2025.2.18 Ryusei's MS presentation
Ryusei presented his work about the relationship between aging and diet at the Master-course presentation. Great job, Ryusei!
2025.1.31 Binta's defense
Binta completed her PhD thesis defense! Congratulations, Binta! It was an awesome defense with a long discussion! After the presentation, we went to have dinner at Koji Marutani (Sekiya Brewery's flagship restaurant) and had lovely Japanese cuisine paired with Sake for each dish. Ken gave her a Sake glass as a token. It was a […]
2025.1.16 Piali's seminar
Dr. Piali Sengupta from Brandeis University visited Nagoya City University and gave an impressive talk! We enjoyed the new story from her lab and active discussion in an informal setting! Thank you for inviting us, Kotaro!
2025.1.12 Kansai-Chubu Worm Meeting
Rikuou and Masako presented at the Kansai-Chubu Worm Meeting and got the Best Presentation Award for Graduate and Undergraduate students, respectively, based on the audience's votes. Congratulations!! After the meeting, we celebrated the retirement of Nishiwaki sensei and appreciated his huge contribution to the community!
2025.1.12 Paper in microPublication Biology!
Our paper has been published in microPublication Biology! The first author, Shivaani, initiated and completed this project herself within 1.5 years as her Bachelor's research! Great job!!
2025.1.6 Chris visited us!
Dr. Christopher Piggott visited our lab. Chris was a PhD student when Ked did a postdoctoral training in the Jin lab. He brought Ken's favorite beer, Sculpin IPA of Ballast Point Brewing Company!
2024.12.31 Our paper is published in PNAS!
Our paper is published in PNAS! We addressed the neuronal mechanism of age-dependent behavioral decline in C. elegans and found that hyperactive neurons inhibit normal behavior in aged animals. We were surprised that killing these hyperactive neurons ameliorated the age-dependent behavioral decline.
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!!