2018/12/28 The last working day of the year＠Osaka→Okazaki
Participated in a meeting at Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University before noon.
Returned to Okazaki for an ExCELLS meeting and then enjoyed a dinner with
IMS colleagues.
Have a happy new year!
2018/12/26 [Public release]A boundary dance of amyloid-β stepping into dementia
Our recent work “Effects of a Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Interface on Amyloid-β Peptides Studied by Molecular Dynamics Simulations and NMR Experiments” in collaboration with Drs. Itoh and Okumura (ExCELLS) has been published in Journal of Physical Chemistry B.
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b11609
EurekAlert!
2018/12/22 Business trip＠Osaka
Prof. Kato participated in an organizer meeting of ISMAR 2021 and enjoyed a lunch with Prof. Chojiro Kojima (Yokohama National University) after the meeting.
2018/12/21 Seminar and happy hour＠Okazaki
Enjoyed an ExCELLS Seminar given by Prof. Azusa Kamikouchi from Nagoya University and happy hour after the seminar.
2018/12/20 Business trip＠Tokyo
This is the final NINS Directors Meeting of the year. Otsukaresama deshita!
2018/12/19 Workshop＠Okazaki
May and Gift had a flash-talk and a poster presentation in SOKENDAI Asian Winter School 2018.
2018/12/14 Collaborative discussion＠Okazaki
Enjoyed discussion with Drs. Okumura and Itoh.
Celebrated acceptance of our joint paper for publication!
2018/12/13 Business trip＠Mitaka
Visited National Astronomical Observatory of Japan to take part in a NINS Directors meeting and joined a NAOJ facility tour.
2018/12/12 Collaborative discussion＠Okazaki
Enjoyed discussion with Prof. Uchihashi group!
2018/12/10 Lab seminar & End-of-year party＠Nagoya
The last lab seminar in 2018 was held in Nagoya. Our NCU and ExCELLS lab members presented their research progresses in English.
After the seminar, we enjoyed an End-of-year party at Kanayama!
2018/12/7 Happy hour@Okazaki
Enjoyed happy hour hosted by Iino group! With Dr. Ken’ya Furuta (NICT), who gave an excellent seminar talk.
2018/12/6 Seminar@Okazaki
Enjoyed lectures delivered by Drs. Hitoshi Nishimasu (The University of Tokyo) and Yusuke Nakasone (Kyoto Univ.)!
2018/12/5 Seminar@Okazaki
Enjoyed lectures delivered by Drs. Hikaru Kuramochi (RIKEN) and Koji Oohora (Osaka Univ.)!
2018/12/4 Collaborative discussion＠Yokosuka
We enjoyed collaborative discussion with Dr. Takai, Dr. Imachi, and Dr. Nakagawa (Kyoto Univ.) at JAMSTEC.
2018/12/3 New member@Okazaki
Dr. Yusaku Ohta has just joined Bioimage Informatics Group of ExCELLS.
2018/11/30 Workshop＠Tokyo
Dr. Yanaka attended and acted as discusser in the 9th conference on biomolecular screening.
2018/11/29-30 Business trip＠Tokyo→Yokohama
Prof. Kato presented our research at a NINS council meeting.
He moved to Yokohama to participated in an executive committee meeting of Protein Science Society of Japan. (Had a nice dinner with Prof. Uchiyama after the meeting.)
On the following day, he served as a poster discusser at the 41st Annual Meeting of the molecular Biology Society of Japan.
2018/11/26-27 Symposium＠Tokyo
Prof. Kato chaired a session in the 16th JCGG Symposium.
2018/11/22 Visitors@Okazaki
Our President and NINS Directors visited ExCELLS.
2018/11/21-22 Meeting＠Okazaki
We very much enjoyed the research interaction at The 2nd IMS-NANOTEC Joint Research Meeting.
2018/11/21 Symposium＠Tokyo
Prof. Kato chaired a symposium session co-organized by Science Council of Japan and the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.
2018/11/18-22 Conference@Tainan
Dr. Yagi gave an invited lecture at “The 10th Asian Community of Glycoscience and Glycotechnology”.
2018/11/17-18 Workshop＠Seoul
We had an annual inter-lab seminar with Prof. Weontae Lee’s group at Yonsei University.
11/15-17 Conference@Seoul
Prof. Kato gave an invited talk at the 18th KIAS Conference on Protein Structure and Function.
2018/11/14 Outreach activity@Okazaki
A junior high school student came to observe work experience in our lab.
2018/11/13 Conference@Yokohama
Prof. Kato gave an invited lecture at the 6th International Symposium on Drug Discovery and Design by NMR organized by Yokohama NMR Association.
（Enjoyable banquet snapshots）
2018/11/13 AFM experiment@Okazaki
A new AFM equipment was demonstrated at IMS.
2018/11/11 Graduation thesis presentation＠Nagoya
Yuka, Saki, Duckyong and Misaki gave a presentation on their graduation thesis.
2018/11/10 Science outreach＠Gamagori
Dr. Yanaka gave a public talk on ExCELLS activity at Natural History Museum Sea of Life.
2018/11/9 Collaborative discussion＠Okazaki
We had a collaborative discussion with Prof. Makoto Fujita group.
2018/11/8-9 Collaborative discussion＠Kumamoto
Dr. Yanaka is now in Kumamoto on business trip.
2018/11/8 Business trip＠Tokyo
Dr. Yagi and Fumiko visited Prof. Naguro at the University of Tokyo.
2018/11/7-8 External evaluation＠Okazaki
Dr. Benjamin List (Max Planck Institut für Kohlenforschung) visited Okazaki for IMS external evaluation.
2018/11/6 Meeting＠Tokyo
Prof. Kato gave a lecture at a study session organized by Japan Industry Association in cooperation with JAXA.
2018/11/5-8 Conference＠New Orleans
Dr. Satoh gave an invited lecture at Society for Glycobiology 2018.
2018/11/4 Conference＠Shizuoka
Duckyong, Kana and Fumiko gave an oral presentation at the Tokai Branch Meeting of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.
Kana received the Best Presentation Award. Congratulations!
2018/11/2 Welcome party＠Kanayama
We had a party to welcome Rino.
2018/10/26 Award＠Nagoya
Dr. Yagi received the Award for international collaborative publication from Nagoya City University President.
2018/10/20 University festival＠Nagoya
We served boiled dumplings at the university festival.
2018/10/20 Open campus@Okazaki
A lot of guests visited us and enjoyed making artificial roe!
2018/10/18-23 Overseas experiments＠Grenoble
Yogo-san is performing neutron scattering experiments at Institut Laue-Langevin.
2018/10/15-16 Symposium＠Okazaki
The 1st ExCELLS Symposium was a great success!
We enjoyed multidisciplinary discussion.
2018/10/10 Collaborative discussion＠Okazaki
Enjoyed collaborative discussion with Dr. Arakawa (Keio Univ.) and Drs. Aoki and Okumura groups.
2018/10/4 Business trip＠Tokyo
Enjoyed a dinner with frontier glycoscientists.
2018/10/3 Our visitors＠Okazaki
Drs. Saito, Kanaya, and Kawakita (J-PARC Center) visited our lab.
2018/10/3 Welcome lunch＠Okazaki
Enjoyed welcome lunch for Gift-san!
