JSPS Alumni Association of the UK and RoI

Alumni Members Activities

21 Jun 2016 Thorium isotope evidence for melting of the mafic oceanic crust beneath the Izu arc

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Volume 186 1 August 2016, Pages 49–70, doi:10.1016/j.gca.2016.04.034

Paper resulting from research undertaken during a JSPS Short Term Pre/Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Posted by first author, Dr Heye Freymuth, University of Manchester

High energy conversion efficiency in laser-proton acceleration by controlling laser-energy deposition onto thin foil targets

CM Brenner, APL Robinson, K Markey, RHH Scott, RJ Gray, M Rosinski, O Deppert, J Badziak, D Batani, JR Davies, SM Hassan, KL Lancaster, K Li, IO Musgrave, PA Norreys, J Pasley, M Roth, HP Schlenvoigt, C Spindloe, M Tatarakis, T Winstone, J Wolowski, D Wyatt, P McKenna, D Neely, Applied Physics Letters 104 (2014)

Posted by Professor Peter Norreys, University of Oxford

Motor skill learning requires active central myelination

McKenzie, I. A., Ohayon, D., Li, H., de Faria, J. P., Emery, B., Tohyama, K., & Richardson, W. D. (2014). Science, 346 (6207), 318-322. doi:10.1126/science.1254960

Posted by Professor William Richardson, University College London

Causes and Consequences of Outer Core Stratification

Helffrich, G., Kaneshima, S. Causes and Consequences of Outer Core Stratification, Phys. Earth and Planet. Int., v. 223, 2-7, 2013.

Posted by Professor George Helffrich, University of Bristol

External stimulation-controllable heat-storage ceramics

Tokoro H., Yoshikiyo M., Imoto K., et al. Nature Communications, Volume: 6 , Article Number: 7037 , Published: 12 May 2015 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8037

Posted by Professor Kosmas Prassides, Durham University

Recent papers posted by Dr. Gary Preece (DEFRA)

Preece, G., Shaw, D., and Hayashi, H. (2015). Application of the Viable System Model to analyse communications structures: A case study of disaster response in Japan. European Journal of Operational Research, 243

Preece, G., Shaw, D., and Hayashi, H. (2013). Using the Viable System Model (VSM) to structure information processing complexity in disaster response. European Journal of Operational Research, 224(1), 209-218.

20 Jun 2016 Volcanism on Mars controlled by early oxidation of the upper mantle

Nature (2013) vol. 498, doi:10.1038 J. Tuff1, J.Wade1 & B. J.Wood

Posted by Dr. James Tuff, University of Oxford

10 Jun 2016 M12L24 Spheres with Endo and Exo Coordination Sites: Scaffolds for Non-Covalent

Kate Harris, Qing-Fu Sun, Sota Sato, and Makoto Fujita

J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 12497−12499

Paper resulting from research undertaken during a JSPS pre/postdoctoral fellowship 2012-2013.

Posted by Dr. Kate Harris

09 Jun 2016 Phase equilibria modelling of blueschist and eclogite from the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt of south-west Japan reveals along-strike consistency in tectonothermal architecture

Paper resulting from research undertaken during JSPS Fellowship in 2014:

Weller, O.M., Wallis, S.R., Aoya, M., and Nagaya, T. (2015b) Phase equilibria modelling of blueschist and eclogite from the Sanbagawa metamorphic belt of south-west Japan reveals along-strike consistency in tectonothermal architecture. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 33, 579–596

Posted by Dr. Owen Weller, University of Cambridge

RSL class I genes controlled the development of epidermal structures in the common ancestor of land plants

Curr. Biol. 2016; 26: 93–99

Paper resulting from research undertaken during a JSPS Fellowship in 2012.

Posted by First Author, Dr Helene Proust, University of Oxford