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On Friday and Saturday, July 23 and 24, there was a Matsuri (festival) with dancing at the Shinto shrine Magome-Hachimansha (間米八幡社) at the South-West of Fujita Health University.

This is a summary of the curriculum vitae (CV) of Prof. Yasunori Sasakura, Ph.D., Professor at the Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Japan, and Director of the Shimoda Marine Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Japan. He will give a presentation at Fujita Health University.

This year, Shizuku Farm next to Fujita is selling blueberries. They are truly delicious!

On Friday, May 26, Dr. Bernd Pulverer gave a presentation at Fujita Health University. He told us about scientific publishing in general and about the possibilities of publishing in EMBO Press journals.

This is a summary of the curriculum vitae (CV) of Dr. Bernd Pulverer, Head of EMBO Press and Chief Editor of EMBO Reports, Heidelberg, Germany. He will give a presentation at Fujita Health University.

On Friday, April 28, Prof. Thomas C. Mettenleiter gave a presentation at Fujita Health University. He told us about the continuous threat of animal viruses to cause epidemics in humans—exemplified by COVID-19—and the “One Health High Level Expert Panel” who, based on an initiative by WHO and other organizations, are discussing how to prevent this.

This is a summary of the curriculum vitae (CV) of Prof. Thomas C. Mettenleiter, Ph.D., President of the Friedrich-Loeffler-Institut (Federal Research Institute for Animal Health), Insel Riems, Germany. He will give a presentation at Fujita Health University.

On Friday, March 31, Dr. Kjeld van Bommel gave a presentation at Fujita Health University. He showed us how 3D printing can be used for making personalized foods and pharmaceuticals.

This is a summary of the curriculum vitae (CV) of Dr. Kjeld J.C. van Bommel, Senior Consultant 3D Food & Pharma Printing, TNO – Department Equipment for Additive Manufacturing, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. He will give a presentation at Fujita Health University.

On Saturday, February 25, Nobel laureate Sir Richard John Roberts gave a presentation at Fujita Health University. He told us about his path to the Nobel Prize for the discovery of split genes (RNA splicing).