• Dec 26, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Associate Professor Takumi Higaki's paper, "The pr …
• Dec 20, 2019 NEWS Farewell and Welcome to IROAST Internship Researchers Two interns in Sainoki Lab, Zhiguo Xia and Peng Kong from Shando …
• Dec 19, 2019 NEWS Assoc. Prof. Ohira Receives Awards Associate Professor Shin-Ichi Ohira of FAST, and an …
• Dec 18, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 71st IROAST Seminar
• Dec 18, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 70th IROAST Seminar
• Dec 16, 2019 NEWS New addition to our Grants! We have added Project Assistant Professor Akiko Nakamasu's grant to ou …
• Dec 13, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 69th IROAST Seminar
• Dec 13, 2019 NEWS Visiting Professor Zare Pays a Courtesy Visit to Director Hiyama IROAST Visiting Professor Firuz Zare from the Univ …
• Dec 12, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 68th IROAST Seminar
• Dec 11, 2019 NEWS Visitor from Indonesia Director Hiyama had a visitor from Indonesia today. Mr. Adhi Kusmantoro is a lecturer at Universitas PGRI Semarang, and is currently working toward hi …
• Dec 10, 2019 NEWS Prof. Kontis Pays a Courtesy Visit to Dean Tomizawa of the School of Medicine On December 6th, IROAST Distinguished Professor Konstantinos Kontis from …
• Dec 5, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 5th IROAST Symposium
• Dec 4, 2019 NEWS Welcome to Internship Students We would like to welcome research interns Reetesh Tiwari from Vel Tech Rangarajan & Dr. Sagunthala R&D Institute of Science & Technology, …
• Dec 3, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 67th IROAST Seminar
• Dec 2, 2019 NEWS New member We welcome Dr. Yuta Nakashima, our new Young Faculty Member for International Joint Research, to IROAST. Please visit …
• Dec 2, 2019 NEWS Dr. Olivier of the University of Bordeaux Pays a Courtesy Visit to Director Hiyama Dr. Céline Olivier, a researcher from the Institute of Molecular Sciences, University of Bordeaux in France, paid a courtesy visit to Director Hiyama …
• Nov 29, 2019 NEWS Kumamoto University Research Activity Award In recognition of their outstanding research activities and achievements, 95 faculty members received Kumamoto University Research Activity Awards 201 …
• Nov 28, 2019 NEWS Director Hiyama Delivers a Keynote Lecture at ICAST IROAST Director Takashi Hiyama gave a keynote lecture at the 14th International Student Conference on Advanced Science and Technology (ICAST) 2019 Kum …
• Nov 25, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 66th IROAST Seminar
• Nov 25, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 65th IROAST Seminar
• Nov 21, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Distinguished Professor László Pusztai's paper, "Structural …
• Nov 14, 2019 NEWS Awards Presented to Keisho Maeda and Kazuki Yoshimura of Higaki Lab Keisho Maeda won the "Excellent Oral Presentation Award" at the 13th annual meeting of the Cell Wall Researcher Network held in Okazaki, Aichi Prefect …
• Nov 14, 2019 NEWS Good luck to Mona! Research intern Mona Pakdel from Alzahra University, Iran successfully finished her internship in the Hosano lab on November 13, and received a certif …
• Nov 13, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 64th IROAST Seminar
• Nov 11, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 3rd KAIST-KU Joint Symposium–6th IRCMS&IROAST Joint Seminar
• Nov 1, 2019 NEWS New Visiting Associate Professor IROAST welcomes Dr. Daniel P. Zitterbart of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution as our new associate visiting professor. Please visit …
• Nov 1, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 62nd IROAST Seminar
• Oct 31, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 63rd IROAST Seminar
• Oct 30, 2019 NEWS Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Received by Associate Prof. Mukunoki Associate Professor Toshifumi Mukunoki of FAST,  and an …
• Oct 30, 2019 NEWS Visitor from Universitas Negri Malang, Indonesia Dr. A. N. Afandi, Associate Professor of the State University of Malang, visited our director, Prof. Hiyama, to discuss the possibility of research co …
• Oct 28, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Dr Minwoo Kim and Associate Professor …
• Oct 25, 2019 NEWS Japan-Korea Research Exchange Meeting On October 24th, there was a Japan-Korea Research Exchange Meeting at IROAST. The meeting was organized by Professor Tak …
• Oct 23, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 61st IROAST Seminar
• Oct 21, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Associate Professor Atsushi Sainoki and Dr …
• Oct 16, 2019 NEWS Welcome to internship students We would like to welcome research interns Mona Pakdel from Alzahra University, Iran and Peng Kong from Shandong University of Science and Technology, …
• Oct 11, 2019 NEWS New additions to our publications! We have added Associate Professor Takumi Higaki's new paper "Bas …
• Oct 4, 2019 NEWS Dr. Lee Speaks at the 20th Women in Science Roundtable Seminar Associate Professor Ruda Lee gave a talk at the 20th Women in Sc …
• Oct 3, 2019 NEWS Research Units Updated We have added a new research unit "Development of microbiall …
• Oct 3, 2019 NEWS Director Hiyama's Visit to ITS, Indonesia Our Director Prof. Hiyama visited Prof. Ashari, Rector of ITS, Surabaya before delivering his guest lecture there. He was delighted to have a reunion …
• Oct 3, 2019 NEWS Director Hiyama's Visit to Indonesia From September 20th to 26th, our Director, Prof. Hiyama was invited to give a keynote speech for iSemantic 2019 at Universitas Dian Nuswantoro, Semala …
• Oct 2, 2019 NEWS Prof. Aida and Associate Prof. Higaki Deliver Presentations at the "Mechanisms of Plant Perception-From the Endogenous to the Exogenous" Symposium On September 20th, the international symposium "Me …
• Oct 2, 2019 NEWS Research Units Updated We have added a new research unit "Plant Stem Cells and Reg …
• Oct 1, 2019 NEWS Welcome to New IROAST Members Distinguished Professor Jorge Beltramini and Dr. …
• Oct 1, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 5th IRCMS&IROAST Joint Seminar－59th IRCMS Seminar/ 60th IROAST Seminar
• Sep 30, 2019 NEWS Good Luck to Dr. Kim! Research intern Ji-Hoon Kim, M.D. from Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju Severance Christian Hospital in Korea, successfully finished …
• Sep 19, 2019 NEWS Associate Prof. Jiang from Shandong University of Science and Technology Visits IROAST Associate Professor Lishuai Jiang from Shandong University of Science and Technology in China, visited Director Hiyama to pay his respects on Septembe …
• Sep 17, 2019 NEWS Internship Student from Shandong University of Science and Technology We would like to heartily welcome research intern Xia Zhiguo from Shandong University of Science and Technology in China to IROAST. We hope he finds h …
• Sep 11, 2019 NEWS Welcome to Dr. Kim from Yonsei University We would like to warmly welcome research intern Ji-Hoon Kim, M.D. from Yonsei University, Korea. We hope he finds his experience at …
• Sep 11, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Visiting Professor Martino Di Serio’s paper, "Poly (Lactic Acid) …
• Sep 9, 2019 NEWS New additions to our publications! We have added Distinguished Professor László Pusztai's papers, "Partial s …
• Sep 6, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Associate Professor Atsushi Sainoki's paper, "Time …
• Sep 6, 2019 NEWS Research Units Updated We have added a new research unit "Mic …
• Sep 3, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 59th IROAST Seminar
• Sep 3, 2019 NEWS Research Units Updated We have added a new unit " …
• Aug 30, 2019 NEWS IROAST Annual Report 2018 We have posted the IROAST Annual Report 2018 on our website. Please visit Brochure & Annual Re …
• Aug 22, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Distinguished Professor László Pusztai's paper, "Effects of …
• Aug 20, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Associate Professor Atsushi Sainoki's paper, "Crac …
• Aug 19, 2019 NEWS Visiting Professor Dienwiebel visits Director Hiyama IROAST Visiting Professor Martin Dienwiebel, of the Karlsruhe Institute for Te …
• Aug 5, 2019 NEWS JSPS 'HIRAMEKI☆TOKIMEKI Science' high-school student participants visit Higaki's laboratory On August 3, 2019, five high-school students visited Higaki's laboratory …
• Jul 31, 2019 NEWS Research Units Updated We have added a new research unit "Environmental Impac …
• Jul 30, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Distinguished Professor Yufeng Zheng's paper, "Challenges i …
• Jul 23, 2019 NEWS (In UK-3) Visit to the University of Manchester IROAST Director Takashi Hiyama and Chief Manager Junichi Kumagai visited the University of Manchester’s School of Chemical and Analytical Science - Na …
• Jul 23, 2019 NEWS (In UK-2) Visit to the School of Engineering, University of Glasgow The University of Glasgow is the fourth-oldest university in the UK, a member of the Russell group (a group of public research universities in the UK) …
• Jul 23, 2019 NEWS (In UK-1) International Advisory Board Meeting at University of Glasgow IROAST held an International Advisory Board Meeting at the University of Glasgow, UK between the 1st and 2nd of July 2019. Director Takashi Hiyama and …
• Jul 12, 2019 NEWS JST Sakura Science Plan participants visits IROAST On July 11, 2019, fifteen graduate students from leading universities in Southeast Asia, the Republic of Korea and Latin America, visiting Kumamoto Un …
• Jul 4, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 58th IROAST Seminar          
• Jul 4, 2019 NEWS RESEARCH page renewed Thank you for visiting our website. We have recently renewed our RESEARCH pages. We have added research-related items such as …
• Jun 25, 2019 NEWS New additions to our publications! We have added Distinguished Professor László Pusztai's paper "Two- and th …
• Jun 20, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Associate Professor Ruda Lee's paper, "Fluorogenic …
• Jun 11, 2019 NEWS Calling for applications for HIRAMEKI☆TOKIMEKI Science Program for high-school students We are now calling for applications for the "HIRAMEKI☆TOKIMEKI  Science Program." For i …
• Jun 6, 2019 NEWS Assoc. Prof. Sainoki receives Japanese Society for Rock Mechanics "Best Paper Award 2018" Associate Professor Atsushi Sainoki’s paper entitled "Back Analy …
• Jun 3, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Assistant Professor Takashi Ishida's paper, "Develo …
• May 29, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Associate Professor Atsushi Sainoki and Dr …
• May 8, 2019 NEWS New addition to our ACHIEVEMENTS! We have added Associate Professor Atsushi Sainoki's grant to our …
• May 8, 2019 NEWS New Visiting Professors We have posted the profile of our new visiting professors, Dr U Rajendra Acharya, Dr Shirley Shen and Dr Andrew Whittle. Please visit our …
• Apr 22, 2019 NEWS Calling for applications for IROAST Research Internship Program 2019 We are now calling for applications for the "IROAST Research Internship Program 2019." For interested undergraduate/graduate …
• Apr 12, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 57th IROAST Seminar
• Apr 10, 2019 NEWS Prof. Breul from Université Clermont Auvergne visits IROAST On April 10, 2019, Professor Pierre Breul from Université Clermont Auvergne, France, visited IROAST and met with IROAST Director Takashi Hiyama. Profe …
• Apr 10, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Dr Akiko Nakamasu and Associate Professor …
• Apr 8, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Visiting Professor Martino Di Serio’s paper, "Self-Activating Ca …
• Apr 2, 2019 NEWS Distinguished Professor Zheng inducted to AIMBE College of Fellows IROAST Distinguished Professor Yufeng Zheng from Peking University has be …
• Apr 2, 2019 NEWS Welcome to new IROAST members IROAST welcomes new Young Faculty Members for International Joint Research; Associate Professor Dr. Takahiro Hosono and Associate Professor Dr. Mizue …
• Mar 29, 2019 NEWS Farewell and good luck to Prof. Tosha and Dr. Pulungan Professor Toshiyuki Tosha and Dr. Sri Pulungan, thank you for all the hard work and goodwill you have shown to us since coming to IROAST. We sincerely …
• Mar 27, 2019 NEWS IROAST International Advisory Board Meeting held on March 18-19, 2019 On March 18th and 19th, 2019, the International Research Organization for Advanced Science and Technology (IROAST)*1 …
• Mar 25, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Visiting Professor Martino Di Serio’s paper, "Cynara cardunculus …
• Mar 20, 2019 NEWS Visiting Professor Ghandehari pays a courtesy visit to University Trustee Dr. Matsumoto On March 15, 2019, IROAST Visiting Professor Hamid Ghandehari paid a courtesy visit to Dr. Yasumic …
• Mar 15, 2019 NEWS New satellite labs opened IROAST has opened new satellite laboratories on the Kurokami South Campus. …
• Mar 14, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 56th IROAST Seminar
• Mar 5, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 55th IROAST Seminar
• Feb 28, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 54th IROAST Seminar      
• Feb 21, 2019 NEWS Good luck to Woocheol and Wonseok! Woocheol Kim and Wonseok Choi, undergraduate students from Yonsei University, Korea, successfully finished their 1-month internship in the Lee Lab and …
• Feb 21, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 53rd IROAST Seminar
• Feb 21, 2019 EVENTS Dr. Karakus from the University of Adelaide visits IROAST Dr. Murat Karakus, Associate Professor at the University of Adelaide, Australia, visited Kumamoto Universit …
• Feb 21, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 52nd IROAST Seminar
• Feb 18, 2019 NEWS Dr. Ruda Lee receives Kumamoto University Female Researcher Award On February 14, Associate Professor Ruda Lee received the “Kumam …
• Feb 8, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Visiting Professor Martino Di Serio’s paper, "Validation of the …
• Feb 5, 2019 NEWS MIT Professor Andrew J. Whittle pays a courtesy visit to President Harada On the 28th of January 2019, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) P …
• Feb 1, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 51st IROAST Seminar
• Jan 29, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 50th IROAST Seminar
• Jan 25, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 2nd KU-KAIST Joint Symposium–4th IRCMS & IROAST Joint Seminar
• Jan 25, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 4th IROAST Symposium–8th PHOENICS International Symposium
• Jan 24, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 49th IROAST Seminar
• Jan 23, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Associate Professor Takumi Higaki’s paper, "Fascin …
• Jan 21, 2019 NEWS Internship students from Yonsei University IROAST would like to welcome Wonseok Choi and Woocheol Kim, research interns from Yonsei University, Republic of Korea, to Kumamoto University. We hop …
• Jan 18, 2019 NEWS New addition to our publications! We have added Associate Professor Takumi Higaki’s paper, "Polar …
• Jan 17, 2019 NEWS KU periodical 'Kumadai Tsushin' features Prof. Tsurekawa's research and his collaboration with Prof. Lejček Kumamoto University's periodical …
• Jan 10, 2019 NEWS New additions to our publications! We have added six new papers of Distinguished Professor Yufeng Zheng, …
• Dec 18, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 71st IROAST Seminar－IPPS Lecture & Seminar No. 52－held on December 18, 2019
• Dec 18, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 70th IROAST Seminar－Chemical modifications of RNA in control of mammalian gene expression－held on December 18, 2019
• Dec 13, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 69th IROAST Seminar－Deep Learning & Image Processing for CT data analysis of morphometric parameters in soil－held on December 13, 2019
• Dec 12, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 68th IROAST Seminar－Our Investigations of Carbon Dioxide Reduction: Past and Present－held on December 12, 2019
• Dec 3, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 67th IROAST Seminar－IPPS Lecture & Seminar No. 50－held on December 3, 2019
• Dec 5, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 5th IROAST Symposium–International Symposium on Strategies on mechanical optimization in plants–held on December 5, 2019
• Nov 11, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 3rd KAIST-KU Joint Symposium–6th IRCMS&IROAST Joint Seminar–held on November 11, 2019
• Nov 25, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 66th IROAST Seminar－Technoscience. Risks & opportunities of a social revolution－held on November 25, 2019
• Nov 25, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 65th IROAST Seminar－Lignin Biorefinery: Processes and Products－held on November 25, 2019
• Nov 13, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 64th IROAST Seminar－Passive and Active Vehicle Safety－Technologies towards Autonomous Driving－held on November 13, 2019
• Nov 11, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 63rd IROAST Seminar－The physics of animal groups－using remote sensing technologies to understand behavior and ecology of penguins and whales－held on November 11, 2019
• Nov 11, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 62nd IROAST Seminar－Pan Pacific International Symposium on Chalcogenide Functional Materials－held on November 10-11, 2019
• Oct 23, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 61st IROAST Seminar－Additive Manufacturing Center and the Nondestructive Evaluation Activities－held on October 23, 2019
• Oct 29, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 5th IRCMS&IROAST Joint Seminar－59th IRCMS Seminar/ 60th IROAST Seminar－held on October 29, 2019
• Sep 3, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 59th IROAST Seminar－Data mining techniques in Medical Informatics－held on September 3, 2019
• Jul 4, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 58th IROAST Seminar－CSIRO Australia: Global Collaboration between Science and　Industry－Additive manufacturing research in CSIRO －held on July 4 (Thu), 2019          
• Apr 12, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 57th IROAST Seminar－Carbon Dioxide Removal: Costs, potentials and side effects－held on April 12th (Fri), 2019
• Mar 14, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 56th IROAST Seminar－IPPS Lecture & Seminar No.48－Safety assessment of inorganic and dendritic nanoparticles－held on March 14 (Thu),2019
• Mar 5, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 55th IROAST Seminar－New Aspects of Chemical Bonding in Solids using Orbitals and Plane Waveselit－held on March 5 (Tue), 2019
• Feb 28, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 54th IROAST Seminar－Recent developments in the study of grain/twin boundary mediated plasticity－held on February 28 (Thu), 2019      
• Feb 21, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 53rd IROAST Seminar－What governs the ductility of metals?－held on February 21 (Thu), 2019.
• Feb 21, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 52nd IROAST Seminar－Structural and mechanical properties of rejuvenated metallic glasses－held on February 21 (Thu), 2019
• Feb 1, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 51st IROAST Seminar－Sol-Gel Ru/SiO₂ catalysts for Green Chemistry－held on February 1 (Fri.), 2019
• Jan 29, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 50th IROAST Seminar－Building a Better Mousetrap－The Continuing Quest for More Reliable Models of Clay Behavior－held on January 29 (Tue.), 2019
• Jan 25, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 4th IROAST Symposium–8th PHOENICS International Symposium–held on January 24-25, 2019
• Jan 25, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 2nd KU-KAIST Joint Symposium–4th IRCMS & IROAST Joint Seminar–held on January 25, 2019
• Jan 24, 2019 SYMPOSIUM & SEMINAR 49th IROAST Seminar–Materials processing with supercritical fluids–held on January 24, 2019