2015/6/29 Anniversary party@Nagoya

We held a party on the 15th anniversary of Prof. Kato group.


We celebrated Prof. Kato’s birthday with a special cake. Have a great year!!

This event was also coupled with a farewell party for Ninagawa-san. All the best wishes for him!

2015/6/25 Media appearance@Okazaki

Prof. Kato appeared on a broadcasting program provided by the Open University of Japan.
Program was filmed in September of last year.


2015/6/24-26 The 15th Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan@Tokushima

With Katsuaki Oyama (Ritsumeikan University), a poster award winner, at the banquet.
Dr. Maho Yagi-Utsumi gave a talk at the workshop on the last day.

A second sitting with the JSPS project team members (in back)

2015/6/23 The 2nd Workshop on Protein Engineering@Tokushima

Prof. Kato gave a lecture in the satellite workshop of the PSSJ meeting.

A banquet with the organizers and the invited speakers.

2015/6/22 X-ray diffraction experiments@Tsukuba

Takayasu is performing X-ray diffraction experiments at Photon Factory.
Best wishes for your experiments!

2015/6/16 Seminar on Biomacromolecular Dynamic Ordering@Kyoto

Research progress reports were presented by the groups of Dr. Masaaki Sugiyama (Kyoto Univ.) and Dr. Kazuki Terauchi (Ritsumeikan Univ.).

Enjoyed Kyoto atmosphere at a restaurant facing the Kamo-gawa River.

2015/6/16 New member@Nagoya

Dr. Kiattawee Choowongkomon (Kasetsart University) is staying at Nagoya City University as a visiting scholar.

2015/6/12-13 IMS Asian International Symposium@Okazaki

The Symposium “Supramolecular Dynamics at the Interface of Chemistry and Biology” organized by our project team members was a great success!

The banquet was held in a congenial atmosphere.

2015/6/2 Our visitors@Okazaki

Our alumnus Dr. Kenta Okamoto (Uppsala University) visited Yamate Campus with his colleagues.

2015/6/1 New member@Okazaki

Su-san from Kasetsart Univ. has just rejoined us!

2015/5/28 [Publication]Self-Assembled Spherical Complex Displaying a Gangliosidic Glycan Cluster Capable of Interacting with Amyloidogenic Proteins

Our recent work “Self-Assembled Spherical Complex Displaying a Gangliosidic Glycan Cluster Capable of Interacting with Amyloidogenic Proteins” in collaboration with Prof. Makoto Fujita (The University of Tokyo) and Dr. Sota Sato (Tohoku University) has been published in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed..

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201501981

2015/5/27 X-ray diffraction experiments@Harima

Arunima is performing X-ray diffraction experiments at SPring-8.
Let’s keep our fingers crossed.

2015/5/25 Farewell Party@Okazaki

We had a farewell party for Pom-san.

2015/5/23 The 79th Annual Meeting of Chubu Branch, the Japanese Biochemical Society@Matsumoto

We joined the annual meeting held in Matsumoto.

2015/5/22 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Prof.Masanori Tachikawa (Yokohama City Univ.) and our alumna Dr.Yukiko Kamiya(Nagoya Univ.) visited our Okazaki lab for collaborative discussion.

2015/5/20 Collaborative discussion@Nagoya

Successful collaboration with Taiyo Nippon Sanso Corporation!
Our joint paper has just been published.DOI 10.1007/s10858-015-9930-y

2015/5/14 Farewell events@Okazaki

We had a farewell party for Dr. Satoru Kobayashi (OIIB/NIBB).

2015/5/13 External evaluation@Okazaki

Prof. Toshio Yanagida and Prof. Hideki Masuda visited Yamate Campus for IMS external evaluation.

2015/5/11 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

We had collaborative discussion with Prof. Masaaki Sugiyama (Kyoto

University) and Prof. Susumu Uchiyama (Osaka University) at our Okazaki lab.

2015/5/1 Welcome party@Nagoya

We had a party to welcome new members to the NCU lab.

2015/4/21 New members@Nagoya

Obayashi-kun, Kawamura-kun, Son-kun, Matsumura-san have just joined us.

Welcome!

2015/4/17 X-ray diffraction experiments@Harima

Arunima is performing X-ray diffraction experiments at SPring-8.
Good luck!

2015/4/8 Get-together@Okazaki

OIIB PIs had a new cemester get-together with our new Corresponding Director, Dr. Masayuki Yamamoto (Director General of NIBB).

2015/4/8 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

We had collaborative discussion with Prof. Masaaki Sugiyama (Kyoto

University) and Prof. Susumu Uchiyama (Osaka University) at our Okazaki lab.

2015/4/1 Cherry blossoms in full bloom@Nagoya

The beautiful cherry-tree-lined path along the Yamazaki-gawa Brook.

2015/4/1  Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Dr.Kenichi Yuyama(National Chiao Tung University)visited our Okazaki lab for collaborative discussion and gave a seminer.