Osaka University, International Center for Biotechnology

The party from Institut Pertanian Bogor, Indonesia visited ICBiotech. Photo

Professor KIMURA Yoshinobu (Okayama University, Guest Professor of ICBiotech) held a seminar entitled "N-Glycans linked to plant glycoproteins: Structural features and physiological functions" at Suntory Memorial Hall (C3-531). Photos

Dr. HO Phu Ha (Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST), Vietnam), Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement, held a seminar online.
Title：TRADITIONALLY FERMENTED FOODS: CULINARY CULTURE AND BENEFICIAL MICROORGANISMS Photos

We had a welcome party for Specially Appointed Professor Dr. MIYAZAKI Kentaro (Honday Lab.) and Associate Professor Dr. TOMITA Hiroya (Honda Lab.). Photo

Professor ISHII Masaharu (The University of Tokyo, Guest Professor of ICBiotech) held a seminar entitled "Hydrogen bacteria with special focus on metabolism" at Suntory Memorial Hall (C3-531). Photos

The party from School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung, Indonesia visited ICBiotech. Photos

Prof. Sven Ingebrandt (RWTH Aachen, Germany) visited ICBiotech. Photo

Asst. Prof. Dr. Nujarin Jongruja (KMUTT, Thailand) visited ICBiotech. After the visit, she had a talk with international students. Photos

Dr. TOMITA Hiroya joined as Associate Professor of Honda Lab. We are happy to have him at ICBiotech.   Photos

The party from Agriculture Genetics Institute in Vietnam (AGI) visited ICBiotech. Photos

One Ph. D. candidate in ICBiotech had an oral presentation. Photo

Dr. Chongrak Wachrinrat (President) and other 2 people from Kasetsart University visited ICBitoech. Photo

Dr. Reynaldo V. Ebora, Dr. Josette Biyo, Dr. Fezoil Luz C. Decena, Mr. Peter Gerry P. Gavina from the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development (PCAARRD) visited ICBiotech. Photo

Assoc. Prof. Walter A. Laviña, Ph.D. (University of the Philippines Los Banos) visited ICBiotech.   Photo

Four graduate students in ICBiotech（English course）have successfully presented a defense of their master thesis.   Photos

Dr. Marie Christine Merca OBUSAN (Institute of Biology, University of the Philippines Dilman, Philippines), Specially Appointed Associate Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement, joined ICBiotech and makes her research at Honda Lab. for a month.   Photo

Prof. Todd HYSTER (Cornell Univ. U.S.A.) visited ICBiotech and held a seminar at HONDA Lab.   Photos

Prof. FUJIYAMA Kazuito (Director of ICBiotech) received Osaka University Award "Contribution to Education" FY 2021.
Osaka University Award (link in Japanese)

Recruitment: Associate professor, associate professor (lecturer), or assistant professor at ICBiotech, Osaka University
*Recruitment has been closed on May 13th.

"Organization" - "Center Staff" is updated.

Dr. MIYAZAKI Kentaro was appointed as a specially appointed professor of Honda Lab. We are happy to have him at ICBiotech.

New students were assigned to ICBiotech. Three M1 student and seven B4 students and to Fujiyama laboratory and two M1 students and six B4 students to Honda laboratory.

Associate Prof. KITANI Shigeru (Honda Lab), Assistant Prof. OKANO Kenji (Honda Lab) and Ms. KIKUCHI Terumi (Technical Assistant at Fujiyama Lab.) left on March 31. We are very grateful for their cooperation.

We sent the farewell gifts and the flower baskets to Associate Prof. KITANI Shigeru (Honda Lab), Assistant Prof. OKANO Kenji (Honda Lab) and Ms. KIKUCHI Terumi (Technical Assistant at Fujiyama Lab.) who will leave ICBioteh at the end of this month.
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An online workshop will be held with a support from JST SAKURA Science Plan with New Mongol Academy, and Student Meetup with international students at Osaka University will be also held online after the workshop.

"ICBiotech Exchange Agreements" is updated.

Twelve students in ICBiotech (Japanese course) have successfully defended their Master's thesis.   Photos

An online symposium was held with with RWTH Aachen. Dr. Kajiura and Dr. Okano delivered their lecture. Photo

International Center for Biotechnology (ICBiotech) held "Job Search Seminar for Biotechnology Companies in Japan" online
Date and Time: January 25th (Tue.) 17：30～19:30  Venue: Zoom
Flyer  Photo

Dr. IKEDA Yasuyuki, a visiting researcher of ICBiotech, held a class seminar online.
Date: January 25th (Tue.) 13：30～15：00
Title:Purification, antibody productions of disease-related enzymes, and clinical application of their antibodies Photos

Dr. Marie Christine Merca OBUSAN (University of the Philippines Dilman, Philippines), Specially Appointed Assistant Professor under the Cross-appointment Agreement, held a seminar online.
Date：January 20th (Thu.) 15:10～16:40
Title：Bridging the macro and micro: microbial interactions of earthworms and marine mammals of the Philippines  Photos

Associate Prof. (Lecturer) MISAKI Ryo gave a lecture at Joint International Tropical Medicine Meeting 2021 organized by Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University.   Photo

Associate Professor KATAOKA Masakazu (Shinshu University, Guest Associate Professor of ICBiotech) held a seminar entitled "Life dynamics: New insight through intracellular pH".
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Professor NAKAYAMA Jiro (Kyushu University, Guest Professor of ICBiotech) held a seminar entitled "Structure and function of gut microbiome of Asians associated with foods and host health".
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THE 2nd GREEN SYMPOSIUM "ENZYMATIC FOR BIOMASS DEGRADATION, IMMOBILIZATION AND APPLICATIONS" was held with Universitas Airlangga, and Prof. Honda gave a lecture entitled "In vitro metabolic pathway with thermophilic enzymes".
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"Publication"-"Annual Report of ICBiotech" is updated.

An online workshop titled "Fermentation technologies in Japan -from isolation of microorganisms to fermentation and quality control" was held with a support from JST SAKURA Science Plan with about 115 participantas from Asian 7 countries, and Student Meetup with international students at Osaka University was also held online.        Details   Photos

Joint Symposium on plant biotechnology for global health of Osaka University, University of California, Davis, and Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. was held online.
Title: Plant Cell Bioprocessing of Human Growth Factors and Other Bioactive Proteins   Details

Prof. OKUDA Jun (RWTH Aachen, Germany) visited ICBiotech. Photo

One Ph. D. candidate in ICBiotech had an oral presentation. Photo

Assoc. Prof. (Lecturer) MISAKI Ryo received the Incitement Award of the Japanese Association for Animal Cell Technology (2019).
Subject: "Establishment and application of glycosylation pathway-modified mammalian cells"   Photo

Prof. FUJIYAMA Kazuhito gave a lecture entitled "Development of lipid production in an oleaginous Rhodotorula toluroides DMKU3-TK16 thermotolerant strain L1-1yeast toward biodiesel generation" at The PSM 50th Annual Convention and 8th Asia Pacific Biotech Congress.   Photos

Two graduate students in ICBiotech（English course）have successfully presented a defense of their master thesis.   Photos

Osaka University conferred an honorary degree to Dr. Rodriguez of the University of California, Davis (Collaborative professor of ICBiotech) on June 16, 2021.
Please click Details for more information.

The Ambassador Party from Embassy of the republic of Indonesia in Tokyo Japan visited ICBiotech.   Photos

Joint Symposium titled "Development of Green Technology for a Sustainable Society" with Universitas Brawijaya was held onlie.        Details   Photo

Instead of the welcome party, we sent the welcome gifts to Ms. Araki and Ms. Itadani who joined from April.   Photo

"ICBiotech Exchange Agreements" is updated.

"Organization" - "Center Staff" is updated.

New students were assigned to ICBiotech. One M1 student and seven B4 students and to Fujiyama laboratory and three M1 students and six B4 students to Honda laboratory.

Ms. ARAKI Megumi joined as an administrative official and Ms. ITADANI Akiko joined as a technical assistant at Fujiyama Lab. We are happy to have them at ICBiotech.

Ms. MATSUMOTO Reiko (Administrative Official) retired on March 31. We are very grateful for her cooperation.

We sent the farewell gift and the bouquet to Ms. MATSUMOTO who will retire at the end of this month.   Photos

Aachen-Osaka Online Joint Symposium 2021 Day 2 was held.        Details   Photo

Eight students in ICBiotech (Japanese course) have successfully defended their Master's thesis.   Photos

"About ICBiotech" is updated.

Aachen-Osaka Online Joint Symposium 2021 Day 1 was held.        Details   Photo

Mini-symposium titled "Development of biopharmaceuticals using animal cell culture" was held online with the Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand.        Details   Photo

Associate Professor KOJIMA Nobuhiko (Yokohama City University, Guest Associate Professor of ICBiotech) held a seminar entitled "Designs for multicellular spheroids".

"Publication"-"Annual Report of ICBiotech" is updated.

Mini-symposium titled "Thailand-Japan mini symposium colloquium #2 Diverse biotechnologies based on marine and terrestrial organisms" was held online with the Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Thailand.        Details   Photo

Alumni Dr. Konstantin B. Konstantinov received the 2020 Osaka University Global Alumni Fellow.   Photo

"Organization" - "Guest/Visiting Professors" is updated.

An online workshop entitled "Fermentation technologies in Japan -their contribution to sustainable society-" was held with a support from JST SAKURA Science Plan. More than 120 participants from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Mongolia, and Taiwan, joined the workshop.  Photos

A mini symposium "Thailand-Japan mini symposium colloquium #1 Biodiesel production by oleaginous yeasts" was held. A group of Thai researchers from the Department of Science, Kasetsart University, with Prof. Savitree Limtong (Osaka University Alumni Fellow) as a core member, participated.   Details   Photos

Professor UMENO Daisuke (Chiba University, Guest Professor of ICBiotech) held a seminar entitled "A simple and versatile strategy to engrave information-processing functions on proteins".   Photos

"ICBiotech Exchange Agreements" is updated.

THE 4th JOINT SYMPOSIUM OF OSAKA UNIVERSITY WITH HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS OF BRUNEI DARUSSALAM was held online. Prof. Dr. FUJIYAMA Kazuhito (Director of ICBiotech) and Prof. Dr. HONDA Kohsuke introduced their researches to the post graduate students of UBD, UNISSA and UTB.
UBD; UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM
UNISSA; UNIVERSITI ISLAM SULTAN SHARIF ALI
UTB; UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI BRUNEI               Photo