UTokyoGSC 2020 Joint Presentation of Results by First and Second Year Students

2020.11.28
lecture

[Date and Time] Saturday, November 28, 2020, 9:00-17:00

[Format] Online

[Number of Participants] 120

[Overview]

9:00-9:15 Opening remarks

by Professor Toshiharu Kishi (Director, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo)

9:15-10:30 Oral presentations by first-year students (second stage) Session 1 (1) Extreme behavior of the ground: Elucidating the mechanism of long-distance sliding observed in volcanic soils (2) Is it possible to supplement the world's electricity generation with hydroelectric power? (3) Biodegradable Nacre-mimetic composites and their strength (4) Research on iron-oxidizing bacteria: Towards obtaining metal resources (5) Is propolis derived from stingless bees a promising new material?













10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-12:00 Oral presentations by first-year students (second stage) Session 2 (6) Development of virtual reality of brain blood flow using Oculus Rift (7) Consideration of the agreement and discrepancy between quantification and sensibility in light (8) Suppression of motion sickness by pre-presentation using visual acceleration information (9) Mathematical analysis of the arrangement of floral materials in beautiful ikebana works (10) Aggregation and visualization of pedestrian flow data 12:00-13:00 Lunch break 13:00-14:15 Oral presentations by first-year students (second stage) Session 3 (11) Development of filters for isolation of circulating cancer cells in the blood (12) Elucidation of the interaction between Matsutake mushrooms and Matsutake mycorrhizal bacteria (13) Electronic state of the RNA-binding domain of the viral genome of the nucleocapsid, a candidate drug target for COVID-19 (14) Cell fibers that can be made at home (15) Effects and Mechanisms of Mesechymal Stem Cells on Endothelial Cells. 14:15-14:20 Administrative announcements 14:20-14:30 Break 14:30-16:00 Presentation of research plans by second-year students (first stage) 16:00-16:15 Break 16:15-16:55 Comments from judges 16:55-17:00 Closing remarks by Professor Atsushi Tsuda (Vice President of the University of Tokyo / Deputy Director of the Social Collaboration Headquarters)

























































First-year student (second stage) oral presentation: Koharu Alicia Chida,

"The Influence of Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Angiogenesis and its Mechanisms."

This topic
received the Special Jury Prize at the Global Science Campus (GSC) 2020 National Student Research Presentation Meeting.




First-year student (second stage) oral presentation: Ryoya Kuga,

"Elucidation of the interaction between Matsutake mushrooms and Matsutake mycorrhizal bacteria."

This theme
received the Student Vote Award at the Global Science Campus (GSC) 2020 National Student Research Presentation Meeting.




Group photo of the first and second generation students (1)




Group photo of the first and second generation students (2)




Group photo of the first and second generation students (3)




Announcement of the second cohort (first stage) for the 2020 academic year