2017/3/30 Farewell and welcome party@Okazaki

We held a farewell and welcome party with Aono group and Kurihara group.

Wangyao, Nicolas, and Floriane, welcome!
All the best wishes for Arunima, Noi, and Dear!

2017/3/27 New members@Okazaki

Wangyao and Floriane from Chimie ParisThech have just joined us!

2017/3/25-27 The 137th Annual Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan@Sendai

Rina, Dr. Yagi, and Dr. Yanaka gave talks.
Dr. Kato gave an invited talk at s symposium.
We had dinner with the speakers of the symposium.

2017/3/24 Graduation ceremony@Hayama

Arunima recieved the Ph.D. degree. Congratulations!

2017/3/24 Graduation day@Nagoya

Congratulations Megumi, Akemi, Yuki, Shingo, and Rena on your graduation
from NCU!

2017/3/23 Farewell party@Nagoya

We had a farewell party for Megumi, Akemi, Yuki, Shingo, Arunima, Noi and Dear .

2017/3/23 Graduation thesis presentation@Nagoya

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

2017/3/22 J-PARC Workshop@Tokai

Prof. Kato participated in the workshop “Neutron Biology for Next Generation” organized by Prof. Sugiyama (Kyoto University).

2017/3/21 The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, Tokai Brach Special Lecture@Nagoya

Our Alumnus, Dr. Okamoto (Uppsala University) gave a lecture at Nagoya City University.

2017/3/21 Collaborative discussion@Tokyo

We had a collaborative discussion with Prof. Masamichi Tsuboi.

2017/3/17 Project review@Tsukuba

We had a project review at JAXA toward space experiments.

2017/3/16-19 The 97th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting@Yokohama

Enjoyed the topics delivered by Yamaguchi group (JAIST) including Yan-kun.

Lively discussion with the speakers in the special session organized by Prof. Hiraoka (The University of Tokyo).

2017/3/13 Symposium@Okazaki

Participated in a symposium in the inter-institutional project with NIPS.

2017/3/11 Outreach activities@Tokyo

“The 3rd Science Cafe for junior and senior high-school girls”
was held at the University of Tokyo.
Maho and Saeko talked with younger girls about excitement and fascination
of science while having a cake and tea!

2017/3/7 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Prof. Takayuki Uchiyama and Prof. Mikihiro Shibata (Kanazawa Univ.) visited
our Okazaki lab for collaborative discussion.

2017/3/6 The annual meeting of Biophysical Society of Japan Chubu@Nagoya

Arunima gave an oral presentation.

2017/3/6-9 Advanced Isotopic Labeling Methods forIntegrated Structural Biology 2017@Grenoble

Prof. Kato and Dr. Yanaka gave talks at Advanced Isotopic Labeling Methods
for Integrated Structural Biology 2017.
Rina and Dr. Yanaka presented posters.

2017/3/3-4 The last symposium on “Deciphering sugar chain-based signals regulating integrative neuronal functions”@Nagoya

Dr. Yagi particpated in the meeting and reported his recearch progress.

2017/2/28 Lecture@Okazaki

Prof.Kato is delivering a lecture at SOKENDAI.

2017/2/26-27 Collaborative experiment@Tsukuba

Maho performed SAXS experiments at Photon Factory.

2017/2/24-28 11th ISCSM@Mohali

Dr. Yagi gave an invited lecture at 11th International Symposium on Cell Surface Macromolecules.

2017/2/23 Project review@Tokyo

We had a project review at Tokyo office of Japan Space Forum toward space experiments.

2017/2/21-22 International exchange@Nagoya

Dean Lee and Prof. Choi from Ewha Womans University (Korea) visited at Nagoya City University for the international exchange event.

2017/2/20 Collaborative discussion@Nagoya

We had a collaborative discussion with Taiyo Nippon Sanso.

2017/2/20 Visiting students@Nagoya

Students from Shenyang Pharmaceutical University, China are staying at Nagoya City University for research internship.

2017/2/19 1st ABiS Symposium@Okazaki

Dr. Satoh participated in the 1st ABiS Symposium.

2017/2/16-19 APNMR-2017@Bengaluru

Prof. Kato gave an invited lecture at 7th Asia Pacific NMR Symposium and
23rd NMRS-India.

2017/2/11 Commemoration@Okazaki

We celebrate Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi’s Nobel Prize.

2017/2/10 Commemorative events@Nagoya

Commemorative lecture and party for retirement of Prof. Masayoshi Imagawa.

2017/2/10 Press Release

Our recent work “GlcNAc6ST-1 regulates sulfation of N-glycans and myelination in the peripheral nervous system.” in collaboration with Prof. Kazuhiro Ikenaka (Okazaki Institute for Integrative Bioscience) has been published in Scientific Reports.
doi:10.1038/srep42257

2017/2/3-5 The 7th Yonsei-IMS Joint workshop@Kanazawa

We have an annual inter-lab seminar with Prof. Weontae Lee’s group from Yonsei University.

We enjoyed dinner and sightseeing at Kanazawa.

2017/2/1 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

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

2017/1/30 Award@Nagoya

Dr. Yagi received the Award for publication from Nagoya City University President.

2017/1/30 Collaborative experiment@Osaka

Saeko and Rina visted Dr. Uchiyama group at Osaka Univ. to perform mass spectrometric analysis.

2017/1/25 Thesis presentation@Okazaki

Arunima has finished her Ph.D. oral defense. We had Otsukaresama party!

2017/1/23-26 JST-Bay Area Structural Biology Workshop@Stanford

Dr. Satoh gave an invited lecture at Stanford University.

2017/1/21-22 The 5th International Symposium
on “Dynamical ordering and integrated functions”@Tokyo

Many research group members atended the meeting along with the foreign guests!

The presentation by Dr. Saeko Yanaka was selected as the Poster Presentation Award.

Many students from our lab joind the discussion!

2017/1/19 Temporary return@Okazaki

Dr. Shingo Fukuda has tempratily returned to Japan to attend the
international symposium to be held in Tokyo this weekend.

2017/1/18 Collaborative discussion@Okazaki

Kamikubo-sensei (NAIST) visited our Okazaki lab for collaborative
discussion.

2017/1/16 New member@Okazaki

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

2017/1/14 Alumini Association@Tokyo

    Prof. Kato had a good time with his seniors at annual get-together for Prof. Emeritus Masamichi Tsuboi.

      2017/1/10 Award@Nagoya

      Dr. Yagi received the Dean’s Award for Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.

      2017/1/10 New Year’s party@Nagoya

        NCU faculty members enjoyed New Year’s party!

          2017/1/6 Joint seminar & New Year’s party@Okazaki & Nagoya

            This year’s first lab seminar is held in Okazaki. Our OIIB and NCU lab
            members presented their research progresses in English.

              After the seminar, we enjoyed New Year’s party at Kanayama!

                2017/1/4 New Year’s party@Okazaki

                  We joined Ikenaka lab party on the first working day of the new year.