2023 was a year of great achievements, with 5 awards, 1 master’s degree recipient, hosting 1 research student, sending 1 intern abroad, welcoming 2 international interns, publishing 5 papers, presenting at 6 conferences, engaging in 4 collaborative research projects, receiving media coverage twice, editing 5 papers, reviewing 6 papers, and delivering 120 hours of lectures.…
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On September 9, 2023, Takahashi Lab presented a study titled “Microfluidic culture of highly barrier-functional endothelial cells: mimicking in vivo vascular environment for organ chip applications” at the Biomedical Engineering Symposium 2023 in Kumamoto Jo Hall. Vascular endothelial cells (ECs) line the interior of blood vessels and are essential for transporting oxygen and nutrients to…
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The 100th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan was held at the Kyoto International Conference Center from March 14th to 16th. As a highlight of the conference, there was a dialogue between two Nobel laureates, Dr. Svante Pääbo and Dr. Shinya Yamanaka. At the conference, the Takahashi lab presented the following posters related…
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On March 18, 2022, Yin Liang from Takahashi Lab presented “Functional analysis of a kidney-on-a-chip using human renal proximal tubular epithelial cells and human umbilical vein endothelial cells” at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan, which was held in the online mode. The kidney is an important organ that controls the…
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The CBI Annual Meeting 2020 was held online from October 27th to 30th, 2020, sponsored by The Chem-Bio Informatics Society (CBI). The annual meeting of the CBI Society, which started in 2020, is held every year for the purpose of facilitating interaction between industry, government, and academia in the relevant research fields. Beginning in 2000,…
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Japan Society for Medical and Biological Engineering, which has a history of 58 years and 2,700 members, held its first-ever online conference in May 2020. Ken Takahashi, as a member of the executive committee, helped bring this JSMBE annual meeting online by establishing operation procedures and carrying out public relations activities via Twitter and Facebook.…
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Takahashi hosted a zoom video conference for research reports, which was originally scheduled as a face-to-face meeting, on February 27 and 28, 2020. Online meetings are an effective option to prevent the spread of coronavirus infection. A research group of “Living in Space” is a section of Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas supported…
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JSPS-LEADSNET事業研究交流会 Event: JSPS-LEADSNET Research Exchange Meeting Date: February 3-4, 2020 Location: Tokyo, Japan This research exchange meeting aims to be a hub for international exchange in the future. Furthermore, it supports researchers who make constant efforts to be leaders with a truly international perspective, which drives Japan’s academic research. The purpose of the meeting is…
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Ken Takahashi received the Outstanding Research Award at the 2019 International Conference for Leading and Young Medical Scientists (IC-LYMS 2019) in Taipei, Taiwan, which was organized by the Asia Pacific Society for Biology and Medical Sciences. The purpose of the conference was to provide a platform for the exchange and networking between top scientists, emerging…
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Dr. Chen Wang, Ph.D. student in Takahashi lab, won the 1st prize in the poster presentation at the 2019 International Conference for Leading and Young Medical Scientists (IC-LYMS 2019) held by the Asia Pacific Society for Biology and Medical Sciences in Taipei. She presented a poster presentation entitled “Roles of the TRPM4 channel in mitochondrial…
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