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Inhibition of Mitochondrial Aconitase by Succination in Fumarate Hydratase Deficiency

A group of IAB researchers including Dr. Tomoyoshi Soga of IAB, Keio University in collaboration with University of Oxford, published the findings of a new study entitled "Inhibition of Mitochondrial Aconitase by Succination in Fumarate Hydratase Deficiency" in Cell Reports on March 14, 2013.

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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.

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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.

2nd Bio Summit in Tsuruoka 2nd Bio Summit in Tsuruoka (sponsored by Yamagata pref., Tsuruoka city and IAB, Keio University) was held at Tsuruoka City on Aug 5-7, 2012. 42 poster presentations prese...

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