Hokkaido University – NIMS Joint Graduate School
Frontier Biomaterials Lab

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Johannes Werner (NIMS Internship student, Germany) has joined our group.
Dr. Soumitra Pathak graduated Hokkaido University. We had a Farewell Lunch. Congratulations on completing the doctoral program.
Prof. Lai took us to the hiking at Wuliaojian Trailhead, Taiwan. His mother prepared Taiwan style Onigiri. It was delicious!
We visited Ming Chi University of Technology (MCUT) and Chang Gung University (CGU), Taiwan.
Mr. Inaishi has left NIMS. He will work at a company in Nagano prefecture from April.
Dr. Yoshikawa came back from her long stay in TU Braunschweig. She met her friends in EU and enjoyed her stay.
Dr. Yoshikawa had oral presentations at Macromolecular Colloquium Freiburg 2025.
Conference HP : https://makrofreiburg.com/
Mr. Liao and Kuhn finished the NIMS internship program and went back to Taiwan and Germany, respectively.
Dr. Yoshikawa and Dr. Huyng had oral presentations, and Jeremy had a poster presentation at International Symposium on Fiber Science and Technology 2024 (ISF2024) in Kyoto, Japan.
Conference HP : https://www.primatours.co.jp/isf2024/
We had a welcome tea party for new members.
Dennis Kuhn (NIMS Internship student, Germany) and Chen-Chieh Liao (NIMS Internship student, Taiwan) has joined our group.
We had a farewell party for Sajmina.
Mr. Meysam Firoozbahr (Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne) visited NIMS and had a seminar. He enjoyed Tsukuba.
Mr. Ahmad Miftahul ANWAR has enrolled in Hokkaido University.
Mr. Keita Inaishi has joined our group.
Ms. Qianming Xu (Tokyo university of Agriculture and Technology, Japan) has joined our group.
Ms. Amelie Krug finished her internship program and left NIMS.
We had a welcome and farewell BBQ at the Ninomiya House.
We visited the Sishui Premium outlets and the Shinsho-ji temple in Narita.
Dr. Aravind Kumar Rengan (Associate professor of Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad) visited our laboratory.
We visited The Making of Harri Potter, Tokyo.
Assistant Prof. Yi-Ting Lai (Ming Chi University of Technology, Taiwan) visited our laboratory.
Dr. Tomohiko YAMAZAKI, present our current results at The 18th Symposium on Biorelevant Chemistry in Tsukuba, Japan. He is also a member of executive committee. Ms.Sajmina Khatun, Ms. Amelie Krug, Ms. Maisa Yatabe also attend the conference.
Conference HP:https://pub.confit.atlas.jp/en/event/biosympo2024
We had a welcome coffee and cake break.
Ms. Moe Kato, Sara Honda and Miu Hamauzu have joined our group.
We visited Asakusa. We enjoyed the shooting gallery and the sake standing bar.
Dr. Tomohiko YAMAZAKI, Mr. Soumitra Pathak present our current results at XXV International Round Table on Nucleosides,Nucleotides and Nucleic Acids in Tokyo, Japan.
Conference HP:https://www.irt2024.jp/
Dr. Garbiel Tai Huyng has joined our group.
Shakkeeb has left NIMS. He will start his new research in the USA.
We had a welcome and farewell party for Amelie, Shakkeeb, and Ideguchi.
I went to the Oya Museum.
We had a welcome drink at the Tsukuba Beer Festival.
We had a welcome ‘coffee and cake break’.
Amelie Krug (NIMS Internship student, Austria) has joined our group.
Koshi Ideguchi (Doshisha University, Japan) has joined our group.
Masahiro Iwata went back to Sweden.
Feraliana went back to Indonesia.
We had a farewell party for Feraliana and Iwata.
We had a welcome party.
Masahiro IWATA has joined our group.
Jeremy Oon (NIMS-ICGP Monash University, Australia) has joined our group.
Rian Adha Ardinata (NIMS-ICGP Bandung Institute of Technology, Indonesia) has joined our group.
Prof Brian Yuliarto (Dean of Faculty Industrial Technology Department, Bandung Institute of Technology) visited us.
Prof. Yoshikawa has come back from Germany. Prof. Menzel had a farewell party for her.
Prof. Yoshikawa visited her friend who was a former collaborator, DSM, the NL.
Prof. Yoshikawa visited Prof. Marco Sangermano, Politecnico di Torino, and gave her seminar.
Prof. Yoshikawa visited Prof. Viola Vogel, ETH.
Prof. Yoshikawa has arrived at TU Braunschweig, Germany. She will stay in Prof. Menzel group for ca 2 months.
Sajmina Khatun (NIMS-ICGP IIT Hyderabad, India) has joined our group.
Prof. Yoshikawa has started her own team, Polymer Surfaces and Devices.
Maisa YATABE has enrolled in Hokkaido University.
We have opened a homepage.
Dr. Nguyen Bui Thao Le graduated Hokkaido University.
We had a Farewell Lunch for Ms. Nguyen Bui Thao Le.
Congratulations on completing the doctoral program.
Ms. Nguyen Bui Thao Lee have Doctoral Dissertation Defenses.
Our group's research topics were highlighted on the website of Hokkaido University.
“Fusing life science and nanotechnology “Collaboration between Hokkaido University and NIMS”
https://www.global.hokudai.ac.jp/blog/fusing-life-science-and-nanotechnology-hokkaido-university-and-nims/
Dr. Tomohiko YAMAZAKI, Ms. Nguyen Bui Thao Lee, and Mr. Soumitra Pathak present our current results at annual meeting of Nucleic Acids Therapeutics society in Nagoya, Japan.
Ms. Nguyen Bui Thao Le was awarded Research Encouragement Award on the occasion of Tsukuba Biomedical Engineering Forum 2023.
Congratulations!!
Title 「Regulation of bifurcated cytokine induction by CpG oligodeoxynucleotides/cationic liposome ratio in immune cells」
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Ms. Nguyen Bui Thao Lee, and Mr. Soumitra Pathak present our current results at 8th International Life-Science Symposium (8th-ILSS) in Sapporo, Japan.
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