Archive of 2012 News&Events

Student Poster Award at Probiotics-2012

Chiharu Ishii (gruduate student, master's program) won the 1st prize of Student Poster Award Competition at Probiotics2012. The title of the poster is "Evaluation of the effects of age and diet on the gut ecosystem via multiple omics". This is the result of collaborative research between Central Institute for Experimental Animals and IAB, Keio University.

FOSBE 2012

FOSBE 2012 was held at the Tsuruoka Metabolome Campus, Tsuruoka city on Oct 21-25,2012. A total of 43 oral presentations and 55 poster presentations were presented. About 120 participants from 12 countries gathered for FOSBE 2012to Tsuruoka Japan.

FOSBE 2012 website>>

Metabolic and morphological changes of an oil accumulating trebouxiophycean alga in nitrogen-deficient conditions

A group of IAB researchers including Dr. Takuro Ito of IAB, Keio University in collaboration with DENSO Corporation, published the findings of a new study entitled "Metabolic and morphological changes of an oil accumulating trebouxiophycean alga in nitrogen-deficient conditions" in Metabolomics on September 2012.

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Seventh Metabolome Symposium

The Seventh Metabolome Symposium was held at the Lecture Hall, Tsuruoka Metabolome campus, in Tsuruoka City on Oct 10-12, 2012. There were 38 oral presentations and 61 poster presentations. About 280 participants from all over Japan gathered in Tsuruoka for the event.

Program (Japanese only) >>

Tsuruoka-Onagawa Workshop for junior high school students

The Tsuruoka-Onagawa Workshop for junior high school students was held at IAB, Keio University on Aug 9-10, 2012. Three students from Onagawa town, Miyagi prefecture and 11 students from Tsuruoka participated.

Why the Change to a Superconductor when Simmered in Alcoholic Beverages?

In previous research, the National Institute for Materials Science discovered that iron telluride compounds [Fe(Te,S) system], which are iron-based superconducting related substances, become superconductors when simmered in alcoholic beverages.In the research reported here, NIMS and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences of Keio University identified substances in alcoholic beverages which induce superconductivity and clarified the mechanism of why they do so.

>>Press Release by NIMS

Associate Professor S. Fukuda wins Japan Bifidus Foundation Award for Young Investigator

IAB scientist Associate Prof. S. Fukuda was awarded Japan Bifidus Foundation Award for Young Investigator on June 15, 2012.

Nikkei Biotech news page(June 20, 2012)(Japanese) >>

Students of Republic POLYTECHNIC visited IAB

IAB accepts fifteen local students as "Special Research Student"

Fifteen local students (ten from Tsuruoka Minami high school, twofrom Tsuruoka National College of Technology, two from Haguro high school, and one from Tsuruoka Chuo high school) started their research activity at IAB. A welcome ceremony for those "Special Research Student" was held on May 16, 2012.

IAB appoints nine local high school students as "RA-U18" research assistants

Nine local high school students joined on-going cutting edge projects at IAB. (This program was established in May 2009 ) The high school, Tsuruoka Chuo high school (Principal Mr. Toshiya Inoue, total enrollment of 866 students), is located right next to IAB and the nine students were selected after written examinations and interviews. A welcome ceremony for the students appointed as "RA-U18" research assistants was held on April 26, 2012.

Changes in the Charged Metabolite and Sugar Profiles of Pasteurized and Unpasteurized Japanese Sake with Storage

A group of IAB researchers including Dr. Masahiro Sugimoto of IAB, Keio University in collaboration with Tsuruoka Shuzo Kyogikai and Shonai Commerce and Industry Center, published the findings of a new study entitled "Changes in the Charged Metabolite and Sugar Profiles of Pasteurized and Unpasteurized Japanese Sake with Storage" in Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry on March 7, 2012.

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Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Microbes in an Oceanfront Deep-Subsurface Hot Spring Reveals Novel Small RNAs and Type-Specific tRNA Degradation

A group of IAB researchers including graduate student Shinnosuke Murakami (Graduate School of Media and Governance, Master's program), Dr.Kosuke Fujishima (NASA Ames Research Center) and Professor Akio Kanai of IAB, Keio University published the findings of a new study entitled "Metatranscriptomic Analysis of Microbes in an Oceanfront Deep-Subsurface Hot Spring Reveals Novel Small RNAs and Type-Specific tRNA Degradation" in Applied and Environmental Microbiology on January 31, 2012.

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Nematode-specific tRNAs that decode an alternative genetic code for leucine

A group of IAB researchers including graduate student Kiyofumi Hamashima (Graduate School of Media and Governance, master's program) and Professor Akio Kanai of IAB, Keio University published the findings of a new study entitled "Nematode-specific tRNAs that decode an alternative genetic code for leucine" in Nucleic Acids Research on December 20, 2011.

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IAB and DAESANG Corporation　launch joint research on microbial fermentation　

IAB and DAESANG Corporation announced that they launch a joint research program to elucidate the mechanism of microbial fermentation.