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!!
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.