2012/12/31

News in ~2012

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

New members joined our lab!

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.