2022/12/28 The last working day of the year@Okazaki

Today is the last day of work for this year. Wishing you all a happy New Year!

2022/12/27 Nagoya Mayor’s visit@Nagoya

Mayor Kawamura visited the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nagoya City University. We presented our research!

2022/12/27 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya

Had a meeting with the Murata Group.

2022/12/27 Visitors@Okazaki

The people from Bruker Japan visited our lab in the Yamanote Campus.

2022/12/26 Collaborative discussion@Web

This is a meeting with Dr. Kaji (Nagoya University) regarding the structural identification of glycans in human glycomics.

2022/12/23 Collaborative discussion@Web

Had a meeting with Dr. Kuwajima regarding our joint publication.

2022/12/22 Collaborative discussion@Osaka/Okazaki/Nagoya

A NMR collaboration meeting with people from the Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University.

2022/12/22 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

The collaborators from AIST visited the Yamate Campus to discuss robotics experiments.

2022/12/21 Site visit@Nagoya

There was a site visit for AMED-Prime (Proteostasis).

2022/12/21 Collaborative discussion@Web

A lively discussion was held on glycoinformatics!

2022/12/20 Site visit@Kyoto

Prof. Kato visited Kyoto University as an advisor for the AMED Proteostasis Program.

2022/12/19 Meeting@Tokyo

Attended the 2nd Research Promotion Meeting of the AMED project “Next-generation biologics manufacturing conforming to global standard”.

2022/12/19 Lecture@Nagoya

Prof. Jhomura (Kanazawa University) gave a lecture.

2022/12/16 Collaborative discussion@Web

We discussed the structural identification of glycans in human glycomics.

2022/12/15 Visitors@Okazaki

Saeko visited ExCELLS with her lab members from Kyushu University to conduct experiments.

2022/12/12-13 Symposium@Tokyo

Participation in the Protein Research Symposium. It was spectacular to see so many top protein researchers gathered together.

2022/12/12 Symposium@Web

Participated in the 5th ExCELLS Symposium.

2022/12/10 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Aomori/Nomi

Enjoyed a discussion with Dr. Suzuki (Aomori University).

2022/12/10 Seminar@Okazaki/Nagoya

Tomoya gave a seminar introducing himself to our lab members.
Best regards.

2022/12/8-9 Retreat@Web

Prof. Kato gave an invited talk at 20th IRP Retreat.

2022/12/6-8 Visitors@Okazaki

Prof. Frans Mulder and Prof. Daniel Otzen from the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Centre (iNANO) at Aarhus University, Denmark, visited us. They enjoyed lab tours of IMS and ExCELLS. We held the iNANO-IMS-ExCELLS Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Joint Meeting on on the middle day.

2022/12/2 Exchange event@Okazaki

We participated in the exchange event organized by the Segawa Group and the Kusamoto Group.

2022/12/1 Arrival@Okazaki

Dr. Tomoya Kanda takes up his new post today.

He immediately attended a meeting with Dr. Murata.

A small welcome party was held together with the Fujita Group.

2022/11/29 Collaborative discussion@Web

Had a meeting with Dr. Onitsuka (Tokushima University).

2022/11/29 Collaborative discussion@Web

Discussed glycan biosynthesis.

2022/11/28 Symposium@Tokyo

Attended the NMR Platform Symposium 2022.

2022/11/25-27 Meeting@Kagoshima

Attended the celebration of the founding and the 1st meeting of the Antibody Society of Japan.
Prof. Kato gave an invited lecture.

2022/11/24 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Fukuoka/Osaka

Had a meeting with Dr. Miyanoiri (Osaka University).

2022/11/23 Visitors@Okazaki

Tomoya will take up his post shortly. A little early welcome party with his seniors Drs. Sato (The University of Tokyo) and Dr. Yamaguchi.

2022/11/23 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya/Daejon

Our joint research with the Song Group (KAIST) and the Uchihashi Group is progressing well!

2022/11/21-22 Symposium@Gifu

Hirokazu gave an invited lecture at the 19th JCGG Symposium.

2022/11/17 Collaborative discussion@Web

Enjoyed discussing robotics experiments!

2022/11/16 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya/Sendai

Meeting with Dr Yoshiki Yamaguchi (Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University).

2022/11/15 Symposium@Tokyo

Participated in a public symposium of the Science Council of Japan.

2022/11/13 Graduation thesis presentation@Nagoya

Daichi presented their graduation research.

2022/11/12 Collaborative discussion@Web

Enjoyed a lively discussion on the future development of glycoinformatics!

2022/11/9-11 Meeting@Nagoya

Dr. Yagi gave an invited lecture and Shiori gave oral and poster presentations at the 95th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society.

2022/11/9-11 Collaborative research@Okazaki

Dr. Methanee Hiranyakorn (Hoshi University) is in Okazaki for ExCELLS Joint Research.

2022/11/9 Collaborative experiments@Sendai/Okazaki/Hakata

NMR remote measurements were conducted with Dr. Yoshiki Yamaguchi (Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University).

2022/11/8-10 Meeting@Kochi

Participated in the 61st Annual Meeting of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Society of Japan.

2022/11/7 Farewell@Okazaki

Emiko, thank you for all your help so far!

2022/11/2 Collaborative discussion@Nagoya/Okazaki/Fukuoka

Enjoyed a collaborative discussion with the Uchihashi Group!

2022/10/31 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Nagoya/Tokyo

Enjoyed discussions with members of the Ueda Group (NIBB) and the Uemura Group (Ochanomizu University).

2022/10/31 Farewell & Welcome@Okazaki 

We enjoyed a luncheon for farewell for Emiko and welcome for Saemi.

2022/10/27-28 Conference@Yokohama

Saeko gave an invited lecture at the 7th International Symposium on Drug Discovery and Design by NMR.

2022/10/21 Fellowship meeting@Okazaki

Today a fellowship meeting of the PI of the Institute for Molecular Research was held. It was the first time in a long time that we were able to talk to everyone face to face.

2022/10/15-16 University Festival@Nagoya

We opened a shooting game booth at the Nagoya City University festival.

2022/10/12 Collaborative discussion@Web

Kick-off meeting of the ExCELLS Project Research “Exploration of the Boundary between Matter and Life ” Team. Very inspiring meeting!

2022/10/11 Collaborative discussion@Nagoya/Okazaki

Enjoyed a discussion with the Uchihashi Group!

2022/10/7 Outreach@Nagoya

Maho was introduced in a TV program on NHK’s “Tokai Domanaka!”.

2022/10/7 Seminar@Okazaki

The 22nd ExCELLS seminar with Dr. Alex Rigort (Thermo Fisher Scientific) and Dr. Radostin Danev (University of Tokyo). Enjoyed a face-to-face discussion!

2022/10/7 Collaborative discussion@Tsukuba

Dr. Yagi visited Dr. Kaoru Kato at AIST to see the super-resolution microscope facility.

2022/10/6 Collaborative discussion@Tokyo

The CREST project meeting was held in Odaiba. It was the first face-to-face meeting with project members and it was a lot of fun. We also enjoyed a tour of AIST’s robotics research site.

2022/10/5 Site visit@Okazaki

A site visit was held today for the AMED project being conducted by Dr. Yanaka, together with an introduction of the ExCELLS facilities to the executive board of the AMED Department of Innovative Drug Discovery and Development.

2022/10/4 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Meeting with Taiyo Nippon Sanso Co. for collaborative discussion and celebration of Saeko’s promotion.