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6Vol.
November 2015

O c h an omizu Uni versi tyTopic

Global Internship
Global Internship Report ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 02
Program for Leading Graduate Schools Forum 2015 ・・ 03
Activity Report ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 04
Study Commons members ・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 06
Information ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 08

Joint Meeting with Waseda and Keio Universities’ Programs for Leading Graduate Schools（See P04）

TopicGlobal Internship

The 1st Presentation on Global Internship Report 2015

First batch students participating in internship programsin and outside of JapanPurpose
Students have two opportunities to engage in long-term internships in Japan or abroad at research institutions, at global
corporations, and/or other universities to advance their research in Project Based Team Study (PBTS).

Dates: Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Venue: “Career Cafe” at Ochanomizu University Libraryat New York University

at the University of Oxford

Japanese Association "Himawari-kai"(daycare group for the elderly in Pirapo city)

PeriodThis year, the ﬁrst batch of students participate in the Global Internship I program. On this day, four students whocompleted their internship gave presentations in English about their experiences. The presentations were held at theCareer Café in the University Library, and attracted a large audience. The second presentation on Global Internship
Report for December 2015 is also being scheduled.

● Global Internship I : 3-6 months in the second year of the Master’s program● Global Internship II : 6-12 months in the ﬁrst/second year of the Doctoral Program

Program for Leading Graduate Schools Forum 2015

Report on Global Internship in academic year 2015
NameMajor

Destinations

PeriodResearch target

Yuyu SO

Advanced Sciences;
Computer Science (M2)

New York University (USA)March - June, 2015

PBTS Education teamResearch on programming education

Kanako ENOYOSHI

Advanced Sciences;
Mathematics (M2)

University of Oxford (UK)

April - July, 2015

PBTS Synchronization team
Making a mathematical model of seashellstructural patterns

Kaori NISHIDALife Sciences;
Human Environmental Sciences(M2)

University of Technology Sydney,
Institute for Sustainable Futures(Australia)

June - September, 2015

PBTS Water puriﬁcation teamAnalysis of determinants of historical water
demand and projection of future water demand

Yuko CABALLERO

Life Sciences;
Food and Nutritional Sciences(M3)

Japanese Association in Pirapo,
Himawari-kai (daycare group for theelderly)
Pirapo City Hall (Republic ofParaguay)

July - September, 2015

PBTS Anti-aging team
Himawarikai: Reserch on relationship with elder
people and tea
Pirapo City Hall: Nutritional calculation for schoolmeals

Ritsuko TAMURALife Sciences;
Biological Sciences (D1)

National Institute of Health andNutrition (Japan)

July - September, 2015

PBTS Anti-aging teamObservational cohort study for lifestyle-relateddiseases using plasma amino acid proﬁlesKimiko YAMASHITA

Advanced Sciences;
Physics (D1)

Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University (USA)

August - December, 2015

PBTS Synchronization teamModeling of skin cells

Akiko MITO

Advanced Sciences;
Chemistry and Biochemistry(D1)

FUJITSU LIMITED (Japan)

August - November, 2015

PBTS Education team
Planning of programming education project

Strasbourg University (France)

September - December,
2015

PBTS Water puriﬁcation team
Analysis of pesticides in vineyard soil and water

Advanced Sciences;

Nanami KAWAGUCHI Chemistry and Biochemistry(M2)

Dongyang LI

Life Sciences;
Biological Sciences (M2)

Strasbourg University (France)

September - December,
2015

PBTS Anti-aging team
Exploration of tropical orchids and their potential
interest in anti-aging cosmetics

Kei HASHIMOTO

Life Sciences;
Biological Sciences (D1)

Ochanomizu University (Japan)
Shimane University (Japan)

October, 2015
December, 2015 February, 2016

PBTS Synchronization teamPathogenic mechanism of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Dates: Saturday, October 24 and Sunday, October 25, 2015
Venue: Bellesalle Shinjuku Grand, Tokyo
The Program for Leading Graduate Schools Forum 2015 was held and attended by all 62 program
participants who are striving to nurture highly qualiﬁed human resources with the ability to display
leadership in realizing sustainable development and the growth of our society. During the Forum,Professor Hazuki Furukawa, the Program Coordinator, presented the "Summary and Achievement ofProject Based Team Study in Leading Program of Ochanomizu University" at a program workshop heldon the second day. Students from our university also worked on various issues together with students
from other universities, which provided them with an opportunity to exchange information and deepen
mutual exchange. We will continue in our endeavour to offer programs of the highest quality in thefuture.

M=Master's course
D=PhD course

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Activity Report

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Joint Meeting withWaseda and Keio Universities’ Programsfor Leading Graduate Schools

Three universities participating in the Program for Leading Graduate
Schools met for the first time in Ochanomizu University on August
27th under the auspice of a Joint Meeting. Students and professors fromWaseda’s “Energy-Next PhD Program” and Keio’s “Program for Sciencefor Development of Super Mature Society” joined this event. Twentysix students from all programs participated. After each program andstudent’s introductions, students divided into teams and worked on how
to scientiﬁcally approach different contemporary issues that pose serious
social challenges (environmental policies, hyper-aging society / lowbirthrate, prevention of natural disaster etc.). The teams presented to theaudience their results in the last part of the event and the best team wasawarded “Best Presentation Award”.
This first joint meeting among the three universities was successful,with enhanced student involvement through exchanging research andstudy experience and activity participation with relation to their respective program. Also students were driven tospeak English with each other most of the time. It was agreed to continue of the event and on holding the next Joint
Meeting by participants.

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PBTS Report(Education team)The project of Education Team is aimed at cultivating
students’ logical thinking ability through programming.
Last year, we visited several schools and the Ministry ofEducation to investigate what is needed by students andteachers. Currently we are developing a “stepper”, which
is a tool that helps novice programmers understand anddebug their programs, and reading the literature on classdesign and student assessment. Our goal is to create amodel of a programming class using the stepper andgive a trial lecture in a high school.

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Here are examples of program activities during Summer- Autumn 2015; Joint meeting with other universities’
programs, PBTS team studies, the new “Special Practical Training on Sci-Tech courses” and the international
competition, BIOMOD.

Special Practice in Global Science & Technology

The Special Practice in Global Science & Technology program offers laboratory work using the most advanced
instruments equipment in various scientiﬁe ﬁelds. The objective is to have students participate in ﬁelds outside of their
specialty so that they can broaden their interdisciplinary perspectives. This program welcomes the participation not
only of students in the Leading Program but also those in the master and doctoral programs, and is approved for thereceipt of credits. The following six courses were held in August and September 2015.
(15 classes of 90 minutes each per course)● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology I(Laboratory Work 1: Computer Science Course) Dates: Aug. 18, 19, Sep. 25, 29, 30● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology II(Laboratory Work 2: Physics Course [Inorganic Substance]) Dates: Sep. 2, 3, 4, 7, 8
● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology III(Laboratory Work 3: Chemistry Course) Dates: Aug. 26, 28, Sep. 1, 3
● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology IV(Laboratory Work 4: Biology Course) Dates: Sep. 15, 16, 17, 18, 25, 28● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology V(Laboratory Work 5: Food Nutrition Course) Dates: Sep. 14, 15, 16, 17● Special Practice in Global Science & Technology VI(Laboratory Work 6: Human Environment Course) Dates: Aug. 17, 18, 19, 2004

Ochadai BIOMOD team joined“BIOMOD 2015”

The Ochadai BIOMOD Team was made out of eight Ochanomizu
University students after having recruited members in April.
BIOMOD is an inter national st udent competition whereparticipants design biological molecules with the objective of
producing objects that are sized at a nano- to micro-meter level.
Under the guidance of Dr. Nathanael Aubert-Kato (AssistantProfessor, Computer Science), the team was involved in activities
such as conducting experiments, writing reports, and developing
a website, and par ticipated in the BIOMOD 2015 JapanCompetition that was held on September 5 (Sat.) at the Universityof Tokyo. Although this was the ﬁ rst time the team had entered
this competition, they won 5th place. The team also attended theinternational competition held on November 1 (Sun.) at Harvard
University (USA), and gave a presentation in front of 30 teams
gathered from 11 countries around the world.

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Study Commons

Gary Richards, Project Associate Professor[Supramolecular Chemistry and pi-Conjugated Materials]

Study Commons teachers from countries around the world
support students’ PBTS research. We introduce them andtheir various specialty in this page.

Xavier Dahan, Project Associate Professor[Applied Computational Algebra]

1. My hometown in France:
Hello everyone, I am from the Paris suburbs. More precisely, I have been growing and lived justnext to Versailles, the former and last residence of Kings of France since Louis XIV. The “palaceof Versailles” is one of the most visited in the world. I used to do my jogging in the beautiful
park! Versailles is a lovely town surrounded by greeneries and a forest, but still close to Paris(less than 15min by express train). It isalso very near to the “Ecole Polytechnique”, a former military school where
I have studied for 5 years. It is well-known school in France to educatescientists and engineers…and actually, quite a lot of managers in banks.
In this stimulating scientific environment, I started to study Computer
Science, and I decided to study “computational mathematics” rather than
only Mathematics.

1. My hometown in England:
I was born in Hull, a city in the county of East Yorkshire, in the northeast of England. I went
to the University of Hull to study both my undergraduate degree and PhD in chemistry. TheUniversity of Hull is famous for the development of liquid crystals and liquid crystal displays.
During my PhD, I developed liquid crystals
for a new type of display technology –the organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display. Since then, my researchinterests have centered on various aspects of pi-conjugated materials andsupramolecular chemistry.

2. Interest in science:
I have always been interested in science since I was a young boy. I wasalways reading books from my local library and trying out my own
experiments at home, such as making a water-rocket, or playing aroundwith my chemistry set so it was a natural progression for me to study ascience subject at university.

This year, we invited a new lecturer from France
for The Essential Physics for Global Leaders I.
We interviewed Dr. Biance her background and impression of living in Japan.

2. Interest in science:
I like the rigorous approach provided by equations to describe andunderstand the world surrounding us.

Biance, Anne-Laure[Part-time Lecturer, Essential Physics for Global Leaders I]

1. My hometown in France:

Sabine Gouraud, Project Associate Professor

I come from Lyon. This is a city in the middle of France, not so far fromthe Alps, and when the weather is clear, you can see the Mont-Blanc. Lyon
is known as the capital of gastronomy, which is very important for Frenchpeople. Many chiefs have restaurants over there, and you can often have great
taste discoveries.

[Molecular Biology and Physiology]

1. My hometown in France:
I was born in Limoges (west-central France), city famous for its porcelain and enamel that you
can ﬁnd in many stores here in Japan! I spent my childhood in a very small city near Limoges,called Chateauponsac, surrounded by forests, rivers, lakes, ﬁelds and old castles.

2. Interest in science:
From my youngest age, I was fascinated by the nature and animal life andalso concerned about severe diseases. Biology was my favorite course atschool and it led me to become a researcher in Biology! I did a PhD in
Physiology and Physiopathology of Nutrition in both University Paris 7(France) and University of Bari (Italy), studying the regulation of waterhomeostasis at the kidney level. I am now investigating the mechanismsof the central regulation of blood pressure by combining molecular andcellular biology with physiology studies. I am proud of participating in theunderstanding of one the deadliest disease in the world: Hypertension.

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2. Interest in science:
When I discover we can predict and describe the world surrounding us with abstract concepts, it fascinated
me. Another very important feature of science for me isthat we are always surprised, and most of the time, ourﬁrst common sense leads to wrong conclusions.

3. Students in Japan:
Japan is a very quiet and relaxing country. But it is veryrare to have a room filled of women when you teachphysics! This will never happen in France, but it creates anice atmosphere. One another noticeable thing is that thestudents are very respectful though a little bit shy.

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Bouquet Vol.6

Information■ Information on selection examination
Selection process for Academic Year 2016 April
Information session for prospective students:
December 16, 2015/January 20, 2016 (tentative)

Please visit the website for more details: http://www-w.cf.ocha.ac.jp/scitech/

November 2015

Application: February 3-15, 2016
Selection examination: February 22-23, 2016 (tentative)
Acceptance announcements: End of February, 2016 (on the website)■ Report of activities■ Information on offered lectures for Academic Year 2015 second term
October 5, 2015
October 14, 2015
October 15, 2015
October 27, 2015
November 17, 2015
December 1, 2015
January 25, 2016

Essential Computer Science for Global Leaders Ⅱ
Essential Physics for Global Leaders Ⅰ
Essential Bioinformatics for Global Leaders Ⅰ
Essential Mathematics for Global Leaders Ⅱ
Essential Engineering & Technology for Global Leaders Ⅰ
Essential Philosophy for Global Leaders
Essential History for Global Leaders■ Report on implementation of Global Internship I
August - November, 2015
August - December, 2015
September - December, 2015
December, 2015 - February, 2016

FUJITSU LIMITED（Japan）
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University(United States）
Strasbourg University（France）
Shimane University（Japan）■ Scheduled activities
December 16, 2015
March, 2016

The 2nd Presentation on Global Internship Report 2015
The 3rd Presentation on Global Internship Report 2015（tentative）

Editor's notes
In this volume, we introduced the students'
activities for “Global Internship I”. They
will continue to undertake internship invarious zones, gaining valuable experienceand learning about safety and security bythemselves while away from home. We hope
there will be peace in 2016.

Leading Graduate School Promotion
Center, Ochanomizu University
Graduate School of Humanitics & Science
Building, Room No. 601
2-1-1 Otsuka, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo
112-8610, Japan
E-mail: leading-ocha@cc.ocha.ac.jp
http://www.cf.ocha.ac.jp/leading/en/

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August 31, 2015
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October 24&25

Exhibition at the 2015 College Guidance Fair for International Students (Tokyo, Osaka)Special Practice in Global Science & Technology Ⅰ - Ⅵ
Joint Meeting with Waseda and Keio Universities’ Programsfor Leading Graduate Schools
Selection examination for Academic Year 2015 OctoberpQE(periodic Qualifying Examination)
The 1st Presentation on Global Internship Report 2015
Program for Leading Graduate Schools Forum 2015

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August - September, 2015
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