2026/11/11 [Press Release] Chain-length-selective cooperative assembly underlies β-glucan recognition by Dectin-1
Our recent work has been published in Communications Chemistry.
URL: https://www.nature.com/articles/s42004-026-02217-x
DOI: 10.1038/s42004-026-02217-x
2026/10/23 Fire and disaster drill@Okazaki
The annual fire and disaster drill was held again this year.

2026/10/23 [Press Release] A Ratiometric MRI Probe with a Tuned Crosslinked Network for Quantitative Imaging of Physiological pH
Our recent work has been published in Small.
URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/smll.75796
DOI: 10.1002/smll.75796
2026/10/21-23 Symposium@Tokyo
Maho gave a talk, and Dr. Seiichiro Hayashi presented a poster at the 65th Annual Meeting of the NMR Society of Japan. A gathering was also held with Prof. Ichio Shimada.





2026/10/19–20 Symposium@Seoul
Prof. Kato and Maho gave invited lectures at the Frontier Bioorganization Forum 2026.

2026/10/15-16 Symposium@Yokohama
Saeko gave an invited lecture, and Professor Koichi Kato chaired a session at the 9th International Symposium on Drug Discovery and Design by NMR.



2026/10/13-14 Visitor@Okazaki
Dr. Christian Griesinger (Max Planck Institute), a member of the IMS International Advisory Board, visited Okazaki and also took the opportunity to tour ExCELLS.



2026/10/13 Collaborative discussion@web
We held an online meeting with Dr. Hitoshi Ishiwata (National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, QST) to discuss our collaborative research.

2026/10/9 [Press Release] From a Rigid Dimer to Flexible Assemblies: Revealing the Motion of Glycan-Building Enzymes
Our recent work has been published in International Journal of Molecular Sciences.
URL: https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/27/14/6423
Press release: https://www.excells.orion.ac.jp/en/news/14833
DOI: 10.3390/ijms27146423
EurekAlert!: https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1147228
2026/10/7 Colloquium@Okazaki
The 1,000th IMS Colloquium was celebrated with a special commemorative lecture by Director-General Watanabe.

