2025/06/15
June 11–13, 2025 Ms. Miu Tachibana won the Excellence Award for Student Research Presentation at the 109th Congress of the Japanese Society of Legal Medicine!! 👏👏
2025/06/14
June 13–14, 2025 Mr. Marukawa, Mr. Uchida, and Mr. Mizumoto presented posters at the Kyushu Branch Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society. Mr. Uchida won the Best Poster Award!! 👏👏
2024/11/08
Ms. Miu Tachibana received the Alumni Association President's Award at the 10th Medical Researcher Development Course Research Presentation!! 👏👏
2024/07/13
Students Mr. Uchida, Mr. Marukawa, and Ms. Tachibana presented posters at the Bio-function Research Meeting 2024.
2020/10/30
November 30, 2020 Received the Progress Award from the Crystallographic Society of Japan.
2017/04/01
April 1, 2017 Ms. Takao, a student in our lab, was selected as a recipient of the 2017 SUNBOR SCHOLARSHIP. We are grateful for the support from the Suntory Foundation for Life Sciences.
2017/03/30
March 30, 2017 Our research on biliverdin reductase involved in neonatal jaundice was featured in newspapers, online news, and international news outlets (USA, UK, India, etc.).
2016/09/30
September 30, 2016 PhD student Mr. Hirabayashi (Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University) obtained his degree. He has now taken flight as a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor at the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo.
2015/07/30
July 30, 2015 Ms. Shinriki, a technical assistant, resigned. Thank you for your long service. Good luck in your next role as a Specially Appointed Assistant Professor pushing the project forward!! (I expect we will still see each other often, so let's keep in touch.)
2015/07/28
July 28–29, 2015 Intensive course and seminar at the Graduate School of Science, Osaka City University. Thank you very much, Prof. Masui.
2015/05/30
May 30, 2015 Ms. Kamimura, a technical assistant, resigned. Thank you for your hard work over the years. Good luck at your new workplace (as a full-time employee)!!
2015/03/05
March 5, 2015 Invited lecture at the Institute for Protein Research Seminar (Osaka University) titled "Current Status of Structure-Function Correlation in Anaerobic Proteins." Thank you to Prof. Kurisu (Osaka University) and Prof. Fujita (Nagoya University).
2014/12/26
December 26, 2014 Interim evaluation hearing for the Tenure Track (TT) Project. I was extremely nervous. Afterward, we had our year-end party. Thank you all for your support this past year.
2014/09/11
September 11–13, 2014 Mr. Hirabayashi received the Young Investigator Award at the 87th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society!!
2014/09/11
September 11–13, 2014 Invited lecture at the 38th Kyushu Symposium on Structure and Function of Proteins and Enzymes. Special thanks to Prof. Abe, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyushu University.
2014/08/23
August 21–23, 2014 Mr. Hirabayashi received the Poster Award at the 8th Redox Life Innovation Symposium!!
2014/08/21
August 21–23, 2014 Served as an organizing committee member for the 8th Redox Life Innovation Symposium (JSPS 170th Committee).
2014/07/25
July 25, 2014 Gave an invited lecture at the Special Seminar on Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University. Thank you to Prof. Tada and Prof. Kinoshita.
2014/06/26
June 26, 2014 My student, Mr. Hirabayashi, received the Poster Award at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan!!
2014/03/30
March 30, 2014 Invited lecture at the 2014 Annual Conference of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry. Thank you to Prof. Suzuki (Kyoto Institute of Technology) and Prof. Hiratake (Kyoto University). The session was filled with fascinating talks ranging from the basics to applications of gamma-glutamyl compounds.
2013/12/07
December 7, 2013 Invited lecture at the 4th Peptide Hormone Meeting. I am very grateful to Prof. Nemoto (Nippon Medical School) and Prof. Ida (University of Miyazaki).
2013/10/12
October 12–13, 2013 Served on the organizing committee for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Crystallographic Society of Japan. Special thanks to Prof. Yoshiasa from Kumamoto University.
2013/09/14
September 11–13, 2013 Kei Hirabayashi (Special Research Student; JSPS Research Fellow DC1) received the Koichi Suzuki Memorial Award at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society!! Congratulations!!
2013/09/13
September 11–13, 2013 Organized a symposium at the 86th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society. I would like to thank Prof. Yoichi Sakakibara (Faculty of Agriculture, University of Miyazaki) and all the professors who graciously agreed to present.
2013/09/02
September 2, 2013 Another technical assistant joined the Wada Lab. We now have four assistants!! As an experienced professional, I have high expectations.
2013/07/18
July 18, 2013 Invited lecture at the 3rd Bioimaging Seminar held at the Kyushu University Iizuka Campus. Thank you very much, Prof. Sakamoto, for your support.
2013/04/15
February 15, 2013 Master's thesis presentations at the Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University. I served as a secondary examiner for three students. All three gave presentations that highlighted their unique personalities!!
2013/04/01
April 1, 2013 Two new technical assistants joined the Wada Lab. We now have three assistants!! I look forward to working with you all.
2013/03/26
March 26, 2013 PhD interim presentation for the Department of Biology, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University. The presentation by the student under my special guidance has shown much more stability and confidence recently.
2013/02/18
February 18, 2013 A new technical assistant joined the Wada Lab at the University of Miyazaki!!
2013/02/06
February 4–6, 2013 My supervised students and a technical assistant from Osaka University visited Miyazaki. Thank you for handling such a tight schedule...
2012/12/15
December 11–14, 2012 Invited lecture at the 35th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (Fukuoka). Thank you to Prof. Ueda and Prof. Kato from Kyoto University.
2012/12/15
December 14–16, 2012 Presented at the 85th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Fukuoka). It was a full reunion of former Fukuyama Lab members after a long time!
2012/12/08
December 2–7, 2012 Presented at AsCA'12 (Asian Crystallographic Association). Traveled to Australia with three supervised students from Osaka University. We even saw the Bragg Lab building!!
2012/11/17
November 17, 2012 Invited lecture at the 22nd WS Forum. I spoke about our research for approximately one hour. I would like to thank Profs. Kawabata, Ueda, and Tsunoda from Kyushu University, as well as Wako Pure Chemical Industries and Seikoh Co., Ltd.
2012/11/15
November 1–15, 2012 Served as a part-time lecturer at the Graduate School of Science, Osaka University. This year's third-year students were very attentive and well-mannered.
2012/10/26
October 25–26, 2012 Oral presentation [2 titles] at the Crystallographic Society of Japan. I took the opportunity to formally announce my move to Miyazaki to the structural biology community. I received some very meaningful comments.
2012/10/11
October 11, 2012 Attended a seminar by Prof. Michael G. Rossmann!! He is a true titan of structural biology.
2012/09/11
September 11, 2012 Attended the seminar "New Developments in Pathogenic Bacteria Research by Young Bacteriologists," hosted by Dr. Sakaguchi of the Organization for the Promotion of Institutional Research, University of Miyazaki. Everyone’s research was very interesting!
2012/09/08
September 6–8, 2012 Organizing committee member & presenter [2 titles] at the 36th Kyushu Symposium on Structure and Function of Proteins and Enzymes.
2012/08/30
August 28–29, 2012 Research meeting at the Department of Medical Chemistry, Kurume University School of Medicine (Prof. Masato Noguchi). The staff were all incredibly welcoming and generous!
2012/08/24
August 24, 2012 Attended a lab seminar in the Division of Material Science (Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki) hosted by Dr. Xu Yan. The presentation by Dr. Takumi Ishizuka from RIKEN Yokohama Institute was fascinating and truly inspiring!
2012/08/11
August 7–11, 2012 Hirabayashi gave a presentation at the ECM (European Crystallographic Meeting) in Norway.
2012/07/20
July 20, 2012 Transported research equipment from Osaka University [2nd Relocation]. (Special thanks to TOMY, Asubio, and Minamikyushu Irika!!)
2012/06/15
June 12–14, 2012 Presented our research (3 presentations) at the 12th Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan [Nagoya]. Due to a typhoon cancelling our flight, we had to spend a night on the Shinkansen!!
2012/05/18
May 18, 2012 Transported research equipment from Osaka University [1st Relocation]. (Special thanks to Asubio and Minamikyushu Irika!!)
2012/04/02
April 2012 Welcomed Kei Hirabayashi (D1, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University; JSPS Research Fellow DC1) to the lab under the Special Research Guidance Entrustment agreement between the University of Miyazaki and Osaka University.
Archives
June 2025
March 2025
November 2024
July 2024
October 2020
April 2018
April 2017
March 2017
September 2016
July 2015
May 2015
March 2015
December 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
March 2014
December 2013
October 2013
September 2013
July 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
March 2025
November 2024
July 2024
October 2020
April 2018
April 2017
March 2017
September 2016
July 2015
May 2015
March 2015
December 2014
September 2014
August 2014
July 2014
June 2014
March 2014
December 2013
October 2013
September 2013
July 2013
May 2013
April 2013
March 2013
February 2013
December 2012
November 2012
October 2012
September 2012
August 2012
July 2012
June 2012
May 2012
April 2012
March 2012
February 2012
