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JSPS ALUMNI CLUB DENMARK – NEWSLETTER NO. 1, October 2023*************************************************
Dear JSPS ACD members,
here is a much overdue newleter highligh�ng this year's ac�vi�es and upcoming ac�vi�es by JSPSACD and closely connected organiza�ons.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY WAS HELD FOR REGULAR MEMBERS ON 9. FEBRUARY 2023 (ONLINE)
This was an important general assembly as three board members were re-elected (Annete Skovsted
Hansen,Eugen Stamate, and Maher Abou Hachem) and two brand new members were elected, expanding
the board both in number and geographically. The two new members were Prof. Mingdong Dongfrom Århus University and senior researcher Nushin Aghajari, (Danish, currently in France at theins�tute for Molecular Microbiology and Structural Biochemistry in Lyon). We are very grateful to thenew board members and look forward to new input. For those of you who could not make it I atachthe minute from the mee�ng, taken by our board member Prof Maher Abou Hachem.
JARA (JAPAN ALUMNI AND RESEARCHER ASSEMBLY) WAS HELD ON 10. MARCH AT COPENHAGEN
BUSINESS SCHOOL (CBS)This main event of the JSPS ACD year - organized as usual with par�cipa�on of Embassy of Japan inDenmark, Tokai University European Center, and JSPS Stockholm and ACD - was held for the ﬁrst �meat Copenhagen Business School on the exci�ng theme of Circular Economy with Tine Walravens andSam Kondo Steﬀensen as speakers. You can ﬁnd more informa�on at
htps://www.jsps-sto.com/event/jara-japan-alumni-and-researcher-assembly-2023/
ACD SEMINAR IN ÅRHUSThe ACD seminar grant was awarded to Prof Migdong Dong and was run successfully run in Århus on
29th September. About 50 people par�cipated, with good networking opportuni�es for grantcollabora�on. JSPS Stockholm par�cipated with a video introducing JSPS grant opportuni�es. Thespeaker was Prof Kenji Matsuda from Kyoto University, who gave a talk en�tled 'Design and Synthesisof Molecules with Unique Electronic Func�on: CPL-Emissive and π-Extended Helicenes and RadicalSubs�tuted Molecular Wire'
BRIDGE FELLOW CURRENTLY IN JAPANThe new BRIDGE fellow awardee Mollie Brooks (also vice-chair of the ACD), is currently in Japan
where she is giving six seminars and running a prac�cal course. Her main host is Prof Yoshiki
Matsushita at Nagasaki University. Mollie applies generalized linear mixed models (GLMM) topopula�on modelling in many contexts including ﬁshery research.
CONGRATULATION TO PROF GUNHILD BORGREEN
The JSPS ACD Board wishes to congratulate previous ACD board member and 2022 BRIDGE fellow
Prof Gunhild Borggreen on her success in invi�ng Prof Asato Ikeda as Novo Nordisk Founda�onVisi�ng Professorship in Art & Art History. Various events connected to the visi�ng professorship will
be adver�sed through the ACD. ACD is planning a short online seminar in late November, where Prof

Borggreen will tell more about her past BRIDGE fellowship.
UPCOMING ONLINE SEMINAR ON PUBLIC HEALTH ORGANIZED BY TOKAI UNIVERSITY EUROPEAN
CENTER AND THE UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN
Tokai University European Center is hos�ng an online seminar in collabora�on with University ofCopenhagen, Department of Public Health. Everyone is welcome upon registra�on.The seminar will
be held on Thursday, November 23rd from 9:20-11:30 (CET), and the topic is: “New Digital
Technologies and Ageing Society: Health Sector Ini�a�ves in Japan and Denmark”.
Here is the link to seminar website for program info and registra�on:
htps://sites.google.com/view/tokai-ageingsociety-seminar/home
Look out for upcoming events!
Leila Lo Leggio (JSPS ACD Chair)