UGSAS-GU NEWSLETTER

Issue 5The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu University

January, 2017

The 5th UGSASUGSAS--GU Roundtable & Symposium 2016 is held
On August 29, 2016, the UGSAS-GU held the
5th UGSAS-GU Roundtable & Symposium 2016
at Juroku Plaza in front of JR Gifu Station. The
participants included delegation from member
universities of IC-GU12* (17 universities from 7
countries in South Asia), members of Indonesian Directorate General of Higher Education(DIKTI) and delegates of one observing university.
Roundtable Opening Remarks
A total of 91 participants including deans, delegates of IC-GU12 member universities andresearchers / alumni(ae) discussed Dual / Double Degree Programs, and Sandwich
Program. The delegates of four universities which have established joint laboratories
with the UGSAS-GU reported ongoing programs and projects carried out at these laboratories. Later, the signing ceremony was held with National University of Laos toensure its oﬃcial membership of IC-GU12.
On August 30 at Gifu University, The 5th UGSAS-GU BWEL Joint International Symposium 2016 was held at which the UGSAS-GU alumni who completed master's course
served as lecturers. All of them have alreadydistinguished themselves as renowned scholars
in overseas academia.
On August 31, the participants were invited tojoin an Expedition Tour, inspected an irrigationand drainage plant at Inuyama Wier for Irrigation in Aichi Prefecture, and visited Inuyama
Castle. They later observed a manufacturing
The 5th Poster Session
process of medicines at Naito Museum of Pharmaceutical Science and Industry at Kakamigahara City, Gifu Prefecture.
This international meeting became an invaluable opportunity for everyone to step up
mutual collaborations in the years to come.

MESSAGE from DEANWelcome to the fourth issue of theUGSAS-GU Newsletter. We have organized the international consortium (ICGU12*) for academic and researchcollaboration with 16 major universities
in Asia and have challenged to a lot of
new projects since 2012. In addition tothe annual roundtable & symposium,
this academic year, we achieved:“International Workshop with Kasetsart
University 2016”; arrangement of thecollaborative research base “Lab Station” in Indonesia for development ofmicrobiology; overseas deployment ofinternship students; and faculty exchanges with the IC-GU12 partners.
We hope this issue will keep you updated on our global activities for our alumni, currently enrolled students and faculty staﬀs who are successful in and outof Japan. It would be great if we could
receive your professional and diverse
opinions on future possibilities and globalization of the UGSAS-GU.

IC-GU12* stands for the “Consortium of the Doctoral Program in Agricultural Science and Biotechnology in South
Asian Region,” which is the international collaboration that the UGSAS-GU called for to establish a guarantee system of the quality of doctoral education in Agricultural Sciences in the region.

Masateru Senge, Ph.D.
DeanTOPICS•••

The 5th UGSAS-GU Roundtable＆ Symposium 2016
The 3rd International Workshop
2016
Research Internship Report(At the 6th UGSAS Seminar)

The 5th UGSAS-GU RoundtableParticipants•

Reviews in Agricultural Science•

Commencement Ceremony•

Entrance Ceremony

The 3rd International Workshop 2016 in Bangkok, Indonesia
On November 28 and 29, 2016, the UGSAS-GU held
"The 3rd UGSAS-GU & International Workshop" in Thailand
in cooperation with Kasetsart University. The managementof the workshop was supported by the OGAWA Scienceand Technology Foundation.
On November 28, under the theme of "Recent Microbiological Research for Food, Energy and Health," the workshop opened at Kasetsart University. The workshop included following presentations; a school introduction of theUGSAS-GU, two Keynote speeches (by Professor. Dr. Supa Hannongbua and Dr. Suzuki), a introduction of IC-GU12
activities (by Prof. Mitsunaga); seven scientiﬁc presentations by professors of UGSAS and Kasetsart University; 4presentations of research internship program by students
and introduction of business operation of four Thai localcompany. A total of 92 people were intently listening to the speeches and presentations, and active opinion exchanges took place between the speakers and the audience.
On November 29, the UGSAS-GU delegation visitedKamphaeng Saen Campus of Kasetsart University in thesuburb of Bangkok, and they were briefed on rice genetic resource, research on high-value-added new rice
variety production at the Rice Gene Discovery and Rice
Science Center. In the afternoon, they visited Thai
Foods International Co., Ltd. There, Mr. Kotaro Nakajima, Factory Director of the company gave the delegation a company's overview and later, the delegation watched the video clip introducing
the process of nucleic acid-based additive production. At Kamphaeng Saen Campus,
the delegation saw that the student dormitories and various facilities necessary for thestudents to stay are all available within the campus. They observed that the ideal
study environment is being designed at the students ﬁrst hand. At the factory inspection, the delegation was very impressed with the smart use of resources available in
the neighborhood to achieve vigorous cost reduction.

Commencement Ceremony

UGSAS-GU Commencement Ceremony, AY
2015 took place at Gifu University Hall on
March 14, 2016. 4 international students
were conferred doctoral degrees, and one ofthem who achieved particularly outstanding
research result received the yearʼs presidentʼsaward. In addition, 2 international students
received a doctoral degree on March 31
2016. Also, 6 students (including 3 international students) were conferred doctoral
degrees at UGSAS-GU Commencement Ceremony, AY 2016 FALL on September 26.

Entrance Ceremony

UGSAS-GU Entrance Ceremony, AY 2016 washeld at Gifu University Hall on April 8, 2016.
There attended 21 new students (including 9international students) who were admitted tothe UGSAS-GU this year. Also, UGSAS-GU
Entrance Ceremony, AY 2016 FALL was heldat the SINET Room of UGSAS-GU on October
3, 2016, and 7 more students (including 6international students) were admitted to ourschool.

Research Internship Report (At the 5th UGSAS Seminar）
On May 25, 2016, the UGSAS-GU held the 6th United Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Seminar, "TOBITATE! Young Ambassador Program: Internship" at Gifu University which a total of61 people including 27 students, 24 administrative and teaching staﬀ and 10 company employees
attended. After an opening speech by Prof. Senge, Dean of UGSAS, a Research Internship Debrieﬁng Meeting began where six students made presentations about their research work at a"Research Internship" class. All of them went to the IC-GU12 partner universities for academictraining. They introduced the life in foreign countries, and the struggles for smooth communication with their supervisors during research activities. They also expressed their hopes of using these experiences overseas forfuture study and research work. Next, the representatives of six companies of the Industry Subcommittee* made presentations
about their line of business and delivered speeches concerning the characteristics of university students that businesses andindustries are expect today. After their speeches, some attendees asked the speakers about their employment policy for doctoral
course students.
Industry Subcommittee* is an academic and corporate combine including 7 biological/biotechnological industries in the Tokai Region. Its objective is to support UGSASGU to cultivate highly-skilled professionals with PhD.

Reviews in Agricultural Science
It has been four years since we launched “Reviews in Agricultural Science”. Itʼs an open access online journal, where anyalumni, currently enrolled students, and faculty staﬀs of theUGSAS/RENDAI(s) are eligible to submit their manuscripts.
There are no subscription fees required, and all interested
readers are able to freely access any articles on our web site immediately upon publication. To
make all the content of the journal open and free, the processing fees are fully covered by Gifu
University for all authors.

“We welcome your submission!”

For more information, Please visit
Newly available: “Vol.4 (2016)”

http://www.agrsci.jp/ras/
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