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...
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...
