2020/3/31 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya/Taipei

Had a telework with Dr. Kay-Hooi Khoo, the ExCELLS Visiting Researcher
from Academia Sinica, for discussing ExCELLS Joint Researches.

2020/3/25 [Preprint] Amyloid formation under microgravity conditions

Our recent work has “Characterization of amyloid β fibril formation under microgravity conditions”posted on bioRχiv.
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.03.23.004341

2020/3/25 Farewell@Okazaki

Today is Tatsuya’s last day at work in Okazaki. We Wish you success at the new place!

2020/3/25 Graduation day@Nagoya

Kana, Taiki, and Rino. Congratulations on your graduation from NCU!

2020/3/24 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Enjoyed discussion with Prof. Shigenobu (NIBB) and learned a lot from him!

2020/3/23 Graduation thesis presentation@Nagoya

Rino presented her graduation thesis. We gave Kana a send-off.

2020/3/19 Commemorative talk@Okazaki

Tatsuya, Ean Wai, and Meow presented their final research reports.We gave them a send-off with Takumi and Muneyuki.Best wishes for your continues success!

2020/3/18 Collaborative discussion@Nagoya

Enjoyed a collaborative discussion with Dr. Kamiya (Nagoya University).

2020/3/16 Award@Nagoya

Taiki was awarded from The Japanese Biochemical Society Chubu Branch. Congratulation! Congratulation!

2020/3/13 [Press Release] Passport tagging for express cargo transportation in cells

Our recent work “Improved secretion of glycoproteins using an N-glycan-restricted passport sequence tag recognized by cargo receptor” has been published in Nature Communications.
DOI:10.1038/s41467-020-15192-1
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2020/3/13 Commemorative lecture for retirement@Osaka

Enjoyed commemorative lecture for retirement of Prof. Yuji Goto
(Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University) distributed live!

https://youtu.be/wqCcmZQFGNo
Thank you for introducing the anecdote.

2020/3/11 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Enjoyed a collaborative discussion with Prof. Uchihashi’s group!

2020/3/11 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya/Yonago

Had a teleconference on the ExCELLS Joint Research regarding chromosome engineering.

2020/3/6 Master’s thesis presentation@Nagoya

Kana and Taiki presented their master’s thesis. Otsukaresamadeshita!

2020/3/5 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Tokyo/Uppsala/Nagoya

Enjoyed a teleconference of collaborations on giant viruses.

2020/3/4 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya

Had a teleconference on the ExCELLS Joint Research for investigating the cryptobiotic mechanisms in tardigrades.

2020/2/27-28 Collaborative experiment@Yokosuka

Dr. Yagi visited JAMSTEC for a collaborative discussion and experiment.

2020/2/25 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Invited Prof. Satoshi Goto (Rikkyo University) and enjoyed a lively discussion for an ExCELLS collaborative research project.

2020/2/24-25 Experiment@Tsukuba

Dr. Satoh carried out X-ray diffraction experiments in Photon Factory.

2020/2/18 Progress report@Nagoya

Maho reported the research progress of PlasmaBio Consortium project at Nagoya University.

2020/2/13 Academic exchange@Tsuruoka

Partcipated in the signing ceremony and a press conference of the comprehensive cooperation agreement between ExCELLS and Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University. Also enjoyed a collaborative discussion with the Dr. Arakawa group.

2020/2/7-8 ExCELLS Retreat for Young Scientists@Gamagori

It was a lively and wonderful event!

2020/2/5 Welcome dinner@Okazaki

Enjoyed a welcome dinner for Drs. Tanaka and Nishiguchi with the Uchihashi and Okumra lab members!

2020/2/5 Meeting@Kumatori

Yasuhiro and Maho gave a poster presentation at 54th KURNS Scientific meeting.

2020/2/4 Collaborative discussion@Obu

Enjoyed discussion with Dr. Katsuhiko Yanagisawa at National Center for Geriatrics and Gerontology.

2020/2/3 New members@Okazaki

Drs. Sae Tanaka and Shigetaka Nishiguchi have just joined ExCELLS. Welcome!

2020/1/31 Progress report@Tokyo

We reported the current state of the ‘Amyloid’ project at Tokyo office of Japan Space Forum.

2020/1/30 [Press Release] A unique archaeal protein complex having a spacious center surrounded by five columns

Our recent work “Supramolecular tholos-like architecture constituted by archaeal proteins without functional annotation” has been published in Scientific Reports.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-58371-2


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2020/1/29 Master’s thesis presentation@Okazaki

Taichiro presented his master’s thesis. Otsukaresamadeshita!

2020/1/28 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Enjoyed discussion with Dr. Daishi Fujita from Kyoto University.

2020/1/20-22 Collaborative experiment@Tokai

May and Maho carried out the neutron experiments at the Materials and Life Science Experimental Facility (MLF) in J-PARC.

2020/1/17 Colloquium@Okazaki

Research Associate Professors Takatoshi Fujita and Kei-ichi Okazaki gave a talk at the IMS Colloquium.
(A snapshot at the after-party.)

2020/1/16 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Enjoyed a collaborative discussion with Dr. Sae Tanaka (Keio University).

2020/1/16 Workshop@Okazaki

Ean Wai and Meow had a poster presentation in SOKENDAI Asian Winter School 2020. Prof. Kato gave a lecture there.

2020/1/14 Seminar@Tokushima

Dr. Yagi gave a talk at The 36th Institute of Advanced Medical Sciences seminar.

2020/1/14 Business trip@Osaka

Participated in a meeting at Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University.

2020/1/11-12 Workshop@Okazaki

We had an annual inter-lab seminar, the 9th ExCELLS/IMS-Yonsei Joint Workshop: Plasma Biology and Structural Biology, with Prof. Weontae Lee’s group from Yonsei University.

Prof. Uchihashi’s group (ExCELLS/Nagoya Univ.) and Dr. Tanaka (NIPS) also joined this workshop.We very much enjoyed discussion and interaction.

2020/1/8 New Year’s party@Okazaki

Enjoyed the ExCELLS New Year’s party with very active young participants!

Tadashi participated in the event as ExCELLS Collaborative Research Coordinator.

2020/1/7 Workshop@Nagoya

Chise, Kana, and Yudai presented a poster at “The 7th Joint Nagoya Meeting: Future perspectives on structural/functional analyses and molecular design of biomolecules”.

2020/1/7 [Press Release]Antibodies gather and form a circle for defensive attack!

Our recent work “On-Membrane Dynamic Interplay between Anti-GM1 IgG Antibodies and Complement Component C1q” has been published in International Jornal of Molecular Sciences.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijms21010147
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2020/1/6 The first working day of the year@Okazaki

Joined New Year Assembly.

Chris has been promoted to Project Assistant Professor.

Dr. Takumi Yamaguchi (JAIST) visited us for collaborative discussion.