持田記念医学薬学振興財団 贈呈式
持田記念医学薬学振興財団の助成金に採択していただき、贈呈式に参加しました。アメリカ留学時代に知り合った方々と多くお会いできて嬉しかったです。学術賞を受賞された水島先生、本田先生のご講演も素晴らしかったです。料理もおいしかったです。...


Seminar by Dr. Takanori Takebe
I hosted an institutional seminar by Dr. Takanori Takebe (Cincinnati Children's Hospital/Yokohama City University). It was an impressive...
Talks and Grant Applications
It had been a pretty busy month. 9/9: I gave a talk at the Bio-Rad QX User Meeting. It has been a fruitful collaboration between us and...


Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis
I tried the first polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis in the lab. The purpose was to analyze small DNA fragments, so it was a TBE gel not...
Death of iPS Cells in 96-Well Plates...
My research has been heavily dependent on culturing iPS cells in 96-well plates, as published before. However, I realized that iPS cells...
高校生のためのセミナー
8月2日に愛知県の半田高校、3日と4日に東京都立高校の学生の方々にお話をする機会をいただきました。自分が高校生だった頃にこういう機会があったとしたら聞きたかったことは何だっただろう、ということをよく考えて発表を組み立てました。生命科学研究者はどんな職業で、どうすればなれるの...


IGAKUKEN Summit for Japan and Korea Science Leaders 2016
We had a meeting for Japanese and Korean scientists at our institute. Top scientists in Korea were invited to this meeting. Although I...


ISSCR 2016 San Francisco
I enjoyed the ISSCR 2016 Annual Meeting in San Francisco. The talks were great. I learned a lot. There are already several clinical...


Heading to San Francisco
I am waiting for a flight to San Francisco at Tokyo Narita Airport. The ISSCR Annual Meeting is held in San Francisco this year. I am...

First ddPCR in the Lab
I tried the first ddPCR in the lab (actually first in Japan), and fortunately it worked. Regarding this success, I greatly appreciate our...