Prof. Hsiang-Lin Liu and his students from National Taiwan Normal University
Prof. Hsiag-Lin Liu and his students visited our group. We introduced our research and facilities to them. We enjoyed scientific discussion and exchange.

Professor Emetirus Satoshi Kawata was selected as a Person of Cultural Merit
Professor Emeritus Satoshi Kawata has been selected as a Person of Cultural Merit for the year 2024. Congratulations on this esteemed recognition. We extend our heartfelt congratulations.

Syusuke Egoshi and Hidenori Koresawa joined our group as a postdoctoral scientist
Dr. Syusuke Egoshi and Hidenori Koresawa joined our group as a postdoctoral scientist from Oct. 2024.

Syusuke Egoshi and Hidenori Koresawa joined our group as a postdoctoral scientist
Dr. Syusuke Egoshi and Hidenori Koresawa joined our group as a postdoctoral scientist from Oct. 2024.

Yang Sing Leong joined our group as a postdoctoral scientist
Dr. Yang Sing Leong joined our group as a postdoctoral scientist from Sep 2024.

Dr. Anna Nowakowska from Jagiellonian University
Dr. Anna Nowakowska has stayed with us for research collaboration on live cell Raman imaging from 26th, May to 29th, June 2024.

Toshiki Kubo received the presentation award in The Annual Meeting 2024 of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan
Toshiki Kubo received the presentation award in The Annual Meeting 2024 of the Spectroscopical Society of Japan. For more information about this news, please visit the official website.

Personnel Change (April, 2024)

New members
Yusuke Shiozaki (Ph.D student)	Chiho Kawakami (Graduate student)
Yuki Maeda (Undergraduate)	Naruto Fukushima (Undergraduate)
Yoshino Tanabe (Undergraduate)	Kokou Okabe (Undergraduate)
Zhou Xing (Research student)

Fanchun Bin from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS, China)
Fanchun Bin from UCAS joined our lab as an exchange student from 21 Mar 2024.

Dr. William Tipping from Strathclyde
Dr. William Tipping from Strathclyde stayed with us for collaboration research from 18-29 Mar 2024.

Tomoaki Okumura and Taiki Inoue received the 2024 Dean's award
Tomoaki Okumura and Taiki Inoue who are members of Optica/SPIE student chapter received the 2024 Dean's Award from the Graduate School of Engineering for their work in organizing an optical science shool for kids. For more information about student chapter, please visit the official website.

Prof.Martin Booth and Dr. Jingyu Wang from Oxford
Prof.Martin Booth and Dr. Jingyu Wang from Oxford stayed with us for collaboration research on 26 Feb-1 Mar 2024.

"High-speed molecular imaging", an article on high-speed Raman imaging technique, is published in Imaging&Microscopy.
An article on high-speed Raman imaging technique developed by Fujita lab. has been published in Imaging&Microscopy. This article will be distributed at the international confreence FOM2024. You can read the article online at the following link: CLICK HERE

A group of seven femele junior high school students who participated in "第18回関西科学塾" conducted experiments using Raman microscpy.
A group of seven femele junior high school students who participated in "第18回関西科学塾" engaged in experiments involvng substance analysis and living cell imaging using Raman microscopy develped by Fujita Lab. More deteils can be found at the following link: CLICK HERE

Kosuke Tsuji won the best student presentation award
Kosuke Tsuji won the best student presentation award in the 61st Annual Meeting of the Biophysical Society of Japan. The presentation title is "Raman and super-resolution fluorescence imaging of cryo-fixed cells".

Kenta Mizushima won the best poster presentation award
Kenta Mizushima won the best poster presentation award in the 21st Annual Meeting of the Japan Association of Medical spectroscopy. The presentation title is "High resolution and high sensitivity Raman imaging of cryofixed biological specimens".

Shimai Atsuko joined our group as a technician
Shimai Atsuko joined our group as a technician from Oct 2023.

Tomoko Yamashita joined our group as a technician
Tomoko Yamashita joined our group as a technician from Oct 2023.

Prof. Martin Booth from Oxford
Prof. Martin Booth from Oxford has stayed with us for collaboration research on 8 Sept 2023.

Shoma Isa from Kobe City college of Technology
Shoma Isa from Kobe City college of Technology has stayed with us for internship on 4-15 Sept 2023.

Dr. Menglu Li moved to Shenzhen Medical Academy of Rsearch and Translation (SMART)
Dr. Menglu Li moved to Shenzhen Medical Academy of Rsearch and Translation (SMART) from Sept 2023.

Dr. Yuning Hong and Siyang Ding from La Trobe university
Dr. Yuning Hong and Siyang Ding have stayed with us for collaboration research on 19-20 July 2023.

Yasuaki Kumamoto was promoted to an associate professor
On June 1st 2023, Yasuaki Kumamoto was promoted to an associate professor of Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives, Osaka University. He will continue workign with us as a faculty fo Department of Applied Physics.

Dr. Anna Nowakowska from Jagiellonian University
Dr. Anna Nowakowska has stayed with us for research collaboration on live cell Raman imaging on 8-12 May 2023.

Dr. Matthew Lindley moved to Advanced microscopic imaging center at Tufts University
Dr. Matthew Lindley moved to Advanced microscopic imaging center at Tufts University as a Lab manager from May 2023.

Kazuki Bando won the award for best poster presentation
Kazuki Bando won the award for best poster presentation in 47th meeting of Japan Society for Laser Microscopy.

Prof. Thomas Bocklitz's visit from IPHT
Prof. Thomas Bocklitz from IPHT, Germany, visited our lab and gave a lecture about Raman informatics on 24 February 2023

Prof. Hsain-Lin Liu from National Taiwan Normal University
Prof. Hsain-Lin Liu of National Taiwan Normal University visited our laboratory for collaboration research on Jan. 23rd - 24th, 2023.

Kazuki Bando won the Global Entrepreneur award
Kazuki Bando won the Global Entrepreneur award in ResearchStudio 2022 B-Gear.

Jing Qiao joined nanophotonics lab as a research assistant
Jing Qiao joined Nanophotonics lab as a research assistant, from Nov. 16th, 2022.

Prof. Martin Booth and Dr. Qi Hu nanophotonics lab from University of Oxford
Prof. Martin Booth and Dr. Qi Hu visited us from 27th, Oct. to 1st, Nov. 2022 from University of Oxford. We had fruitful discussion and enjoyed sightseeing in Kyoto.

Toshiki Kubo won the award for Best Imaging (Evident award) in the 31st Annual Meeting of Bioimaging Society
Toshiki Kubo won the award for the Best Imaging (Evident award) in the 31st Annual Meeting of Bioimaging Society. The award title was 'Improvement of temporal and spatial resolution of visible-wavelemgth two-photon excitation microscopy'

International joint seminar with Prof.Mei-Ling Zheng lab in Chinese academy of sciences(CAS)
International joint seminar with Prof.Mei-Ling Zheng lab in Chinese Academy of Sciences was held on 17th, June. Students presented research progresses of their laboratory. Participants talk about their recent situation in harmonious atmosphere.

Atsushi Nakayama won the award for excellence the 19th JSAP Photo & Illustration Contest
Atsushi Nakayama won the award for excellence the 19th JSAP Photo & Illustration Contest.

Takumi Kunimoto received Osaka University Engneering Award 2021
Takumi Kunimoto received Osaka University Engineering Award for academic excellence in the department of Applied Physics in Osaka University.

Gunganist Kongklad from Mahidol University (Thailand)
Gunganist Kongklad joined Nanophotonics Laboratory on April 1, 2022 as an exchange student from Mahidol University (Thailand).