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亚色视频 invites Nobel Prize winners and other world-leading researchers to hold lecture and discussion sessions on a regular basis. This provides valuable opportunities for students who aim to become a scientist, allowing them to feel close to findings and studies that have astonished the entire world.
Up to now, we have invited seven Nobel laureates to the “Lecture Meeting” and an additional seven Nobel laureates to events such as the “亚色视频 Lecture Series.”
[Nobel Laureates Who Have Given Lectures to Date]
| Dr. David MacMillan (2021 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) |
6th Lecture Meeting (2025) |
| Dr. Harvey J. Alter (2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) |
5th Lecture Meeting (2021) |
| Dr. Akira Yoshino (2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) |
Commemorative Lecture for the Establishment of the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences / Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering (2020) |
| Dr. Tasuku Honjo (2018 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) |
Commemorative Lecture for the Establishment of the Graduate School of Integrated Life Sciences / Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences (2019) / 75th Anniversary Ceremony of the 亚色视频 School of Medicine (2021) |
| Dr. Hiroshi Amano (2014 Nobel Prize in Physics) |
4th Lecture Meeting (2019) |
| Dr. Yoshinori Ohsumi (2016 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) |
Commemorative Ceremony for the Establishment of the School of Informatics and Data Science / School of Integrated Arts and Sciences, Department of International Co-creation (2018) |
| Dr. Muhammad Yunus (2006 Nobel Peace Prize) |
86th 亚色视频 Lecture (2018) |
| Sir Paul Nurse (2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) |
3rd Lecture Meeting (2017) / Special Edition: Lecture Meeting in Tokyo (2019) |
| Dr. Takaaki Kajita (2015 Nobel Prize in Physics) |
2nd Lecture Meeting (2016) |
| Dr. John Gurdon (2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) |
1st Lecture Meeting (2016) |
| Dr. Shinya Yamanaka (2012 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine) |
1st Lecture Meeting (2016) |
| Dr. Toshihide Maskawa (2008 Nobel Prize in Physics) |
57th 亚色视频 Lecture (2012) |
| Dr. Akira Suzuki (2010 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) |
50th 亚色视频 Lecture (2011) |
| Dr. Osamu Shimomura (2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry) |
45th 亚色视频 Lecture (2011) |
The 4th Lecture Meeting (March 11, 2019)
"Development of Sustainable Smart Society via Transformative Electronics"
Professor Hiroshi Amano
Director, Center for Integrated Research of Future Electronics, Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Japan
Nobel laureate Professor Amano talked about the challenges he overcame during his research inventing the blue-emitting diode using gallium nitride, which was thought impossible among researchers back then.
Lecture Meeting by Nobel Laureate in Tokyo (January 9, 2019)
Sir Paul Nurse gave a special lecture on January 9th 2019, where he presented his Nobel Prize-winning research in a comprehensible way, sometimes with his hand-drawn illustrations.
The Lecture Meeting also saw a presentation by President Mitsuo Ochi, a seminar of “The Frontier Development Program for Genome Editing” selected for the MEXT’s WISE (Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education) Program, and four talks by HU’s world-leading researchers in the fields of life sciences and medicine.
The 3rd Lecture Meeting (April 5, 2017)
"My Life in Science"
Sir Paul M. Nurse
Director, Fancis Crick Institute, UK
A packed Satake Memorial Hall witnessed the former president of Britain’s Royal Society outline his life and research up to receiving the Nobel Prize for discovering the genetic control of cell division in 2001.
The 2nd Lecture Meeting (November 29, 2016)
"Discovery of Small Neutrino Masses"
Professor Takaaki Kajita
Director, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Distinguished University Professor, The University of Tokyo, Japan
Nobel laureate Professor Kajita talked about his research at the SuperKamiokande, his discovery of neutrino oscillations which shows that neutrinos have mass, and the current situation in his research area.
The 1st Lecture Meeting (March 7, 2016)
"Nuclear reprogramming and prospects for cell replacement"
Sir John Gurdon
Professor, Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge, UK
Professor Sir Gurdon talked about his research on cell nuclear transfer using Xenopus.
"New Era of Medicine with iPS Cells"
Professor Shinya Yamanaka
Director, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Japan
Professor Yamanaka revealed what motivated him to start research.
