2016/12/27 Business trip@Tokyo

Participated in the selection committee of applications for the grant of Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience.

2016/12/22 End-of-year Party@Okazaki

We had an end-of-year party with the CIMOS members.
(A snapshot at the after-party.)

2016/12/20-21 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

We had a collaborative discussion with Dr. Sato (Bruker BioSpin).

2016/12/19 The Winter Symposium on Next-Generation of Brain Projects@Tokyo

This was a joint symposium organized by three JSPS project teams.
From our project team, Prof. Kato and Prof. Naoyuki Inagaki (NAIST) gave
a talk.

2016/12/16 OIIB End-of-year Party@Okazaki

Enjoyed OIIB end-of-year party!

2016/12/16-21 Overseas experiments@Grenoble

Hirokazu is performing neutron scattering experiments at Institute Laue-Langevin.

2016/12/14-15 SOKENDAI Asian Winter School 2016@Okazaki

Dear presented a poster.

2016/12/13 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Prof.Susumu Uchiyama (Osaka Univ.) visited our Okazaki lab for collaborative discussion.

2016/12/12-14 CREST・PRESTO Joint Meeting@Kyoto

Dr. Satoh participated in the meeting and discussed the current
situation and the future issues of structural life science in Japan.

2016/12/11-12 SAXS epxperiments@Tsukuba

Yasuhiro performed SAXS experiments at Photon Factory.

2016/12/6 Faculty development@Okazaki

We had a deep discussion lead by Yuko Narita-sensei, our psychological
counselor.

2016/12/5-6 Collaborative experiments@Kanazawa

Rina and Arunima are performing high-speed AFM measurements in collaboration with Prof. Uchihashi’s lab members.

2016/12/5 The 4th Joint Nagoya Meeting: Future perspectives on structural/functional analyses and molecular design of biomolecules@Nagoya

Yunoki-kun and Dr. Suzuki performed poster presentations.

Yunoki-kun received the Young Scientist Award. Congratulations!

2016/12/2 Collaborative discussion@Nagoya

Enjoyed scientific discussion with Drs. Masaaki Sugiyama and Rintaro
Inoue.

2016/12/2 Outreach@Okazaki

Dr. Yagi-Utsumi gave a lecture for junior high-school students.

2016/11/30-12/2 The 39th Annual Meeting of The Molecular Biology Society of Japan@Yokohama

Yasuhiro persented posters.

2016/11/28 Welcome dinner@Okazaki

We had a welcome dinner for Dear-san.

2016/11/26 The 13th Forum of the Glycoscience base for Chubu@Gifu

Akemi, Shingo, and Tatsuya gave an oral presentation at the 13th Forum
of the Glycoscience base for Chubu.

Akemi recieved the Young Scientist award. Congratulations!

2016/11/25-27 The 54th Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan@Tsukuba

Dr. Yanaka gave a poster presentation.

With Dr. Hiroshi Miyamoto, who took care of Prof. Kato when he was a
graduate student.

2016/11/24 Our visitor@Okazaki

Dr. Tetsuya Kadonosono (Tokyo Institute of Technology) visited Yamate Campus.

2016/11/22 New member@Okazaki

Dear-san from Chulalongkorn Univ. has just joined us!

2016/11/21-22 OIIB retreat@Nishio

Rina received Best Poster Award!

2016/11/16-18 The 55th Annual Meeting of the Nuclear Magnetic Resonance
Society of Japan@Hiroshima

Came directly from Korea.Enjoyed a cruising banquet.

2016/11/13-16 The 9th Korea-Japan Seminars on Biomolecular Science:Experiments
and Simulation@Gyeongju

Prof. Kato, Dr. Yagi-Utsumi and Dr. Yanaka gave invited lectures at the 9th Korea-Japan seminar.

We also studied Korean history and traditional culture.

2016/11/11 Welcome and farewell party@Nagoya

We had a party to welcome the new members and to give Tong a send-off.

2016/11/5 Graduation Thesis Presentation@Nagoya

Shingo, Yuki, Megumi, and Akemi gave a presentation on their graduation thesis.

2016/11/4
Our visitor@Nagoya

Nakata Tomohisa-sensei (Teijin Pharma) gave a lecture at Nagoya City University.

2016/11/3-4 SAXS experiments@Tsukuba

Yasuhiro in performing SAXS experiments at Photon Factory.

2016/11/1-2 The 14th Symposium of the Japan Consotrium for Glycobiology and Glycotechnology@Tokyo

With Prof. Markus Aebi, the Awardee of Tamio Yamakawa Award 2016.

2016/11/1 collaborative experiment@Tsukuba

We had collaborative discussion and experiment with the JAXA and JSF staffs toward space experiments in the International Space Station “Kibo”.

2016/10/31 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

We had collaborative discussion among the JSPS project members.

2016/10/28 Award@Nagoya

Dr. Satoh received the 2016’s Nagoya City University President Award.

2016/10/22-23 University festival@Nagoya

We served hotdogs at the university festival.

2016/10/14 3D print models@Okazaki

Nakano-san made 3D print models of proteasomal subunits.

2016/10/11-13 The 3rd Young Scientist Meeting on “Dynamical ordering and integrated functions”@ Kaga Onsen

Rina acted as an organizer.
This meeting was a huge success having so many participants!

10/11 ICMRBS2016 Steering Task Force Meeting@Tokyo

Otsukaresama!

2016/10/4-7 The 42nd Naito Conference@Sapporo

Prof. Kato, Dr. Satoh, Dr. Yagi-Utsumi and Dr. Yanaka joined the 42nd Naito Conference, “In the Vanguard of Structural Biology: Revolutionizing Life Sciences”.
Enjoyable and exciting conference having deep discussion until midnight!

2016/10/3 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

We had collaborative discussion with the JAXA and JSF staffs toward space experiments.