

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...


First iPS Cell Culture in the Lab
Lab setup is ongoing. Now I can do PCR and DNA cloning. Finally, I started culturing human iPS cells in the lab. The media, ROCK...
Seminar at National Center for Child Health and Development 成育医療センターでセミナー
I gave a talk at National Center for Child Health and Development. I got a lot of nice input from the audience, especially clinicians...


PCR and Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
As starting a lab in 2016, I tried not to install the EtBr system in the lab. Instead, I chose a non-EtBr dye and the blue-green LED...


CiRA/ISSCR 2016
I was at the CiRA/ISSCR 2016 meeting, celebrating the 10 year anniversary of iPS cells. I was a graduate student in 2006, and still...
内藤記念科学振興財団 贈呈式
内藤記念科学振興財団から研究助成金をいただけることとなり、贈呈式に参加しました。研究室の立ち上げに際して、民間の財団から助成金をいただけるのは本当にありがたいです。オプションが増えます。 内藤記念科学振興賞は、私が学位を取った東京大学分子細胞生物学研究所の渡邊嘉典先生が...


CRISPRi Paper out & 上原記念生命科学財団贈呈式・記念パーティー
My colleague in the Conklin lab, Mo Mandegar, published his work on CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) in human iPS cells in Cell Stem Cell....