The lab head, Prof. Susumu Kitagawa, is elected as one of recipients of Japan Academy Prize in 2016!!! Congratulations!! 我々のグループのPIである北川進教授が、第106回日本学士院賞を受賞することが決定しました。研究題目は「多孔性金属錯体材料の創製と応用に関する研究」です。おめでとうございます！ Link to the news by the Japan Academy: Japanese
What’s New
[Alumni] Hiromitsu Uehara is back to academia as URA
Dr. Hiromitsu Uehara, the former postdoc in the MC2, is now back to academia as a University Research Administrator (URA) in Hokkaido University, Japan!!
[Paper] CrystEngComm
The collaboration paper with Prof. Chris Sumby about the crystal size effect of flexible MOF is now published in CrystEngcomm! This result is based on the research carried out during the JSPS visit of Chris. Congratulations!!
Kotaro Takahashi challenges SPEC@Kyoto Univ.
Mr. Kotaro Takahashi, who used to be an internship student, tries a new project with his creativity!! His project "noiseless straw" was selected as one of the challenge projects supported by Kyoto University, SPEC (Student Projects for Enhancing Creativity). We believe your creativity!! Congratulations!! 我々のグループの元インターンシップ生の高橋晃太郎君（理学部1回生）のアイデアが、京大学生チャレンジコンテスト（SPEC)のテーマに選ばれました。高橋くんは、「無音ストロー」を開発します。彼の新しいチャレンジに賛同していただける方は、ぜひ下記のリンク先にある動画をご覧ください！応援よろしくお願いします！ 無音ストローの開発（寄付ページ）：Click Here 高橋くんプレゼン動画（YouTube）：Click Here
New Year Party
We organized the new year party with some friends in iCeMS at the French restaurant. The family of Prof. Paolo Falcaro, who is the JSPS visiting professor, also joined us. We see the great collaboration between the Japanese and Italian kids!! Great start of the new year!!
Collaboration research in Leuven
Dr. Patrick Larpent and Dr. Masashi Nakahama visited the group of Rob Ameloot in KU Leuven in Belgium to carry out the JSPS-FWO collaboration research project. Patrick and Hammer enjoyed the work in a clean room and the nice discussion with the group members of Rob, in particular with the former MC2 visiting students Ivo…
[Alumni] Yoko Sakata featured in Asahi Shinbun
Prof. Yoko Sakata, the former postdoc@MC2 and currently an assistant professor in Kanazawa University, is feature in one of the major Japanese newspapers, Asahi Shinbun!! Congratulations!! 我々のグループの元博士研究員の酒田陽子さん（金沢大学助教）が12月3日の朝日新聞科学欄「ミチをひらく」にて紹介されました！学生ー博士研究員ー助教という酒田さんの研究キャリアにおいて、どのような考えで研究を展開してきたがわかりやすく書いてあります。おめでとう！ 朝日新聞（2015年12月3日）31面「ミチをひらく 分子の組み立て 自由自在 酒田陽子さん」
iCeMS Symposium on “Processing and Engineering of Porous Materials”
On 27/November/2015, we organized the iCeMS Symposium on "Processing and Engineering of Porous Materials". We invited four speakers from the outside of iCeMS, Dr. Paolo Falcaro (CSIRO, Australia) who is visiting the MC2 group as the JSPS visiting professor, Dr. Josep Puigmarti-Luis (EMPA, Switzerland), Prof. Masahide Takahashi (Osaka Prefecture University) and Prof. Kazuyoshi Kanamori (Kyoto…
Chiwon Kim left the group
Dr. Chiwon Kim, who worked here for 4.5 years and recently finished his PhD study, left the MC2 group to a Korean chemical industry. Good luck, Chiwon!!
[Alumni] Ayako Umemura will be featured in the Japanese Science TV Program!!
Dr. Ayako Umemura, the former postdoc in the MC2 group, will be featured in "ScienceZERO", the scientific TV program from NHK!! Ayako will give a talk about "Beautiful shape of life" in the presentation competition organized by the program. Good luck, Ayako!! Detail information is linked below (only Japanese). 我々のグループの元博士研究員の梅村綾子さんがNHKのサイエンスZEROに登場します！12月5日に公開収録形式で行われる「サイエンススタジアム2015」にて、若手プレゼンターの一人として、「生命が作る美しい形」についてプレゼンします。綾子さん、頑張ってください！詳細は下記のリンクをどうぞ！12月20, 27日に放送される予定です。 Link to NHK website:…