Dec/19/2013
New members joined our lab!
Dec/9-10/2013
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at 2nd Michelin-ESPCI ParisTech workshop – 2013, ESPCI, Paris, France.
Nov/17-22/2013
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the13th Pacific Polymer Conference(PPC13), Grand Hi-Lai Hotel Arena Branch, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Oct/22-25/2013
Dr. Kurokawa delivers an invited talk at the 4th Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials: Chemistry, Physics & Biomedicine of Functional and Novel Materials (ASAM-4), National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Oct/18-19/2013
In Honor of the 70th Birthday of Professor Yoshihito Osada, “International Symposium on Advanced Soft Materials” is held from Oct.18th to 19th, 2013 at Hokkaido University, Sapporo.
Oct/4/2013
Prof. M. Yousuf Ali Mollah and Prof. Md. Abu Bin Hasan Susan (University of Dhaka, Bangladesh) give talks titled “Development of Novel Functional and Smart Materials for Technological Applications” and “A Novel Methodology for Preparation of Nanoparticles with Tunable Electrical, Optical, and Antibacterial Properties”
Oct/4/2013
New members joined our lab!
Sep/28/2013
Ihsan(D3)’s artwork has been chosen to appear on the inside front cover of J of Mater Chem B.
Sep/15-19/2013
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 3rd International Soft Matter Conference (ISMC13), University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Aug/18-20/2013
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 15th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering Congress (APCChE2013), COEX, Seoul, Korea.
July/26/2013
Dr. Anatoly Zinchenko (Nagoya University) gives a talk titled “Metalization of DNA Hydrogel”.
May/9/2013
LSW hosts Mr. Daniel R. King, PhD student at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, USA, for 3 months this summer.
Apr/15/2013
The Behind the Scenes Live Science Piece “How Hydrogels and Japan Changed a Life” by Tiffany Suekama, NSF-JSPS Summer Internship Program visiting research fellow in 2011, is now out to the public.
Apr/7-11/2013
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the “Marine Biosurfaces and Interfaces”Symposium at the 245th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.
Apr/1/2013
Dec/1-5/2012
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 2012 Japan-USA Seminar on Polymer Synthesis: Advances at the Interface of Sustainability and Polymer Synthesis, California, USA
Nov/20/2012-Nov/19/2014
LSW hosts a “JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships Foreign Researchers Program” visiting research fellow, Dr. Feng Luo from the Sichuan University, Chendu, China
Nov/20/2012
Prof. Yasuaki Takagi and Ms. Xi Zhang (Faculty of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido Univ) give talks titled “Development of aquaculture technologies of sturgeon in Hokkaido – Why is it important to study collagen in order to develop sturgeon aquaculture industry?” and “Biochemical characterisation and assessment of fibril-forming ability of collagens extracted from Bester sturgeon (Huso huso × Acipenser ruthenus).”
Oct/30-Nov/2/2012
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 6th International Workshop on Advance Materials Science and Nanotechnology (IWAMSN-2012), Ha-Long City, Northern Viet-Nam
Oct/9-12/2012
Gelsympo2012 will be held at Tsukuba International Congress Center. On October 11 Prof. Gong delivers a keynote talk.
Oct/5/2012
Prof. Gerald Pollack (University of Washington, Seattle WA, USA) gives a talk titled “The Secret Life of Water: E = H2O “
Oct/3/2012
Three international students join LSW.
Aug/21/2012
Arifuzzaman(D3)’s artwork was chosen for the issue-cover of Soft Matter
Jul/22-27/2012
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 2012 Polymer Physics Gordon Conference, Mt. Holyoke College, Massachusetts, USA
Jun/28/2012
Dr. Kurokawa and Prof. Gong join a research team “Biomimetics Design” in Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas “Innovative Materials Engineering Based on Biological Diversity.” A brief explanation is available on the JSPS-KAKENHI website.
Jun/4-8/2012
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the International Symposium on Polymer Physics (PP’2012), Chengdu, China
May/31/2012
Prof. Gong et al.’s proposal for a JSPS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (S) approved for funding. A brief explanation is available on the JSPS-KAKENHI website.
May/14/2012
Prof. Makoto Komiyama (University of Tsukuba) gives a talk titled “Manipulation of human genome by artificial restriction DNA cutter”
Apr/2/2012
New members joined our lab!
Apr/1-5/2012
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 15th Intl Conference on Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers (DYFP2012), Rolduc Abbey, Kerkrade, The Netherlands
Jan/6/2012
East Asia Young Scientists Gel Symposium 2012 to be held at Hokkaido Univ Centennial Hall
Dec/22/2011
Dr. Hsian-Rong Tseng, UCLA and Dr. Yu, RIKEN give talks at LSW
Dec/1/2011
Prof. Michel Cloitre , ESPCI(France) gives a talk at LSW
Sep/15-16/2011
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 2011 Taiwan-Japan Bilateral Polymer Symposium, Hsinchu, Taiwan
July/24-29/2011
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the Gordon Research Conference on Adhesion Science 2011, Lewiston, Maine, USA
Jun/21-Aug/23/2011
LSW hosts an NSF-JSPS Summer Internship Program visiting research fellow, Ms. Tiffany Suekama from the University of Kansas, USA
May/16/2011
HP renewal
May/9-11/2011
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 5th Basel International Knee Congress and Instructional Course, Basel, Switzerland
January/9-13/2011
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the Macromolecular Materials Gordon Research Conference, Ventura, CA, USA
Dec/15-20/2010
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the Pacifichem 2010, Honolulu, Hawaii
Dec/8/2010
Prof. Gong’s interview on Macro2010:43rd IUPAC World Polymer Congress has been released on YouTube
Jul/11-16/2010
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the Macro2010: 43rd IUPAC World Polymer Congress, Scottish Exhibition & Congress Centre, Glasgow, UK
Jun/30/2010
Dr. Toshikazu Takata of Tokyo Tech gives a talk at LSW
Jun/21/2010
Prof. Françoise M. Winnik, Univ of Montreal gives a talk at LSW
June/6-10/2010
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 9th Intl Sympo of Polymer Physics (PP’2010), Ji’nan, China
May/27/2010
Dr. Takayuki Kurokawa receives Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science; The Society of Polymer Science, Japan(2009)
Mar/15-19/2010
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the Focus Session on Polymer Network Mechanics at the 2010 APS March Meeting, Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR, USA
Feb/15/2010
Drs. Dieter Wirz and Olivier Braissant, Univ of Basel give talks at LSW
Jan/8/2010
The 5th LSW Symposium to be held at Hokkaido Univ Centennial Hall
Dec/8/2009
Dr. Tetsuharu Narita, CNRS Researcher of ESPCI Tech Paris gives a talk at LSW
Nov/2/2009
Dr. Marc Fermigier, Executive Vice President of ESPCI Tech Paris gives a talk at LSW
Oct/21-30/2009
Dr. Miklos Zrinyi, Professor of Semmelweis Univ gives an intensive course for graduate students
Oct/23/2009
Dr. Euginia Kumacheva, Professor of Toronto Univ gives a talk at LSW
Oct/11-14/2009
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 2nd Asian Symposium on Advanced Materials (ASAM-2), Fudan University in Shanghai, China
Oct/1/2009
Hokkaido University International Graduate Program for Research Pioneers in Life-Sciences (IGP) application due in late November
Sep/25/2009
Dr. Koji Kaya and Dr. Yoshihito Osada of RIKEN give talks at LSW
Sep/1-4/2009
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the Third Switzerland-Japan Workshop on Biomechanics 2009 (SJB 2009), Hotel Europe, Engelberg, Switzerland
Apr/6-9/2009
Prof. Gong delivers an invited talk at the 14th Intl Conference on Deformation, Yield and Fracture of Polymers, Rol Duc Abbey, Kerkrade, The Netherlands
September/1/2008
Information for prospective international graduate students posted.
June/25/2008
Update of Admission Annoucement released.
May/28/2008
Annoucement on Graduate Programs Admission Infomation for 2008 released.
August/6-8/2007
Gelsympo2007 will be held at The University of Tokyo.
May/28/2007
Annoucement on Graduate Programs Admission Infomation for 2008 released.
April/13/2007
Prof. GONG appeared on Science Channel
March/16/2007
Prof. Osada’s farewell lecture will be held. (posted 2007. 3. 6)
January/12/2007
The 2nd LSW Symposium will be held at Hokkaido University.
December/4/2006
We will be holding the 2nd LSW Symposium on January 12, 2007
September/27/2006
Gelsympo2007 is scheduled to be held in August, 2007 at The University of Tokyo.
June/28/2006
Biological Sciences Division’s Graduate Programs Admission Inforamtion.
June/20/2006
Prof. Gong et al’s proposal for a JSPS Grant-in-Aid for Specially Promoted Research approved for funding. A brief explanation is available on the JSPS-KAKENHI website.
May/25/2006
Prof. Gong has won The Award of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan.
April/10/2006
Our department and faculty of Science will be reorganized since this April, 2006. Staffs — Section of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Grad students — Division of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University. Undergrad students — Department of Biological Sciences, School of Science, Hokkaido University.
March/2/2006
The 1st LSW Symposium was held at Hokkaido University.
October/15-18/2005
GelSympo2005 was held at Hokkaido University. (first circular | GelSympo2005 Program)
October/14/2005
New website launched.