Events
2026
Welcome party（2026.10.28）
We had a party for welcomming a new members, Siyi-san
Presentation of Graduation thesises（2026.07.27）
There were presentations of Graduation thesis among students of Master's program in Graduate School of Sport Sciences, Nemo got the special award.
Farewell party（2026.07.24）
We celebrated Jinghong and Nemo's graduation.
Bamboo shoot digging（2026.04.22）
We digged many bamboo shoots and ate them up!
Farewell party（2026.02.25）
We had a farewell party for Kato-kun，Yuan-kun, Tsukamoto-kun who is going to graduate with drinks.
2025
Welcome party（2025.10.15）
We had a party for welcomming a new members, Aileen-san, Andrew-kun and Hiraoka-kun.
Retreat 2025（2025.08.06）
Muscle Biology seminar（2025.05.01）
We had a seminar with Dr. Tetsuya Takeda (Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University).
Bamboo shoot digging（2025.04.23）
We digged many bamboo shoots and ate them up!
2022
Farewell party（2023.03.10）
We had a farewell party for Mr. Yagisawa-kun who is going to graduate with takoyaki.
Welcome party（2023.02.01）
We had a party for welcomming Yinghao-kun who joined the lab from November and cellebrating Yagisawa and Yuan for their Masters' thesises.
MIRAI seminar（2022.10.15）
Dr. Akimoto and Dr. Lee attended at MIRAI seminar held in Kyushu University．
New members（2022.10.01）
Two new members from the School of Sport Sciences joined us.
Lab events（2020.09.29）
JSPS invitational fellows Dr. Schiaffino (University of Padova, Italy) and Dr. Bilkei-Gorzo (University Clinics of Bonn, Germany) finally joined the lab for research collaborations after 2-years delay due to the global spread of the new coronavirus.
Lab events（2020.08.29）
Research Fellow Kamil-san (Medical University of Gdansk, Poland) finally joined the lab to do collaborative experiments after a delay due to the global spread of the new coronavirus.
Lab events（2020.05.16）
Ye-san (enrolled in September 2021) and Xiaotong-san (enrolled in April 2022), whose arrival was delayed due to the global spread of the new coronavirus, have finally joined our lab. However, a welcome party is not yet allowed.
2021
Presentation of Graduation thesises（2022.02.04）
There were presentations of Graduation thesis among labs in Sports Medicine group, Mr. Emoto got the first place.
Farewell（2021.09.22）
We encouraged Dr. Oikawa who is going to Harvard University as a postdoc. We wish him all the best in this new stage of his life.
Graduation for the English-based Maste's program（2021.09.06）
We celebrated Parisa's graduation.
Loquat picking（2021.06.14）
We picked some loquats and ate them up!
MIRAI2.0 seminar（2021.06.11）
Dr. Akimoto and Dr. Lee attended at MIRAI2.0 R&I week held online．
Bamboo shoot digging（2021.04.28）
We digged 13 bamboo shoots and ate them up!
2019
Farewell party（2020.02.13）
We had a farewell party for Dr. Sako who moves to Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST). We wish him all the best in this new stage of his life.
Presentation of Graduation thesises（2020.01.27）
There were presentations of Graduation thesis among labs in Sports Medicine group, Mr. Nakahara got the first place.
New Year Party（2020.01.23）
We had a New Year Party with some Japanese Sake and ”Oden”.
Welcome party（2019.10.16）
We had a party with Parisa who joined the lab from October.
New members（2019.10.01）
Two new members from the School of Sport Sciences joined us.
2018
Invited talk（2019.03.30）
Dr. Akimoto and Dr. Lee gave invited talks at Dankook University, Korea．
Celebration for receiving Doctorate（2019.03.15）
We had a party for Dr. Oikawa and Dr. Lee who comlelted their dissertation sucsessfully. We wish them all the best in this new stage of their life.
Iivited talk（2019.01.30）
Dr. Akimoto was invited to give a talk at Hiroshima Advanced Medical Science Seminar held in Hiroshima University Hospital．
Presentation of Graduation thesises（2019.01.29）
There were presentations of Graduation thesis among labs in Sports Medicine group, Mr. Kato got the first place.
Celebration（2018.12.18）
We held a wine party to celebrate Mingjung's publication, Oikawa's publication, and other events of lab members.
MIRAI seminar（2018.10.11）
Dr. Akimoto attended at MIRAI seminar held in Tokyo．
New member（2018.10.01）
A new member from the School of Sport Sciences joined us.
EMC 2018（2018.08.30）
Dr. Akimoto attended at European Muscle Conference in Budapest．
Farewell party（2018.07.23）
We had a farewell party for Mr. Uno who is going to study at West Virginia University for a year. Enjoy your life in the US.
Muscle Biology seminar（2018.07.19）
We had a seminar with Dr. Katsu Funai (University of Utah).
Muscle Biology seminar（2018.06.28）
We had a seminar with Dr. Shogo Wada (Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania).
Muscle Biology seminar（2018.05.23）
We had a lab work seminar with Dr. Jun Noguchi (National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry).
2017
Tea ceremony（2018.02.08）
We enjoyed the tea ceremony at the "first kettle" conducted by Dr. Kanda.
Muscle Biology seminar（2018.01.10）
We had a seminar with Dr. Yoshio Kato (National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology).
Farewell party（2017.12.20）
We had a farewell party for Dr. Hattori who was to find employment at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.'s Saga Laboratory as a researcher. We wish him all the best in this new stage of his life.
MIRAI seminar（2017.10.16）
Dr. Akimoto and Dr. Sako attended at MIRAI seminar held in Lund, Sweden．
New members（2017.10.01）
New members from the School of Sport Sciences joined us.
Muscle Biology seminar（2017.07.12）
We had a seminar with Dr. Shuichi Mori (Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology).
Muscle Biology seminar（2017.07.05）
We had a seminar with Dr. Taichi Hara (Faculty of Human Sciences, Waseda University).
Invited talk（2017.06.23）
Dr. Akimoto gave an invited talk at 2017 Commemorationg the 88 Seoul Olympic Games International Sport Science Congress in South Korea
Muscle Biology seminar（2017.05.17）
We had a seminar with Dr. Jun Noguchi (National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry).
Bamboo shoot digging（2017.04.26）
We digged 12 bamboo shoots and ate them up!
2016
New Year Party（2017.01.25）
We had a New Year Party with some Japanese Sake and boar stew.
Muscle Biology seminar（2016.11.24）
We had a seminar with Dr. Shogo Wada (Cardiovascular Institute, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania).
Muscle Biology seminar（2016.10.17）
We had a seminar with Dr. Jun Tanihata (National Institute of Neuroscience, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry).
New members（2016.10.01）
New members from the School of Sport Science joined us.
2016 Lab members（2016.04.01）
Four members moved from the University of Tokyo to Waseda University with the PI. They will support the dawn and future of the lab.
Construction of the Lab（2016.03.22）
The space to be moved to the Lab is the space which was used as the dean of the faculty of human science before, so it was necessary to carry out extensive renovation in order to use it as a laboratory.
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