Microbial Systems biology lab

December 8, 2025

MSB lab students Ryunosuke and Mitsuki presented their latest research results at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan, held at Pacifico Yokahama, December 3–5.

https://www.aeplan.jp/mbsj2025/en-index.html

August 7, 2025

Today was Kyoto University's annual open campus. Two groups of High School students visited our lab. On that occasion, Jimmy Han, Mitsuki Suzuki, Yifan Zhao and Ryunosuke Sakai collaborated to design a new logo for our lab, which was printed using a 3D printer. They then presented them to the students who came to visit as a commemorative gift. It is a very nice design!

8月７日はオープンキャンパスがありました。その際、当ラボの生徒であるJimmy Han, 鈴木光樹、Yifan Zhao と酒井隆之介が協力して、当ラボのイメージシンボルをデザインし、３Dプリンターを使って印刷していた。そして、見学に来た生徒達に記念にプレゼントした。とてもいいデザインだ！

December 1

R. Sakai and M. Robert presented their latest research results in Fukuoka, Japan at the 47th annual meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan held November 27-29. This included a symposium on microbial multicellularity to co-organized by MR. 

https://pub.confit.atlas.jp/en/event/mbsj2024/session/2R801-08

https://www.aeplan.jp/mbsj2024/en-index.html

November 26

The MSB laboratory had the pleasure of hosting Dr. Authur Prindle from Northwestern University on November 25-26. He gave a seminar on "Emergent Metabolic Dynamics in Microbial Communities". He also joined our symposium microbial multicellularity as invited speaker at the 47th annual meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan held November 27-29 in Fukuoka, Japan.

https://pub.confit.atlas.jp/en/event/mbsj2024/session/2R801-08

https://www.aeplan.jp/mbsj2024/en-index.html

October 1

This month we welcome a new member, Jiming Han, a graduate of Wenzhou Medical University. He's joining the MSB lab as a research student first and hopes to enter the M.Sc. program next year. Welcome aboard Jimi!

September 2

Martin Robert was in Asamushi, Aomori (August 26-31) for the annual ILAS seminar course on marine biology.

https://sites.google.com/kyoto-u.ac.jp/ebmbp24

A total of 11 students from Tohoku University, University of Tsukuba, and Kyoto University participated in this interactive and unique science experience in beautiful Asamushi.

August 24, 2024

Congratulations to Ryonosuke (D3) who won one of the Oral Presentation Awards at the 2024 Gram-positive bacterial genome function meeting held in Nagano, August 23-24. His multi-mode biofilm imaging system is gaining attention! 

http://ribosome4277.mars.bindcloud.jp/gp2024nagano/

August 2, 2024

Congratulations to Tayida who won Best Poster Presentation Award at the Amgen Scholars Asia Symposium 2024 held at the University of Tokyo, August 1-2

https://amgenscholars.com/asia-program/

July 31

This week we say goodbye to Tayida who is returning to Thailand to continue her studies after seven weeks at the MSB lab (Amgen Scholars program). She was a real shooting star, achieving so much in only 7 weeks! Thank you for choosing MSB and our very best wishes!

https://amgenscholars.com/asia-program/