2023/12/26 Year-end party@Okazaki

A small year-end party was held with our Okazaki lab members.

We wish you all a happy New Year.

2023/12/25 Collaborative discussion@Web

Today’s meeting is for the ExCELLS Themed Research.

2023/12/20-22 Progress report meeting@Tokyo

Attended the BINDS meeting. Great job, everyone.

2023/12/20 End-of-year party@Nagoya

A joint year-end party was held for our lab members of NCU and ExCELLS.

2023/12/20 Collaborative experiment@Nagoya

Itsuki performed HS-AFM experiment at Uchihashi group (Nagoya Univ.).

2023/12/18 Seminar@Okazaki

Enjoyed attending today’s ExCELLS Seminar!

2023/12/18 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Settsu

Today’s meeting was led by Dr. Re (NIBIOHN).

2023/12/11 Outreach@Nagoya

Maho gave a talk at Nagoya University on the topic of “Research life and study abroad” for students.

2023/12/8 Collaborative discussion@Web

Had a meeting with Dr. JI-Joon Song (KAIST) to discuss our joint research.

2023/12/7 External evaluation@Nagoya

An external evaluation of the Human Glycome Atlas Project and J-GlycoNet has been conducted.

Great job, everyone!

2023/12/6-8 Meeting@Kobe

Hirokazu and Saeko gave invited talks at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan.

2023/12/5-7 Meeting@Web

Prof. Kato gave an invited lecture at the 2nd GlycoNMR Summit.

2023/12/4 Symposium@Sendai

Attended the NMR Platform Symposium 2023. Also took part in tours of the NanoTerasu and the Tohoku Medical Megabank.

2023/12/1-3 Meeting@Kagoshima

Attended the 2nd meeting of the Antibody Society of Japan.

2023/11/30-12/1 Visitor@Okazaki

Dr. Kaoru Katoh (AIST) is visiting our Okazaki lab for a joint research experiment.

2023/11/30-12/1 Symposium@Tokyo

Attended the 20th Symposium of Japan Consortium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology.

2023/11/28-29 Workshop@Okazaki

Participated in the NIPS EM Workshop 2023 “Cryo-Electron Microscopy and related techniques”. Maho and Tomoya gave poster presentations.

2023/11/27-28 Faculty Development@Tsuruoka

A heated discussion took place on the future of ExCELLS and academia.

2023/11/23-25 International exchange@Daejeon

ExCELLS visited KAIST for international exchange.

2023/11/21 Collaborative discussion@Web

Had a discussion with the Soka University team on Human Glycome Atlas Project.

2023/11/20-22 Visitor@Okazaki

Dr. Hiranyakorn (Hoshi University) is staying in our Okazaki lab for the collaborative research.

2022/11/18 Graduation thesis presentation@Nagoya

Kengo presented their graduation research.

2023/11/15 Faculty development@Fukuoka

Prof. Kato gave an invited FD lecture at Kyushu University.

(A snapshot at the after-party.)

2023/11/14-16 Meeting@Nagoya

Maho gave an invited talk and Cherry gave a poster presentation at the 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan. Prof. Kato, Saeko, and Maho served as members of the annual meeting organizing committee.

2023/11/13-17 Collaborative Research@Osaka University

Dr. Kanda conducted collaborative research experiments at Uchiyama lab at Osaka University.

2023/11/9-11 Visitor@Okazaki

Dr. Christian Griesinger (Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences) visited ExCELLS and gave a seminar.

He also enjoyed sightseeing in Okazaki.

2023/11/7-9 Meeting@Yokosuka

Participated in the 62nd Annual Meeting of the Nuclear Magnetic Society of Japan.

2023/11/3-5 Meeting@Sapporo

Participated in the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Bioimaging Society.

2023/11/1-2 Symposium@Kahiwa

Participated in the kick-off symposium of the MEXT Coalition of Universities for Research Excellence Program “Multiscale Quantum-Classical Life Interface Research Consortium” held at the Institute of Solid State Physics, the University of Tokyo.

2023/10/31-11/2 Conference@Hakata

Dr. Hirokazu Yagi, Dr. Maho Yagi-Utsumi, and Dr. Saeko Yanaka gave a symposium talk at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society.

2023/10/31 Visiting@Okazaki

Lab members (3rd year students) visited ExCELLS.

2023/10/27 Seminar @Okazaki

The 33rd ExCELLS seminar was a completion debriefing session for the Uchihashi Collaborative Research Group.

2023/10/25 Visiting@Okazaki

Lab members (3rd year students) visited ExCELLS.

2023/10/20 Exchange Meeting@Tokyo

Maho participated in the 17th PRESTO Researchers’ Networking Meeting and gave a poster presentation.

2023/10/19 ExCELLS Retreat for Young Scientists

The 6th ExCELLS Retreat for Young Scientists was held in person for the first time in a while.

2023/10/19-21 Visitors@Okazaki

Members from Jose group (Kyushu University) are visiting for ExCELLS joint research.

2023/10/18 Collaborative discussion@Nagoya

Enjoyed a discussion on Human Glycome Atlas Project with Drs. Kizuka and Fujita (Gifu University)!

2023/10/18 Fire and disaster drill@Okazaki

A fire and disaster drill was held today.

2023/10/17-19 Visitors@Okazaki

Students from Tanaka group (Tohoku University) are visiting for ExCELLS joint research.

2023/10/16-17 Vistor@Okazaki

Dr. Kaoru Katoh (AIST) is staying in Okazaki for the collaborative experiment.

2023/10/14-15 University Festival@Nagoya

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

2023/10/13-15 Meeting@Tokyo

Maho gave a presentation at the PRESTO meeting.

2023/10/12 Welcome luncheon@Okazaki

Enjoyed a welcome luncheon for our new members!

2023/10/7-10/9 Outreach@Tokyo

Our CREST research results and ExCELLS activities were displayed and introduced at the Japan Association for the Advancement of Science (JAAS) Annual Conference 2023 ‘Meet the Scientists Fest’.
Observations of the microscopic world using a table-top electron microscope by Dr. Koga (Asahikawa Medical University) and Dr. Kusumi (Kagoshima University) were very popular with the general public.

2023/10/6 Welcome party@Nagoya

Enjoyed a party to welcome our new members!

2023/10/5 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki/Osaka

Enjoyed a meeting with Dr. Yukiko Kamiya (Kobe Pharmaceutical University) regarding our ExCELLS joint research.

2023/10/4 Meeting@Okazaki

Jinbo and Seigo presented at the 1st Chromosome Engineering Research Centre/ExCELLS collaboration workshop.

2023/10/3-4 Meeting@Osaka→Tokyo

Prof. Kato gave lectures at the 40th Bruker NMR Users Meeting.

2023/10/2 New member@Okazaki

Cherry (Kasetsart Univ.) has just joined us as a student of IMS International Internship Program.