NEWS 2014

Information flow through neural circuits for pheromone orientation

Miniature Ion Thruster Propulsion System, In-Flight Operation First operation of an ion thruster on a small satellite (less than 100 kg)

The conformational defect in a specific protein causes Autosomal Dominant Lateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy (ADLTE) which is a form of familial epilepsy.

Development of High-Resolution MEMS Accelerometer with Capability to Detect Wide Range of Acceleration

RCAST-AICT Joint Symposium 2014 / Signing Ceremony of Memorandum of Understanding between AICT and RCAST

Largest ever genomic study of liver cancer identifies mutations that distinguish Asian and Western disease

Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K. will begin provision of DX ruthenium complex dye used in dye sensitized solar cells developed by Professor Hiroshi Segawa and his team

Paper : Anti-albuminuric effect of the aldosterone blocker eplerenone in non-diabetic hypertensive patients with albuminuria

International Garden Party 2014

Pathway for initial proton released from water-oxidizing enzyme
Revisiting previously hypothesized reaction mechanisms

Host-protective effect of pentraxin 3 in sepsis
- PTX3 inhibits extracellular histone cytotoxicity-

2014 Visit of Students from Munich University, Germany

The 2nd briefing of admission to the Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Graduate School of Engineering will be held on Thursday, November 6, 2014.

2014 Summer Visiting Student Program report:Clare Hall, University of Cambridge

Congratulations on the 11th Leo Esaki Prize!

• Yasunobu NAKAMURA

Emeritus professor Toshiro Fujita (Division of Clinical Epigenetics) has been awarded the "Excellence award for hypertension research"from the American Heart Association (AHA).

Emeritus professor Toshiro Fujita has been awarded the "Excellence award for hypertension research "

On 8 July 2014, the fourth"UTokyo Research, on site" media tour was held on the theme of "Energy Generation, Energy Management: Energy Frontiers at the University of Tokyo" at the Komaba Research Campus.

University of Tokyo's RCAST, Fujitsu, and Kowa
Successfully Generate a Novel Active Compound Targeting Cancer Using IT-based Drug Discovery Technology

Professor Yasunobu Nakamura (Quantum Information Physics and Engineering) and RIKEN research team published "Josephson parametric phase-locked oscillator and its application to dispersive readout of superconducting qubits" in "Nature Communications".

Professor Yasunobu Nakamura (Quantum Information Physics and Engineering) has been selected by Thomson Reuters into their prestigious list of Highly Cited Researchers 2014, which identifies the world’s most influential contemporary researchers.

Mutation in diffuse-type gastric carcinoma identified

Emeritus Professor Toshiro Fujita has been awarded the ISH Franz Volhard Award

Mutation in diffuse-type gastric carcinoma identified Professor Hiroyuki Aburatani (Genome Science) and his research group.

Intermediate-band dynamics of quantum dots solar cell in concentrator photovoltaic modules

Associated Professor Yuji Noguchi (Chemical Recognition Materials) received the 2013 APEX/JJAP Editorial Contribution Award by the Japan Society of Applied physics.