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Kyoto U Research News interactive web edition
2021 Winter
Contents
03
Backstage at the lab
Crossroads of the world and the mind
Crossroads of the world and the mind
08
KyotoU moving forward
10
In Covid’s wake
11
Cutting edge
A special elemental magic
How do birds understand ‘foreign’ calls?
A special elemental magic
How do birds understand ‘foreign’ calls?
12
From bacteria to you: the biological reactions that sustain our rhythms
13
Two for the price of one
Flaring, massively
14
Two for the price of one
Order from chaos
Order from chaos
15
Changing ties that naturally bind
16
Reducing the high social cost of death
Detect with PKAch
17
Terahertz zaps alter gene activity in stem cells
18
How does the spider spin its self-assembled silk?
19
KyotoU today
Science with industry: The forest and the trees: science supporting ASEAN
Science with industry: The forest and the trees: science supporting ASEAN
20
New strategic partnerships established
21
News from overseas centers
22
Student voices
23
Eternal aesthetic
2020 Spring
Contents
03
Backstage at the lab
Into the human unknown
Into the human unknown
10
Cutting edge
Bridging the scales of the brain
An overactive cerebellum causes issues across the brain
Bridging the scales of the brain
An overactive cerebellum causes issues across the brain
11
Why fruit flies eat practically anything
12
Lend me a flipper
Using a chip to find better cancer fighting drugs
Using a chip to find better cancer fighting drugs
13
The little auks that lived in the Pacific
14
Reconstructing the clock of human development
15
KyotoU today
Science with industry: KyotoU venture bringing light to patients’ eyes
Science with industry: KyotoU venture bringing light to patients’ eyes
16
News from overseas centers
18
Student voices
19
Eternal aesthetic
2019 Autumn
Contents
03
Backstage at the lab
An Asian Humanities, for the future
An Asian Humanities, for the future
10
Cutting edge
A petrifying virus key to evolution
Let there be light-activated genes
A petrifying virus key to evolution
Let there be light-activated genes
11
Infertility’s roots in DNA packaging
12
Prince Charming’s kiss unlocking brain’s regenerative potential?
Chimps caught crabbing
Chimps caught crabbing
13
A study in scarlet Japanese macaques
14
Testing corneal cell quality? Apply physics
The worms that roared
The worms that roared
15
KyotoU today
So tell us...
So tell us...
16
News from overseas centers
17
On-Site Laboratory network established
18
Student voices
19
Eternal aesthetic
2019 Spring
Contents
03
Nobel Prize 2018
Congratulations, Honjo-sensei!
Congratulations, Honjo-sensei!
04
Defining ‘Kyotoness’ in the research environment
08
Driven by curiosity
10
Cutting edge
New gears in your sleep clock
What does the koala genome tell us about the taste of eucalyptus?
New gears in your sleep clock
What does the koala genome tell us about the taste of eucalyptus?
11
Meet ERICA. She wants to listen to you
12
Giant, recently extinct seabird also inhabited Japan
Japanese in Canada, with mixed feelings
Japanese in Canada, with mixed feelings
13
Finding success through failure
Using microcredit to increase rice yield in Bangladesh
Using microcredit to increase rice yield in Bangladesh
14
Making an eye for you
15
KyotoU today
Science with industry: Microbes are us. But how can we see them?
Science with industry: Microbes are us. But how can we see them?
16
News from overseas centers
18
Student voices
19
Eternal aesthetic
2018 Autumn
Contents
03
Backstage at the lab
The high-tech astronomy of Seimei
The high-tech astronomy of Seimei
08
Personnel profiles
Understanding the machines, Kyoto style
Understanding the machines, Kyoto style
12
Cutting edge
High achievement not always based on high student initiative
How does HIV escape cellular booby traps?
High achievement not always based on high student initiative
How does HIV escape cellular booby traps?
13
Visualizing danger from songbird warning calls
14
What a handsome schnoz!
Electro-mechano-optical NMR detection
Electro-mechano-optical NMR detection
15
Twisting graphene into spirals
16
Studying the human impact on sea urchin abundance
Capturing the rare Yanbaru whiskered bat
Capturing the rare Yanbaru whiskered bat
17
Using geometry and qubits to build real universes
18
KyotoU today
KURNe: research news in motion
KURNe: research news in motion
19
News from overseas centers
20
Science with industry: Mining answers from the data mountain
21
So tell us... what do you do and how did you get to Japan?
22
Student voices
23
Eternal aesthetic
2018 Spring
Contents
03
Backstage at the lab
Humanities 101: A Kyoto approach to history, society, and the study of humanity
Humanities 101: A Kyoto approach to history, society, and the study of humanity
12
Cutting edge
Special delivery : macromolecules via spider’s ‘bite’
Cells pumping iron to prevent anemia
Special delivery : macromolecules via spider’s ‘bite’
Cells pumping iron to prevent anemia
13
Black hole pair born inside a dying star?
How am I feeling? Ask my house
How am I feeling? Ask my house
14
Lightning, with a chance of antimatter
15
Winds blowing off a dying star
The secret lives of ancient land plants
The secret lives of ancient land plants
16
What grosses out a chimpanzee?
17
Cells rockin’ in their DNA
18
News from overseas centers
20
Student voices
22
Global outreach
23
Eternal aesthetic
2017 Autumn
Contents
03
Backstage at the lab
Earth, sky, space, and everything in between
Earth, sky, space, and everything in between
08
Personnel Profiles
ARN:student perspectives
ARN:student perspectives
12
Cutting edge
Energizing immune cells to combat cancer
Visualizing nuclear radiation
Choosing a simpler path to drug discovery
Charting the skies of history
Born to love superheroes
High stakes, high risk, and a bad bet
You don’t see what I see?
Disentangling chloroplast genetics
Untangling the knots in cell stress
Take a look, and you’ll see, into your imagination
Nicking in new nucleotides
Energizing immune cells to combat cancer
Visualizing nuclear radiation
Choosing a simpler path to drug discovery
Charting the skies of history
Born to love superheroes
High stakes, high risk, and a bad bet
You don’t see what I see?
Disentangling chloroplast genetics
Untangling the knots in cell stress
Take a look, and you’ll see, into your imagination
Nicking in new nucleotides
18
International activities
19
News from overseas centers
20
Student voices
22
Global outreach
23
Eternal aesthetic
2017 Spring
Contents
03
Backstage at the lab
Kyoto into Africa
Kyoto into Africa
08
Personnel Profiles
The genetics of wildlife breeding and conservation
The genetics of wildlife breeding and conservation
12
Cutting edge
Smiling baby monkeys and the roots of laughter
Homosexual termite regicide
Is it your second cousin? Cotton swabs may tell you
Drinking green tea to prevent artery explosion
Great apes can “read minds”
Mt Aso could erupt much sooner, scientists warn
Aging bonobos in the wild could use reading glasses too
A big nano boost for solar cells
Proteins at the movies
The sea roils and life returns
Safety in darkness
Smiling baby monkeys and the roots of laughter
Homosexual termite regicide
Is it your second cousin? Cotton swabs may tell you
Drinking green tea to prevent artery explosion
Great apes can “read minds”
Mt Aso could erupt much sooner, scientists warn
Aging bonobos in the wild could use reading glasses too
A big nano boost for solar cells
Proteins at the movies
The sea roils and life returns
Safety in darkness
18
International activities
20
Student voices
22
Global outreach
23
Eternal aesthetic
2016 Autumn
Contents
03 from the President
04
On the cover: Backstage at the lab
Reading beyond time and across disciplines
Reading beyond time and across disciplines
08
Personnel Profiles
Working in CiRA labs
Working in CiRA labs
11 News from overseas centers
12 Cutting edge
The search for happiness: using MRI to find where happiness happens
Fish oil helps burn fat by transforming fat-storage cells into fat-burning cells
"Seeing" black holes with home-use telescopes
To hear a pit ter patter from afar: catching hear tbeats with milimeter-wave radar
Genetically modified E.coli pump out morphine precursor
"Popular girls" have less lice . in the monkey world
Australopithecus fossils found east of the Great Rif t Valley
'Slow' NZ seabed quake sheds light on tsunami-earthquake mechanism
Cancer cell immunity in the crosshairs: wor th the expense?
Flipping a protein switch to illuminate brain functions
"Big mama" bonobos help younger females stand up for themselves
Did the LIGO gravitational waves originate from primordial black holes?
18 International activities
20 Student voices
22 Global outreach
23 Eternal aesthetic