We visited JAXA, where we ascertained that the space experiment by Astronaut Norishige Kanai was going smoothly.
This is the last working day of the year. Have a great new year!
Our space experiment on amyloid formation has started in the International Space Station “Kibo”!
Prof. Kato is watching over the experimental work conducted by Astronaut Norishige Kanai. (Photo courtesy of JAXA)
A commemorative photo with the logo of our Amyloid experiment. (Photo courtesy of JAXA)
We had a collaborative discussion with Prof. Uchihashi’s group (Nagoya Univ.).
Our alumna, Michiko Nakano (IMS) visited us for her farewell greeting.
We joined the 2nd Workshop on Ordering Molecular Systems.
Enjoyed discussion on membranes until late at night.
Nakane-kun (JAIST) visited our lab for collaborative experiment.
We had collaborative discussion with Dr. Onitsuka (Tokushima Univ.).
Yasuhiro performed SAXS experiments in collaboration with Prof. Sugiyama (Kyoto Univ.).
Prof. Kato gave lectures at Kagoshima University.
Warmfully hosted by Prof. Yuji Ito’s lab members.
Our alumna, Ms. Suzuki (PMDA) gave a lecture at an NCU career support meeting.
Dr. Chikako Shirataki (Natural History Museum –Sea of Life-) visited our lab.
The last lab seminar in 2017 was held in Okazaki. Our OIIB and NCU lab members presented their research progresses in English.
After the seminar, we enjoyed an End-of-year party at Higashi-Okazaki!
We enjoyed collaborative discussion with Dr. Takai (JAMSTEC), Dr. Imachi (JAMSTEC), and Dr. Nakagawa (Kyoto Univ.) at Seifuso Villa.
Yasuhiro performed SAXS experiments in collaboration with Prof. Sugiyama (Kyoto Univ.) at Photon Factory.
Taiki performed mass spectrometric experiments at Dr. Khoo’s lab in Academia Sinica.
Dr. Yagi organized a special workshop and gave a talk at ConBio2017.
Dr. Torizawa (Chugai Phar., Co., LTD.) visited our lab.
We joined NIPS Workshop 2017 “High-Resolution Single Particles Analysis of Proteins by Cryo-electron Microscopy”.
Dr. Satoh gave an invited talk at the 46th Japanese Conference on Crystal Growth.
The OIIB final symposium was a great success!
Hiroki and Yuka gave an oral presentation at The Tokai Branch Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.
Yuka recieved the Best Presentation Award. Congratulations!
Takayuki and Hiroki gave a presentation on their graduation thesis.
We had a party to welcome the Fumiko and Yudai.
We have just sent our samples to NASA toward space experiments in the International Space Station “Kibo”.
Dr. Satoh and Taichiro perfomred X-ray diffraction experiments at Photon Factory.
Prof. Kato and Dr. Satoh visited Ewha Womans University (Seoul) for international exchange.
Attended Commemorative Symposium on the 25th anniversary of Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience.
Dr. Kato and Dr. Yanaka gave a presentation at the 56th Annual Meeting of the Nuclear
Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan
Joined the heartwarming retirement party for Suzui-san.
Dr. Benjamin List (Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung) visited Yamate Campus for IMS external evaluation.
At the 14th Forum of the Glycoscience base for Chubu, Takayuki gave an oral presentation and Taiki and Tokio gave poster presentation.
Enjoyed a happy hour this evening! We served “ODEN” this time.
We successfully finished sample preparation with the JAXA and JSF staffs toward space experiments in the International Space Station “Kibo”.
There’s nothing like a cold beer after a long day’s work!
We had collaborative discussion with Dr. Kamiya (Nagoya Univ.).
This meeting was a huge success having so many participants!
With the poster-award winners.
Yasuhiro was awarded as the best discusser.
Had a fire drill at our Tanabe-dori Campus.
We had collaborative discussion with the JAXA and JSF staffs toward space experiments in the International Space Station “Kibo”.
Dr. Saeko Yanaka has been promoted to Assistant Professor at IMS.
Prof. Kato visited and gave talks at NANOTEC and Chulalongkorn University.
We celebrated Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi, Honorary Professor Emeritus of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences.
Dr. Yagi received the Award for publication from Nagoya City University President.
We had a collaborative discussion with Prof. Kamikubo (NAIST).
We served cinnamon churros at the university festival.
We are performing experiments in collaboration with Dr. Ken Morishima (Kyoto Univ.).
Prof. Kato gave an invited talk at 2017 Taiwan-Japan Biomedical Symposium on Magenetic Resonance.
Dr. Satoh and Taichiro perfomred X-ray diffraction experiments at SPring-8.
Dr. Yagi attended kickoff meeting of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas, “Organelle zone”.
Dr. Yagi attended TOGO2017 symposium.