Prof. Rita Tostes from the University of São Paulo Ribeirão Preto Medical School, a partner university of the “Campus in Campus” initiative, visited our laboratory on Sept. 26. She is participating in the Tsukuba Global Science Week.

We have updated the Complete List of Publications. Several articles were added to the sections “2017,” “Reviews,” and “Reviews in Japanese.”

A review paper on thoracic aortic aneurysm written by Yoshito was published online on September 22 at the Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis website. Access the paper from the link below:  Y. Yamashiro and H. Yanagisawa: Crossing Bridges between Extra- and Intra-Cellular Events in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms, J. Atheroscler. Thromb. (2017)

Hiromi was elected as an International Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA) at the Council Meeting on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology held in Minneapolis on May 5th. The photos from ATVB/PVD 2017 have been upload to the photo page.

Human Biology Program will host a briefing session to give the program publicity and call for applications. Date and time: October 20, 17:00～18:00 Place: Room 105, Health and Medical Science Innovation Laboratory [Map] Language: Japanese (For the session only. HBP classes are given in English.) Program:           17:00～17:40  Outline for HBP: Prof. Kenji Irie (a chair of PR committee)           17:40～18:00  Student’s voice: TBD           18:15～　       HBP class “Appr

Thang participated in the 10th Vietnam-Japan Scientific Exchange Meeting “Connecting people: Shaping the future” on September 9, held at Shibaura Institute of Technology (Photos). This meeting has been organized by the Vietnamese Youth and Student Association since 2004 to facilitate active interactions between Vietnamese and Japanese students, academics and experts in various scientific fields, aiming to strengthen the strategic relationship and deepen the mutual understandi

Aiko gave an invited presentation in the 10th Symphony Meeting in Tokyo from 9/17 to 18.

Here are what Aiko did in this summer: 5/26-27  An invited presentation in the 15th Stem Cell Research Symposium and an oral presentation in the 6th Meeting of Young Investigators in Stem Cell Research, both held at Tokyo University. 6/7-9  An oral presentation at the meeting of young investigators in “Stem Cell Aging” research group (Grant-in-Aid on Innovative Areas) in Wakayama. She was awarded the Best Presentation Award.

Here are what Yoshito did in this summer: 7/30-8/4  An oral presentation at the Gordon Research Conference on Elastin, Elastic fibers and Microfilris held at University of New England (photos uploaded in the photo page) 9/1-2  A talk at at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center hosted by Dr. Osamu Nakagawa (photos found in the Facebook page of the Department of Molecular Physiology at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center) 9/1  A poster presentation at Mole

Wataru took a new position as a team leader at CDB RIKEN as of September 1. We wish him all the best for his new job. [/fusion_builder_column][/fusion_builder_row][/fusion_builder_container]