UGSAS-GU NEWSLETTERThe United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Gifu UniversityIssue ８January to December, 201９

The 7th International Roundtable Meeting（October 8）
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Science (UGSAS: PhD course) held
"The 7th UGSAS-GU Roundtable" with the attendance of IC-GU 12* member
universities on October 8, 2019. On following October 9 and 10, UGSAS hosted"The 7th UGSAS-GU International Symposium on a New Era in Food Scienceand Technology 2019" to introduce activities of young researchers (UGSASalumni) at their respective research institutes and organizations overseas. Bothevents were held at the UGSAS building on campus. On October 8, approximately twenty academic staff (including those who serve as liaisons) from seven member universities discussed the progress and challenges of double PhD
degree programs, current
status and future outlook ofjoint laboratory operations
between UGSAS and themember universities.
*IC-GU12:” InternationalConsortium of Universities inSouth and Southeast Asia for
The ７th Roundtable
the Doctoral Education in Agricultural Science and Biotechnology”, which was created at the initiative ofGifu University.

Food Science and Technology International Symposium（October 9-10）
For two days from October 9 to 10, a total of 147 people attended"The 7th UGSAS-GU International Symposium on a New Era in Food Science and Technology
2019." Under the theme of science and technology development in time ofchanging needs of people for food, four international researchers delivered akeynote speech, which was followed by sixteen researchers' presentations.
In the afternoon of October 10, "Student Poster Session" was co-hosted between Gifu University Rearing Program for Basin Water Environmental Leaders,and the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (IITG). Thirty-four students
out of 51 participants made their poster presentations, of them, seven students
were awarded the best poster prize for 2019. As a part of Gifu University 70 thanniversary events, both the roundtable and the symposium were held concurrently with the "Gifu Joint Degree Symposium 2019" (October 7 and 8) organized by Gifu University Organization for Promotion of Glocalization (GUGLOCAL). In addition, on October 9 and 10, "The 4 th International Joint Meetingof Advanced Global Programin Conjunction" was hosted
by the Faculty of Engineeringin parallel with theroundtable and symposium.
Dr. Gary D. Christian fromUniversity of Washington
was invited to speak at thespecial open lecture as a
The 10th International Symposium
guest speaker.

MESSAGE from DEAN
Welcome to the 8th issue of UGSAS-GU
Newsletter, I would like to introduce thegreat progress in the international collaborative research and education in thelast year, 2019. First of all, the major
chair of the International Joint PhD Program in Food Science and Technology
between Gifu University and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG)
launched in April, 2019, with two students enrolled at the IITG home school.
In addition, two important events wereorganized as commemorative memorialprojects for the 70th anniversary of Gifu
University. First, we held the international research symposium on food science titled “The International Symposium on a New Era in Food Science andTechnology 2019” on 9th to 10th 2019
in the campus of Gifu University. Second, on 18th to 19th November, we cohosted the international symposium
titled "Climate Change: The Risk to Sustainability and Environmental Issues" atGadjah Mada University in Indonesia,
withSebelasMaretUniversity.
Through these two international events,
the research network among the young
lecturers of UGSAS-GU and alumnus/alumna who are active in academia, hasbeen promoted. Such activities havebeen making steady results and thisfiscal year we were able to accept excellent entrants of 21 students (of which
13 were international students). In thisissue, we will introduce such uniqueactivities to everyone who is active inJapan and overseas. I would be pleased
if you give any valuable comments on
the new development towards globalization.

Masateru Senge, PhD
Dean

The 4th International Conference on Climate Change(ICCC) （November 18-19）

Completion Ceremony
March 13 & September 20

On November 18 to 19, UGSAS held an international conference entitled “ClimateChange: The Risk to Sustainability and Environmental Issues” in collaboration withSebelas Maret University, Gadjah Mada University and Ikatan Ahli Lingkungan Hidup
Indonesia (IALHI). Dr. Komariah of Sebelas Maret University has served a chairman
consecutively. From Gifu University, 7delegates attended the conference. Dr.
Fumiaki Suzuki Vice President, Executive Director for International Affairs
and Public Relations, gave a welcome
speech at the opening ceremony. In
the main conference, prof. Senge delivered a keynote speech titled,"Climate Change Impact on Irrigation."He spoke about possible effects onirrigation by climate change. Hisspeech was followed by presentations on possible impacts by climate change and countermeasures given by the following guest speakers: Prof. Md. Abdul Mojid from Bangladesh Agricultural University (Bangladesh), Assoc. Prof. Nguyen Thu Hien from Thuyloi
University (Vietnam). A total of 125 people attended the conference. The outcomes of
the 4th ICCC will be edited into academic papers. Already 62 papers finished peer reviews, and are scheduled to be posted on the internet and registered by Scopus*
around January 2020. We hope that achievements of the ICCC will help researchersand engineers around the world advance their research on climate change for the future.

The number of students who received
the doctoral diploma from March toDec. 2019 are as follows;* Scopus is Elsevier's abstract and citation database launched in 2004

Oct.:

March: 14 students（10 intel. Studentsincluded)
June.: 1 student（0）Sep.: 4 students（3）Entrance Ceremony
April 12 & October 4
UGSAS welcomed new students atthe ceremony, and the number ofstudents enrolled are as follows;April: 15 students （7 intel. Students included)
6 students (6)IC-GU12 Information
・November 19 Public Lecture 2019 was held in Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta (Indonesia)

WINNER LIST 2019
Hiroto Yamashita, Tomoki Uchida, Hideyuki Katai, Lina Kawaguchi, Atsushi J. Nagano, Akio Morita, Takashi Ikka (2019). Genetic dissection of major functional chemical components in young shoots oftea accessions. The 24th Shizuoka Forum on Health and Longevity. Poster Presentation Award.
Akash Chandela, Yoshihito Ueno (2018). Augmented nuclease resistance and gene silencing with3'-end modified small interfering RNAs. 06th Asian Network for Natural and Unnatural Materials (ANNUMVI). Best Poster Award.
Raj Kishan Agrahari, Ayan Sadhukhan, Yuki Nakano, Satoshi I uchi, Masatomo Kobayashi, Sanjib
Kumar Panda, Yuriko Kobayashi, Hiroyuki Koyama (2018). Expression GWAS-An approach for understanding the ALS3 Signal Transduction Mechanism. International Symposium on Animal Production andconservation. UGSAS & BWEL joint poster session. Best Presenter Award.
Yolani Syaputri (2018). Bacteriocin (protein) of Lactobacillus plantarum from Fermented Tea.
3Minutes Speech Competition 2018, Hiroshima University. Kyowa Hakko Bio Award.