2021/12/27 Collaborative discussion@Web

We had a meeting with the Murata Group.
It’s almost the end of the work year. We wish you all a very happy new year.

2021/12/24 Collaborative discussion@Kumatori/Nagoya/Okazaki

We had a meeting with the Sugiyama Group for joint research.

2021/12/23-24 Experiment@Osaka

Taichiro and Saeko are carrying out experiments at Osaka University.

2021/12/23 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya

A paper co-authored with the Uchihashi Group will be submitted soon.

2021/12/20 Symposium@Web

The 4th ExCELLS Symposium was a great success! Thank you very much to everyone who attended.

2021/12/18 Conferfence@Web

Participated in LADEC2021.

2021/12/17-19 International conference@Web

Prof. Kato gave two invited talks at Pacifichem 2021, one on Chemical Biology of Ubiquitination and the other on Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics.

2021/12/17 Visitors@Okazaki

Prof. Kunihiro Kuwajima and Dr. Kaoru Katoh are visiting our lab in Okazaki for experiments. The setup of the new NMR spectrometer is going well.

2021/12/17 International conference@Bangkok/Okazaki

Prof. Kato gave an invited lecture at 3rd ICMARI.

2021/12/16 Visitor@Okazaki

Enjoying the VR application developed by Prof. Sota Sato (The University of Tokyo).

2021/12/15 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Yokosuka

This is a meeting with the Deep-Sea and Deep Subsurface Life Research Group. Dr. Satoshi Nakagawa’s group joined us from Okazaki with his graduate students.

2021/12/14 Seminar@Okazaki

Today we have Dr. Muneyukii Matsuo (Hiroshima University) giving a talk at the ExCELLS seminar.

2021/12/13 Collaborative discussion@Web

We had a meeting about the AMED project.
Dr. Masato Kiyoshi (National Institute of Health Sciences) joined the meeting from Okazaki.

2021/12/10 Symposium@Web

Participated in the NMR Platform Kick-off Symposium 2021.

2021/12/10 Collaborative discussion@Tokyo/Okazaki/Nagoya

Enjoyed a meeting with Prof. Masaharu Takemura’s group (Tokyo University of Science) for ExCELLS project research on giant viruses!

2021/12/9 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Tsuruoka

Today we enjoyed a discussion on the ExCELLS project research!

2021/12/7 Collaborative discussion@Web

Enjoyed a lively discussion at our CREST team meeting.

2021/12/6 Symposium@Nagoya

Prof. Kato gave a lecture at the Human Glycomics Project Special Symposium.

2021/12/3 Collaborative discussion@Nagoya/Okazaki

Enjoyed a collaborative discussion with the Uchihashi Group!

2021/12/2 Collaborative experiment@Okazaki

Dr. Kaoru Katoh (AIST) visited us again this month for a collaborative research experiment.

2021/11/30 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Tokyo

We had a useful discussion with Dr. Toutai Mitsuyama (AIST).

2021/11/30 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Tokyo

Had a meeting on the ExCELLS Gorge Atlas project.

2021/11/30 Visitor@Okazaki

Students from Nagoya City Univ. visited ExCELLS and enjoyed lab tours.

2021/11/25-27 Meeting@Web

Dr. Yagi-Utsumi gave an invited talk at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan.
Prof. Kato and Dr. Yanaka acted as chairpersons.

2021/11/24-25 Experiment@Okazaki

Anouk and Dr. Nakama (Univ. of Tokyo) conducted NMR experiments for our joint research.

2021/11/18 New member@Nagoya

Dr. Noriko Suzuki has started her research activities in our NCU lab.

2021/11/17-18 Collaborative Research@Okazaki

Members of Prof. Kazuya Kikuchi’s group (Osaka University) visited for experiments.

2021/11/16 Meeting@Okazaki

Enjoyed a meeting with Dr. Hiromasa Takemura (NIPS)!

2021/11/16 Meeting@Web

Participated in the NIPS meeting on cryo-electron microscopy organized by Dr. Murata.

2021/11/16-19 Meeting@Web

Dr. Yagi-Utsumi gave an invited talk at the 30th International Toki Conference on Plasma and Fusion Research.

2021/11/14 Graduation thesis presentation@Nagoya

Chise and Jinbo presented their graduation research.

2021/11/12 Welcome luncheon@Okazaki

We enjoyed a welcome luncheon for Rina and (belatedly) Emiko.

2021/11/5 Collaborative discussion@Web

Today, we had a series of meetings with Drs. Takumi Yamaguchi (JAIST), Tsunehiro Mizushima (University of Hyogo), and Yoshitake Sakae (RIST).

2021/11/4 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya

We had a discussion with the Uchihashi Group.

2021/11/4 [Press Release] Gather before dry up! Tardigrade protein self-assembles into fibrous condensates under desiccation condition

Our recent work “Desiccation-induced fibrous condensation of CAHS protein from an anhydrobiotic tardigrade” has been published in Scientific Reports.
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-00724-6
Press Release
Eurekalert!

2021/11/3-5 Meeting@Web

Dr. Yagi gave an invited lecture and Fumiko gave an oral presentation at the 94th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society.

2021/11/2 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Dr. Arakawa is visiting the Yamate campus.

2021/11/1 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

In the afternoon, we had a meeting with the Murata Group.

2021/11/1 New member@Okazaki

Ms. Rina Hiramine has started her research activities in our lab. Ms. Yukiko Isono has been promoted to Specially Appointed Senior Specialist.

2021/10/27-29 Meeting@Kagoshima

The 40th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Carbohydrate Research was the first local meeting in a long time. Rino made a poster presentation.

2021/10/26 [Press Release] Purified EDEM3 or EDEM1 Alone Produces Determinant Oligosaccharide Structures from M8B in Mammalian Glycoprotein ERAD

Our collaborative work “Purified EDEM3 or EDEM1 Alone Produces Determinant Oligosaccharide Structures from M8B in Mammalian Glycoprotein ERAD” has been published in eLife.
DOI: 10.7554/eLife.70357

2021/10/25-26 Collaborative experiment@Okazaki

Performing a collaborative experiment with Dr. Kaoru Katoh (AIST).

2021/10/23 Open campus@Web

The open campus of Institute for Molecular Science is streaming live today!

2021/10/20 Collaborative discussion@Web

Had a meeting regarding the AMED project.

2021/10/19 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya

Enjoyed a collaborative discussion with the Uchihashi Group.

2021/10/6 Meeting@Web

We participated in the 38th Bruker NMR Users Meeting.

2021/10/5 Meeting@Web

Participated in the 20th Anniversary Symposium of the Protein Science Society of Japan and the 7th Workshop on Protein Engineering.

2021/10/4 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Our collaboration with the Murata Group is progressing well!

2021/10/2 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya/Nomi

We had a collaborative discussion with Dr. Yamaguchi (JAIST).

2021/10/1 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Enjoyed a discussion with Dr. Uchihashi!

2021/10/1 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Fukuoka/Aomori

We had a collaborative discussion with Dr. Ohtani (Kyushu Univ.), Dr. Kinoshita (Kyushu Univ.), and Dr. Suzuki (Aomori Univ.).

2021/10/1 Promotion@Nagoya

Dr. Hirokazu Yagi has been promoted to Associate Professor at Nagoya City University.