iCeMS Learning Lounge #5: Hirotaka Nakatsuji + Ikumi Oomoto

Why Our Science Matters
The "Learning Lounge" features young scientists who, in 20 minutes deliver a presentation that will persuade any curious listener, even those without a scientific background, why their research area -- not just the personal research of the speaker -- is important to the world.

Ms. Ikumi Oomoto

Seeing is believing; what happens in the brain?

When we receive an idea or learn a new song, what needs to happen in our brain? To find the answer, it is best to "see" it. I will talk about a novel technique to "light-up" and "see" the changes in a brain upon learning.

Mr. Hirotaka Nakatsuji

Golden Rods & Guided Robots:
Your 'Nano Doctors' Healing from Within

Drugs are advancing together with the medical science. Before the advent of modern medicine, we use medical plant and prayers. Nowadays we use chemically synthesized drugs or gene therapy agent. However, some things have not changed. Once the pill is popped, there are nothing we can do. Here, I will introduce our remote-controlled "drugs", which can heal more effectively and properly.

Lecturer	Mr. Hirotaka Nakatsuji iCeMS Tatsuya Murakami Lab Ms. Ikumi Oomoto iCeMS Dan Ohtan Wang Lab
Language	Presentation: English(Ms. Omoto)/ Japanese(Mr. Nakatsuji) Q&A: English and Japanese for both
Date / Time	February 25, 2016 / 14:00-15:30
Venue	2nd floor Seminar Room (#A207), iCeMS Main Building (#77), Kyoto University Directions
Flyer	PDF (989 KB)
Host	Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University
Registration	Not required for non-iCeMS participants iCeMS members please register via your lab's secretary.
Contact	iCeMS Overseas Affairs and Planning | oap-pr@icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp