Chemistry across multiple length scales
We invited Prof. Kevin C.-W. Wu, the professor of chemical engineering at National Taiwan University, for his lecture at our group seminar on 12th/January. We really enjoyed his impressive researches from fundamental chemistry to technology transfer to industries. The scientific discussion continued until late at night.. Thanks Kevin for visiting us!! Prof. Kevin C.-W. Wu…
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…
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…
We invited Prof. Steve Granick, the director of Center for Soft and Living Matter at Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology(UNIST), Korea, for his lecture at the 187th iCeMS seminar on 1st/July. Prof. Steve Granick Title: Some surprises and open questions in active matter
Prof. Elisa Barea from the University of Granada, who is staying at the MC2 group as a JSPS visiting professor, kindly delivered her lecture at the 186th iCeMS seminar on 30th/June. Prof. Elisa BareaTitle: Porous coordination polymers: from environmental remediation to biomedical applications
We invited Prof. Stephen Mann, Professor from the University of Bristol for the lecture at the 179th iCeMS seminar on 5th/November. Prof. Stephen MannTitle: In search of protolife: the advent of synthetic cellularity in chemical systems
We supported the MOF2014, which was held at Kobe, as conference staffs!! It was a great conference!! Please also visit the conference website and the online picture album, Flickr.
On Sep/26, we organized the 2nd MOF Young Investigators Symposium, at the iCeMS Main Building, Kyoto University. The organizers are Prof. Christian Doonan (The University of Adelaide), Prof. Satoshi Horike (Kyoto University) and Prof. Shuhei Furukawa (Kyoto University). We had more than 70 participants and great 15 oral presentations from emerging researchers in the area…
Assoc. Prof. Shuhei Furukawa and three students, Mr. Chiwon Kim, Mr. Kenji Yoshida, and Mr. Jicheng "Tony" Zhang attended the 94th annual meeting of Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) at Nagoya University. Shuhei gave three lectures including the award lecture for the CSJ Award for Young Chemists. All students, Chiwon, Kenji and Tony also gave…
We invited Prof. Christopher Sumby, Associate Professor from the University of Adelaide, Australia, and Prof. Pascal Dietzel, Professor from University of Bergen, Norway, for their lectures at the 160th and 162nd iCeMS seminars, respectively. Prof. Christopher SumbyTitle: Flexible MOFs: Providing a Window into Inorganic Chemistry and Reactivity17/March/2014 Prof. Pascal DietzelTitle: Sometimes, changing the metal changes everything20/March/2014 Prof.…