Collaborative research results with Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University has been accepted for publication in Journal of Hand Surgery: European Volume.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) and Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received the Award for Excellence in Master’s thesis presentation.


Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received the 20th Dean’s Award from Graduate School of Science and Technology, University of Tsukuba.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received the Meikeikai Award 2023 from The Alumni Association of The University of Tsukuba.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received the Alumni Association Esaki Award 2023 from The Alumni Association of The University of Tsukuba.


Collaborative research results with Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University has been accepted for publication in Spine.


Mr. Ito (D2) received the Research Encouragement Award at Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2024.


Dr. Nishiguchi’s work on porous injectable gels has been accepted for publication in Biomaterials (IF=14.0).


Year-end party was held.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received Best Poster Presentation Award at the 13th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2023, Autumn Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan.


Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received the Grand Prize in the Budding Researchers Poster Session at the 61th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs.


Mr. Ito (D2) received the Award for Excellence in the Budding Researchers Poster Session at the 61th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs.


Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received the Best Research Poster Award at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials.


Mr. Ito(D2) received the Rising Star Presentation Award at the Society of Polymer Science, Japan Kanto Branch Ibaraki Region Young Scientists’ Meeting.


Dr. PALAI Debabrata’s research was selected as a highlight lecture of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials. (Duration: November 6th-7th, 2023)


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received Best Poster Award at 72nd Symposium on Macromolecules, Japan.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) received Poster Award at 39th Cyclodextrin Symposium.


A welcome party was held for NIMS internship students.


Ms.Komatsu’s (M2) research (Macromolecular Bioscience) was selected for Back Cover.


Ms. Komatsu (M2) and Mr. Nagasaka (M2) received Best Poster Award at 72nd SPSJ Annual Meeting.

 


We had a barbecue party.


Dr. Nishiguchi received Award for Encouragement of Research in Polymer Science from Japanese Society of Polymer Science.


Mr.Ito(D1) and Ms.Komatsu(M1) received the Research Encouragement Award at Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2023.


Mr.Ito (D1) received the Best Presentation Award at the 5th G’L’owing Polymer Symposium in KANTO.


Mr.Ito(D1) won the CSJ Chemistry Festa Oral Award at the 12th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2022, a fall project of the Chemical Society of Japan.


Mr.Ito(D1) and Mr.Nagasaka(M1) received Best Poster Presentation Award at the 12th CSJ Chemistry Festa 2022, Autumn Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan.


Mr.Ito(D1) and Ms.Komatsu(M1) won the Best Research Poster Award at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials.


The Best Presenter Award in International Session at the Japanese Society of Digestive Disease 2022 (JDDW2022) was awarded to the results of joint research with Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences (Department of Gastroenterology).


Ms.Komatsu’s (M1) research was selected as a highlight lecture of the 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials. (Duration: November 21-22, 2022)


Mr.Nagasaka (M1) received the Award for Excellence in the Budding Researchers Poster Session at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs.


The results of joint research with the Department of Respiratory Surgery, University of Tsukuba School of Medicine and Medical Science have been accepted for publication in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.


The results of joint research with Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences (Gastroenterology) have been accepted for publication in Digestion.


Research on medical adhesives that heal wounds simply by warming and applying them was published in the Chemical Daily.


Mr. Nagasaka (M1) received the Best Poster Award at the 60th Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society of Japan.


Mr. Ito (D1) received Best Poster Award at 71st SPSJ Annual Meeting.


The results of joint research with the Department of Pulmonary Surgery, University of Tsukuba School of Medicine and Medical Science were published in “The Annals of Thoracic Surgery”.


Research on medical adhesives that heal wounds by simply warming and applying them was published in the Nihon Keizai Shimbun.


Research on medical adhesives that heal wounds by simply heating and applying them was featured in TECH+ (powered by MyNavi News).

URL:https://news.mynavi.jp/techplus/article/20220520-2348922/


A press release was issued regarding a medical adhesive that heals wounds by simply heating and applying it.

URL:https://www.nims.go.jp/news/press/2022/05/202205190.html


Mr. Ito (M2) received the Dean’s Award of the Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba at the degree conferment ceremony.


It has been decided that Dr. Taguchi, Group leader will receive the 44th Adhesion Society of Japan Award from the Adhesion Society of Japan in 2022. The award-winning lecture will be delivered at the annual meeting of the Adhesion Society of Japan (June 23 and 24, 2022, at Kansai University, or online depending on circumstances).


The results of joint research with the Department of Respiratory Surgery, University of Tsukuba School of Medicine and Medical Science were published in “Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A”.


The results of joint research with the Department of Respiratory Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Care, University of Tsukuba (Presenter: Dr. Takahiro Yanagihara) received the Research Encouragement Award at the Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2022.


Mr. Ichimaru (D2) received the Research Encouragement Award at Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2022.


The Group’s research on surgical adhesives has been selected as one of the 10 major achievements of the NIMS decade. (See PDF)

PDF:nimstopics10


Online year-end party was held.


Mr. Ichimaru (D2) received the Best Poster Presentation Award at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials.


The results of joint research with Department of Respiratory Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Sciences, University of Tsukuba have been accepted for publication in “Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part A”.


The results of a joint research project with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Keio University have been published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery.


Research on surgical adhesives using cod gelatin was broadcast by HBC Hokkaido Broadcasting Co. Saturday, October 30, 2021, 14:00-, HBC Hokkaido Broadcasting, “Patents Save Nippon’s Economy! I see… Matching”.


We held an online welcome party and a party for the students who had been working hard for the graduate school examinations.


Research on tissue adhesive sheets was introduced at the Web de NIMS Open House.

https://www.nims.go.jp/openhouse/oyatsu2.html


Research on bioabsorbable sheets that close tissue/organ defects by simply applying them was published in the Hokkaido Shimbun.


The results of joint research with the Department of Pulmonary Surgery, University of Tsukuba School of Medicine and Medical Science have been accepted for publication in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.


Online welcome party was held.


Mr. Mizuno (D3) received the University of Tsukuba President’s Award at the Degree Conferral Ceremony of the Graduate School of the University of Tsukuba.


We held an online welcome and farewell party. Many alumni attended.


Research on tissue-adhesive particles that prevent complications from gastrointestinal cancer was published in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.


Research on bioabsorbable sheets that close tissue/organ defects by simply applying them was featured in the Yomiuri Shimbun.


Research on bioabsorbable sheets that close tissue/organ defects by simply applying them was featured in the Nikkei Business Daily.


Online year-end party was held.


Press release regarding bioabsorbable sheets that close tissue/organ defects by simply applying.

URL https://www.nims.go.jp/news/press/2020/12/202012100.html


Senior Researcher Dr. Akihiro Nishiguchi received the Japan-Korea Society for Biomaterials Young Researcher Exchange AWARD.


Mr. Ichimaru (D1) received the Incentive Award at the 15th Nano-biomedical Society of Japan (held online).


The results of joint research with Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Keio University have been accepted for publication in the English journal “Plast Reconstruct Surg.


The content related to surgical adhesives was broadcast on NHK E-TV “Science ZERO” (rebroadcast: 2020.10.10 AM11:00-AM11:30). (Re-broadcast: 2020.10.10 NHK E-TV AM11:00-AM11:30)


Online welcome party was held.


The press release was published in Science Newspaper.


The press release was published in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.


Press release on self-assembling particle gels that promote blood vessel formation.

URL https://www.nims.go.jp/news/press/2020/07/202007010.html


The results of joint research with the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Kagoshima University, have been accepted for publication in Oral Science International.


Senior Researcher Dr.Akihiro Nishiguchi received the Incentive Award from the Adhesion Society of Japan.


The results of our joint research with the Department of Gastroenterology, Kagoshima University, have been accepted for publication in the English journal “Digestion”.


Ms. Yukari Kurihara, Research Associate, graduated from the group.


Online welcome and farewell party was held.


Mr. Chen (D3) received the degree of Doctor of Engineering.


Ms. Mayumi Katano, a research associate, graduated from the group.


Mr. Chen’s (D3) research (ACS Omega) was published in ACS News Service Weekly PressPac (February 05, 2020).

ACS News Service20200205


Mr. Chen (D3) and Mr. Mizuno (D2) received the Research Encouragement Award at Tsukuba Medical Engineering Collaboration Forum 2020.