Outreach Activities
NIBB widely disseminates our research and results to thegeneral public, and we conduct activities to convey the excitement of studying biology to students at elementary, junior high,and high schools to nurture the next generation of scientists.

November 10 (Wed), 2021
Special class at Iwazu Junior High School■ Prof. Teruyuki Niimi“Full of Wonders in Diverse Insects”

Visits to Elementary and Junior High Schools

NIBB, in collaboration with the Okazaki City Board ofEducation, visited elementary and junior high schools during2021 to give special classes.
October 13 (Wed), 2021
Special class at Ryukai Junior High School■ Prof. Toshihiko Fujimori“The Beginning of Forming Animals - Thinking from the Cell”

November 15 (Mon), 2021
Special class to Tokiwa Junior High School (online)■ S. A. Assist. Prof. Tomoko Kurata“Virtual Tour in NIBB”■ Assist. Prof. Takehiko Kanazawa“The Micro World of Plants”

November 9 (Tue), 2021
Special class to All junior high schools in Okazaki (online)■ Director General Kiyokazu Agata“Planarian No Matter How Many Cuts”

February 14 (Mon), 2022
Special class to Atago elementary school (online)■ Assoc. Prof. Makio Yokono“How Do Plants Use Light to Build Bodies?”

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students at NIBB
Kita Junior High School

March 4(Fri), 2022
Special class at Okazaki Kita High School■ Dr. Yakub Wudarski“Science and English”

June 22 (Tue), 2021
Special class at Meiwa High School■ Prof. Teruyuki Niimi“Exploring the Diversity of Insect Patterns and Forms”

Visit to High Schools
February 17 (Thu), 2022
Special class at Okazaki High School■ Prof. Miyo Morita T.
“Plants that Rise Up After Falling Down: Mechanism ofGravity Sensing”

July 2 (Fri), 2021
Special class at Okazaki Kita High School■ Assoc. Prof. Nobuyuki Shiina“Mechanism of Long-Term Memory Formation”

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July 27 (Tue), 2021
Special class to Tondabayashi High School (online)■ S. A. Assist. Prof. Tomoko Kurata

October 27 (Wed), 2021
Special class to Kanagawa Hakuyo High School (online)■ S. A. Prof. Kiyoshi Naruse“Where Did Medaka Came From?”

November 2 (Tue), 2021
Special class at Aichi Sangyo University Mikawa High School■ Prof. Teruyuki Niimi“Exploring the Diversity of Insect Patterns and Forms”

August 20(Fri),2021
December 24(Fri),2021
Feedback session regarding research presentations by highschool students (online)■ S. A. Assist. Prof. Kiyoshi Tatematsu

Programs broadcast live online
April 24­(Sat)– May 1 (Sat), 2021
May 21­(Fri), 2021 (Sequel)Live broadcast at niconico live
“Watching the complete metamorphosis of ladybirds.”■ Director General Kiyokazu Agata■ Prof. Teruyuki Niimi■ Prof. Shuji Shigenobu■ Assis. Prof. Toshiya Ando
■ Graduate Student Yasuhiko Chikami■ S. A. Assist. Prof. Tomoko Kurata

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January 15 (Sat)– January 16 (Sun), 2022
January 28 (Fri), 2022 (Sequel)Live broadcast at niconico live
■ Director General Kiyokazu Agata■ Graduate Student Miyuki Ishida■ S. A. Assist. Prof. Tomoko Kurata“Is it possible to hijack and regenerate? —Transplanting
planarian stem cells.”

March 27 (Sun), 2022
Public lecture at the event held by Ohsumi Frontier ScienceFoundation■ S. A. Prof. Kiyoshi Naruse“Biodiversity and Utilization of Wild Medaka and Related
Species —Perspectives from Biogenetic Resources”

July 20 (Tue), 2021
National Institute of Natural Sciences The 9th Young
Researcher Award Commemorative Lecture (online)■ Assist. Prof. Kim Eunchul“Even Plants Feel Dazzling at Times”

Lectures for the publicSeptember 25(Sat), 2021
Public lecture at the Kihara Institute of Biology■ Assist. Prof. Atsushi Hoshino“How to Create the One and Only Morning Glory in the World”

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The 32nd National Institutes of Natural SciencesSymposium (online)■ S. A. Assist. Prof. Yoko Otsubo“Close Encounters of Yeast with Plasma”

October 24 (Sun), 2021
Inter-university Research Institute Symposium 2021 (online)■ Prof. Shin-ichi Higashijima“Exploring the Mechanisms for Sensing Balance andPostural Control”

February 24 (Wed)–March 31 (Thu), 2022
Presentation by OKASHIN (Okazaki Credit Union) scholarship students (online)■ Graduate Student Masamichi Ueda

February 25 (Fri), 2022
Online lecture by NIBB and NIPS“The discovery of the PIEZO channel that solved themystery of skin sensation and the world of mechanosensing
research opened up through them”■ Assoc. Prof. Keiko Nonomura

Exhibition support
July 9 (Fri)–September 5 (Sun), 2021
Toyohashi Museum of Natural History
The 35th Special exhibition “The Wonderful World of Insects”■ Prof. Teruyuki Niimi■ S. A. Assist. Prof. Tomoko Kurata

July 10 (Sat)–September 20 (Mon), 2021
National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo
January 14 (Fri)–April 3 (Sun), 2022
Osaka Museum of Natural History
Special exhibition “PLANTS Mainstays of the Planet”■ Prof. Mitsuyasu Hasebe (Supervisory support)■ Prof. Takashi Ueda
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