2019/12/29 Memorial meeting＠Okazaki

Attended a meeting in remembrance of the late Prof. Kazuhiro Ikenaka.
(A snapshot at the after-party.)

2019/12/27 Collaborative experiment＠Yokohama

Saeko is performing NMR measurements in RIKEN (Tsurumi).

2019/12/26 Business trip＠Tokyo

This is the final NINS Directors Meeting of year. Otsukaresamadesita!

2019/12/21-24 Overseas business trip＠Xiamen

As a part of the IMS international activities, Prof. Kato visited Xiamen University, where he gave a talk and discussed future prospects for collaboration.

2019/12/20-21 Conference＠Tokyo

Dr. Satoh attended CREST and PRESTO(Structural Life Science)joint meeting.

2019/12/20 Meeting & dinner party＠Okazaki

Today we had ExCELLS advisory committee meeting and also good news that our article was accepted. Otsukaresama deshita!

2019/12/18-23 Collaborative experiment＠Okazaki

Dr.Ohtani and Teranishi-san visited us from Kyushu University.

2019/12/17 [Press release] The first structure of a novel histone chaperone reveals energy-dependent chromatin assembly

Our recent work “Structural basis of nucleosome assembly by the Abo1 AAA+ ATPase histone chaperone” in collaboration with Dr. Ji-Joon Song (KAIST), Dr. Ja Yil Lee (UNIST) and the Uchihashi group has been published in Nature Communications.

DOI：10.1038/s41467-019-13743-9
Press Release

2019/12/16-18 Overseas business trip＠Bangkok

Prof. Kato gave an invited lecture at the 2nd International Conference on Materials Research and Innovation （ICMARI） and visited Kasetsart University to increase academic exchange with IMS.

2019/12/13 Lab seminar & End-of-year party＠Okazaki

We had a joint seminar of the NCU and ExCELLS lab members.

After the seminar, we enjoyed an End-of-year party at Higashi Okazaki,where Hiroki bade us farewell. Otsukaresama deshita!

2019/12/13 Collaborative discussion＠Okazaki

We had a collaborative discussion about plasma biology experiments.

2019/12/13 Training course＠Okazaki

A training course of the biomolecular interaction analysis system newly
installed at ExCELLS.

2019/12/12 Collaborative discussion＠Okazaki

Enjoyed collaborative discussion with Dr. Takai, Dr. Imachi, Dr. Shimamura from JAMSTEC and Dr. Nakagawa and Doi-san from Kyoto Unicersity!

2019/12/9-11 Council＠Okazaki

We had IMS Advisory Council 2019.

2019/12/9 Collaboration＠Tokyo

Taichiro visited Dr.Masaharu Takemura(Tokyo University of Science).

2019/12/3-7 Conference＠Fukuoka

Hirokazu and Saeko gave lectures at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan.

2019/12/2-19 Experiment＠Fukuoka

Kana visited Drs. Sanematsu and Shigemura’s lab (Kyusyu university) to conduct collaborative experiments.

2019/12/2 Collaborative discussion＠Okazaki

Enjoyed discussion with Dr. Uchihashi.

2019/11/29 Dinner party＠Nagoya

Had an enjoyable dinner with energetic glycoscientists in Tokai area.

2019/11/29 Meeting＠Hiroshima

Dr. Yagi and Fumiko gave talks at the 3rd Glycolleague. Fumiko received the Young Scientist Award. Congratulations!

2019/11/28 Meeting＠Tokyo

Maho gave an invited talk at the 1st society meeting of neutron structural biology in FY2019.

2019/11/27 Seminar＠Okazaki

In today’s ExCELLS Seminar, exciting topics were delivered by Dr.Yasuhiro Kazuki (Tottori University). We enjoyed a heated discussion until midnight.

2019/11/26-27 Meeting＠Okazaki

Participated in NIPS EM Workshop 2019 “High-Resolution Single Particle Analysis of Proteins by Cryo-electron Microscopy”.

2019/11/26-27 Meeting＠Tokyo

Dr. Yagi gave a talk and a poster presentation at the 3rd Organelles Zone Meeting.

2019/11/25 Meeting＠Tokyo

Participated in a preparatory meeting of the 2nd Japanese-Canadian Frontiers of Science Symposium (JCFoS).

2019/11/25 Meeting＠Tokyo

Taiki gave poster and oral presentations at the 2nd Young Scientist Meeting of Organelles Zone.

2019/11/22 Symposium＠Tokyo

Dr. Maho Yagi-Utsumi gave a talk in the Open Symposium of the Research Cooperation with Industries held at the University of Tokyo.

2019/11/20 Award＠Nagoya

Dr. Yagi received the Award for international collaborative publication from Nagoya City University President.

2019/11/18-19 Symposium＠Okazaki

The 2nd ExCELLS Symposium was a great success! It was really an enthusiastic event!

2019/11/14 Collaborative discussion＠Okazaki

Dr. Kazuharu Arakawa (Keio University) visited ExCELLS for a collaborative discussion.

2019/11/11 Collaborative discussion＠Okazaki

Dr. Ohtani and Teranishi-san visited us from Kyushu University.

2019/11/10 Conference＠Nagoya

Fumiko gave an oral presentation at the Tokai Branch Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.

2019/11/7-9 Meeting＠Kawasaki

Prof. Kato served as the President of the Nuclear Magnetic Society of Japan and presented a talk at Professor Yoji Arata memorial session in the 58th Annual Meeting of the society. Maho and Saeko presented an oral talk and a poster, respectively.

2019/11/6-14 Collaborative discussion and lecture＠Lille

Dr. Yagi visited Dr. Yann Guerardel at Lille University, enjoyed a collaborative discussion, and gave a talk. He also gave lectures for graduate students.

2019/11/5 Welcome party＠Nagoya

Enjoyed a party to welcome our new members!

2019/10/30 Fire drill＠Okazaki

Had an emergency evacuation drill at our Yamate Campus.

2019/10/29-30 Symposium＠Kyoto

Prof.Kato chaired a session in the 17th JCGG Symposium.

Congratulated Dr.Kajihara on his winning Whistler Award.

2019/10/28-29 Symposium＠Okazaki

The 2nd NIBB-Princeton Joint Symposium is held in Okazaki.

2019/10/28 Collaborative study＠Nagoya

Dr. Morishima(Kyoto University) is staying in our laboratory at NCU and
conducting experiments.

2019/10/19 University festival＠Nagoya

We served waffle at the Nagoya City University festival.

2019/10/17-18 Meeting＠Matsuyama

Taichiro presented a poster at the annual meeting of Japanese Society for Cell Synthesis Research.

2019/10/17 New member＠Okazaki

Ean Wai (University of Malaya) has just joined us as a student of IMS International Internship Program in Asia (IMS-IIPA).

2019/10/15 Business trip＠Yonago

We visited Chromosome Engineering Research Center of Tottori University and enjoyed discussion with Dr.Yasuhiro Kazuki’ group.

2019/10/12-13 Conference＠Kanazawa

Yasuhiro gave a poster presentation and won the poster prize at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Chronobiology.

2019/10/10 Collaborative discussion＠Tsuruoka

We visited Prof. Masaru Tomita, Director General of Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, and enjoyed a collaborative discussion with the Arakawa group.