First Cohort (2019 Academic Year) Second Stage Midterm Presentation

2020.08.14
lecture

[Date and Time] Friday, August 14, 2020, 14:00-18:00

[Format] Online

[Number of Participants] 15 people

[Overview]

13:45-14:00 Zoom registration

14:00-14:15 Opening remarks

by Mari Oshima (Member of the UTokyoGSC Steering Committee / Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo / Director, Next Generation Development Office)

14:15-15:05 Presentations(1-5)

Presentation Themes:

◇Analysis and visualization of human flow data

◇Analysis of the beauty of ikebana using mathematical methods

◇Development of an interface to suppress motion sickness

◇Considerations on the agreement and discrepancy between quantification and sensibility in light

◇Extreme behavior of the ground: Elucidation of the mechanism of long-distance flow observed in volcanic soils

15:05-15:15 Break

15:15-16:05 Presentations(6-10)

Presentation topics:

◇Is it possible to meet the global electricity demand with hydroelectric power?

◇Nacre-mimetic composites and their biodegradability

◇Research on the relationship between matsutake mushrooms and soil microorganisms

◇Research on iron-oxidizing bacteria

◇Is propolis derived from stingless bees a promising new material?

16:05-16:15 Break

16:15-17:05 Presentations(Nos. 11-15)

Presentation Themes:

◇Electronic state of the viral genome RNA-binding domain of nucleocapsid, a candidate drug target for COVID-19

◇Development of virtual reality of brain blood flow using Oculus Rift

◇The effect of mesenchymal stem cells on angiogenesis and its mechanism

◇Development of filters for high-purity separation of circulating cancer cells in the blood

◇Cell fiber that can be made at home

17:05-17:10 Administrative announcements

17:10-17:40 Break (Judging)

17:40-18:00 Comments from the judges

Atsushi Tsuda (Chairperson of the UTokyoGSC Steering Committee / Deputy Director of the Social Collaboration Headquarters)

Mari Oshima (Member of the UTokyoGSC Steering Committee / Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo / Director of the Next Generation Development Office)

Yasuyuki Goto (Member of the UTokyoGSC Steering Committee / Associate Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences and Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo)

Shio Kawagoe (Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo / Member of the Next Generation Development Office)

~Scenes from the online presentation~