Qdai-mail Tsushin#050
The e-mail magazine "Qdai-mail Tsushin" delivers campus news
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Friday, March 25, 2022
◆Notes on infectious disease control related to the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) are posted on the University website.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/crisismanagement/riskmanagement/coronavirus
Kyushu U magazine CONNECT:
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/university/publicity/publications/connect
Issue 3 of CONNECT, our annual university magazine, is now available at the link above!
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**Research Close-Up
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*Envisioning tomorrow’s robots today with Prof. Ryo Kurazume
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“With the environment as a part of the system, even relatively simple robots could act just as intelligently as super robots,” says Kyushu U Prof. Ryo Kurazume.
In our new Research Close-Up, read how he and his group are combining cutting-edge technologies to accelerate the realization of intelligent service robots.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/research/close-up/ryo-kurazume
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*Uncovering the science behind biocompatibility with Prof. Masaru Tanaka
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“To avoid triggering an immune response and the creation of blood clots, most proteins and blood cells should not tightly adhere to any materials in [medical] devices that will come in contact with blood,” says Masaru Tanaka, professor of Kyushu University’s Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering.
Tanaka and his group are developing new biocompatible materials by elucidating the molecular structures and mechanisms that make this possible.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/research/close-up/masaru-tanaka
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**Topics
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* Certification ceremony of the Malaysia Kyushu University Alumni Association (MYKYUDAI)
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Our alumni in Malaysia came together online with representatives from Kyushu U for the certification ceremony of the Malaysia Kyushu U Alumni Association. Learn more about alumni associations abroad and how to start your own at the links include in this post.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/442
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* Online international debate workshop for students in Japan and Korea ~~~~~~~~~~
Students from Kyushu U and Korea honed their English debate skills at a three-day online international debate workshop last month with Ewha Womans University and SolBridge International School of Business.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/443
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* Online conference on debate and argumentation education
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Students from Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, the Netherlands, and the US joined an online conference co-sponsored by Kyushu University’s Faculty of Languages and Cultures to discuss the latest developments in debate education.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/444
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* Citizens help to assess plastic waste on land
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Anyone with a smartphone can help collect data for assessing the amount of plastic waste on city streets and beaches as part of a new collaborative project including Kyushu U.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/topics/view/445
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**Research
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*Visible ocean plastics just the tip of the iceberg
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Seeking to simulate the fate of plastics that have made it into our oceans, a new study led by Kyushu University estimates that 25.3 million metric tons of plastic waste has entered our oceans and nearly two-thirds of that cannot be monitored.
“To assess the amount and whereabouts of plastic waste in Earth’s oceans, we have to consider the whole process from their birth to burial, starting with emission from rivers into the ocean and continuing with their transportation and fragmentation into pieces,” says Atsuhiko Isobe, professor at Kyushu University's Research Institute for Applied Mechanics and leader of the study.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/researches/view/226
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**Events
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* Glasgow-Kyushu International Conference: Islands in the Global Age
Date: 2022.03.28 [Mon] 18:00 – 2022.03.30 [Wed] 20:00
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This three-day program will celebrate the long-standing dialogue between Scotland and Japan and their symbolic relationship with objects and environments which have shaped their identity and their sense of belonging to an insular or archipelagic space over the centuries.
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/events/view/276
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