NEWS

Dr. Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Department of Molecular Biocatalytic Chemistry, has been selected as one of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2024 (plant and animal science).

For more information, click here.

The 6th Applied Life Sciences Seminar

• Speaker: Takao Kishimoto (Professor),  Laboratory of  Biomass Conversion   
• Date & Time: Monday, November 25th, 12:15 PM – 13:00 PM
• Format: Online

“ Polymerization mechanism and chemical structure of lignin  ”

Zoom Meeting: https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/8299822725?pwd=Z093NlI3RXZ3NXNNekdqZjZoU3UvQT09
Meeting ID:    829 982 2725
Passcode:  8NSKi2

For inquiries:
Takahito Watanabe: watanabe.takahito.4m@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Kaori Kohzuma: kohzuma.kaori.7f@kyoto-u.ac.jp

By registering through the following survey form, you will receive information about future seminars. We encourage you to sign up.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

The 5th Applied Life Sciences Seminar

• Speaker: Kaori Kohzuma (Assistant Professor),  Laboratory of Plant Nutrition
• Date & Time: Friday, October 25th, 12:15 PM – 13:00 PM
• Format: Online

“ The Development of New Smart Agriculture Technology for Monitoring Plants with Small Sensors   ”
We have developed a new small sensor remotely monitoring plant health using smartphones or other devices. In this presentation, we will explain what the sensor detects and discuss the molecular mechanisms of how plants respond to their environment, focusing on photosynthesis.

Zoom Meeting:https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/6106746457?pwd=qV8tDLBYa9fzh4Px7lX8g7KSUbA06k.1
Meeting ID:   tel:6106746457
Passcode: 897748

By registering through the following survey form, you will receive information about future seminars. We encourage you to sign up.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

For inquiries:
Kumiko Ochiai : ochiai.kumiko.7m@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Briefing session for the 2025 graduate school entrance examination (secondary recruitment), individual consultations by field

Date: Saturday, October 5, 2024, 14:00-17:10
Format: Online (URL will be sent to pre-registered applicants separately)

Eligibility: Applicants for admission in the academic year 2025 (secondary application: scheduled for January 2025) and applicants for admission in the academic year 2026 and onward.

Pre-registration site：https://forms.gle/W7nYQeFCumE6Vw3M9

Briefing Schedule

• 14:00～14:20　Greetings from Department Chair / General Explanation (Prof. Ifuku)

Overview and schedule description of information sessions and consultations
Introduction and overview of the laboratories of the Department of Applied Life Sciences
Overview of graduate school entrance examinations (second round for admission in 2025 and 2026)

• 14:30〜15:10　(Round 1): Individual explanation of each field (laboratory) (40 minutes)

Visit the field of your first choice. Break into groups for each field of your choice and give individual explanations.

• 15:10～15:50　(Round 2): Individual explanation of each field (laboratory) (40 minutes)

Visit the field of your second choice. Break into groups for each field of your choice and give individual explanations.

• 15:50〜16:30　(Round 3): Individual explanation of each field (laboratory) (40 minutes)

You may visit a third field of your choice, or return to your original field to listen to the talk. There will be an exit during the tour, and the flow will be disbanded.

• 16:30〜17:10　(Preliminary round): Individual explanation of each field (laboratory) (40 minutes)

You may visit the lab of your third choice or lower, or return to your original lab to talk to them again. After the interview, the flow will be disbanded.

Graduate School Admission Information Session 2025 Second Call for Entrance Exams

Information on the second round of graduate school admissions for students entering in 2025 is now available.

Date: Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26, 2025

【January 25th】
Specialized Subjects (1) 13:00-14:30 Scheduled

Specialized Subjects (2) 16:00-17:30 Scheduled

【January 26th】
Interview 13:15～ Scheduled to start

Content: The scope of the questions is the same as that of the entrance examination already conducted in summer 2024.

Examination venue: Faculty of Agriculture General Building, room to be determined

Interview room: N129, Faculty of Agriculture General Building

Number of applicants: About 10

For details, please refer to the PDF file below.

Second Application Decision for Graduate School Entrance Examination

• Speaker: Satoshi Ogawa (Assistant Professor),  Laboratory of Chemistry of Molecular Biocatalysts
• Date & Time: Friday, October 4th, 12:15 PM – 13:00 PM
• Format: Online

“Mechanisms underlying growth toward host plants in parasitic plants ”
Parasitic plants in the Orobanchaceae parasitize by extending their roots toward the roots of the host plant and connecting to them. We have elucidated this mechanism using molecular biological techniques and would like to introduce these findings..

Zoom Meeting:https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/96190560680?pwd=xQqPbQx9lgaBP9yTiKoCxckUGe3m2O.1
Meeting ID: 961 9056 0680
Passcode: 237519

By registering through the following survey form, you will receive information about future seminars. We encourage you to sign up.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

For inquiries:
Kiyoshi Mashiguchi :  mashiguchi.kiyoshi.6w@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Kaori Kohzuma : kohzuma.kaori.7f@kyoto-u.ac.jp

The 3rd Applied Life Sciences Seminar

In this seminar, Eole Fukawa from the Laboratory of Bio-Analytical Physical Chemistry

 will present their research recently published in Electrochimica Acta (press release).

“Catalytic Reaction Mechanism of a Conductive Enzyme”

This research elucidates the catalytic reaction mechanism of a conductive enzyme using methods from computational science, enzyme engineering, and bioelectrochemistry. The seminar will cover the insights gained from each approach and discuss potential applications of this research.

3rd Applied Life Sciences Seminar

• Speaker: Eole Fukawa (Master’s student)
• Date & Time: Monday, September 2nd, 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
• Format: Online

Zoom Meeting: https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/93181737412?pwd=7jcQecQT6H4bon89W81GIoVb6VtQ8S.1
Meeting ID: 931 8173 7412
Passcode: 799699

By registering through the following survey form, you will receive information about future seminars. We encourage you to sign up.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

For inquiries:

• Keisei Sowa : sowa.keisei.2u@kyoto-u.ac.jp
• Kaori Kohzuma : kohzuma.kaori.7f@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Speaker: Professor Akifumi Sugiyama
Date: Tuesday, August 6, 12:15 – 13:00

Join Zoom Meetings

https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/5055512806?pwd=emRvTk81WHRRSkw0eHFzN0lEcy9tQT09&omn=91967761038

Meeting ID: 505 551 2806

Passcode: 9NKsGU

*Please register in the survey form below and we will send you information about upcoming seminars. We look forward to your registration.

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7月12日、16日（雨天中断と継続試合）に応用生命科学科 学年対抗ソフトボール大会の決勝戦
教員チーム vs 修士1回生チームが開催されました。接戦の末、11-10で教員チームが勝利しました！

Applications will be accepted from Monday, July 8, 2024 to Friday, July 12, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

For details, please see the application guidelines posted on the Graduate School of Agriculture website.

Starting this year, the Division of Applied Life Sciences will hold the “OSEI Topics Seminar” on an irregular basis in order to promote the research of the Department.
Please register on the survey form and we will send you information about upcoming seminars. We look forward to your registration.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

The first seminar will be presented by Dr. So and Dr. Tatsumi, who arrived at their new positions this spring. After the seminar, there will be a social event (free of charge).

The 1st Osei Topic Seminar
Speakers: Assistant Professor So, Assistant Professor Tatsumi
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 17:00-18:30
Format: Hybrid (Onsite at Seminar Room on the 1st floor of the Agricultural and Life Science Research Building)
Zoom meeting
https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/87920398189?pwd=EfQUuFQGsiq4EcxbuU1TaWmpmbWuj1.1
Meeting ID: 879 2039 8189
Password: 219521

トピックスセミナーポスター

Date: June 1, 2024
Morning: Online (Zoom),
Afternoon: Face-to-face (individual visit to the lab of your choice)

Pre-registration site is here.▼

Schedule for the day

Morning Session: Online Zoom (information will be sent to registered attendees)
10:00 – Department Chair Overview Explanation General Questions
10:30 – Online Interview 1 Using Zoom breakout room
11:00 a.m. – Online Interview 2 (may be continued from 1)
11:30 – Online Interview 3 (may be continued from 2)

Afternoon Session: No general group meeting; participants will visit the lab in person
2:00 p.m. – Individual Visit 1 (start and end approximate)
3:00 p.m. – Individual Visit 2 (approximate start and end)
4:00 p.m. – Individual Visit 3 (approximate start and end)

End approximately at 5:00 p.m.

(Purpose and outline of the meeting)

This is an excellent opportunity to discuss lab selection, lab visits, studying for exams, and more in an informal setting with the lead faculty member of each lab.

The morning session is an online information session and individual consultation via Zoom, and the afternoon session is a face-to-face individual visit.

Those who wish to attend are requested to pre-register in advance for preparation purposes.
Pre-registration for each is required by May 31, the day before the event.

For individual visits, please coordinate the time of your visit with the lead faculty member of each laboratory in advance.

It is acceptable to visit more than one lab.

Participation and visits by 2nd and 3rd year students as well as this year’s candidates are welcome.

PDF

Click here for more information. ▼

There are some changes in the system of the FY2024 graduate school entrance examination compared with previous one.Please check HERE to get detailed information on the changes (test time and the number of specialized subjects to be selected).

The application period is from Mon., Jul. 4^th, 2022 to Fri., Jul. 8^th, 2022.The detailed information on the examination such as the schedule and the coverage of the specialized subjects is available on the homepage of the Graduate School of Agriculture.

The briefing meeting for the entrance examination of the Division of Applied Life Sciences at the Uji campus and the laboratory tour are going to be held online as below. We welcome people who are interested in the enrollment in the master’s or Ph. D course of our division.

• Date: 13:00–17:00, Sat., Mar. 19^th, 2022 
• Meeting format: Online 
• Pre-registration website: Please register HERE. The registration period is over. 
• Participation way: the ZOOM URL of the meeting is going to be sent to the registrants.

Detailed information about the contents and the time schedule of the briefing meeting and the laboratory tour can be checked HERE.

Our division has started official social media. We are going to communicate various information such as laboratory introductions, research achievements, the entrance examination, etc. Please visit the links below.

■ Youtube

■ Twitter

■ Instagram

Briefing session for the 2025 graduate school entrance examination (secondary recruitment), individual consultations by field

Date: Saturday, October 5, 2024, 14:00-17:10
Format: Online (URL will be sent to pre-registered applicants separately)

Eligibility: Applicants for admission in the academic year 2025 (secondary application: scheduled for January 2025) and applicants for admission in the academic year 2026 and onward.

Pre-registration site：https://forms.gle/W7nYQeFCumE6Vw3M9

Briefing Schedule

• 14:00～14:20　Greetings from Department Chair / General Explanation (Prof. Ifuku)

Overview and schedule description of information sessions and consultations
Introduction and overview of the laboratories of the Department of Applied Life Sciences
Overview of graduate school entrance examinations (second round for admission in 2025 and 2026)

• 14:30〜15:10　(Round 1): Individual explanation of each field (laboratory) (40 minutes)

Visit the field of your first choice. Break into groups for each field of your choice and give individual explanations.

• 15:10～15:50　(Round 2): Individual explanation of each field (laboratory) (40 minutes)

Visit the field of your second choice. Break into groups for each field of your choice and give individual explanations.

• 15:50〜16:30　(Round 3): Individual explanation of each field (laboratory) (40 minutes)

You may visit a third field of your choice, or return to your original field to listen to the talk. There will be an exit during the tour, and the flow will be disbanded.

• 16:30〜17:10　(Preliminary round): Individual explanation of each field (laboratory) (40 minutes)

You may visit the lab of your third choice or lower, or return to your original lab to talk to them again. After the interview, the flow will be disbanded.

Graduate School Admission Information Session 2025 Second Call for Entrance Exams

Information on the second round of graduate school admissions for students entering in 2025 is now available.

Date: Saturday, January 25 and Sunday, January 26, 2025

【January 25th】
Specialized Subjects (1) 13:00-14:30 Scheduled

Specialized Subjects (2) 16:00-17:30 Scheduled

【January 26th】
Interview 13:15～ Scheduled to start

Content: The scope of the questions is the same as that of the entrance examination already conducted in summer 2024.

Examination venue: Faculty of Agriculture General Building, room to be determined

Interview room: N129, Faculty of Agriculture General Building

Number of applicants: About 10

For details, please refer to the PDF file below.

Second Application Decision for Graduate School Entrance Examination

• Speaker: Satoshi Ogawa (Assistant Professor),  Laboratory of Chemistry of Molecular Biocatalysts
• Date & Time: Friday, October 4th, 12:15 PM – 13:00 PM
• Format: Online

“Mechanisms underlying growth toward host plants in parasitic plants ”
Parasitic plants in the Orobanchaceae parasitize by extending their roots toward the roots of the host plant and connecting to them. We have elucidated this mechanism using molecular biological techniques and would like to introduce these findings..

Zoom Meeting:https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/96190560680?pwd=xQqPbQx9lgaBP9yTiKoCxckUGe3m2O.1
Meeting ID: 961 9056 0680
Passcode: 237519

By registering through the following survey form, you will receive information about future seminars. We encourage you to sign up.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

For inquiries:
Kiyoshi Mashiguchi :  mashiguchi.kiyoshi.6w@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Kaori Kohzuma : kohzuma.kaori.7f@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Applications will be accepted from Monday, July 8, 2024 to Friday, July 12, 2024 at 5:00 p.m.

For details, please see the application guidelines posted on the Graduate School of Agriculture website.

Starting this year, the Division of Applied Life Sciences will hold the “OSEI Topics Seminar” on an irregular basis in order to promote the research of the Department.
Please register on the survey form and we will send you information about upcoming seminars. We look forward to your registration.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

The first seminar will be presented by Dr. So and Dr. Tatsumi, who arrived at their new positions this spring. After the seminar, there will be a social event (free of charge).

The 1st Osei Topic Seminar
Speakers: Assistant Professor So, Assistant Professor Tatsumi
Date: Wednesday, June 19, 17:00-18:30
Format: Hybrid (Onsite at Seminar Room on the 1st floor of the Agricultural and Life Science Research Building)
Zoom meeting
https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/87920398189?pwd=EfQUuFQGsiq4EcxbuU1TaWmpmbWuj1.1
Meeting ID: 879 2039 8189
Password: 219521

トピックスセミナーポスター

Date: June 1, 2024
Morning: Online (Zoom),
Afternoon: Face-to-face (individual visit to the lab of your choice)

Pre-registration site is here.▼

Schedule for the day

Morning Session: Online Zoom (information will be sent to registered attendees)
10:00 – Department Chair Overview Explanation General Questions
10:30 – Online Interview 1 Using Zoom breakout room
11:00 a.m. – Online Interview 2 (may be continued from 1)
11:30 – Online Interview 3 (may be continued from 2)

Afternoon Session: No general group meeting; participants will visit the lab in person
2:00 p.m. – Individual Visit 1 (start and end approximate)
3:00 p.m. – Individual Visit 2 (approximate start and end)
4:00 p.m. – Individual Visit 3 (approximate start and end)

End approximately at 5:00 p.m.

(Purpose and outline of the meeting)

This is an excellent opportunity to discuss lab selection, lab visits, studying for exams, and more in an informal setting with the lead faculty member of each lab.

The morning session is an online information session and individual consultation via Zoom, and the afternoon session is a face-to-face individual visit.

Those who wish to attend are requested to pre-register in advance for preparation purposes.
Pre-registration for each is required by May 31, the day before the event.

For individual visits, please coordinate the time of your visit with the lead faculty member of each laboratory in advance.

It is acceptable to visit more than one lab.

Participation and visits by 2nd and 3rd year students as well as this year’s candidates are welcome.

PDF

Click here for more information. ▼

There are some changes in the system of the FY2024 graduate school entrance examination compared with previous one.Please check HERE to get detailed information on the changes (test time and the number of specialized subjects to be selected).

The application period is from Mon., Jul. 4^th, 2022 to Fri., Jul. 8^th, 2022.The detailed information on the examination such as the schedule and the coverage of the specialized subjects is available on the homepage of the Graduate School of Agriculture.

The briefing meeting for the entrance examination of the Division of Applied Life Sciences at the Uji campus and the laboratory tour are going to be held online as below. We welcome people who are interested in the enrollment in the master’s or Ph. D course of our division.

• Date: 13:00–17:00, Sat., Mar. 19^th, 2022 
• Meeting format: Online 
• Pre-registration website: Please register HERE. The registration period is over. 
• Participation way: the ZOOM URL of the meeting is going to be sent to the registrants.

Detailed information about the contents and the time schedule of the briefing meeting and the laboratory tour can be checked HERE.

Dr. Shinjiro Yamaguchi, Department of Molecular Biocatalytic Chemistry, has been selected as one of Clarivate’s Highly Cited Researchers 2024 (plant and animal science).

For more information, click here.

The 6th Applied Life Sciences Seminar

• Speaker: Takao Kishimoto (Professor),  Laboratory of  Biomass Conversion   
• Date & Time: Monday, November 25th, 12:15 PM – 13:00 PM
• Format: Online

“ Polymerization mechanism and chemical structure of lignin  ”

Zoom Meeting: https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/8299822725?pwd=Z093NlI3RXZ3NXNNekdqZjZoU3UvQT09
Meeting ID:    829 982 2725
Passcode:  8NSKi2

For inquiries:
Takahito Watanabe: watanabe.takahito.4m@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Kaori Kohzuma: kohzuma.kaori.7f@kyoto-u.ac.jp

By registering through the following survey form, you will receive information about future seminars. We encourage you to sign up.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

The 5th Applied Life Sciences Seminar

• Speaker: Kaori Kohzuma (Assistant Professor),  Laboratory of Plant Nutrition
• Date & Time: Friday, October 25th, 12:15 PM – 13:00 PM
• Format: Online

“ The Development of New Smart Agriculture Technology for Monitoring Plants with Small Sensors   ”
We have developed a new small sensor remotely monitoring plant health using smartphones or other devices. In this presentation, we will explain what the sensor detects and discuss the molecular mechanisms of how plants respond to their environment, focusing on photosynthesis.

Zoom Meeting:https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/6106746457?pwd=qV8tDLBYa9fzh4Px7lX8g7KSUbA06k.1
Meeting ID:   tel:6106746457
Passcode: 897748

By registering through the following survey form, you will receive information about future seminars. We encourage you to sign up.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

For inquiries:
Kumiko Ochiai : ochiai.kumiko.7m@kyoto-u.ac.jp

The 3rd Applied Life Sciences Seminar

In this seminar, Eole Fukawa from the Laboratory of Bio-Analytical Physical Chemistry

 will present their research recently published in Electrochimica Acta (press release).

“Catalytic Reaction Mechanism of a Conductive Enzyme”

This research elucidates the catalytic reaction mechanism of a conductive enzyme using methods from computational science, enzyme engineering, and bioelectrochemistry. The seminar will cover the insights gained from each approach and discuss potential applications of this research.

3rd Applied Life Sciences Seminar

• Speaker: Eole Fukawa (Master’s student)
• Date & Time: Monday, September 2nd, 12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
• Format: Online

Zoom Meeting: https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/93181737412?pwd=7jcQecQT6H4bon89W81GIoVb6VtQ8S.1
Meeting ID: 931 8173 7412
Passcode: 799699

By registering through the following survey form, you will receive information about future seminars. We encourage you to sign up.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

For inquiries:

• Keisei Sowa : sowa.keisei.2u@kyoto-u.ac.jp
• Kaori Kohzuma : kohzuma.kaori.7f@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Speaker: Professor Akifumi Sugiyama
Date: Tuesday, August 6, 12:15 – 13:00

Join Zoom Meetings

https://kyoto-u-edu.zoom.us/j/5055512806?pwd=emRvTk81WHRRSkw0eHFzN0lEcy9tQT09&omn=91967761038

Meeting ID: 505 551 2806

Passcode: 9NKsGU

*Please register in the survey form below and we will send you information about upcoming seminars. We look forward to your registration.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdoHdiSgNa87zTv4RoV2M76Cr519Hxaq3MbzJ2YxYB3np2ebQ/viewform

7月12日、16日（雨天中断と継続試合）に応用生命科学科 学年対抗ソフトボール大会の決勝戦
教員チーム vs 修士1回生チームが開催されました。接戦の末、11-10で教員チームが勝利しました！

Our division has started official social media. We are going to communicate various information such as laboratory introductions, research achievements, the entrance examination, etc. Please visit the links below.

■ Youtube

■ Twitter

■ Instagram