The 45th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society of Andrology was held at Station Conference Tokyo. Yuichi Shima and Miki Inoue attended. Symposium 1: Pediatric Andrology: Bridging Basic Research and Clinical Perspective SY-1 Miki Inoue, “Elucidating the mechanisms of Leydig cell differentiation using single-cell analysis and spatial gene expression analysis.”
June 7
Miki Inoue began a research stay of approximately three months at National Cheng Kung University in Taiwan. We held a farewell gathering in the laboratory. We went to Fukuoka Airport to see her off. Have a wonderful trip!
May 28-30
The 11th BMK Meeting on the HP Axis and Endocrine Signaling was held in Seoul, Korea. Yuichi Shima and Fumiya Takahashi attended, and Takahashi presented a poster entitled “In vivo dynamics of androgen receptor revealed by fluorescent knock-in mouse.” Assistant Professor Takahashi's mini-presentation Group photo The subway was a convenient way to travel around Seoul.
May 25
We welcomed Professor Yuki Imai from the Proteo-Science Center, Ehime University, for a graduate seminar entitled “Epigenetic approaches to the pathogenic mechanisms of musculoskeletal disorders.” Professor Imai presented an enormous body of data, interspersed with moments of humor. After the seminar, we enjoyed Kurume's famous yakitori together.
May 9
We held the 98th Anniversary Meeting of the Department of Anatomy. Assistant Professor Fumiya Takahashi received the Research Encouragement Award and delivered an award lecture. Professor Emeritus Tetsuo Inokuchi, the fourth chair professor, joined the reception and offered warm words of encouragement. We sincerely thank all alumni who attended. Assistant Professor Takahashi's award lecture Professor Iwanaga presents the award certificate to Assistant Professor Takahashi. Group photo with the Division of Gross and Clinical Anatomy Introduction of new members Professor Emeritus Tetsuo Inokuchi joined the meeting. Remarks by Professor Shigeaki Iwanaga We heard valuable stories about the history and research of the department.
April 8
Poster presentations by our students at the 131st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists were featured on the Kurume University website.
March 24-26
Laboratory members and four medical students presented posters at the 131st Annual Meeting of the Japanese Association of Anatomists at The Jikei University School of Medicine. Yuri Gondo, then a third-year medical student, received an Excellent Poster Award.
February 26
Two studies on in vitro reconstitution of gonads were published. Miki Inoue co-authored the Science paper, and Yuichi Shima and Miki Inoue co-authored the Science Advances paper.
February 10
Our study, “The Nkx2.3-Nr5a1 gene cascade plays a crucial role in spleen-specific vascular architecture and marginal zone formation,” was released as a bioRxiv preprint.
February 3
Our collaborative study with Tohoku University, “Undifferentiated Spermatogonia Modulate Their Behavior via the Expression of Basement Membrane Protein Laminin,” was accepted in Biology of Reproduction.
January 9
Professor Shosei Yoshida of the National Institute for Basic Biology gave a special graduate lecture on the selfish behavior of mutant spermatogonial stem cells underlying paternal-age effects in genetic disease.
