UK-JSPS Alumni Association

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01/02/2012 Fund Call

UK-JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship Call for Applications

Closing date for applications: 22nd February 2012

Visit start period: Between July 2012 to the end of March 2013

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UK-Japan Symposium at Cancer Research UK (9 February 2012)

Supported by the JSPS London Symposium Scheme

"Interdisciplinary Approaches for the Study of Senescence."

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UK-Japan Symposium at the University of Manchester (5-6 January 2012)

Supported by JSPS London

“Risky engagements: encounters between science, art and public health.”

07/10/2011 Report

Cardiff University Symposium (18 to 19 August 2011)
Supported by the JSPS London Symposium Scheme
"The Cornea and Tissue Engineering"

07/10/2011 Fund Call Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Short Term)
Applications to JSPS London Office
Fellowship Start Period: Between May 2012 to the end of March 2013
Closing Date: 1 December 2011 (now closed)
30/09/2011 Event Call Pre-departure Seminar and Alumni Evening on October 21st
(by invitation only)
27/09/2011 Event Call

Alumni Association Registration
Normal registration process through our alumni association webpage is now temporarily closed due to website reconstruction. Instead please fill out the word document here and e-mail to ujaa@jsps.org.

03/08/2011 Fund Call

JSPS London FURUSATO Awards Call for Applications

Closing date for applications: 1st September 2011

Visit start period: Between October 2011 to the end of February 2012 (now closed)

12/07/2011 Fund Call

Symposium Scheme for the UK-JSPS Alumni Association

Closing Date: Monday 31st October, 2011

Time Frame for Holding Symposium: Between June 2012 to the end of February 2013

23/06/2011 Event Call

Cardiff University Symposium (18 to 19 August 2011)

Supported by the JSPS London Symposium Scheme

"The Cornea and Tissue Engineering"

Full Programme     Registration

23/06/2011 Report Pre Departure Seminar and Alumni Evening (20 May 2011)
24/05/2011 Event Call

York University Symposium (27 to 29 June 2011)

Supported by the JSPS London Symposium Scheme

"Magnetic Materials and Spintronics"

Programme and Registration     Report

12/04/2011 Event Call

Pre departure Seminar and Alumni Evening (20 May 2011)

(programme)

31/03/2011 Fund Call

Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Short Term)

Applications to JSPS London office

Call for applications with fellowship start period: November 2011 to the end of March 2012

Closing date: 1 June 2011

27/01/2011 Fund Call

JSPS London FURUSATO Awards Call for Applications

Closing date for applications: 1st March 2011

Visit start period: Between May 2011 to March 2012 (now closed)

27/01/2011 Fund Call

UK-JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship Call for Applications

Closing date for applications: 1st March 2011

Visit start period: Between July 2011 to the end of March 2012 (now closed)

14/01/2011 Event Call

Loughborough University Symposium (23-25 February 2011)

Supported by the JSPS London Symposium Scheme

"Sports Engineering: Engineering the Future of Sport"

Full Programme          Public Lecture

24/11/2011 Event Call

University of Bath Symposium (31 January to 2 February 2011)

"Catalysis and Sensing for Health (CASH 2011)"

02/11/2010 Report

Pre Departure Seminar and Alumni Evening (20 October 2010)

28/10/2010 Fund Call

Symposium Scheme for the UK-JSPS Alumni Association

Closing Date: Monday 31st January 2011

Time Frame for Holding Symposium: Between May 2011 to February 2012 (now closed)

21/09/2010 Fund Call

Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Short Term)

Application to JSPS London office

Call for applications with fellowship start period: May 2011 to the end of March 2012

Closing date: 1 December 2010 (now closed)

08/09/2010 Event Call

Pre Departure Seminar and Alumni Evening ( 20 October 2010)

Programme

01/07/2010 Report Pre Departure Seminar and Alumni Evening (27 May 2010)
01/07/2010 Fund Call

JSPS London Furusato Awards Call for Applications
Closing date: 3rd September 2010
Visit Start Period: Between October 2010 to March 2011

(now closed)

14/06/2010 Fund Call

Symposium Scheme for the UK-JSPS Alumni Association
Closing Date: Friday 13th August 2010
Timeframe for Holding Symposium: Between Ocotber 2010 to February 2011

(now Closed)

10/05/2010 Event Call UK-JSPS Alumni Executive Committee and Regional Manager's meeting (10 May 2010)
19/04/2010 Event Call Pre Departure Seminar and Alumni Event ( 27 May 2010)        Invitation
19/03/2010 Fund Call Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers (Short Term)
Application to JSPS London Office
Call for applications with fellowship start period: November 2010 to the end of March 2011
Closing date: 1 June 2010 (now closed)
08/03/2010 Event Call UK-JSPS Alumni Awards: FURUSATO and BRIDGE comparison chart
08/03/2010 Fund Call JSPS London Furusato Awards Call for Applications
Closing Date: 6th April 2010
Visit Start Period: Between May 2010 to March 2011 (now closed)
08/03/2010 Fund Call

UK - JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship Call for Applications
Closing date for applications: 6th April 2010
Visit Start Period: Between August 2010 to March 2011

(now closed)

04/12/2009 Event Call Pre Departure Seminar and Alumni Event
21/10/2009 Event Call Pre Departure Seminar and Alumni Event(4th December 2009) Invitation   Programme
15/10/2009 Fund Call UK - JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship Call for Applications
Closing date for applications: 30th October 2009
Visit Start Period: Between 1st January 2010 to 31st March 2010 (now closed)

Alumni Members' Activities

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30/01/2012 Conference

Astrophysics Seminar in Hakone, Japan from 25 to 30 November 2012.

Title: " Progress in Physics of the Sun and Stars : a New Era in Helio and Asteroseismology."

By invitation only. An expresssion of interest to attend should be sent to Professor Hiromoto Shibahashi, Department of Astrophysics, University of Tokyo: shibahashi@astron.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp for consideration.

Posted by Professor Donald Kurtz, University of Central Lancashire
20/01/2012 Event Call

"Home and Family in Japan. Continuity and Transformation."

Japan Anthropology Workshop Series. Published 15th November 2010 by Routledge

Co-edited by Dr. Richard Ronald
20/01/2012 Paper

"Enhanced crystallization of GeTe from an Sb2 Te3 template."

Applied Physics Letters 100, 021911 (2012)

Co-written by Dr. Robert Simpson
20/01/2012 Paper

Publication resulting from research undertaken during a 2 year JSPS Standard Postdoctoral Fellowship

"Interfacial phase-change memory."

Nature Nanotechnology, published online: 3 July 2011, doi: 10.1038/NNANO.2011.96

First author Dr. Robert Simpson
20/01/2012 Paper

"Electrical-field induced giant magnetoresistivity in (non-magnetic) phase change films."

Applied Physics Letters 99, 152105 (2011)

Co-written by Dr. Robert Simpson
20/01/2012 Paper

"Modulation bandwidth of metal-clad semiconductor nanolasers with cavity-enhanced spontaneous emission."

Electronics Letters, Vol.46, No.25, 9th December 2010

By Professor Alan Shore, Bangor University
20/01/2012 Paper

"Modified long-range surface plasmon polariton modes for laser nanoresonators."

Journal of Applied Physics 110, 063106 (2011)

Co-written by Professor Alan Shore, Bangor University
20/01/2012 Paper

"The flow structure in the wake of a fractal fence and the absence of an "inertial regime."

Environmental Fluid Mechanics 

doi: 10.1007/s10652-011-9233-0

First Author Dr. Chris Keylock, University of Sheffield
20/01/2012 Presentation

Title of talk:

"Modelling global protein conformational response to interactions controlled through haptic feedback:  Towards an interactive docking tool for drug design."

 

Presented at:

A Chem-Bio Informatics Society of Japan organised workshop on "Protein Shape and Drug Design : Shaping out drug molecules through touching proteins with their 3D models and VR technology"

Date: 21 November 2011

Posted by Dr. Steven Hayward, University of East Anglia
20/01/2012 Article

Publication from research conducted during 2011 JSPS Summer Programme Award at Fukui University

"Hydrophilic-modified polyurethane nanofibre scaffolds for culture of hyperthermophiles."

Materials Letters (Accepted 27 December 2011- article in press)

By Mr. Peter Hughes, University of Central Lancashire
20/01/2012 Paper

"DNA Double-Strand Breaks Induced by Cavitational Mechanical Effects of Ultrasound in Cancer Cell Lines."

PLoS One 7(1) e29012 (2012)

Co-written by Dr. Paul Campbell, University of Dundee
20/01/2012 Paper

"Stuck in the mud? Earthquake nucleation and propagation through accretionary forearcs"

Geophysical Research Letters, Vol.38, L18303, 2011

First Author Dr. Daniel Faulkner, University of Liverpool
21/12/2011 Event Call

Publication from research conducted during 2007 JSPS Summer Programme Award

"Postcolonialism and Science Fiction"

London and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011

By Dr. Jessica Langer
12/08/2011 Project

Aston University has now signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with three Universities in Japan: Kanagawa University, Kansai University in

Osaka and Tottori University. The first postgraduate from Tottori University is to arrive at Aston University in August 2011. Japanese undergraduate students from Kansai University are already attending courses at Aston University.

Posted by Dr. Sotos Generalis, Aston University
22/07/2011 Project

"Transition in Ventilated Double Glazing"

Collaborative Project with Professor Kaoru Fujimura, Tottori University funded by the Distingushed Visiting Fellowship Scheme of the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering

Posted by Dr. Sotos Generalis, Aston University
21/07/2011 Conference

7th citizED International Conference on Citizenship Education, 12-14 May 2011, Emory University, Atlanta.

Attendees included Japanese collaborators: Norio Ikeno (Hiroshima University), Mitsuharu Mizuyama (Kyoto University of Education) Kazuya Taniguchi (Tohoku University), Yoriko Hashizaki (Kobe University), Hiromi Kawaguchi(Hiroshima University), Kazuhiro Kusahara (Hiroshima University).

Posted by Professor Ian Davies, University of York
21/07/2011 Event Call

*Forthcoming Book Review*

"Citizenship Education in Japan"

(Ikeno.N, 2011), British Journal of Educational Studies

Review by Professor Ian Davies, University of York
20/07/2011 Conference

1st Scottish - Japanese Symposium of Organic Chemistry

Friday 9th September, 2011. School of Chemistry, University of Glasgow

Posted by Dr. Joelle Prunet, University of Glasgow
20/07/2011 Paper

"Sex starved: do resource-limited males ensure fertilization success at the expense of precopulatory mating success?"

Animal Behaviour Vol. 81 Part Three. March 2011

First author Dr. Zenobia Lewis, University of Liverpool
14/07/2011 Article

A new proposal to reinforce the planked timber shear walls.

2011 Journal of Wood Science

Co-author Dr. Wen-Shao Chang, University of Bath
14/07/2011 Article

Exotic Vortex Matter: Pancake Vortex Molecules and Fractional-Flux Molecules in some Exotic and/or Two-component Superconductors

Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, 24 (5), 1-6 (2011)

Co-author Dr. Adrian Crisan, University of Birmingham
14/07/2011 Article

Topological structure of the interband phase difference soliton in two-band superconductivity

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, 470, 1010-1012 (2010)

Co-author Dr. Adrian Crisan, University of Birmingham
14/07/2011 Article

Topology of Two-Band Superconductors

Physica C: Superconductivity and its Applications, 470, (Suppl. 1), S966-S967 (2010)

Co-author Dr. Adrian Crisan, University of Birmingham

22/06/2011 Presentation

Participation supported by a JSPS London FURUSATO Award:

'Extended Emotions,' 

International Society for Research on Emotion Conference, Kyoto, 26-29th July 2011. 

By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
22/06/2011 Presentation

Participation supported by a JSPS London FURUSATO Award:

'Through the Mirror,'

Department of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Tokyo, 1 August 2011

By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
31/05/2011 Article

"Focused Ion Beam Scanning Electron Microscopy"

FREE Featured Article, Nature Protocols, June 2011

Co-written by Professor Andrew Quantock,

Cardiff University

12/05/2011 Presentation

‘Methodologies that Matter’

Bodies of Thought: Fleshy Subjects, Embodied Minds and Human Natures Conference, The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 9-10th June 2011

By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
12/05/2011 Presentation

‘Hybrid Humans: Renaissance Paradigms of Appropriation and Adaptation,’Colloquium on ‘Francis Bacon and the Materiality of the Appetites: Stoicism, Medicine and Politics,’

ERC Project on The Medicine of the Mind, The Warburg Institute, London, 17th-18th June 2011

By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
12/05/2011 Presentation

‘Mirroring Mentalities in Wither’s Emblems,’

Ninth International Conference for Emblem Studies, Centre for Emblem Studies, Glasgow University, 27th June-1st July 2011

By Dr. Miranda Anderson, University of Edinburgh
11/05/2011 Article

"Catalytic enantioselective formation of C-C bonds by addition to imines and hydrazones: A ten-year update"

Chemical Reviews Journal, 2011

Co authored by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
11/05/2011 Article

Perspective article published as a result of a Bridge re-invitation Fellowship:

"Nitrogen Cation- pi Interactions in Asymmetric Organocatalytic Synthesis"

Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry Journal, 2011

Co authored by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
11/05/2011 Paper

"A pyridinium cation-π interaction sensor for the fluorescent detection of alkyl halides."

Emerging Investigator Special Edition of Chemical Communications, 2011

Co authored by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham
10/05/2011 Event Call

"Shunga: Erotic Art in Japan."

Published: British Museum Press, 2010

By Dr. Rosina Buckland, National Museum of Scotland
21/03/2011 Conference

International Experts Working Group on Oral Cancer Prevention and Control, 15th February 2011

Information

By Professor Chitta Choudhury, Poole NHS Hospital, Bournemouth University
21/03/2011 Event Call

"What to do when Pre-Cancer or Cancer is Suspected in your Mouth Cavity."

Published February 2011 in Nitte University Press, India

Information

By Professor Chitta Choudhury, Poole NHS Hospital, Bournemouth University
28/02/2011 Project

"Using Next Generation Computers and Algorithms for Modelling the Dynamics of Large Biomolecular Systems"

3 year project funded by G8 to start June 2011 and includes groups from Aston University, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science and Osaka University.

Posted by Dr. Dmitry Nerukh, Aston University

10/02/2011 Article

"Involving Interface": an Extended Mind Theoretical Approach to Roboethics.."

Accountability in Research November 2010

First Author Dr. Miranda Anderson,

University of Edinburgh

07/02/2011 Event Call

"Dynamics of Polymers," chapter IV. 3 in the book entitled "Neutrons in Soft Matter."

Wiley-Blackwell 2011

Contribution to chapter by Dr. Barbara Gabrys, University of Oxford
04/02/2011 Paper

"Identity and the Good Death in the Narratives of Bereaved Japanese People. Grief Matters."

Australian Journal of Grief and Bereavement 13(3) pp. 82-86

By Dr. Christine Valentine, University of Bath
04/02/2011 Paper

"The Role of Ancestral Tradition in Bereavement in Contemporary Japanese Society."

Mortality 15(4) pp. 275-294

By Dr. Christine Valentine, University of Bath
04/02/2011 Article

"Arirang Tokkotai-Kioku no Sensho wo Joei Suru" (Arirang Kamikaze- Screening the Memory Wars), Naoko Shinogi (trans.)

Nihon Eiga wa Ikiteiru (Japanese Cinema is Alive) vol.4 Sukuriin no Naka no Tasha (The Other on Screen), Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten, 2010

By Mr. Oliver Dew, Birkbeck College, University of London
04/02/2011 Article

Interview with Avi Mograbi, "What is a Filmaker's Role as a Moral Person, as a Political Person, as a Human Being, When he Encounters Such a Story?"

Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival  Daily News (2009)

By Mr. Oliver Dew, Birkbeck College, University of London
04/02/2011 Paper

Research Resulting from a JSPS Short Term Award:

"Large-scale Comparative Phosphoproteomics Identifies Conserved Phosphorylation Sites in Plants."

Plant Physiology, 2010

Co-written by Dr. Arsalan Daudi, Royal Holloway, University of London
04/02/2011 Paper

"The Impact of Community-Based Outreach Immunization Services on Immunization Coverage with GIS Network Accessibility Analysis in Peri-Urban Areas, Zambia." (in press)

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. DOI: 10.1136/jech.2009.104190

Co-written by Dr. Alexis Comber, University of Leicester
04/02/2011 Paper

"A modified Grouping Genetic Algorithm to Select Ambulance Site Locations." (in press)

International Journal of Geographical Information Science  DOI: 10.1080/13658816.2010.501334

First Author Dr. Alexis Comber, University of Leicester
04/02/2011 Paper

"Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimise Current and Future Health Planning- The Example of Ambulance Locations." (2010)

International Journal of Health Geographics, 9:4. DOI: 10.1186/1476-072X-9-4

Co-written by Dr. Alexis Comber, University of Leicester
04/02/2011 Presentation

"Hunter Manuscripts of Glasgow University Library with Special Reference to the "Polychronicon" and "Romaunt of the Rose."

Lectures at Kyoto, Senshu and Setsunan Universities throughout January 2011.

By Professor Graham Caie, University of Glasgow 
04/02/2011 Presentation

"Urban River Landscapes and Cultural Landscapes of Europe."

Meiji University, Tokyo, 20-25 January 2011

By Professor Eckart Lange,

University of Sheffield 

04/02/2011 Article

"Japan and the Changing Global Balance of Power: the View from the Summit"

Politics, Vol.30, No.3, 2010, pp.33-42

By Professor Hugo Dobson, 

University of Sheffield

04/02/2011 Event Call

"Diplomacy on the Boundaries: the G8, International Society and Japan's Instrumentalization of Liminality" in the book entitled "Decoding Boundaries in Postwar Japan: The Koizumi Administration and Beyond."

London: Routledge, 2010

Contribution to chapter by Professor Hugo Dobson, University of Sheffield  
16/12/2010 Paper

"Characterisation of the Hairpin Vortex Solution in Plane Couette Flow."

Phys. Rev. E82 DOI: 066308 (2010)

Co-written by Sotos Generalis,

Aston University

01/12/2010 Paper

Research resulting from a JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship:

"Boronic acid building blocks: tools for sensing and separation"

Chemical Communications

DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02920c

Co-written by Dr. Tony James, University of Bath and Dr. John S. Fossey,
University of Birmingham

01/12/2010 Paper

Research resulting from a JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship:

"Boronic acid building blocks: tools for self assembly"

Chemical Communications
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc02921a

Co-written by Dr. Tony James, University of Bath and Dr. John S. Fossey,
University of Birmingham

25/11/2010 Paper

Research resulting from a JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship:

"Atomic Scale Analysis of Ultra Thin SiO2 Films Prepared on TiO2 (100) Surfaces."

Journal of Physical Chemistry C114 (2010) 20189, DOI: 10.1021/jp108380r.

Co-written by Dr. Chi Lun Pang,

University of Liverpool

14/10/2010 Paper

"A Hybrid Heterojunction based on Fullerenes and Surfactant-free, Self-assembled, Closely Packed Silicon Nanocrystals"

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics 43 (2010)

DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/43/41/415402

Co-written by Dr, Davide Mariotti,

University of Ulster

13/10/2010 Presentation

A series of presentations made with Drs. Y. Awaji and N. Wada of the National Institute of Communication and Information Technology (NICT), Tokyo:

"Investigating the Performance and Limits of a Burst-mode EDFA in Optical Packet and Burst-switched Networks."

Japan Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE) Technical Report Akita, Japan, June 2010.

"Gain-Transient Accumulation Across EDFA Cascades in Optical Packet-Switched Networks."

Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference 2010 (OECC2010) Sapporo, Japan, July 2010

"Investigating the Limits of Optical Packet Transmission through Cascaded Transient-Suppressed EDFAs without Regeneration or Active Gain Control."

Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2010, San Diego, USA, March 2010

"Performance of an Advanced Transient Suppressed EDFA in Diverse Dynamic Optical Network Scenarios."

European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) 2009, Vienna, Austria, 20-24 September 2009

"Supplementary Transient Suppression in a Burst-mode EDFA using Optical Feedback."

Opto-Electronics and Communications Conference (OECC), Hong Kong, China, 13-17 July 2009

By Dr. Ben Puttnam,

NICT, Tokyo

12/10/2010 Event Call

"Progress in Analysis and its Applications, Proceedings of the 7th International ISAAC Congress, Imperial College London, UK, 13-18 July 2009."

World Scientific, 2010. 668pp. ISBN:978-981-4313-16-2, 978-981-4313-16-5

Co-edited by Professor Michael Ruzhansky,

Imperial College London

08/10/2010 Paper

Research collaboration supported by a JSPS Invitation Fellowship and JSPS London Furusato Award.

"Effect of End Constraints on Protein Loop Kinematics."

Biophysical Journal, 98(9), 1976-1985, 2010

Co-written by Dr. Steven Hayward,

University of East Anglia

08/10/2010 Presentation

"DynDom3D: A Method for the Analysis of Domain Movements in Large Biomolecular Complexes"

International Symposium on Multiscale Dynamics of Protein Complex Formation and Function, Tokyo University, July 14-16, 2009

By Dr. Steven Hayward,

University of East Anglia

08/10/2010

Paper

"Geometric Frustration in Small Colloidal Clusters"

Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter Vol. 21 No. 42. DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/42/425103

Co-written by Mr. Alex Malins and Dr. Christopher Royall,

University of Bristol 

08/10/2010 Paper

"The Effect of Inter-cluster Interactions on the Structure of Colloidal Clusters"

Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids

DOI: 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2010.08.021

Co-written by Mr. Alex Malins and Dr. Christopher Royall,

University of Bristol 

07/10/2010 Paper

Research supported by a JSPS Invitation Fellowship:

"Damselfly Females Prefer Hot Males: Higher Courtship Success in Males in Sunspots."

Behav. Ecol. Sociobiol DOI: 10.1007/s00265-010-0968-2

Media Coverage

Co-written by Professor Michael Siva-Jothy,

University of Sheffield

07/10/2010 Paper

"Structural and Dynamical Features of Multiple Metastable Glassy States in a Collodial System with Competing Interactions."

Phys.Rev.Lett 104 165702 (2010) arXiv:1002.1502 (2010)

Co-written by Dr. Christopher Royall,

University of Bristol

07/10/2010 Event Winner of 2010 Daiwa Adrian Prize for work on phase spaces analysis of partial differential equations. The co-scientific lead from Japan is Professor Mitsuru Sugimoto, Nagoya University

By Professor Michael Ruzhansky,

Imperial College London

07/10/2010 Event Call

"Dispersive and Strichartz Estimates for Hyperbolic Equations with Constant Coefficients"

MSJ Memoirs, 22, Mathematical Society of Japan, Tokyo, 2010

By Professor Michael Ruzhansky,

Imperial College London

13/09/2010 Conference

4th UK-Japan Workshop on High Energy Density Science

Date: 08/01/2011

Location: UKATC, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

Posted by

Professor Peter Norreys,

Central Laser Facility, STFC

13/09/2010 Conference

2nd UK-Japan Winter School in High Energy Density Science

Dates: 05/01/2011 to 07/01/2011

Location: UKATC, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh

Posted by

Professor Peter Norreys,

Central Laser Facility, STFC

09/08/2010

Paper

Research supported by a JSPS London Furusato Award.

"The variation in transparency of amniotic membrane used in ocular surface regeneration."

Br J Ophthalmol 2010 94: 1057-1061 doi: 10.1136/bjo.2008.153064

Editorial     Paper

By Dr. Che Connon, University of Reading
22/06/2010 Paper

Research resulting from a JSPS Short Term Award.

“ Reinterpreting silence in the second language classroom.”

Paper presented to the American Association for Applied Linguistics (AAAL) Annual Conference, March 6-9, The Sheraton Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia.

By Mr. Jim King, University of Nottingham.
22/06/2010 Paper

Citizen participation in the conservation and use of rural landscapes in Britain - the Alport Valley case study. Special Issue of the Springer Journal: Landscape and Ecological Engineering doi:10.1007/s11355-010-0115-2.

See the article on SpringerLink

The special issue is called "Local natural and cultural characteristics as the cornerstone of the future of rural landscapes -a comparative case study of cultural landscapes in Britain and Japan" and is edited by Prof. Katsue Fukamachi from Kyoto University.

The paper is an outcome of the research stay of Professor Lange as Visiting Professor at the University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, Department of Natural Environment Studies with Professor Makoto Yokohari.

Posted by Co-author Professor Eckart Lange, University of Sheffield.
18/06/2010 Conference

**Forthcoming**

62nd Annual Meeting of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), 11-16 September 2011, Niigata, Japan.

For more information

Posted by Professor Rob Hillman, University of Leicester and President of ISE.
18/06/2010 Presentation

(Congress Poster Presentations)

"Sub-micrometer Resolution Transverse Electron Beam Size Measurement System based on Optical Transition Radiation", in Proceedings of International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC'10, May 23 - 28, Kyoto, Japan, 2010, MOPEA052

"A Compact Soft X-ray Source based on Thomson Scattering of Coherent Diffraction Radiation", in Proceedings of International Particle Accelerator Conference, IPAC'10, May 23 - 28, Kyoto, Japan, 2010, MOPEA053

Co presented by Dr. Pavel Karataev, Royal Holloway, University of London.
18/06/2010 Presentation

**Forthcoming**

"Hybrid silicon-carbon nanostructures for photovoltaic applications" at EM-NANO 2010 (3rd International Symposium on Organic and Inorganic Electronic Materials and Related Nanotechnologies, Toyama, Japan, 22-25 June 2010).

Dr. Mariotti Link

By Dr. Davide Mariotti, University of Ulster
17/06/2010 Presentation

‘Citizenship education in Japan,” Conference on civic engagement at the University of York on 18 June 2010. The conference was hosted by the Department of Educational Studies, University of York with the support of the Society for Educational Studies.

By Professor Ian Davies, University of York
17/06/2010 Presentation

2 papers were presented at “The International Symposium on Speed-up, Safety and Service Technology for Railway and Maglev Systems”, June 16-19, 2009, Niigata, Japan.

The papers have now been published in the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers:

Vasi__, G, Franklin, FJ, Fletcher, DI and Kapoor, A, Effect of traffic on crack initiation in rails, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Mechanical Systems for Transportation and Logistics, Vol. 3 (2010) pp.100-109

Hyde, P and Fletcher, DI, Planning rail grinding using crack growth predictions, Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, Journal of Mechanical Systems for Transportation and Logistics, Vol. 3 (2010) pp.216-225.

For more information please visit the group’s website at Sheffield University: www.merail.co.uk

By Dr. David Fletcher, University of Sheffield
17/06/2010 Presentation

Research continued on a project on Service Sector Innovation on a recent visit to Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration (RIEB), Kobe University. Seminars were presented and visits to companies made as part of the project.

By Professor Emeritus John Dawson FRSE, Universities of Edinburgh and Stirling
17/06/2010 Article

The role of the ancestral tradition in bereavement in contemporary Japanese society. Mortality, 15 (4).

By Dr Christine Valentine, University of Bath
15/06/2010 Event

Presentation of details relating to joint UK-Japan research work at the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation’s 25th Anniversary celebrations, Embassy of Japan

By Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham and Dr. Tony James, University of Bath
15/06/2010 Paper

JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship recipient publishes joint UK-Japan paper with Professor Yamada of Ochanomizu University in a Royal Society of Chemistry Journal, Chemical Communications

By Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham and co-author Dr. Tony James, University of Bath
23/04/2010 Event Call

Preview

"Handbook of Oral Cancer and Education- a Tested Guideline Protocol."

By Professor Choudhury, Bournemouth University
21/04/2010 paper

"Synthesis of a Highly Hydrophobic Cationic Lipid and its Structural and Thermodynamic Studies for Interaction with DNA."

Published by Professor Sakurai (Kitakyushu University) in the Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Japan.

Co authored by Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham, Dr. Tony James, University of Bath and contributions from Ms. Magdalena Powell and Mr. Andrew Kelly, University of Bath
21/04/2010 Event Call The following invited lectures were given as part of a JSPS Re-Invitation Fellowship:

[8] Kyushu University, Fukuoka (Japan) 20-04-2010

[7] University of Kitakyushu, Kitakyushu (Japan)

19-04-2010

[6] University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka (Japan)

16-04-2010

[5] Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo (Japan)

14-04-2010

[4] Kyoto University, Kyoto (Japan) 09-04-2010

[3] Ochanomizu University, Tokyo (Japan) 08-04-2010

[2] Tokyo University, Tokyo (Japan) 05-04-2010

[1] Osaka University, Osaka (Japan) 31-03-2010

By Dr. John Fossey, University of Birmingham 
20/04/2010 Event Call "Japan-UK Relations Strengthened Through Royal Society Grant." Posted by Dr. Tony James, University of Bath
06/04/2010 Event Call

Presentation Title: "Spectroscopy in Tandem with Microscopy on Rutile TiO2."

1st April 2010 at the Catalysis Research Center (CRC), Hokkaido University as part of the JSPS sponsored Fritz-Haber-Institut (Berlin)- CRC Joint International Symposium entitled "Surface Science and Catalysis for a Sustainable Society."

By Dr. Chi Lun Pang, University College London
06/04/2010 Event Call

The following presentations were conducted as part of a JSPS BRIDGE Fellowship:

1. Seminar title: "The Spectroscopic Signature of Oxygen Vacancies on TiO2."

4th March 2010 at the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba

2. Seminar title: "Photoemission of defects on TiO2 (110) Under Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Control"

26th February 2010 at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Wako), RIKEN

3. Seminar title: "Characterisation of Defects on Oxide Surfaces: TiO2 (110) and thin film CeO2 (111)."

1st February 2010 at the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University

4. Poster Presentation: "Self -assembled Metallic Nanowires on a Dielectric Support: Pd on TiO2 (110)",

13th January 2010 at the 7th International Workshop on Oxide Surfaces (Echigo-Yuzawa)

By Dr. Chi Lun Pang, University College London