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A Year in Review: 2023

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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Book read: Hound in Paradise

The protagonist, Asada, becomes a Navy spy by a twist of fate. No matter how much it may be romanticized, he believes that suicide is an escape from life. Regardless of how disgraceful it may be, he continues to live for the sake of his family, friends, and what he must protect. Despite being tossed…
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Secondary school students explore research and future pathways at Takahashi Lab

On September 23, 2023, eleven students from Okayama Daianji Secondary School visited the Takahashi Lab at the Faculty of Medicine, Okayama University. This visit was part of a student-led initiative aimed at broadening their horizons and contemplating their future paths. As we embark on this visit to the research laboratory, I hope to use this…
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Book read: Confucius

Nourishment for the soul. At a time when the threat of the Earth being destroyed by nuclear war is a real concern, the words in this book hold great significance. “Confucius always looked to the future of humanity with optimism. People are not so foolish as to bring their own species to extinction.” “It is…
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Takahashi Lab develops microfluidic culture system for organ chips to mimic in vivo vascular environment

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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French Sorbonne University Student Executes Fluid Dynamics Simulation Project for Organ Chips

Maxence Maire, a computer science student at the Sorbonne University in France, has completed a fluid dynamics simulation project for organ chips. Max’s research focused on the design of microfluidic channels in organ chips to better replicate the functions of organs. At the Takahashi Lab, he used computer fluid dynamics simulations to study the speed…
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Book read: Shinzo Abe Memoirs

From this book, you can learn many things, including how a leader builds networks, interacts with leaders from various countries, handles cabinet and party appointments, power struggles, the relationship between politicians and bureaucrats, the selection of locations for meetings, the content of statements made during meetings, and the fact that perfection in personnel decisions is…
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A medical student from Thailand designs microfluidic channels of organ chip

In May 2023, Takahashi Lab welcomed Thanasin Chalermchat, a research internship student from Mahidol University in Thailand. Thanasin, a second-year medical student, utilized a diverse range of knowledge and skills in fields such as 3D CAD and cell biology to design and 3D print microfluidic chips. Building upon this, Thanasin successfully cultured vascular endothelial cells…
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Qiang Li embarks on a Ph.D. journey to develop lung fibrosis on a chip

Meet Qiang Li: a member of our team and a recent graduate from the Master’s program at Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences. With a specialization in cardiovascular physiology, Qiang has been an invaluable addition to our team as he has been working on developing an in-vitro lung model using human…
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Presentation on Organ-on-a-chip Research at the 100th Anniversary Meeting of the Physiological Society of Japan

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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