RCAST NAVI 2014/01

  RCAST NAVI 
  2014/1
  http://www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/


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[Awards]
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  10 February, 2014
  Professor Akimitsu Okamoto (Bioorganic Chemistry):
  Professor Okamoto will receive the 10th JSPS Prize from Japan Society for
  the Promotion of Science (JSPS).
  The award ceremony will be held on 10 February, 2014 at The Japan Academy.
  http://www.jsps.go.jp/english/index.html

  20 December, 2013
  Professor Katsuhiro Nishinari (Mathematical Physics of Emergent Systems):
  Professor Nishinari was elected as NISTEP researcher of 2013 by
  the National Institute of Science and Technology Policy.
  http://www.nistep.go.jp/wp/wp-content/uploads/nicestep-press2013.pdf
   
  16 December, 2013
  Nobuhiro Ayuzawa (Project Researcher from Fujita Laboratory):
  Young Researcher Award (39th Meeting of the International Aldosterone)
  "Rac1-mediated Activation of Mineralocorticoid Receptor in Pressure
  Overloaded Heart"


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[Publication]
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  7 January, 2014
  Visiting Professor Takashi Mikuriya (Information, Culture and Social
  Studies):
  "(in Japanese) Chi no kakutou - Okite yaburi no seijigaku kougi"
  http://www.chikumashobo.co.jp/product/9784480067609/


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[Topics]
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  24 - 25 January, 2014
  Professor Ryohei Kanzaki (Intelligent Cooperative Systems):
  Science School will be held at Special Needs Education School for the
  Deaf, University of Tsukuba.
  http://www.deaf-s.tsukuba.ac.jp/

  23 January, 2014 10:00-17:00
  Photofuncionalized Materials Society: The 46th Lecture
  http://www.light.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp/PFMA/


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[Report]
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## Topics ##

  16 December, 2013
  Project Associate Professor Makoto Iida (Energy and Environment):
  The 2nd demonstration of Wave Energy System conducted by collaborative
  research between Project Associate Professor Iida and National Maritime
  Research Institute was released on 16 December, 2013.
  http://www.nmri.go.jp/index_e.html

  13 December, 2013
  Associate Professor Satoshi Ikeuchi (Islamic Political Thought):
  Associate Professor Ikeuchi gave a talk on politics and changes in
  international relations in Arab nations at Japan National Press Club on
  13 December, 2013.
  http://www.jnpc.or.jp/outline/english/jnpc-e/

  6 December, 2013
  Project Associate Professor Tomotaka Takahashi (Assistive Technology):
  Robot astronaut KIROBO developed by Project Associate Professor Takahashi
  succeeded in the first dialogue with JAXA astronaut Koichi Wakata
  orbiting the earth in the International Space Station on 6 December, 2013.
  http://kibo-robo.jp/report/

## TV/Radio ##
 
  15 January, 2014
  Professor Hisashi Nakamura (Climate Science Research):
  Professor Nakamura appeared on Hodo Station (tv asahi) on 15 January,
  2014 and commented on this winter's abnormal cold wave.
  http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/

  24 December, 2013
  Associate Professor Satoshi Ikeuchi (Islamic Political Thought):
  Associate Professor Ikeuchi contributed a comment to Hodo Station (tv
  asahi) on 24 December, 2013 by phone during his visit to Bethlehem about
  ideological background of Islamic armed groups that might have
  responsibility for the car bomb in Egypt.
  http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/

  23 December, 2013
  Associate Professor Satoshi Ikeuchi (Islamic Political Thought):
  Associate Professor Ikeuchi commented on the current situation in the
  Middle East from Jerusalem and appeared on Hodo Station (tv asahi) on 23
  December, 2013.
  http://www.tv-asahi.co.jp/

  17 December, 2013
  Project Associate Professor Makoto Iida (Energy and Environment):
  Project Associate Professor Iida appeared on Ohayo Fukui and News Zaurus
  Fukui (nhk).  His empirical research on man-made Blow-hole Wave Energy
  System in Fukui prefecture was introduced.
  http://www.nhk.or.jp/fukui/index.html

## Newspapers ##

  17 December, 2013
  Professor Hiroyuki Aburatani (Genome Science):
  Research results of Professor Aburatani were featured on the NIKKEI
  Newspaper dated 17 December, 2013.
  http://www.nikkei.com/

  16 December, 2013
  Project Associate Professor Tomotaka Takahashi (Assistive Technology):
  A discussion with Project Associate Professor Takahashi and KENCHI from
  EXILE appeared on The Asahi Shimbun on 16 December, 2013. They discussed
  the future of robots.
  http://www.asahi.com/

  13 December, 2013
  Emeritus Professor Toshiro Fujita (Division of Clinical Epigenetics):
  A seminar about health held on 13 November, 2013 by Emeritus Professor
  Fujita was featured on THE MAINICHI NEWSPAPERS dated 13 December, 2013.
  http://mainichi.jp/english/
 
  3 December, 2013
  Professor Ryohei Kanzaki (Intelligent Cooperative Systems):
  Professor Kanzaki was featured on The Hokkaido Shimbun dated 3 December,
  2013.
  http://www.hokkaido-np.co.jp/

## Magazine ##

  13 January, 2014
  Professor Hisashi Nakamura (Climate Science Research):
  Professor Nakamura contributed a comment about abnormal weather to
  PRESIDENT issued on 13 January, 2014.
  http://www.president.co.jp/pre/

  January, 2014
  Associate Professor Satoshi Ikeuchi (Islamic Political Thought):
  Associate Professor Ikeuchi was featured in Monocle, Issue 69, Vol. 7
  issued on December, 2013 and contributed a comment on Japan's policy
  toward the Middle East.
  http://monocle.com/