FY2011

<March>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
March 9	Takada Senior High School (Mie)	Dr. Michael P. DELMO Osaka University, PHILIPPINES	Applied Physics	Large Magnetoresistance in Silicon
March 13	Wakayama Shin-ai Girls' Junior and Senior High School (Wakayama)	Dr. Goran VAAGE Osaka University, NORWAY	Linguistics	Latest Developments in Linguistics		-
March 14	Yamanashi Prefectural Tsuru High School	Dr. Robert J. JOHANSSON RIKEN, SWEDEN	Physics	Research with supercomputers			-
March 19	Tokyo Metropolitan High School of Science and Technology	Dr. Daniel D. FRIEDRICH The University of Tokyo, GERMANY	Physics	Gravitational Waves: Listening to the Universe

<February>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
February 7	Aomori Prefectural Sanbongi High School	Dr. Hernando P. BACOSA Tohoku University, PHILIPPINES	Integrated Engineering	Our Tiny Friend, Our Great Friends
February 7	Yamanashi Prefectural Tsuru High School	Dr. Abdelhak TALBI The University of Tokyo, ALGERIA	Earth and Planetary Science	Squeezing Time for Information
		Dr. Arri PRIIMAGI Tokyo Institute of Technology, ESTONIA	Materials Chemistry	About Finland, About Playing with Light
February 9	Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu Kita High School	Dr. Sergej POLISSKI Kyoto University, GERMANY	Materials Chemistry	Lithium ion batteries- a ”bright” future?!
February 15	Shizuoka Prefectural Iwata Minami High School	Dr. Pavel A. DUB Tokyo Institute of Technology, RUSSIA	Applied Chemistry	Private Life of Molecules
		Dr. Jean-Daniel COMPAIN The University of Tokyo, FRANCE	Basic Chemistry	An Introduction to Polyoxometalate Chemistry
February 18	Fukui Prefectural Fujishima Senior High school	Dr. Denis DAMIRON The University of Tokyo, FRANCE	Applied Physics	Nanotechnology: research and technology at atomic and molecular scales.			-
February 20	Aichi Prefectural Kasugai High School	Dr. Konstantin KULICHIKHIN Nagoya University, RUSSIA	Agriculture	Modern methods of biochemical analysis in plant science
February 21	Nagano Prefectural Suwa Seiryo High School	Dr. William NG Keio University, AUSTRALIA	Clinical Internal Medicine	Skin regeneration using pluripotent stem cells			-
February 22	Fukui Prefectural Fujishima Senior High school	Dr. Mandy S. Y. LUNG Kyoto University, AUSTRALIA	Cerebral Neuroscience	My Life as a Neuroscientist			-

<January>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
January 11	Gifu Prefectural Ena High School	Dr. Timothy J. STASEVICH Osaka University, USA	Biological science	Seeing Cells in Action!
January 12	Shizuoka Municipal High School (Shizuoka)	Dr. Philippe SAINT-CRICQ RIVIERE The University of Tokyo, FRANCE	Applied Chemistry	Green Chemistry and Nanotechnology
January 13	Wakayama Prefectural Koyo High School	Dr. Cedric E. THOMAS Osaka University, FRANCE	Plasma science	How to create energy by using plasma science? 1, Thermonuclear fusion 2, Solar cells
		Dr. James B. WING Osaka University, UK	Basic medicine	T-regulatory cells: policemen of the immune system
January 13	Ishikawa Prefectural Nanao High School	Dr. Guang LONG Fukui University, CHINA	Clinical Surgery	Transplantation of Stem Cells for Spinal Cord Repair			-
		Dr. Jocelyn BEDARD Osaka University, CANADA	Biological Science	The long road to the chloroplast!			-
		Dr. Emilie E. LOUVET Kyoto University, FRANCE	Biological science	Structural Study of the Nucleolus by Atomic Force Microscopy			-
		Dr. James S. M. ANDERSON The University of Tokyo, CANADA	Physics	Why Study Science?			-
January 14	Ｊunior High and Senior High School at Komaba (Tokyo)	Dr. Lynett DANKS Tokyo Medical and Dental University, UK	Dentistry	Osteoimmunology
January 17	Seishin Girls' High School (Okayama)	Dr. Simon D. SONG Kyoto University, AUSTRALIA	Basic biology	Microsatellites Development and Application			-
January 18	Yamanashi Prefectural Yoshida Senior High School	Dr. Gilles D. R. BANOUKEPA Shinshu University, FRANCE	Materials Chemistry	Carbon nanotube and nanotechnology
January 19	Kumamoto Prefectural Daini High School	Dr. Mattia BUTTA Kyushu University, ITALY	Electrical and Electronic Engineering	MAGNETISM AROUND US
January 19	Aomori Prefectural Hachinohe Kita High School	Dr. Okolo B. SIMON The University of Tokyo, NIGERIA	Environmental Science	Natural resources and Sustainable Development in Africa
January 21	Ｊunior High and Senior High School at Komaba (Tokyo)	Dr. Emilie ROULLEAU The University of Tokyo, FRANCE	Earth and Planetary Science	Noble gases and their application to study the degassing of the Earth  in subduction zone through the volcanic activity
January 23	Fukushima Prefectural Fukushima High School	Dr. Po-Chun LIU University of Tsukuba, TAIWAN	Basic Chemistry	To mimic the real world by using small molecules
January 25	Nagoya Koyo Senior High School (Aichi)	Dr. Gulinuer MUTELIEFU Nagoya University, CHINA	Basic Medicine	Lifestyle-related disease			-
January 26	Shizuoka Kita High School (Shizuoka)	Dr. Matteo Maurizio GUERRINI Tokyo Medical and Dental University, ITALY	Dentistry	Human osteoclast-poor forms of osteopetrosis associated to mutation int he TNFSF11 (RANKL) and TNFRSF11A (RANK) genes			-
January 27	Akita Prefectural Yokote Seiryou Gakuin High School	Dr. Enkhjargal BUDBAZAR Tohoku University, MONGOLIA	Clinical Internal Medicine	My dream in Medical Science
January 27	Yamanashi Prefectural Tsuru High School	Dr. Johannes SCHMUDE The University of Tokyo, GERMANY	Physics	A problem in particle physics	-
		Dr. Joni JUPESTA National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, INDONESIA	Environmental Science	Sustainability transitions in emerging economies: case of Indonesia	-

<December>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
December 8	Toyama Prefectural Toyama High School	Dr. Daniel M. PACKWOOD Kyoto University, NEW ZEALAND	Basic Chemistry	Probability and Molecules			-
December 9	Yamanashi Prefectural Tsuru High School	Dr. Jeffrey A. FAWCETT The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, NEW ZEALAND	Biological Science	How do species evolve and how do their genomes evolve?			-
		Dr. Seung-Wook SHIN The University of Tokyo, KOREA	Biological Science	Life Science, Stem cell & importance of protein degradation			-
December 9	Fukushima Prefectural Soma High School	Dr. Alexander VIEHWEIDER The University of Tokyo, ITALY	Electrical and Electronic Engineering	Future electric vehicles: Cleaner, safer and more comfortable? Let's think together!
December 13	Hyogo Prefectural Kakogawa Higashi High School	Dr. Ryan G. BANAL Kyoto University, PHILIPPINES	Applied Physics	Developing a New Deep-ultraviolet Artificial Light Source
December 16	Kanazawa University High School (Ishikawa)	Dr. Antoine FLEURENCE Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, FRANCE	Nano/Micro Science	A French materials scientist in Ishikawa

<November>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
November 1	Miyazaki Prefectural Nobeoka High School	Dr. Khandaker A. AHMED Kumamoto University, BANGLADESH	Basic Medicine	Unique function of 8-nitro-cGMP in sepsis pathology
November 5	Junior High and Senior High School at Komaba (Tokyo)	Dr. Rando TUVIKENE Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology, ESTONIA	Fisheries Science	Polysaccharides from seaweeds
November 9	Aichi Prefectural Zuiryo Senior High School	Dr. Lukasz KOTULA Nagoya University, POLAND	Agriculture	Adaptations of plants to waterlogging stress			-
November 11	Shizuoka Kita High School (Shizuoka)	Dr. James J. CANNON The University of Tokyo, UNITED KINGDOM	Mechanical Engineering	Nanotechnology: from single molecules to the world at large
		Dr. Mark J. WINCHESTER Hitotsubashi University, UNITED KINGDOM	Sociology	To See the World in a Grain of Sand: Standing at the Crossroads of the Social Sciences and the Humanities
		Dr. Phillip R. LITCHFIELD Kyoto University, UNITED KINGDOM	Physics	Research with neutrinos/Life in the United Kingdom
November 12	Junior High and Senior High School at Komaba (Tokyo)	Dr. Mikhail F. CHERNOV Tokyo Women's Medical University, RUSSIA	Clinical Surgery	Some facts about Russia, Neurosurgery, and how can we treat a brain tumor without even skin incision
November 14	Aichi Prefectural Kasugai High School	Dr. Marcin L. PILAT Nagoya University, CANADA	Informatics	Evolution of Virtual Creatures
November 18	Gifu Prefectural Gizan Senior High School	Dr. Alexandre ALIE Kyoto University, FRANCE	Biological Science	Darwin, sponges, and the animal evolution
November 22	Toyama Prefectural Toyama High School	Dr. Alena NEVIAROUSKAYA Toyohashi University of Technology, BELARUS	Informatics	Comprehensive Exploration of Attitudes in Text: Textual Attitude Retrieval and Analysis
November 26	Fukui Prefectural Koshi Senior High School	Dr. Jason W. M. LEE Kyoto University, SINGAPORE	Public Health	Public Health and Health Economics

<October>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
October 6	Tokushima Prefectural Jonan High School	Dr. Mathieu B. LEFEUVRE Okayama University, FRANCE	Dentistry	Investigation of TSG in 1p36 region in Oral SCC
October 6	Shizuoka Prefectural Nirayama High School	Dr. Prima R. TATUM Nagoya City University, U.S.A.	Pharmacy	A Journey through Chemical Research
October 8	Ｊunior High and Senior High School at Komaba (Tokyo)	Dr. Mathew KALLUMADIL Tokyo Institute of Technology, AUSTRIA	Applied Physics	Nanotechnology in Cancer Treatment
October 11	Ichikawa Gakuen Ichikawa Senior High School (Chiba)	Dr. Meryem BENOHOUD Tokyo University of Science, PORTUGAL	Applied Chemistry	Chemistry in our everyday life
October 12	Ichikawa Gakuen Ichikawa Senior High School (Chiba)	Dr. Radouane GANNOUJI Tokyo University of Science, MOROCCO	Physics	Some Aspects of Cosmology			-
		Dr. Christian PIGOT The University of Tokyo, FRANCE	Applied Chemistry	Introduction to the Microworld. The case of diamagnet levitation
October 14	Ichikawa Gakuen Ichikawa Senior High School (Chiba)	Dr. Alexandre M. FORT RIKEN, SWITZERLAND	Genome Science	Regulation of gene expression by non-coding RNAs
October 14	Gifu Prefectural Gizan Senior High School	Dr. Laila ALABIDI Kyoto University, UNITED KINGDOM	Physics	Discovering our ancient history: Cosmology and the Universe
October 17	Ichikawa Gakuen Ichikawa Senior High School (Chiba)	Dr. Eoin C.T. O'FARRELL The University of Tokyo, IRELAND	Physics	Introduction to Solid State Physics
		Dr. Noelia M. SANCHEZ BALLESTER National Institute for Materials Science, SPAIN	Applied Chemistry	My research story...
		Dr. Craig A. BARNETT Rikkyo University, NEW ZEALAND	Biological Science	How studying life, the universe, and everything can help you			-
October 18	Ichikawa Gakuen Ichikawa Senior High School (Chiba)	Dr. Sarah NAIMI RIKEN, FRANCE	Physics	From Nuclei to Stars
October 21	Niigata Municipal Bandai Senior High School (Niigata)	Dr. Yun-Guo LIU Fisheries Research Agency, CHINA	Fisheries Science	Conservation of Genetic Diversity of Shellfish
October 24	Shizuoka Kita High School (Shizuoka)	Dr. Md. Nazrul ISLAM Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, BANGLADESH	Forestry	Wood Preservation: An Alternative Technique for Forest
October 31	Fukui Prefectural Wakasa High School	Dr. Krishna BAHADUR KC Kyoto University, NEPAL	Area Studies	Natural resources and rural livelihood in developing countries

<September>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
September 6	Gunma Prefectural Takasaki Girls' High School	Dr. Mourad BENOUSSAAD The University of Tokyo, ALGERIA	Informatics	Musculoskeletal system in generation of human motion			-
		Dr. Anna M. BARRON The University of Tokyo, AUSTRALIA	Biological Science	Hormone-based therapies for Alzheimer's disease			-
		Dr. Rosen N. DIANKOV The University of Tokyo, U.S.A.	Informatics	Robotics Engineering			-
September 10	Fukui Prefectural Koshi Senior High School	Dr. Matthew A. ADDICOAT Nagoya University, AUSTRALIA	Basic Chemistry	Shape and Function of Molecules
September 13	Kumamoto Prefectural Daini High School	Dr. Michael BREEDON Kyushu University, AUSTRALIA	Materials Chemistry	An Introduction to Australia & Gas Sensor Technology
September 16	Nagano Prefecture Suwa Seiryo High School	Dr. Johannes SCHMUDE The University of Tokyo, GERMANY	Physics	Perturbation theory and elementary particle physics			-
September 17	Junior High and Senior High School at Komaba (Tokyo)	Dr. Christelle A. NOT The University of Tokyo, FRANCE	Environmental Science	Paleoclimate research			-
September 17	Mukogawa Women's University Junior & Senior High School (Hyogo)	Dr. Thomas M. CONRAD Nara Institute of Science and Technology, U.S.A.	Basic Biology	For Science! Opportunities and Explorations
September 23	Shizuoka Prefectural Numazu Higashi Senior High School	Dr. Laurent DEMONET Nagoya University, FRANCE	Mathematics	Coxeter frieze and cluster algebras			-
September 28	Tochigi Prefectural Utsunomiya Girls' High School	Dr. Paul D. NATION RIKEN, U.S.A.	Physics	Why Choose a Career in Science?			-
		Dr. Emanuel BLEI National Institute for Environmental Studies, GERMANY	Environmental Science	Plants and our atmosphere
		Dr. Guangai XUE RIKEN, CHINA	Basic Medicine	Studies on the host factors regulating HIV-1 replication in human dendritic cells
		Dr. Wooseok SEO RIKEN, CANADA	Basic Medicine	Studying Science in a foreign country
		Dr. Ping JIANG National Institute for Environmental Studies, CHINA	Environmental Science	Dream City--A Carbon Zero City in the Future

<August>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
August 22	Shizuoka Prefectural Hamamatsu Minami High School	Dr. Ooi-Kock TEH Kyoto University, MALAYSIA	Basic Biology	Seeing the cellular world through Green Fluorescent protein
August 25	Yamanashi Prefectural Yoshida Senior High School	Dr. Petronella H. VAN RIET National Institute of Infectious Diseases, NETHERLANDS	Basic Medicine	Improving influenza vaccines

<July>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
July 1	Akashi National College of Technology (Hyogo)	Dr. Luca STEFANINI Kyoto University, ITALY	Mathematics	Life in the world of research in the years of globalization
July 4	Ikeda High School (Kagoshima)	Dr. Shu-Ping HUANG Kyushu University, CHINA	Complex Chemistry	Magical carbon based nanomaterials
July 11	Fukui Prefectural Takefu High School	Dr. Jonathan K. H. TAN Kyoto University, AUSTRALIA	Medicine	Making artificial immune tissue			-
July 11	Shiga Prefectural Hikone Higashi High School	Dr. Yu-Lin CHUNG Kyoto University, TAIWAN	Engineering	Subduction Zone Earthquake versus Large-Scale Structure: The Influence of Coming Long-Period Ground Motion Hazard
July 12	Chiba Prefectural Kashiwa High School	Dr. Rekha G. SHRESTHA Tokyo University of Science, NEPAL	Complex Chemistry	Nepal: A Brief Introduction and My Research in Japan
July 15	Ibaraki Prefectural Namiki Secondary School/Namiki High School	Dr. Giuseppe LORUSSO RIKEN, ITALY	Physics	The origin of the chemical elements in the universe
July 25	Ritsumeikan Moriyama High School (Shiga)	Dr. Natthanon PHAIBOONSILPA Kyoto University, THAILAND	Agriculture	Bioethanol
July 27	Yamanashi Prefectural Kofu Higashi High School	Dr. Quang-Cuong PHAM The University of Tokyo, VIET NAM	Information Engineering	Motion planning in robotics: from research to applications

<June>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
June 4	Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro High School	Dr. Yaron R. SILBERBERG Kyoto University, SWEDEN	Molecular Biology	Nanotechnology in Biological Research
June 10	Gifu Prefectural Gizan Senior High School	Dr. Richard C. BARDOUX Kyoto University, FRANCE	Electric/Electronic Engineering	Light sources in our daily life
June 11	Junior High and Senior High School at Komaba (Tokyo)	Dr. Seunghoon HEO The University of Tokyo, KOREA	Politics	Facing Cultural and Ethnic Diversity: The Life of a Researcher in International Relations
June 11	Kyoto Prefectural Yamashiro High School	Dr. Jean-Michel FUSTIN Kyoto University, BELGIUM	Pharmaceutical Sciences	What is the Biological clock?
June 16	Kumamoto Prefectural Daini High School	Dr. Shirin FARZADFAR Saga University, IRAN	Agriculture	Plant Virology and Symptoms
June 18	Junior High and Senior High School at Komaba (Tokyo)	Dr. Mathew KALLUMADIL Tokyo Institute of Technology, AUSTRIA	Applied Physics	NANOTECHNOLOGY IN CANCER TREATMENT
June 22	Shizuoka Prefectural Iwata Minami High School	Dr. Matthew J. LAKE The University of Tokyo, UNITED KINGDOM	Physics	COSMIC STRINGS(..+LIFE IN THE UK)
		Dr. David OROZCO SUAREZ National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, SPAIN	Astronomy	The Sun A natural lavoratory
June 25	Junior High and Senior High School at Komaba (Tokyo)	Dr. Craig R. FERGUSON The University of Tokyo, U.S.A.	Civil Engineering	Hydrology from Space: Overview of a career in the physical sciences

<May>

Date	School	Lecturer	Area of Research	Title	Report from School	Report from Lecturer	Photo
May 9	Shizuoka Kita High School (Shizuoka)	Dr. Antonio DE FELICE Tokyo University of Science, ITALY	Physics	Introduction to Cosmology
May 20	Gifu Prefectural Gizan Senior High School	Dr. Surawut CHUANGCHOTE Kyoto University, THAILAND	Material Engineering	Various Kinds of Solar Cells
May 23	Fukui Prefectural Fujishima Senior High School	Dr. Adeline A. J. WALL Kyoto University, FRANCE	Basic Biology	Testate amoeba communities in lakes: water-sediment interface
May 25	Aichi Prefectural Atsuta High School	Dr. Carlos B. ZAVALAGA Nagoya University, PERU	Environmental Studies	An introduction to the world of biologging
May 27	Gifu Prefectural Gizan Senior High School	Dr. Daniel M. PACKWOOD Kyoto University, NEW ZEALAND	Basic Chemistry	Probability and Molecules