Yuqian Chen's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

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【Conference】Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, Kyomaru Kikuchi, Keisuke Suzaki, Shizuku Yamazaki, and Mirei Sawa gave oral and poster presentations at At the 2026 International Conference on Polyimides (Guangzhou, China). Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, and Keisuke Suzaki received the Best Oral Presentation Award, while Kyomaru Kikuchi, Shizuku Yamazaki, and Mirei Sawa received the Best Poster Award. Congratulations to all of the award winners!

【Conference】Ryota Uehara, Kentaro Sone, and Yuka Azuma gave oral presentations at ICPST-43 in Himeji. Ryota Uehara and Natsuko Sashi received the Best Paper Award. Congratulations!

【Conference】Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, Koki Matsuo, Tatsuya Kurokawa, and Yuki Chiba gave oral presentations at the 74th SPSJ Annual Meeting (online). Tatsuya Kurokawa and Yuki Chiba received the SPSJ Annual Meeting On-Demand Presentation Award. Congratulations!

Chun-hao Ko, Ryugo Ishii, Yota Minami, Zhiyuan Zhuo, Shih-Ting Kao, Shota Uchiki, Nano Sugizaki, Yuta Hamamoto, and Makoto Yoshida have joined our laboratory. We look forward to working with them.

Rika Marui graduated from the Ph.D. program. Shoya Igarashi, Moe Onoda, Youngwon Kong, Haruka Samizo, Kentaro Sone, Taisei Sakurai, and Natsuko Sashi graduated from the Master's program. Misaki Kita, Tatsuya Kurokawa, Mirei Sawa, and Yuki Chiba graduated from the Bachelor's program. Congratulations!

Misaki Kita, Tatsuya Kurokawa, Mirei Sawa, and Yuki Chiba presented their graduation theses.

Kentaro Sone and Natsuko Sashi received the Best Master's Thesis Presentation Award, and Youngwon Kong received the Excellent Master's Thesis Presentation Award. Congratulations!

Shoya Igarashi, Moe Onoda, Youngwon Kong, Haruka Samizo, Kentaro Sone, Taisei Sakurai, and Natsuko Sashi presented their master's theses.

Rika Marui's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

We held a welcome party for Dr. Takahashi and Mr. Jin. Welcome to our laboratory!

【Conference】Dr. Riku Takahashi, Rika Marui, and Ryota Uehara presented posters at the 35th MRS-J Annual Meeting in Fukuoka.

【Conference】Jiawei Hu, Takeki Sasaki, Keisuke Suzaki, and Mirei Sawa presented posters at the 16th New Electrode Catalyst Symposium in Mishima. Mirei Sawa received the Poster Award. Congratulations!

【Conference】Dr. Riku Takahashi and Rika Marui presented posters at the 33rd Japan Polyimide and Aromatic Polymer Conference in Chiba.

【Conference】Ryota Uehara and Natsuko Sashi presented posters at the 15th CSJ Chemistry Festa in Funabori.

【Conference】Youngwon Kong gave an oral presentation, and Keisuke Suzaki presented a poster at the 7th ISPM at Science Tokyo.

【Conference】Yuqian Chen, Jiawei Hu, and Youngwon Kong gave oral presentations, and Naoki Shinyoshi and Yushan Tao presented posters at the 248th ECS Meeting in Chicago.

Zefeng Jin has joined our laboratory. We look forward to working with him.

Dr. Riku Takahashi has been appointed as an assistant professor in our laboratory. Welcome!

Riku Takahashi graduated from the Ph.D. program. Yushan Tao and Hsi-Chih Wang graduated from the Master's program. Haku Saito graduated from the Bachelor's program. Congratulations!

【Conference】Jiawei Hu, Yushan Tao, Shoya Igarashi, Youngwon Kong, Takeki Sasaki, and Keisuke Suzaki gave oral presentations at the Catalysis Society of Japan Meeting in Sendai.

【Conference】Riku Takahashi, Rika Marui, Hsi-Chih Wang, Natsuko Sashi, Haruka Samizo, and Kentaro Sone gave oral presentations, and Moe Onoda, Taisei Sakurai, and Haku Saito presented posters at the 74th Symposium on Macromolecules in Osaka.

We held a farewell party for Dr. Takahashi. Thank you very much for everything!

We went on a laboratory trip! We had a wonderful time.

【Conference】Natsuko Sashi, Haruka Samizo, and Yuka Azuma presented posters at TJBPS 2025 in Taiwan. Natsuko Sashi received the Gold Prize, and Yuka Azuma received the Honorable Prize. Congratulations!

Haku Saito presented his graduation thesis.

Yushan Tao and Hsi-Chih Wang presented their master's theses.

Riku Takahashi's doctoral thesis presentation was held.

【Conference】Moe Onoda, Yuka Azuma, Kyomaru Kikuchi, and Keisuke Suzaki gave oral and poster presentations at the 2025 International Polyimide Conference in Shanghai, China. Yuka Azuma received an Oral Presentation Award, and Moe Onoda, Yuka Azuma, and Keisuke Suzaki received Poster Awards. Congratulations!

【Conference】Riku Takahashi, Rika Marui, Yuqian Chen, Ryota Uehara, Youngwon Kong, Natsuko Sashi, and Kentaro Sone gave oral presentations, and Shoya Igarashi presented a poster at the 19th PPC in Kitakyushu.

【Conference】Yuqian Chen, Ryota Uehara, Hsi-Chih Wang, Natsuko Sashi, Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, Takahisa Hiramatsu, and Koki Matsuo gave oral presentations at ICPST-42 in Himeji.

【Conference】Yushan Tao and Takeki Sasaki presented posters at the 32nd Fuel Cell Symposium in Funabori. Takeki Sasaki received the Poster Award. Congratulations!

【Conference】Jiawei Hu gave an oral presentation at 20JKSC in Yonago.

【Conference】Riku Takahashi, Rika Marui, Yuqian Chen, Ryota Uehara, Hsi-Chih Wang, Natsuko Sashi, Kentaro Sone, Yuka Azuma, Takahisa Hiramatsu, and Koki Matsuo gave oral presentations at the 73rd SPSJ Annual Meeting held online.

Dr. Hatakeyama's paper was selected for the Best Paper Award 2024. Congratulations!

Kento Aoshima, Misaki Kita, Tatsuya Kurokawa, Mirei Sawa, Naoki Shinyoshi, Yuki Chiba, Toru Miyata, and Shizuku Yamazaki have joined our laboratory. We look forward to working with them.