2026/7/5 Conference@Nagoya
Kotaro gave an oral presentation at the 2026 Joint Scientific Meeting of the Tokai Block of the Japanese Society of Hospital Pharmacists and the Tokai Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.

2026/6/30 Celebration@Okazaki
A small birthday celebration was held with our Okazaki lab members in honor of Professor Kato’s birthday.

2026/6/22 Farewell@Okazaki
Dr. Kyotaro Yamazaki from the Chromosome Engineering Research Group gave his final lab seminar in Okazaki. The Okazaki lab members then held a farewell party to wish him all the best in his future endeavors.


2026/6/16-19 Meeting@Tottori
At the 26th Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan, Saeko served as the organizer of a workshop, in which Prof. Kato gave a featured presentation. The meeting also featured invited lectures by Maho and Saeko, and Ryuhey’s poster presentation attracted considerable interest.



2026/6/12-14 Meeting@Kamikawa
A retreat-style meeting with the CREST team provided an excellent opportunity for lively discussions and fruitful exchanges of ideas.



2026/6/5 Collaborative discussion@web
We had a discussion regarding the Human Glycome Atlas Project.

2026/6/4-5 Visitor@Okazaki
Dr. Toshiyuki Nakagaki (Hokkaido University) visited ExCELLS and toured our research facilities.


2026/6/2 Collaborative discussion@Nagoya
We held a steering committee meeting of the Multi-scale Quantum–Classical Life Interface Research Consortium.
(Photo: participants exchanging ideas during the networking session.)

2026/5/29 Collaborative discussion@Tokyo
Visit to Dr. Kanda (Institute of Science Tokyo) with Dr. Mitsuyama.

2026/5/27 Outreach activity@Okazaki
As part of a class called “Laboratory Tour around Nagoya City University,” we introduced ExCELLS to fourth-year students of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.


