Osaka Prefecture University - OPU

07/04/2022

A research group led by Associate Professor Masaru Furuya of the Department of Veterinary Science, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, and Osaka Aquarium KAIYUKAN have succeeded in finding the optimal protocol for contrast-enhanced computed tomography for diagnostic imaging of the Cloudy Catshark Scyliorhinus torazame by micro-CT.

The research results were published in the scientific journal “Journal of Aquatic Animal Health” in August 7, 2021.

📣[OPU Web news]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/nws20220215e/

📄Paper information
Journal title: Journal of Aquatic Animal Health
Paper title: The Establishment of an Optimal Protocol for Contrast-Enhanced Micro-Computed Tomography in the Cloudy Catshark Scyliorhinus torazame
DOI: 10.1002/aah.10143

Journal of Aquatic Animal Health (American Fisheries Society Website)
https://doi.org/10.1002/aah.10143

31/03/2022

A new study reveals that LGBT+ physicists experience systemic issues, including harassment, which makes them more likely to abandon their physics studies or leave their job.

LGBT+ is a shorthand term for le***an, bisexual, gay, transgender, q***r and other sexual and gender-nonconforming minorities.

An Osaka Prefecture University assistant professor, Savannah Garmon, is a co-author on the study, which includes the first large-scale survey of LGBT+ physicists about their experiences in the field. That survey indicates that LGBT+ physicists experience or observe exclusionary behavior at concerning rates, and that women and gender non-conforming people are particularly vulnerable.

📣[OPU Web news]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/nws20220330e/

📖Paper Information
JOURNAL : Physical Review Physics Education Research
ARTICLE TITLE: LGBT+ Physicists: Harassment, Persistence, and Uneven Support
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010124
The lead authors: Ramón Barthelemy (University of Utah), Tim Atherton (Tufts University)
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.18.010124

30/03/2022

On December 22, 2021, The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) announced the winners of CSJ Awards for 2021.

Professor Ken KAMIKAWA at the Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Osaka Prefecture University has received the Chemical Society of Japan Award for Creative Work for 2021.

[Web news]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/nws20220104e/

28/03/2022

Prof. Takashi Takebayashi at Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health and Human Sciences, Osaka Prefecture
University, and his colleague performed a retrospective analysis where they analysed the significance of varied assistance level when using robotic therapy among stroke survivors. They proved that the assistance level needs to be maximised for patients who had severe to moderate stroke whereas the assistance should be minimised for the moderate to mild stroke patients. They stressed on the need for future studies with more objective outcome tools and a larger sample using appropriate research methods.

📣[Press Release]
EurekAlert! : https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/947724
AsiaResearchNews : https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/%E2%80%9Chow-much-too-much%E2%80%9D-assistance-level-using-robotic-therapy-stroke-rehabilitation

📣[OPU Web news]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/pr20220311e/

📘Paper Information
Journal title: Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation
Paper title: Impact of the robotic‑assistance level on upper extremity function in stroke patients receiving adjunct robotic rehabilitation: sub‑analysis of a randomized clinical trial
DOI:10.1186/s12984-022-00986-9
https://doi.org/10.1186/s12984-022-00986-9

22/03/2022

A research paper entitled "A Naked-eye Colorimetric pH and Temperature Sensor Based on Gold Nanoparticle-Loaded Stimuli-Sensitive Dendrimers" by a research group led by Associate Professor Chie Kojima, and Professor Hiroshi Shiigi of the Graduate School of Engineering was published on the cover of ChemNanoMat (Vol. 8, No. 3 in March, 2022) by Wiley.

*Article URL (ChemNanoMat, Wiley Online Library）
https://doi.org/10.1002/cnma.202100442

[Web news]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/nws20220307e/

17/02/2022

This is a novel study that attempted to construct a pH-sensitive delivery system into T cells and their subsets using carboxy-terminal Phe- and CHex-modified dendrimers with different structures, i.e. PAMAM-CHex-Phe and PAMAM-Phe-CHex. The findings contribute to the development of nanoplatforms for direct delivery to T cells to control the functions of T cells, which play key roles in cancer immunotherapy. This is the first report on direct delivery into T cells using pH-sensitive DDS.

The team, led by Associate Professor Chie Kojima and her co-workers from Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka Prefecture University (OPU), collaborating with Professor Ikuo Fujii and Ikuhiko Nakase from Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Science, OPU published their results on December 7, 2021 in the Journal of Materials Chemistry B.
https://doi.org/10.1039/D1TB01980E

[Web news]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/pr20220126e/

[Press release]
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https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/943637

https://admin.asiaresearchnews.com/content/novel-nanoplatform-delivering-drugs-lymphocytes

31/01/2022

An international research group demonstrated that the Kondo effect can have a significant impact on transition metal oxide compound, which has unique and desirable properties to realize wide range of quantum phenomena. The findings have provided more evidence in a decade long debate.

The team, led by Atsushi Hariki, assistant professor in Osaka Prefecture University, Department of Physics and Electronics published their results on January 26, 2022 in Physical Review X.
https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.12.011017

[Web news]

https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/pr20220131e/

[Release]
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https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941444


https://admin.asiaresearchnews.com/content/rare-kondo-phenomenon-found-transition-metal-oxide-furthering-decade-long-debate

28/01/2022

A research group led by Professor Akikazu Matsumoto, and a second-year master’s student Kaito Osada at the Graduate School of Engineering synthesized a new monomer (BHEMA) in which the functional groups in the molecule are pre-protected with tert-butoxycarbonyl (BOC) groups. Furthermore, the researchers succeeded in synthesizing a polymer (PBHEMA) with precisely controlled molecular weight and weight distribution, chain end groups, and sequence structures using a living radical polymerization method.

The results of this research were published online in Macromolecular Chemistry & Physics by Wiley on November 10, 2021, with an artwork by Prof. Matsumoto being selected as a cover picture in Vol. 223, No. 1 on January 7, 2022.

[Web news]
― Each repetition of the reaction adds value ―
Precise control of a polymer structure
Success in synthesizing multi-functional polymer materials through chemical conversions!
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/pr20220124e/

14/01/2022

Final Issue of the Student-produced OPU Social Responsibility Report

Since 2012, Osaka Prefecture University has been producing an annual environmental report from the perspective of students, now published as the “University Social Responsibility Report 2021”. This is the tenth and final issue for OPU.

The report is published in accordance with a law aimed at promoting environmental consideration. The most distinctive feature of this report is that it is written and edited by the Student Committee for Environmental Reporting (E(good)-campus-no-kai), to reflect the perspective of students. It introduces environmental activities conducted by this student group both on and off campus, as well as activities conducted in collaboration with local communities.

[Web news]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/pr20211224e/

07/01/2022

Scientists Uncover the Distribution and Physiological Role of Planteose

The findings of this study are intended to aid botanists who specialize in crop protection in better understanding the distribution of planteose throughout the endosperm, perisperm, and seed coat of Orobanche minor—a root parasitic w**d, which is consistent with planteose's role as a storage carbohydrate. The findings of this work demonstrate unequivocally that the enzyme OmAGAL2, which is involved in the hydrolysis of planteose, is a promising molecular target for root parasitic w**d control.

[Web news]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/pr20211220e/

[Press release]
EurekAlert! :
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/939443

AsiaResearchNews :
https://www.asiaresearchnews.com/content/scientists-uncover-distribution-and-physiological-role-planteose

01/01/2022

28/12/2021

A scientific artwork by Associate Professor Yan Xu’s group at Department of Chemical Engineering is featured on the cover of the academic journal “Nano Letters”, along with the publication of their paper, titled “Fabrication of Nanoscale Gas–Liquid Interfaces in Hydrophilic/Hydrophobic Nanopatterned Nanofluidic Channels”. Prof. Yan Xu with his colleagues Hiroto Kawagishi (doctoral student) and Professor Shuichi Kawamata of the Department of Quantum and Radiation Engineering coauthored the paper.

[ Web news ]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/nws20211223_3e/

[Art work]
https://pubs.acs.org/toc/nalefd/21/24

[Paper]
https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c02871

[Press release]
https://www.osakafu-u.ac.jp/english-news/pr20211014_3e/