On Wednesday, July 20, MANA Associate PI Mitsuhiro Ebara gave a lecture on the theme of "Future Medical Science with Smart Polymers" at Maebashi Girls' Senior High School, which has been assigned to one of the Super Science High Schools (SSHs) by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science & Technology in Japan (MEXT).

The lecture was held as a part of the SSHs activities. In order to foster human resources in science and technology fields, SSHs work on special class lessons, collaborative studies with universities and/or research institutions, and distinctive studies of the local area.

About 60 students attended the lecture and had impressive experiences touching medical instruments in use and having experiments with smart polymers.