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Dr. Shinji Noguchi has been appointed as a Postdoc at David A. Weitz lab (Harverd University). He plans to conduct joint research on site until around March 2026.

At the international conference Pacifichem 2025, held in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dr. Nakajima served as one of the session organizers and hosted the session titled “Bringing Order to Disordered Polymer Gels.” This session focused on research aimed at incorporating ordered structures—namely, low-entropy structures—into polymer gels, thereby promoting the core concept of LeNet on a global scale. Invited speakers from Japan, the United States, Korea, Australia, and Canada gathered for

Drs. Gong, Nakajima and Yasui have visited DWI – Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials in Achen, from November 20th to 26th, 2025。 DWI is a research institute specializing in interactive materials, focusing on fields such as polymer chemistry, biotechnology, and chemical engineering. During the visit, they conducted seminars and engaged in lively discussions with DWI researchers and students from Aachen University on the latest research in the polymer field. In addit

It has been 10 years since Global Institution for Collaborative Research and Education (GI-CoRE) was established. To share the accumulated know-how and insights on internationalization of research and education and system development within the university, we will hold an internal sharing seminar on Monday, January 19, 2026. Please register for participation. FY2025 GI-CoRE Internal Sharing Seminar“From International Collaborative Research to Graduate Education: Implementati

We are pleased to announce that a lecture by Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Shinji Noguchi of the Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, will be held as follows. Inorganic Materials Synthesis Pioneered by Gels: Research Progress and Current Efforts —Perspectives of Young Researchers from the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings and the HOPE Meetings Lecture Title “Inorganic Materials Synthesis Pioneered by Gels: Research Progress and Current Efforts — Persp

Dr. Shinji Noguchi, Specially-Appointed Asst. Prof., received the Best Young Scientist Presentation Award at the 35th Conference and Annual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine (Bioceramics 35), held at Rio de Janeiro from October 28 to 31, 2025. Award Date: October 31, 2025 Recipient: Dr. Shinji Noguchi, Specially-Appointed Assistant Professor Affiliation: Laboratory of Convergence Soft Matter, Faculty of Advanced Life Science Award Name: Best Young

At the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biomaterials, held in Hachioji, Tokyo from November 9 to 11, 2025, Director Nonoyama received Japan Biomaterials Science Encouragement Award. Dr. Nonoyama receiving the certificate of award

On October 2, 2025, the first symposium at the Co-Creation Core for Soft Materials Aspiring Research & Translation (C 3 -SMART), titled “Co-Creation Symposium of Hokudai Soft Materials 2025,” was held. A total of 120 participants attended, and 46 poster presentations were showcased. The event featured an invited lecture by Associate Professor Reika Katsumata (University of Massachusetts Amherst), and lively discussions took place on the latest research in the field of soft ma

Assitant Professor Assistant Professor Tomoki Yasui (Faculty of Advanced Life Science) has been selected for the ACT-X program under JST Strategic Basic Research Program for FY2025.

Dr. Shinji Noguchi, Specially-Appointed Asst. Prof., received the Best Presentation Award in the special session “Open-System...

Beautiful photos and reports from the summer school classes and parties are featured. For more details, please see below....

Associate Professor Tasuku Nakajima (Faculty of Advanced Life Science) published a paper titled “Osmosis-Induced Mechanical...

Inspired by biology, researchers have achieved the highest performing underwater adhesive hydrogel technology to date through a data...

We are happy to announce that LeNet & C3-SMART will hold the seminar 2025 as below. 【Speaker】 Dr. Yasuhiko Igarashi (Tsukuba University)...

The REBOND Summer School on Polymeric Networks for Sustainable Development, co-organized by the LeNet Project (Hokkaido University) and...

We are pleased to announce Co-Creation Symposium of Hokudai Soft Materials 2025 . Soft materials refer to substances that are easily...

Title “Node” Facilitated Thermostable Mechanophores for Rapid Self-strengthening in Double Network Materials Authors Julong Jiang, Zhi...

Title Fundamental toughening landscape in soft-hard composites: Insights from a minimal framework Authors Fucheng Tian, Katsuhiko Sato,...

GI-CoRE Cooperating Hub/Soft Matter Collaborative Research Unit (SMCR), Faculty of Advanced Life Science will hold the SMCR Seminar 2024...