We held a year-end party at Professor Sakai’s favorite restaurant, Ryoshi-goya.
We were able to enjoy and recover from the busy year-end research presentations by enjoying drinks, fresh sashimi, and lively conversations.
In addition, our alumni, Mr. Ura and Ms. Kawamura, also joined us for the occasion!
We will continue to work hard in the coming year!
Pacifichem 2025 was held in Hawaii, USA. From our laboratory, Mr. Kunikubo, Mr. Tomita, and Mr. Guan presented their research through poster presentations at the conference.
In the symposium on artificial photosynthesis, Professor Sakai, Professor Ozawa, and Professor Yamauchi delivered oral presentations, passionately sharing their latest research achievements.
In addition, we had the opportunity to attend presentations by many distinguished researchers, engage in meaningful discussions, and carefully reflect on our own research.
During breaks between sessions, the participants also enjoyed visiting famous tourist attractions in Hawaii and tasting delicious local cuisine, making the conference a truly fulfilling experience!
The 2025 Young Researchers’ Meeting on Coordination Chemistry (Kyushu–Okinawa Branch) was held at the Ito Campus of Kyushu University.
Master’s and doctoral students from our laboratory presented their research through poster presentations.
In addition, Mr. Kunikubo gave an oral presentation.
In a friendly and relaxed atmosphere, we had the opportunity to engage in active discussions with faculty members and students from other institutions！
The 10th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC10) was held in Hanoi, Vietnam. Graduate students and doctoral students from our laboratory gave oral and poster presentations at the conference.
Through meaningful discussions with international students, which we rarely have in our daily research life, we were able to gain new perspectives and reflect on our own research.
In addition, Mr. Tomita and Ms. Chen received Outstanding Poster Awards. Congratulations!
During the breaks, we also enjoyed exploring famous tourist attractions in Vietnam and tasting delicious local food.
The 75th Conference on Coordination Chemistry was held at the Bunkyo Campus of Nagasaki University, where master's students, doctoral students, and postdoctoral researchers from our laboratory gave oral and poster presentations.
Through active discussions with researchers from other universities, we were able to critically reflect on and refine our own research.
In addition, Mr. Shibuya received both the Excellent Poster Award and the Chemistry Dojin Award—congratulations!
During free time at the conference, our members also enjoyed delicious local food while visiting famous sightseeing spots in Nagasaki.
The 36th Symposium on the Photochemistry of Coordination Compounds was held at the Kochi Princess Hotel, where two doctoral students from our laboratory gave oral and poster presentations.
During their free time at the conference, they also enjoyed visiting famous sightseeing spots in Kochi.
The 105rd CSJ Annual Meeting was held at Kansai University. Some Students from our lab made oral and poster presentations in the conference.
We also enjoyed sightseeing and a networking event.
Mr. Kan and Mr. Lee received the Oral Presentation Award. Congratulations!
Ph.D. students Mr. Xin and Mr. Kan, master students Mr. Ikeda, Mr. Ura, Mr. Zili, Ms. Kawamura, Ms. Inoue, and Mr. Kunikubo, and bachelor students Mr. Eguchi, Mr. Harada, were awarded their doctorate, master's and bachelor's degrees, respectively.
In addition, Mr. Kunikubo received the Outstanding Achievement Award. Congratulations!
Thank you very much for all your hard work!
Performance Review Meeting was held, and Mr. Eguchi, and Mr. Harada gave presentations!
Defense of doctoral thesis was held, and Mr. Xin and Mr. Kan gave nice presentations!
Both of them gave wonderful presentations! Thank you for your hard work.
Mr. Ikeda, Mr. Ura, Mr. Zili, Ms. Kawamura, Ms. Inoue, and Mr. Kunikubo made Master's thesis presentations on Febrary 13th-14th.
It must have been difficult to summarize their research results, but it was a wonderful presentation. Nice work!
Kyushu University Energy Week 2025 was held at Kyushu University. 2 master's and doctoral students from our laboratory gave poster presentations.
Mr. Kunikubo received the Poster Presentation Award. Congratulations!
The 2024 Workshop of the Kyushu-Okinawa Branch of the Young Coordination Chemists’ Society was held at Nagasaki University.
5 master's and doctoral students from our laboratory gave poster presentations.
Mr. Kunikubo received the Best Poster Presentation Award and Mr. Kan received a Poster Presentation Award. Congratulations!!
The 74th Conference of the Japan Society of Coordination Chemistry (JSCC-74) was held at Gifu University and Nagaragawa Convention Center.
20 master's and doctoral students from our laboratory gave poster and oral presentations.
Mr. Kunikubo received the Student Oral Presentation Award as well as the Inorganic Chemistry Frontiers Award, and Ms. Chen received a Poster Presentation Award. Congratulations!
Storage of Solar Energy（IPS-24）/International Conference on Artificial Photosynthesis-2024 (ICARP2024) was held at Hiroshima International Conference Center.
Six students from our laboratory made poster presentations.
Mr. Kan received Excellent Poster Award, and Mr. Lee received Journal of Materials Chemistry A Oral Prize in IPS-24/ICARP2024.
In addition, Mr. Kunikubo received Chem Soc Rev Poster Prize in IPS-24/ICARP2024. Congratulations!!
YCCAJ Summer School 2024 was held at Toba Seaside Hotel.
Seven students from our laboratory made poster presentations. Mr. Kunikubo (M2) gave an oral presentation.
Mr. Kunikubo received the Presentation Award and BCSJ Award. Congratulations!!
The 103rd CSJ Annual Meeting was held at Tokyo University of Science. Students (D1, M1 and B4) from our lab made oral and poster presentations in the conference.
We also enjoyed sightseeing and a networking event.
Ph.D. students Mr. Sakaguchi and Mr. Taira, master students Mr. Maeda and Ms. Zhao and bachelor students Mr. Ikeda, Mr. Ura, Ms. Kawamura and Mr. Kunikubo were awarded their doctorate, master's and bachelor's degrees, respectively. Congratulations!
Mr. Sakaguchi, Mr. Taira and Mr. Maeda will work in industry and Four bachelor students will start graduate school.
Thank you very much for all your hard work!
Performance Review Meeting was held and Mr. Ikeda, Mr. Ura, Ms. Kawamura and Mr. Kunikubo gave presentations!
Defense of doctoral thesis was held and Mr. sakaguchi and Mr. Taira gave nice presentations!
Mr. Maeda and Ms. Zhao made Master's thesis presentations on Febrary 16th-17th!
JSCC 72nd Annual Symposium was held at Kyushu University.
Prof. Sakai, Assoc.prof. Ozawa, Assist. prof. Yamauchi and Ms. Uchida managed and prepared for the conference. Prof. Sakai and Assist. prof. Yamauchi gave presentations in symposia. Besides, many students from our lab made poster or oral presentations, including bachelor students. We got many valuable ideas from professors and students, and learned a lot by participating the face to face conference.
Mr. Sakaguchi (D3) got Student Lecture Award. Congratulations！！
International Network on Polyoxometalate Science (INPOMS) held POM Electrochemistry Workshop at Newcastle University.
Mr. Taira (D3) and Mr. Tomita (M1) participated in the Workshop. They learned basic knowedge and methods of electrochemical measurements. They also enjoyed sightseeing in London after the workshop.
8th Asian Conference on Coordination Chemistry (ACCC8) was held in Taipei and online. Ms. Sueyoshi (M1), Mr. Tomita (M1), Mr. Kan (D1), Mr. Yan (D1), Mr. Taira (D3) and Mr. Sakaguchi (D3) made poster presentations online.
Mr. Kan (D1) received the best poster presentation award. Congratulations！
The 33rd Conference on Photochemistry of Coordination Compound was held online from the 5th to the 7th of August. Ms. Sueyoshi (M1), Mr. Kan (D1) and Mr. Yan (D1) made poster presentations.
Ms. Sueyoshi (M1) received the poster presentation award. Congratulations！
A welcome picnic is held at “ZAUO” in Itoshima. In this time, we welcomed Ikeda-kun, Ura-kun, Kawamura-san, and Kunikubo-kun, as bachelor students, Goya-kun, and Lee Dongseb, as master students, and Liao Chen as a doctor student.
The new comers introduced themselves and their ambitions, and Dr. Sakai and other professors gave words of encouragement to the new students. We were all motivated to work even harder in our lab activities. It was a great time for us to enjoy fresh fish dishes from Itoshima.
To all the new students, let's work together with enthusiasm for our research activities
Ph.D. students Aimoto, master students Kan, Ji, Kikunaga, Yan, Yamada, Yang, Wakafuji and bachelor students Sueyoshi, Tomita, Nakashima, and Suwa were awarded their doctorate, master's and bachelor's degrees, respectively. Congratulations to all of you, and thank you for all your hard work!
Aimoto, Ji, Kikunaga, Yamada, Yang and Wakafuji will work in industry, Kan and Yan will continue their reseach as a doctoral student in our lab. Four bachelor students will continue their reseach in master course in our lab. Dr. Kuge also will leave to a new lab as a post-doctoral researcher.
For those of you who are going on to doctoral and master's programs, for those of you who are going to work in industruy, and for those of you who are going to pursue a career in academia,
we wish you all the best in your new location! Please keep in touch with us anytime. And, we are looking forward to meeting the new members and studying together from April.
We participated in the summer school organized by the Young Coordination Chemists' Association of Japan.
Due to the COVID-19, this event was held online this year, however, we spent a very meaningful time interacting with students from all over Japan who are conducting research in the coordination chemistry field.
Mr. Taira won the poster award! Congratulations!
Ph.D. students Xian, Kuge, Morita, and Yatsuzuka, and Bachelor students Maeda and Lee were awarded their doctorate and bachelor's degrees respectively.
It's been a tough year for us because of COVID-19 and we couldn't do our research as much as we wanted to.
Congratulations to all of you, and thank you for all your hard work!
For those of you who are going on to master's programs, for those of you who are going to work, and for those of you who are going to pursue a career in academia,
I hope you will do your best to achieve your goals in your new place!
Mr. Yatsuzuka and Mr. Lee had already left Fukuoka, and Mr. Maeda was injured and in the hospital, so we were unable to take a picture with them...
Performance Review Meeting was held and Mr. Kamura, Mr. Yamada and Mr. Wakafuji, 4th year undergraduates, gave presentations!
It was the first time for them to make public presentations of their researches, so all three looked nervous.
The Question-and-answer session was as short as two minutes, but they would have felt it like a very long time. Great job!
After Defense of doctoral thesis ended successfully, we held a wrap-up party for D3 & M2 students!
We had a drinking party in the lab for the first time in a while and we enjoyed chatting and exchanging opinions!
Now it's time for the fourth grader to make a final push for the performance review meeting, so please work hard after this party!
Defense of doctoral thesis was held and Mr. Wakiyama gave a presentation.
Mr. Wakiyama was hurt, riding a bicycle while the public hearing was approaching and he was concerned about holding it.
Although, thanks to the high healing power of himself, the public hearing was made as scheduled!
You must be worn out today! Please take a good rest for now!
Defense of master's thesis was held, and Mr. Akamine, Mr. Koga, Mr. Sakaguchi, Mr. Taira and
Mr. Yamakawa of the second year of the master course gave presentations!
Mr. Akamine, Mr. Koga and Mr. Yamakawa will be working professionals from next fiscal year,
and Mr. Sakaguchi and Mr. Taira will proceed to the doctoral program.
You may have more difficulties in the coming days, however, please take a break for now!
We participated in Kyushu University Energy Week 2020 held from January 27 to 31.
Mr. Wakiyama and Mr. Taira got poster awards! Congratulations!
After the last seminar on 2019, we moved to Onyasai near the Kyudai-gakkentoshi station and hold an End-of-year Party!
It was all-you-can-drink and all-you-can-eat for 2 hours, however, 2 hours was not enough for us!
At the end of the party, we made a group photo!
Let's do our best next year! Wish you a good year!
2019 is the 150th anniversary of Dmitri Mendelef's discovery of the periodic rule of the element,
The United Nations General Assembly has declared to celebrate 2019 as the International Year of the Periodic Table of Elements(IYPT2019).
It was also celebrated that Nihonium was the first new element from Japan and Asia.
Prof. Sakai of our lab attended the closing ceremony of IYPT2019, the official UNESCO-approved IUPAC event, held at Tokyo Prince Hotel on December 5th.
We participated in International Conference on Artificial Photosynthesis-2019(ICARP2019) in Hiroshima.
Mr. Aimoto got a poster prize! Congratulations!
Prof. Sakai of our laboratory gave an invited talk.
Students who had enough time before and after the conference also enjoyed sightseeing in Hiroshima a little.
We participated in the 50th Anniversary Symposium of Kyushu Social Gathering of Coordination Chemistry and gave poster presentations.
Dr. Kosei Yamauchi, our Assistant Professor, gave an oral presentation.
Second photo is Mr. Yamakawa on a poster session.
Mr. Aimoto, Mr. Sakaguchi, and Mr. Yamakawa got poster prizes! Congratulations!
We held a Farewell Party for Dr. Arnau, a Postdoctoral Researcher in Sakai Lab. since 2017.
Mr. Jeong who graduated in this autumn also participated in the party.
We gave them flower-shaped boards on which we wrote messages to them.
Thank you for everything! Best wishes for your future success!
We invited Prof. Shigeyuki Masaoka from Osaka University. On the intensive course, we acquired useful knowledge for studying Coordination Chemistry.
After the intensive course on the first day, we participated in his lecture.
Last photo is Dr. Kosei Yamauchi, our Assistant Professor (left), and Dr. Hironobu Ozawa, Associate Professor (right). Thank you for the wonderful lecture!
We participated in JSCC69 held in Nagoya, Japan.
First photo is the Nagoya Castle, one of the famous historic structures in Japan.
Mr. Aimoto, giving a presentation on the second photo.
Dr. Kosei Yamauchi, our Assistant Professor, held a symposium entitled "Coordination Chemistry Unveiled in Homogeneous Solutions" and the symposium received about 90 visitors.
Mr. Morita won a poster award. Congratulations!
You can see past events HERE .