A paper titled "Cryopreservation of the model streptophyte alga Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex (Zygnematophyceae)," with Dr. Nozaki (a visiting researcher in our laboratory) as the lead author, has been accepted for publication in the *European Journal of Phycology*. Prof. Sekimoto is also included as a co-author.