| 25 Septembre 2015
(Okayama, Japan, 24 September 2015) This issue includes a feature on new insights into ‘plant stress’ and how plants absorb nutrients and toxins; news of an agreement by Okayama University and IAEA on radioactive waste management and environmental remediation, the world’s first hybrid lung transplant, developing iron-controlled biology, and networking to combat infectious diseases; research highlights on high-efficiency energy transfer in photosynthetic organisms, key genes in epidermal cell differentiation for survival of plants, critical points of water in carbon nanotubes, damage-free structure of photosystem II, and synthesis of compounds for water-oxidation; an innovative method to fabricate metallic nano-surfaces for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; and a ‘vista’ of Okayama’s Bizen Yaki pottery.
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/
Plants feel stress! ：Frontiers in plant mineral stress tolerance and how nutrients and toxins are absorbed by rice and other plants
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/feature/vol12/feature_001.html
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Beneficial effect of silicon on plant. Silicon is able to protect the plants from various stresses such as pathogen, insect damage and water loss.
Okayama University and IAEA sign a new agreement related to radioactive waste management and environmental remediation
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/news/vol12/news_001.html
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Developing new insights into iron-controlled biology
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/news/vol12/news_002.html
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Combatting Infectious Diseases with Research Networks
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/news/vol12/news_003.html
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World’s first hybrid lung transplant: Simultaneous lung transplants from both brain-dead and living donors
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/news/vol12/news_004.html
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Hybrid lung transplant (simultaneous transplant from brain-dead and living donor) conducted at Okayama University Hospital.
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Life Science World 2015 : Okayama University presents its latest research achievements at Asia’s largest bio event
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/news/vol12/news_005.html
Research highlights
Exploring the structural basis for high-efficiency energy transfer in photosynthetic organisms
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/research_highlights/vol12/highlights_001.html
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Crystal structure of plant PSI-LHCI supercomplex
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Damage-free structure of photosystem II and the synthesis of model compounds for water-oxidation
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/research_highlights/vol12/highlights_002.htm
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Key genes in epidermal cell differentiation are essential for survival of plants
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/research_highlights/vol12/highlights_003.html
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Evidence for solid-liquid critical points of water in carbon nanotubes
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/research_highlights/vol12/highlights_004.html
Quick and low-cost fabrication of metallic nano-surfaces for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/ipe/vol12/ipe_001.html
Letters from alumni
Johannes Effenberger
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/topics/vol12/letters.html
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Okayama Travelogue
The lure of Bizen Yaki
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/topics/vol12/travelogue.html
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Club Activities
The art and culture of Japanese flower arrangement: Okayama University Ikebana Club
http://www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/topics/vol12/club_activities.html
