Blogs (AMU)

On Saturday, September 2nd, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science held its Inspirational Science event, "Regenerating lost functions! What is regenerative medicine?" With students ranging from fifth grade elementary school students to third-year junior high school students, this year's COVID-19 situation has subsided, allowing a few parents to observe the course, providing an opportunity for them to see what the course is like. With the cooperation of both laboratory

Coronavirus has also been moved to Category 5, and face-to-face academic conferences are becoming more lively. I'm sure many people will be printing out posters and taking them to the venue for the first time in a while. By the way, when printing posters, no matter how carefully you check them on the computer and think you've created something perfect, don't you sometimes make mistakes in unexpected places? If they're small, you might just ignore them thinking they won't be n

Sorry for all the raccoon talk. I missed taking a picture of the raccoon that appeared the other day, but it appeared again so I quickly took a picture. However, the fur of this raccoon seems to be different from the previous one. According to Professor Ikeno, a few days ago he heard the cries of a baby raccoon calling for its parents. This raccoon might be his partner from last time. Text and photography: Morioka (※The video has sound)

This year, a raccoon dog appeared behind the lab again. A nearby raccoon forest (?) was destroyed for development, and we thought the raccoons had disappeared somewhere, but then one beautifully furred raccoon suddenly appeared. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to take a photo, but it disappeared into the same bushes as last year, so I think it might have a den there. I hope that the environment in which raccoons can live, and which provides us with comfort in between research, w

During a brief break in the rainy season, a raccoon dog behind the lab appears to have moved to a new burrow with a baby raccoon in its mouth. The other five baby raccoons have already been moved. The parents worked hard to carry the last stray puppy. (※Sound is played.)

1) The usual anxiety and anxiety of research funding comes every spring. Every April, I wonder whether I've won or lost my scientific research grant (it's not a lucky draw or a lottery, but I still write and apply frantically...), and it feels like my life expectancy is being shortened. For now (some have not yet been awarded), the Fundamental Science B and New Innovative Academic Research Grants have been added, but my relief is only temporary. Associate Professor Ikeno's XX

It's been tough. It's been incredibly tough. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to change the content of countless lectures (to accommodate online courses), and we've had to hold retakes for entrance exams. That alone is exhausting, but we've also had to face the reality of no conferences (which are constantly online) and no one gathering in our small lab. The COVID-19 pandemic, which seems like nothing more than bullying the weak, has hit not only elderly people and restaur

We've finally improved our website, which has been limited and has had no work done on it up until now (although Morioka-san is doing all the work). Even though people around me complained a lot about the website when we released the press release for Science magazine, we're going to start updating it properly from now on (or so we plan to).