Reimer A., Shiraishi F., Stackebrandt E., Zippel B. (2010) Tufa-forming biofilms of German karstwater creeks: Microorganisms, exopolymers, hydrochemistry and calcification. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 336, 83-118.

[10] Shiraishi F., Okumura T., Takahashi Y., Kano A. (2010) Influence of microbial photosynthesis on tufa stromatolite formation and ambient water chemistry, SW Japan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74, 5289-5304.

[11] Shiraishi F. (2011) Photosynthesis-induced stromatolite formation in the freshwater creeks. In: Reitner J., Queric N., Arp G. (eds.) Advances in Geobiology of Stromatolite Formation. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences 131, 135-140.

[12] Okumura T., Takashima C., Shiraishi F., Nishida S., Yukimura K., Naganuma T., Koike H., Arp G., Kano A. (2011) Microbial processes forming daily lamination in an aragonite travertine, Nagano-yu hot spring, southwest Japan. Geomicrobiology Journal 28, 135-148.

[13] Kano A., Kunimitsu Y., Togo T., Takashima T., Shiraishi F., Wang W. (2011) The evolution of animal multicellularity stimulated by dissolved organic carbon in early Ediacaran ocean: DOXAM hypothesis. Island Arc 20, 280-293.

[14] Shiraishi F. (2012) Chemical conditions favoring photosynthesis-induced CaCO₃ precipitation and implications for microbial carbonate formation in the ancient ocean．Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 77, 157-174.

[15] Mitsunobu S., Shiraishi F., Makita H., Orcutt B.N., Kikuchi S., Jorgensen B.B., Takahashi Y. (2012) Bacteriogenic Fe(III) (oxyhydr)oxides characterized by synchrotron microprobe coupled with spatially-resolved phylogenetic analysis．Environmental Science & Technology 46, 3304-3311.

[16] Okumura T., Takashima C., Shiraishi F., Akmaluddin, Kano A. (2012) Textural transition in an aragonite travertine formed under various flow conditions at Pancuran Pitu, Central Java, Indonesia. Sedimentary Geology 265-266, 195-209.

[17] Zhang G., Smith-Duque C., Tang S., Li H., Zarikian C., D'Hondt S., Inagaki F., IODP Expedition 329 Scientists (2012) Geochemistry of basalts from IODP site U1365: Implications for magmatism and mantle source signatures of the mid-Cretaceous Osbourn Trough. Lithos 144-145, 73-87.

[18] D’Hondt S., Inagaki F., Alvarez Zarikian C.A., the IODP Expedition 329 Scientific Party (2013) IODP Expedition 329: Life and habitability beneath the seafloor of the South Pacific Gyre. Scientific Drilling 15, 4-10.

[26] Tsukiji Y., Azuma Y., Shiraishi F., Shibata M., Noda Y. (2018) New ornithopod footprints from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, Japan: ichnotaxonomical implications. Cretaceous Research 84, 510-514.

[27] Shiraishi F., Eno Y., Nakamura Y., Hanzawa Y., Asada J., Bahniuk A.M. (2019) Relative influence of biotic and abiotic processes on travertine fabrics, Satono-yu hot spring, Japan. Sedimentology 66, 459-479.

[28] Shiraishi F., Ohnishi S., Hayasaka Y., Hanzawa Y., Takashima C., Okumura T., Kano A. (2019) Potential photosynthetic impact on phosphate stromatolite formation after the Marinoan glaciation: Paleoceanographic implications. Sedimentary Geology 380, 65-82.

[29] Tsukiji Y., Shiraishi F., Shibata M., Azuma Y. (2019) A diverse theropod footprint assemblage from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, central Japan. Cretaceous Research 97, 16-33.

[30] Sakai S., Yang D., Yasuda T., Akiyama K., Kuga T., Kano A., Shiraishi F., Amekawa S., Ohtsuka S., Nakaguchi K., Yamaguchi S. (2019) Pulsed terahertz radiation for sensitive quantification of carbonate minerals. ACS Omega 4, 2702−2707.

[31] Uramoto G., Morono Y., Tomioka N., Wakaki S., Nakada R., Wagai R., Uesugi K., Takeuchi A., Hoshino M., Suzuki Y., Shiraishi F., Mitsunobu S., Suga H., Takeichi Y., Takahashi Y., Inagaki F. (2019) Significant contribution of subseafloor microparticles to the global manganese budget. Nature Communications 10, 400.

[32] Shiraishi F., Matsumura Y., Chihara R., Okumura T., Itai T., Kashiwabara T., Kano A., Takahashi Y. (2019) Depositional processes of microbially colonized manganese crusts, Sambe hot spring, Japan. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 258, 1-18.

[33] Yanagawa K., Shiraishi F., Tanigawa Y., Maeda T., Mustapha N.A., Owari S., Tomaru H., Matsumoto R., Kano A. (2019) Endolithic microbial habitats hosted in carbonate nodules currently forming within sediment at a high methane flux site in the Japan Sea. Geosciences 9, 463.

[34] Mitsunobu S., Toda M., Hamamura N., Shiraishi F., Tominaga Y., Sakata M. (2020) Millimeter-scale topsoil layer blocks arsenic migration in flooded paddy soil. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 274, 211-227.

[35] Paul P.P., Chakraborty P.P., Shiraishi F., Das K., Kamei A., Bhattacharya S. (2020) Clue on ocean redox condition from trace element and rare earth element (REE) composition of iron formation and carbonate rocks from the late Paleoproterozoic Morar Formation, Gwalior Group, central India. Journal of Mineralogical and Petrological Sciences 115, 175-191.

[36] Shiraishi F., Morikawa A., Kuroshima K., Amekawa S., Yu T.-L., Shen C.-C., Kakizaki Y., Kano A., Asada J., Bahniuk A.M. (2020) Genesis and diagenesis of travertine, Futamata hot spring, Japan. Sedimentary Geology 405, 105706.

[37] Shiraishi F., Omori T., Tomioka N., Motai S., Suga H., Takahashi Y. (2020) Characteristics of CaCO₃ nucleated around cyanobacteria: implications for calcification process. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 285, 55-69.

[38] Shiraishi F., Hanzawa Y., Nakamura Y., Eno Y., Morikawa A., de Mattos R.F., Asada J., Cury L.F., Bahniuk A.M. (2022) Abiotic and biotic processes controlling travertine deposition: Insights from eight hot springs in Japan. Sedimentology 69, 592-623. <Wiley Top Cited Article 2022-2023>

[39] Shiraishi F., Hanzawa Y., Asada J., Cury L.F., Bahniuk A.M. (2022) Microbial influences on tufa deposition in a tropical climate. Sedimentary Geology 427, 106045.

[40] Koyano S., Shiraishi F., Miyairi Y., Yokoyama Y., Fujita K. (2022) Microscale evolution of reefal microbialites. IAS Special Publication 49, 39-67.

[41] Kuroshima K., Fujita M., Kakizaki Y., Shiraishi F. (2022) Relationship among paleosol types, depositional settings, and paleoclimates in Tetori group (Lower Cretaceous, central Japan). Island Arc 31, e12445.

[42] Shiraishi F., Chihara R., Tanimoto R., Tanaka K., Takahashi Y. (2022) Microbial influences on manganese deposit formation at Yunotaki Fall, Japan. Island Arc 31, e12448.

[43] Sharma A., Das K., Chakraborty P., Shiraishi F., Kayama M. (2022) U-Pb zircon geochronology of a pyroclastic rock from the Parsoi Formation, Mahakoshal Group: Implications towards basin age and related tectonics in Central Indian Tectonic Zone. Geological Journal 57, 4122-4138.

[44] Shiraishi F., Hanzawa Y., Asada J., Cury L.F., Bahniuk A.M. (2023) Decompositional processes of microbial carbonates in Lagoa Vermelha, Brazil. Journal of Sedimentary Research 93, 202-211.

[45] Shiraishi F., Akimoto T., Tomioka N., Takahashi Y., Matsumoto R., Snyder G.T. (2023) Microbial traces found in microdolomite associated with seep-related shallow gas hydrate. Frontiers in Earth Science 11, 1188142.

[46] Shiraishi F., Akimoto T., Tomioka N., Motai S., Takahashi Y. (2023) Formation processes of paper-thin raft and coated bubble: Calcium carbonate deposition at gas-water interface. Sedimentary Geology 456, 106514.

[47] Yanagawa K., Okabeppu M., Kikuchi S., Shiraishi F., Nakajima Y., Kano A. (2025) Vertical distribution of methanotrophic archaea in an iron-rich groundwater discharge zone. PLoS ONE 20, e0319069.

[48] Uchijima, T., Kato, S., Tanimoto, K., Shiraishi F., Hamamura, N., Tokunaga, K., Makita, H., Kondo, M., Ohkuma, M., Mitsunobu, S. (2025) Custom-made medium approach for effective enrichment and isolation of chemolithotrophic iron-oxidizing bacteria. FEMS Microbiology Ecology 101, fiaf051.

[49] Murata, A., Mori, T., Kato, H., Shiraishi F., Kashiwagi, K., Kano, A. (2025) Holocene precipitation change recorded in stalagmite carbon isotopes and Mg/Ca ratios in the Pacific coastal area of central Japan. Island Arc 34, e70025.

Books

[1] Shiraishi F. (2015) Deciphering the Earth's environment and the history of life from sedimentary rocks. Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University (Ed.) Understanding the Earth's Structure -Welcome to the Department of Earth and Planetary Systems Science, Faculty of Science, Hiroshima University-, Hiroshima University Press, pp. 228-241.

[2] Bahniuk A., Shiraishi F., Asada J., Cury L., Franca A. (2016) GEOBIOCAL Atlas. Brazil Publishing, 102 p.

[3] Kano A., Okumura T., Takashima C., Shiraishi F. (2019) Geomicrobiological Properties and Processes of Travertine. Springer Singapore.

[4] Ito S., Ikehara K., Takano O., Adachi N., Arai K., Araya T., Ishigaki S., Ishihara Y., Ohno K., Ohhata K., Okazaki H., Okumura T., Kakizaki Y., Kataoka K., Kano A., Kano K., Kawakami G., Kawamura N., Kotake N., Goto K., Komatsubara J., Kondo Y., Saito Y., Sakai T., Sato T., Shibata K., Shiraishi F., Seike K., Sekiguchi T., Takashimizu Y., Tamura T., Nakazawa T., Nakajo T., Nara M., Naruse H., Nishida N., Fujino S., Maeno S., Matsuda H., Matsumoto D., Miyata Y., Murakoshi Yagi M., Yamaguchi N., Yamashita S., Yamada M., Yamamoto T., Yokokawa M. (2022) Field Manual: The World of Sedimentary Structures. Asakura Publishing, 210 p.

[5] Shiraishi F. (2025) The story of the evolution of life on Earth over 4 billion years. In: New theory of life, Newton Special Edition, Newton Press，pp. 62-63．

Papers and other publications (non-peer reviewed)

[1] Shiraishi F. (2005) Report on Carbonate Colloquium. The Geological Society of Japan News Vol. 8, No. 4, 17-18.

[2] Reitner J., Shiraishi F., Schumann G. (2006) Biosignetures in rocks and minerals. Sediment2006: 21th Meeting of Sedimentologists/4th Meeting of SEPM Central European Section, Short Course W3, 12 p.

[3] Arp G., Shiraishi F., Hoffmann F., Reitner J. (2006) Biomineralization and microbialites - Frontiers in carbonate sedimentology. 17th International Sedimentological Congress, Short Course 2, 16 p.

[4] Kano A., Kakizaki Y., Shiraishi F., Kawai T., Matsuoka J. (2006) Uppermost Jurassic limestone mounds and the recent tufa deposits in southern Shikoku Province. ISC 2006 Excursion guidebook B08, 13 p.

[5] Shiraishi F. (2007) My experience studying abroad in Germany. The Geological Society of Japan News Vol. 10, No. 4, 21-22.

[6] Expedition 329 Scientists (2011) South Pacific Gyre: Subseafloor life and habitability in the South Pacific Gyre．IODP Preliminary Report 329. doi:10.2204/iodp.pr.329.2011．

[7] Dubois N., Smith-Duque C., IODP Expedition 329 Shipboard Science Party (2011) IODP Expedition 329: South Pacific Gyre Microbiology. UK IODP Newsletter 36, 7-11.

[8] D'Hondt S., Inagaki F., Alvarez Zarikian C.A., the Expedition 329 Scientists (2011) South Pacific Gyre Subseafloor Life. The Proceedings of the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program 329, doi:10.2204/iodp.proc.329.109.2011．

[9] Mitsunobu S., Shiraishi F. (2013) New method of observing in situ microbe-metal-mineral interaction by μ-XAFS-FISH technique. SPring-8 Research Frontiers 2012, 102-103.

[10] Bahniuk A.M., Shiraishi F., Cury L. (2014) Geobiocal Project Annual Report 2, 115 p.

[11] Bahniuk A.M., Shiraishi F., Cury L. (2015) Geobiocal Project Annual Report 4, 73 p.

[12] Bahniuk A.M., Shiraishi F., Cury L. (2016) Geobiocal Project Final Report, 331 p.

Presentations at academic conferences, etc.

[1] Shiraishi F., Kano A. (2003) The spatial distribution and microenvironment of calcareous microbes in uppermost Jurassic-lowermost Cretaceous Torinosu Group. The 110th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Shizuoka), P-64. (poster)

[2] Shiraishi F., Yoshidomi K., Kano A. (2004) Depositional environment of the uppermost Jurassic-lowermost Cretaceous reef limestone in western Yamaguchi Prefecture, Southwest Japan. The 148th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Higashi-Hiroshima), O4.

[3] Shiraishi F. (2004) Quantitative analysis and depositional environments of the microbialite in the Torinosu Limestone. The 111st Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Chiba), P-87. (poster)

[4] Kano A., Kosegawa Y., Shiraishi F. (2004) Calcimicrobes in the uppermost Proterozoic shallow-marine facies of Hubei Province, China, and the global environment. The 2004 Regular Meeting of the Paleontological Society of Japan, 75.

[5] Shiraishi F., Tanimizu M., Ishikawa T., Matsuoka J., Murayama M. (2005) Strontium isotopic age of the Torinosu Limestone in Niyodo Village, Kochi Prefecture, SW Japan. The 150th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Kagoshima), 12.

[6] Shiraishi F., Kano A. (2005) Microbialites and microencrusters in uppermost Jurassic-lowermost Cretaceous Torinosu Limestone (SW Japan). Abstracts of "System Earth-Biosphere Coupling", International Conference and Annual Meeting, Geologische Vereinigung (GV) Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Geowissenschaften (DGG), Erlangen, Germany, 358.

[7] Shiraishi F., Reimer A., Bissett A., Bruns S., Mohr K., Cousin S., Paeuker O., Brambilla E., Jonkers H., de Beer D., Stackebrandt E., Friedl T., Arp G. (2006) Microbial communities and tufa formation in karst-water creeks of Germany. Sediment2006: 21th Meeting of Sedimentologists/4th Meeting of SEPM Central European Section (Goettingen, Germany), 155.

[8] Shiraishi F., Reimer A., Bissett A., Bruns S., Mohr K., Cousin S., Paeuker O., Brambilla E., Jonkers H., de Beer D., Stackebrandt E., Friedl T., Arp G. (2006) Microbial communities and tufa formation in karst-water creeks of Germany. 17th International Sedimentological Congress (Fukuoka, Japan), O-254.

[9] Shiraishi F., Reimer A.，Bissett A.，Bruns S.，Mohr K.，Cousin S.，Paeuker O.，Brambilla E.，Jonkers H.，de Beer D.，Stackebrandt E.，Friedl T.，Arp G. (2006) Microbial communities and tufa formation in karst-water creeks of Germany. The 113rd Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Kochi), O-76.

[10] Shiraishi F. (2007) Observation of microorganisms in sediments using FISH. Hiroshima University Environmental Evolution Short Course 2007. <Invited>

[11] Shiraishi F. (2008) Stromatolite formation by photosynthesis. The 55th Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan (Tokyo), 2E09.

[12] Shiraishi F., Bissett A., de Beer D., Zippel B., Neu T.R., Reimer A., Arp G. (2008) Photosynthesis-induced stromatolite formation. International Kalkowsky-Symposium (Goettingen, Germany), 122-123.

[13] Shiraishi F., Bissett A., de Beer D., Reimer A., Arp G. (2008) Photosynthesis-induced stromatolite formation. Abstract of 7th International Symposium for Subsurface Microbiology, Shizuoka, Japan, 40. (poster)

[14] Okumura T., Shiraishi F., Naganuma T., Yukimura K., Takashima C., Nishida S., Koike H., Kano A. (2008) Microbial contribution to lamina formation in an aragonite travertine. The 115th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Akita), O-121.

[15] Shiraishi F. (2009) Photosynthesis-induced calcite precipitation recognized from freshwater stromatolite. The 116th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Okayama), P-52. (poster)

[16] Shiraishi F. (2009) Biologically-induced mineralization observed by micro-electrodes. Symposium: Building a new biogeoscience - an approach from carbonates  (Fukuoka).

[17] Shiraishi F. (2010) Calcite precipitation and stromatolite formation induced by photosynthetic bacteria. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2010 (Makuhari), BBG005-21.

[18] Shiraishi F. (2011) Experimental paleontology of stromatolite. The 160th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Higashi-Hiroshima), O-19.

[19] Shiraishi F. (2011) Role(s) of oxygenic photosynthesis in Precambrian stromatolite formation. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2011 (Makuhari), U020-20.

[20] Okumura T., Takashima C., Shiraishi F., Akmaluddine, Kano A. (2011) Biogeochemistry of laminated travertines in Central Java, Indonesia. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2011 (Makuhari), U020-18.

[21] Shiraishi F. (2011) Experimental paleontology of stromatolite. The 118th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Mito), R14-O-5,.

[22] Shiraishi F. (2011) Biogeochemistry: A new window to understand microbial carbonates. Petrobras Short Course (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). <Invited>

[23] Shiraishi F. (2012) Composition of carbonate chemical species in the Phanerozoic ocean estimated from fossil cyanobacteria. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2012 (Makuhari), U04-18．

[24] Kano A., Takashima C., Shiraishi F. (2012) Thrombolites and shelly fossils from the Cryogenian carbonate in Bahia, Brazil. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2012 (Makuhari), BPT23-06.

[25] Kano A., Furuyama S., Takashima C., Shiraishi F. (2012) Age and biological activity of the Neoproterozoic thrombolite in Bahia, central Brazil. The 119th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Osaka), T4-O-7.

[26] Shiraishi F. (2012) Chemical conditions favoring photosynthesis-induced CaCO₃ precipitation. 2012 ASLO Aquatic Sciences Meeting, Lake Biwa, 149. (poster)

[27] Shiraishi F. (2012) Origin and occurrence of microbialites. 2012 Carbonate Rock Subcommittee, The Japanese Association for Petroleum Technology (Tokyo). <Invited>

[28] Mitsunobu S., Shiraishi F. (2012) Detailed elucidation of microorganism-metal-mineral interactions by combining FISH and micro-XAFS techniques. The 28th Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology Annual Meeting (Toyohashi), S05-2.

[29] Shiraishi F. (2013) Fossil cyanobacteria as a potential pH proxy for Phanerozoic ocean. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013 (Makuhari), BPO02-09.

[30] Hanzawa Y., Okumura T., Shiraishi F. (2013) Controlling factors on depositional fabrics of stromatolite and thrombolite. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013 (Makuhari), U03-P04. (poster)

[31] Chihar R., Shiraishi F. (2013) Microbial roles on the formation of manganese deposits at Sambe hot spring. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013 (Makuhari), U03-P05. (poster)

[32] Mitsunobu S., Shiraishi F. (2013) Direct observation of microbe-metal-mineral interaction by micro-XAFS-FISH technique. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013 (Makuhari), U03-16.

[33] Kano A., Furuyama S., Sone T., Okumura T., Takashima C., Shiraishi F. (2013) Neoproterozoic thrombolite and spherical structures from Brazil: Expected images of the oldest multicellular animal. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2013 (Makuhari), BPT24-6.

[34] Kano A., Okumura T., Mori T., Takashima C., Shiraishi F. (2013) Digitate structures and small spheroids in carbonate rock of the Salitre Formation (Neoproterozoic, Brazil): Image of the oldest multicellular animal. The 2013 Annual Meeting, The Palaeontological Society of Japan (Kumamoto), A20 m.

[35] Shiraishi F. (2013) Microbial fossils and Earth history. Federal University of Paraná SEGEPAR Seminar (Curitiba, Brazil). <Invited>

[36] Mitsunobu S., Hamamura N., Kataoka T., Shiraishi F., Sakata M.  (2013) Arsenic fixation in sediments promoted by microbial arsenic oxidation: A new approach based on speciation and functional gene analysis. The 60th Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan (Tsukuba), 1B07．

[37] Kano A., Okumura T., Shiraishi F., Takashima C., Matsuda N. (2013) Neoproterozoic thrombolite and spherical structures from Brazil: An image of the oldest multicellular animal. The International Biogeoscience Conference 2013 (Nagoya).

[38] Kikuchi S., Makita H., Shiraishi F., Takahashi Y. (2013) Spatial Changes of Bacterial Community and Mineral Species along Chemical Gradient in Iron-rich Sediment. The 21st International Symposium on Environmental Biogeochemistry (Wuhan).

[39] Shiraishi F. (2014) Evolution of life and Earth environment elucidated from microbial mineralization. Hiroshima International Symposium on Future Science (Hi-SFs) 2014 (Higashi-Hiroshima). <Invited>

[40] Shiraishi F., Okumura T., Takashima C., Kano A. (2014) Origin of phosphate stromatolite formed after the snowball Earth. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014 (Yokohama), U05-P06. (poster)

[41] Hanzawa Y., Okumura T., Shiraishi F. (2014) Controlling factors of microbialite textures inferred by a tufa deposit. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014 (Yokohama), U05-P12. (poster)

[42] Nakamura Y., Shiraishi F. (2014) Role(s) of extracellular polymeric substance in microbial mineralization. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014 (Yokohama), U05-P11. (poster)

[43] Kikuchi S., Makita H., Konno Y., Shiraishi F., Takai K., Takahashi Y. (2014) Biogeochemical cycles of iron and carbon in biogenic iron-rich sediment. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2014 (Yokohama), U05-15.

[44] Kikuchi S., Makita H., Konno Y., Shiraishi F., Takai K., Takahashi Y. (2014) Biogeochemical cycles of iron and carbon in biogenic iron-rich sediment. The 61th Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan (Toyama), 1B04.

[45] Shiraishi F. (2014) Study of microbial deposits by using advanced techniques. The 68th General Meeting of the Association for the Geological Collaboration in Japan, 55-56. <Invited>

[46] Shiraishi F., Mitsunobu S., Morono Y., Suzuki K., Inagaki F. (2015) Dense microbial community at the surface of manganese nodule formed in ultra-oligotrophic seafloor. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016 (Makuhari), B-CG28-05．

[47] Shiraishi F., Chihara R. (2015) Role(s) of microorganisms on the formation of manganese deposits in hot springs. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016 (Makuhari), B-CG28-P09. (poster)

[48] Nakao K., Shiraishi F. (2015) Establishment of iron microelectrode measurement and its application to iron deposit resembling BIF. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016 (Makuhari), B-CG28-P10. (poster)

[49] Toyofuku T., De Nooijer, L., Fujita K., Shiraishi F., Reichart G., Kitazato H. (2015) Proton Management of Foraminiferal Calcification. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2015 (Makuhari), BPT03-13.

[50] Toda M., Mitsunobu S., Sakata M., Shiraishi F. (2015) Millimeter soil layer barriers off arsenic elution in paddy field: “Soil physiological study” by μXAFS and microelectrodetechniques. 13th International conference on the biogeochemistry of trace elements, Fukuoka. (poster)

[51] Toda M., Mitsunobu S., Sakata M., Shiraishi F. (2015) Arsenic concentration phenomenon occurring on the soil surface at the millimeter scale: Soil physiological study using high spatial resolution synchrotron X-ray microscope and microelectrode method. Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 2015 Kyoto Conference (Kyoto)，2-1-19.

[52] Kikuchi S., Makita H., Shiraishi F., Konno Y., Takahashi Y. (2015) Limited reduction of biogenic Fe oxyhydroxides caused by the encrustation of secondary Fe minerals. The 62nd Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan (Yokohama), 2C06.

[53] Tsukiji Y., Azuma Y., Shiraishi F. (2015) Ornithopods Footprints from the Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, Katsuyama City, Fukui. The 2nd International Symposium on Asian Dinosaurs (Thailand), ISAD-14. (poster)

[54] Tsukiji Y., Azuma Y., Shiraishi F. (2016) Footprints of the 4th Dinosaur Excavation Project in Katsuyama City, Fukui Prefecture. The 165th Regular Meeting of the Paleontological Society of Japan, P08.

[55] Shiraishi F. (2016) Microbialites (formation process, classification and history). Course in Chemical / Microbial Carbonate Sedimentology, Curitiba. <Invited>

[56] Shiraishi F. (2016) Carbonate, iron and manganese mineralization. Course in Chemical / Microbial Carbonate Sedimentology (Curitiba). <Invited>

[57] Shiraishi F. (2016) Carbonate sedimentology of microbialite. Annual meeting of The Sedimentological Society of Japan 2016 (Fukuoka), OS4. <Invited>

[58] Shiraishi F., Mitsunobu S., Suzuki K., Hoshino T., Morono Y., Inagaki F. (2016) Dense microbial community on a ferromanganese nodule from the ultra-oligotrophic South Pacific Gyre: Implications for biogeochemical cycles. International Workshop on Manganese Minerals, Kochi. <Invited>

[59] Shiraishi F., Hanzawa Y., Okumura T., Kano A. (2016) Cyanobacterial extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) control stromatolite and thrombolite formations. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016 (Makuhari), BCG09-02.

[60] Yamamoto M., Toyohuku T., Shiraishi F., de Nooijer L., Sakaguchi H. (2016) Reconstruction of foraminiferal calcification process by effective use of restricted data. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2016 (Makuhari), BPT03-04．

[61] Tsukiji Y., Azuma Y., Shiraishi F. (2016) Ornithopods footprints from the Kitadani Formation, Tetori Group, Katsuyama City, Fukui. The 2016 Annual Meeting, The Palaeontological Society of Japan (Fukui), B11m．

[62] Shiraishi F. (2016) Elucidation of life and Earth history from microbial deposits. 2nd UK-Japan Frontiers of Science (UK-Japan FoS) Symposium (Chicheley, UK). (poster)

[63] Mitsunobu S.,Tominaga Y., Shiraishi F. (2017) Millimeter soil layer barriers off the arsenic elution in flooded paddy soil. The 64th Annual Meeting of the Geochemical Society of Japan (Tokyo), 3C06.

[64] Shiraishi F., Ohnishi S., Hayasaka Y., Takashima C., Okumura T., Kano A. (2017) Origin of phosphate stromatolite formed after the Marinoan glaciation. The 124th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Matsuyama), R23-O-11．

[65] Shiraishi F., Eno Y., Nakamura Y., Hanzawa Y., Asada J., Bahniuk A.M. (2017) Relative influence of biotic and abiotic processes on travertine fabrics. The 124th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Matsuyama), R10-O-2．

[66] Shiraishi F. (2017) Understanding Earth's history from microbialites. International Conference Commemorating the Opening of the Institute of Earth History (Okayama). <Invited>

[67] Tsukiji Y., Azuma Y., Shiraishi F., Shibata M. (2017) New Ornithopod Footprints From The Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, Japan: Ichnotaxonomical Implications. The Fifth International Symposium of International Geoscience Programme IGCP Project 608 (Jeju, Korea), 94-96. (poster)

[68] Shiraishi F. (2017) Microorganisms and minerals: from manganese nodules to the Cambrian Explosion. The 7th Hiroshima University-JAMSTEC Joint Symposium (Higashi-Hiroshima).

[69] Shiraishi F. (2018) The present is the key to the past —the uniformitarianism—. 1st HiPeR International Symposium, Higashihiroshima.

[70] Kuroshima K., Shiraishi F. (2018) Features of pedogenic nodules in Tetori Group, Kamiichi and Tateyama regions, Toyama Prefecture. The 125st Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan．The 169th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Higashi-Hiroshima), P-2. (poster)

[71] Tanigawa Y., Shiraishi F. (2018) Formation process of carbonate nodules at methane hydrate embryonic area. The 169th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Higashi-Hiroshima), P-5. (poster)

[72] Matsumura Y., Shiraishi F. (2018) Elucidation of formation mechanisms of manganese oxides depositing on hot spring. The 169th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Higashi-Hiroshima), P-6. (poster)

[73] Morikawa A., Shiraishi F. (2018) Depositional and diagenetic processes of travertine developed at Futamata hot spring, Hokkaido Prefecture. The 169th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Higashi-Hiroshima), P-7. (poster)

[74] Omori T., Shiraishi F., Tomioka N., Motai S., Takahashi Y. (2018) Role of extracellular polymeric substances on cyanobacterial calcification. The 169th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Higashi-Hiroshima), P-19. (poster)

[75] Tsukiji Y., Azuma Y., Shiraishi F. (2018) New ornithopod footprints from the Lower Cretaceous Kitadani Formation, Fukui, Japan: Ichnotaxonomical implications. The 169th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Higashi-Hiroshima), P-21. (poster) <Outstanding Presentation Award>

[76] Shiraishi F., Ohnishi S., Hayasaka Y., Takashima C., Okumura T., Kano A. (2018) Origin of phosphate stromatolite formed after the Marinoan glaciation. The 169th regular meeting of the Western Japan Branch of the Geological Society of Japan (Higashi-Hiroshima), O-12.

[77] Shiraishi F., Matsumura Y., Chihara R., Okumura T., Itai T., Kashiwabara T., Kano A., Takahashi Y. (2018) Mn(II) oxidation processes at the surface of microbially colonized manganese deposits. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018 (Makuhari), BBG02-09.   

[78] Omori T., Tomioka N., Motai S., Takahashi Y., Shiraishi F. (2018) Role of extracellular polymeric substances on cyanobacterial calcification. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018 (Makuhari), BBG02-P03. (poster)

[79] Uramoto G., Morono Y., Tomioka N., Wakaki S., Nakada R., Wagai R., Uesugi K., Takeuchi A., Hoshino M., Suzuki Y., Mitsunobu S., Shiraishi F., Suga H., Takeichi Y., Takahashi Y., Inagaki F. (2018) Mineralogical and geochemical characteristics of manganese mineral particles in the South Pacific Gyre sediment. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018 (Makuhari), MZZ41-04.

[80] Koyano S., Chinen M., Shiraishi F., Fujita K. (2018) Traces of microorganisms in reefal microbial crusts discovered in a Holocene reef sediment core from the Ryukyu Archipelago. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2018 (Makuhari), BCG06-05. (poster)

[81] Mitsunobu S., Shiraishi F., Hamamura N. (2018) Millimeter-scale arsenic accumulation on the surface of paddy field soil and its microbial influence. Japanese Society of Soil Science and Plant Nutrition 2018 Kanagawa Conference (Fujisawa), P1-1-4.

[82] Shiraishi F., Morikawa A. (2018) Distribution and characteristics of travertines developed in Futamata hot spring, Hokkaido. The 125th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Tsukuba), R10-O-4.

[83] Kuroshima K., Shiraishi F. (2018) Features of paleosols and pedogenic nodules in Tetori Group, Kamiichi and Tateyama regions, Toyama Prefecture, central Japan. The 125th Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of Japan (Tsukuba), R10-P-3. (poster)

[84] Shiraishi F. (2019) Biogeochemistry from India―future prospectus―. 2nd HiPeR International Symposium, Kolkata.

[85] Shiraishi F. (2019) Life-water-mineral interactions―outcomes since 2017―. 4th HiPeR International Symposium, Higashihiroshima.

[86] Shiraishi F. (2019) Biogeochemistry from India ―future prospectus―. JSPS-DST Japan-India Forum for Advanced Study, Nagoya. <Invited>

[87] Shiraishi F., Nakao K., Takashima C., Kano A., Itai T. (2019) Fe(II) oxidation processes at the surface of bacterially colonized iron deposits. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019 (Makuhari), BBG03-P01. <Invited>

[88] Shiraishi F., Omori T., Tomioka N., Motai S., Suga H., Takahashi Y. (2019) Calcium carbonate formation processes on cyanobacterial surface. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019 (Makuhari), BBC03-05.

[89] Shiraishi F. (2019) Life-water-mineral interactions and their products. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019 (Makuhari), MIS07-12. <Invited>

[90] Miyazaki A., Kano A., Shiraishi F. (2019) Composition of seawater before the Sturtian Snowball Earth estimated by the occurrence of late Tonian evaporitic magnesite. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019 (Makuhari), BCG07-P08. (poster)

[91] Uramoto G., Morono Y., Tomioka N., Wakaki S., Nakada R., Wagai R., Uesugi K., Takeuchi A., Hoshino M., Suzuki Y., Mitsunobu S., Shiraishi F., Suga H., Takeichi Y., Takahashi Y., Inagaki F. (2019) Abundant ferromanganese microparticles in oxic pelagic sediments. Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019 (Makuhari), MGI34-02．

[92] Uramoto G., Morono Y., Tomioka N., Wakaki S., Nakada R., Wagai R., Uesugi K., Takeuchi A., Hoshino M., Suzuki Y., Mitsunobu S., Shiraishi F., Suga H., Takeichi Y., Takahashi Y., Inagaki F. (2019) Abundant ferromanganese microparticles in oxic pelagic sediments (IODP Exp. 329). Japan Geoscience Union Meeting 2019 (Makuhari), MIS02-03.

[93] Shiraishi F., Bahniuk A.M., Asada J. (2019) Microbial influences on tufa and travertine fabrics. 16th International Meeting of Carbonate Sedimentologists BATHURST MEETING, Palma de Mallorca, P-176. (poster)