Mr. Qifeng Mu’s first-authored paper “Force-triggered rapid microstructure growth on hydrogel surface for on-demand functions” published on Nature Communications won the IGP 2022 Publications Award.

Our research collaborating with the medical school on brain reconstruction, published on cientific Reports, appears on Hokkaido U Web Site: Research Press Release .

Our research on a squid/synthetic polymer double-network gel, published on NPG Asia Materials, appears on Hokkaido U Web Site

Our work “Surfactant induced bilayer-micelle transition for emergence of functions in anisotropic hydrogel” has been featured in the Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2022 Most Popular Articles collection.

Prof. Gong et al.’s proposal for a JSPS Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (International Leading Research) approved for funding.

Sukamto (D2) was awarded the Most Outstanding Presentation Award for Poster Presentation for his presentation “Soft composite of porous hydroxyapatite skeleton and hydrogel matrix to mimic bone structure via double network concept” at the 20th Asian BioCeramics Symposium (ABC2022).

Yuki Inoue (M1) was awarded the Excellent Presentation Award for Poster Session for his presentation “Materials possessing brain-like long-term dynamic memory controlled by the phase separation intensity” at a student-run international symposium “The 8th International Life-Science Symposium” in Hokkaido University.

APS announces that the 2023 Polymer Physics Prize will go to Dr. Jian Ping Gong.

Mr. Wenqi Yang (D2)was honored to be awarded The JLCS Best Paper Award from the Japanese Liquid Crystal Society