The JASTIP WP3 workshop was held in Bogor, Indonesia, with presentations and opinions exchanged on the sustainable use of biodiversity in the future, with the themes of biological diversity, genetic resources, and innovative biotechnology. Professor Kenji Umemura and Mr. Shunsuke Sakai (D2) from our laboratory participated and gave lectures and research presentations. Click here for […]

Presentation for doctoral thesis by Rahma Nur Komariah (Sumatera Institute of Technology faculty member/Indonesia), who was a doctoral student in our laboratory until March 2021, was held at Kyoto University Yoshida Campus on November 15th. Presenter：RAHMA NUR KOMARIAHThesis title：Development of Particleboard Made from Inner Part of Oil Palm Trunk Utilizing the Chemical Components of Raw […]

Associate Professor Miyuki Matsuo went on a business trip to France for about a month from August 28th. She gave a report to her laboratory members at the seminar on October 25th. She has been involved in joint research on tree mechanics and changes over time, mainly at the Pascal Institute of the French National […]

Dr. POPESCU Carmen-Mihaela (Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry/Romania) visited Japan for the JSPS program in 2023 and stay for about two months as a joint researcher in our laboratory. She plans to research with Associate Professor Miyuki Matsuo on “Depth profiling of naturally aged wood from surface to inside”.

Assistant Professor Chen Shuya presented a paper on the results of joint research. “Potential of machine learning approaches for predicting mechanical properties of spruce wood in the transverse direction” Click here for the paper (move to the Springer Open site)

Dr. Chen’s introductory video (YouTube) has been released on the website of Kyoto University Research Institute for Humanosphere. There is also an erhu performance!Click here for an introduction video of Dr. Shuoye Chen ↓ ・Full ver.　 ・Short ver. ※only in Japanese

Mr. BOURCHANIN Matteo (University of Montpellier/France) visited Japan for the JSPS summer program in 2023 and stay for about two months as a joint researcher in our laboratory. He plans to research with Associate Professor Miyuki Matsuo on aging of wood.

At the 61st Annual Meeting of the Adhesion Society of Japan, held at Tokyo Tama Mirai Messe on June 22nd and 23rd, Lu JIANSHU (M2) of our laboratory gave a poster presentation.“Study on Wood Adhesion using Glycerol: Effects of Glycerol Content and Hot-press Temperature on Physical Properties of Wood-based Molding”/Lu JIANSHU, Tomofumi UMESHITA, Shunsuke SAKAI, […]