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2017

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EU Debate Club "Should the EU be concerned about the future of Schengen (passport-free movement)?" was held

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Professor Keiichi Ogawa Delivered a Keynote Speech in Saudi Arabia

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Mini Symposium for Hyogo High School Students was held

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Visit from Vice-President of University of Strasbourg

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Student Ambassador interview at the Kobe University Brussels European Centre

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Executive Vice President Mizutani gives lecture at Budapest Business School

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Executive Vice President Ogawa gives lecture in Budapest organized by Japan Foundation

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Visit to Slovenia for research exchange and university-industry collaboration

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Workshop held at Brussels European Centre: New Perspectives in Japanese Studies Part 2

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Visit to Jagiellonian University Faculty of Law and Administration

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Visit from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences

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The 14th Kobe University International Student Homecoming Day held

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Alumnus Professor XU Yiping receives Foreign Minister’s Commendation

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The 8th Kobe University Brussels European Centre Symposium was held

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Conferral Ceremony of Doctor Honoris Causa for Professor Jiří Drahoš

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Seminar held in Barcelona on healthy and active ageing

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Visit from China’s Ministry of Science and Technology

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PhD Workshop China 2017 in Beijing and Shanghai

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Kobe University Overseas Advisory Board meeting held

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Professor Susumu Seino will receive the 2018 Arthur Riggs Award

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Visit from the Ambassador of France to Japan

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Joint symposium with Bruegel on Europe and Japan: Monetary Policies in the Age of Uncertainty

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Introducing Kobe University’s official mascot character, Shindai Uribo!

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Kobe University Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence the Third Workshop for Journalists was held on 27th October

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Treating non-union bone fractures with cell therapy

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Using eDNA to identify the breeding habitat of endangered species

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The 4th Joint Working Group Indonesia-Japan Conference

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Flower attracts insects by pretending to be a mushroom: The true pollinators for one of the strangest flowers are finally revealed

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Student Ambassador interview with Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering on the occasion of his Doctor Honoris Causa conferral

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Visit to Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in Lithuania, RISEBA University and Riga Technical University in Latvia

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Parasitic plants rely on unusual method to spread their seeds: convergent evolution of internal seed dispersal by camel crickets

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A gel that does not break or dry out: Developing robust gels full of ionic liquids

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The 10th Japan-China University Presidents’ Conference

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Visit from Rector of Babeș-Bolyai University

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Asymptomatic infection helps norovirus to spread in Indonesia

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Visegrad Project Kick-Off Symposium held

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Visit to Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun

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The 2nd KU-FTU Cooperation Symposium and the 5th Annual Conference: The Forum for Leaders of Japanese Studies were held

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Conferral Ceremony of Doctor Honoris Causa held for Dr. Hans-Gert Pöttering

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The 3rd Annual International Conference on Applied Econometrics in Hawaii was held

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Visit to Tbilisi State University

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Network meeting held at Brussels European Centre

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Bilateral Kobe-Kiel Workshop held

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EURAXESS Japan Tour 2017 @Kobe University was held

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Visit from the Australian Consulate-General in Osaka

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Visit from the Rector of Nicolaus Copernicus University

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Visit from the Kosovo Ambassador to Japan

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Visit from Vietnam Japan University

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Rapid climate changes across northern hemisphere in the earliest Middle Pleistocene

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Visits to IMRA Europe and Aix-Marseille University

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New Kobe University brochure now online

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Visit from Foreign Trade University

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GSICS Provided Education Finance and Administration Training to Ministry of Education Officers from Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe

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Director of the Japan Foundation Budapest gives lecture at Kobe University

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New non-photosynthesizing plant species discovered on Ishigaki island, Japan

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New chromium-based superconductor has an unusual electronic state

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Issues with maternal screening for congenital cytomegalovirus infection

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Courtesy visit from JICA Group Training Course

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EU Debate Club "Should the EU be worried about population ageing?" was held

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Evolution of the fungus that is devastating wheat crops

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A novel practical test for the function of HDL, the carrier of “good” cholesterol

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The Second Kobe University – Beijing Foreign Studies University Joint Symposium

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Rector of Airlangga University visits Kobe University

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Mistaken identity of East Asian vine species resolved after 100 years

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Japanese children learn to write through rhythm

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Visit from the Consulate-General of the People's Republic of China in Osaka

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Graduate School of Engineering endowed chair “Sustainable Chemistry” develops new biomass utilization process with Nippon Shokubai

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Visit from Budapest Business School

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Kobe University participated in Japan education event in China

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President Takeda visited Nanyang Technological University in Singapore

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EU Debate Club "Should all EU countries increase their defence spending?" was held

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Visit from Taiwan career matching delegation

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Attention Students: We will test our new Disaster Safety Confirmation System on Friday, July 14th

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Erasmus+ staff mobility programme: Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Vice Dean visits Kobe University

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How plants prevent oxidative stress

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Visit from University of Southern California

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Visit of the Belgian Ambassador to Japan

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Japan-China University Fair and Forum

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Visit from Comenius University in Bratislava

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Visegrad Project Kick-Off Workshop held in Kraków, Poland

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Visit from Uttaradit Rajabhat University

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Control mechanism unveiled for gene that causes Opitz syndrome

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Photocatalyst makes hydrogen production 10 times more efficient

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New method for early screening of colorectal cancer

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Kobe University participated in Japan education events in China

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Visit from the National University of Laos

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Solar cell design with over 50% energy-conversion efficiency

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EU Lecture Series Special Lecture “60 years of the Treaty of Rome: what does it mean for the EU?” was held

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Making oil from algae – towards more efficient biofuels

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Mechanism behind the electric charges generated by photosynthesis

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Visit from the universities of Tours and Poitiers

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Two new species of orchids discovered in Okinawa

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Kobe University Exchange Day held at Sichuan University

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Visit from the University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

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Courtesy visit from Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń

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Mission from Southwest China learns about disaster countermeasures and volunteering activities

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Mini Symposium for Kinran Senri High School Students was held on 23 February, 2017

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New autoimmune endocrine disease triggered by thymomas

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New advisor appointed to the Kobe University Brussels European Centre

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Visit to review Kobe University's international communications Activities

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Vice-Chancellor of the University of Essex visited Kobe University

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Visit from Casa Asia

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Visit from Tribhuvan University

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Seminar by H.E. Mr. Viorel Isticioaia-Budura

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Reports from the Long Term Overseas Visit Program for Young Researchers

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GSICS Research Team Conducted Workshop for Lao Government Officials with UNESCO Education Experts

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Genes in albino orchids may hold clues to parasitic mechanism used by non-photosynthetic plants

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IFT20 protein’s role in helping cancer cells to invade

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How parenting styles influence our attitudes to marriage

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Mechanism for photosynthesis already existed in primeval microbe

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DNA analysis of seawater detects 80% of fish species in just one day

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Potential new cancer treatment activates cancer-engulfing cells

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Mini Symposium for Hyogo High School Students was held on 21 December, 2016

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Kobe University Academic Research and Education Forum (KUAREF) held in Indonesia

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Symposium commemorating 150th anniversary of Sun Yat-sen's birth