Event
2024.12.13 Suhong gave a talk!
Dr. Suhong Xu visited Nagoya University and gave a fantastic talk entitled "Strategies for plasma membrane repair". Ken and Suhong did their postdoc training in the Jin/Chisholm lab together at UCSD. They are happy to drink together after a while!
2024.11.11-12 NSI workshop
Everyone presented at the NeuroScience Institute workshop 2024! Great job!!
2024.10.26 Halloween BBQ
We had a BBQ party at Heiwa Park. Everyone wore a costume, and the members' creativity was awesome! See more pictures in the Gallery!
2024.9.24-28 Rikuou presented a poster at CSHL!
Rikuou presented a poster at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Meeting on the Mechanism of Aging. He was brave enough to insist on two big shots, Drs. Cynthia Kenyon and Coleen Murphy, to look at his poster during a mixer.
2024.9.14-16 ABiSS at Kushiro
Ken, Rikuou, and Ryusei presented at the Anti-disciplinary Biomedical Scientific Symposium (ABiSS) in Kushiro, organized by Adachi san and Hayano san. We enjoyed super cool science, excellent food, and onsen! We appreciate Adachi san's hospitality! We enjoyed Hokkaido by seeing deer near the hotel and getting Marimo, the moss ball. Ken was honored to organize […]
2024.8.19-20 High schooler internship
Students from Tsu High School, Kikuzato High School, and Aikodai Meiden High School did a one-day internship at our lab. We hope they enjoyed chemotaxis assays and observing green worms!
2024.7.18-19 Souhatsu meeting in Kyoto
The third Souhatsu meeting (融合の場) was held at Kyoto University. Ken presented a poster and organized a closed meeting about aging with Dr. Kenichi Nagata.
2024.7.16-18 Meeting at OIST
Ryusei and Ken attended a Souhatsu meeting at OIST in Okinawa and presented posters! We were also glad to take a selfie with Dr. Sydney Brenner, the father of C. elegans studies!
2024.7.9 Thesis presentation
Mariko, Shiori, and Shivaani did presentations for their Bachelor's degree. Everyone did a great job!!
2024.6.14-15 GTR retreat
Rikuou and Ken attended the GTR program retreat in Toyohashi. Rikuou presented a proposal for an interdisciplinary research project and won third place!