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Discovery of a Regulatory Role for Melanin-Concentrating Hormone in Fish Bone Metabolism

Kanazawa University Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology Nobuo Suzuki Professor, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology Division of Biological Science and Technology; Yasushi Kuroda, a doctoral student and selected participant in the "HaKaSe⁺ for SPRING" project (at the time of the research), which aims to cultivate talent capable of creating new value through the co-creation and exchange of knowledge […]

登録日：2026-6-11

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Kanazawa University College of Human and Social Sciences School of International Studies Japanese-language teacher training programs at the University of Tokyo are registered as registered practical training institutes and registered Japanese-language teacher training institutes.

登録日：2026-6-10

A CT-Based Approach to Gastroscopy: Toward Next-Generation Low-Dose Gastric Cancer Screening

Kanazawa University Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Faculty of Health Sciences Katsuhiro Ichikawa has collaborated with Kazuya Ohashi, a technician⾧ in the Department of Radiological Technology at Nagoya City University Midori Municipal Hospital (Nagoya City University Midori Municipal Hospital) to visualize the inside of the stomach clearly and in three dimensions without using an endoscope (gastroscope) [...]. Professor

登録日：2026-6-10

Supporting students through nutrition education: tasting simple breakfast soup with plenty of vegetables

Health Service Center As a part of its student support program, the University of Tokyo (UT) holds a nutrition education program called "Simple Breakfast Soup Tasting with Plenty of Vegetables" every quarter. This program is designed to prevent students from missing breakfast and to help them balance their nutritional intake and lead a healthy university life [...].

登録日：2026-6-9

FY2026 Management Training for National University Corporations in the Hokuriku Region Held

On June 3, the Hokuriku Region Management Training Course for National University Corporations was held with 25 participants from 6 institutions. This training was designed to improve the management skills of employees who have been promoted to the ranks of Executive Director and Director for less than three years. 　At the beginning of the training, [...]...

登録日：2026-6-8

FY2026 Meeting with Parents and Guardians of Undergraduate Students Held

On May 23 and 30, we held the "Roundtable Meeting with Parents of Students Admitted in 2026 school" at Kakuma Campus and Takara-machi /Tsuruma campus. 　In previous years, this event has been held for parents of first-year students, etc. However, in a survey conducted after the event last year, we found that the [...] The following is a summary of the results of the survey.

登録日：2026-6-8

Press Release 【Japanese Only】

Visualization of the Afamin/Wnt3a complex in motion —Revealing the key role of the hydrophobic pocket—

--Kanazawa University Graduate School Graduate School of Frontier Science Initiative Division of Nano Life Science PhD students Hikaru Ichida and Kousuke Mizuno (currently postdoctoral researchers at Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University), Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI) Tetsuyuki Furudera Professor, Holger Flexig Special [...].

登録日：2026-6-5

Large-scale dementia cohort study in eight regions of Japan reports reciprocal association between APOEε4 genotype and modifiable risk factors on dementia risk

登録日：2026-6-5

Successful Simulation of Air‑Conditioning Energy Consumption Using an AI‑ and VR‑Based Digital Twin

Kanazawa University Institute of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation D. students: Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, the Shen Zhenjiang Collaborative Chair in Spatial Planning, Professor (and Institute of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation, Research Associate), Graduate School of Natural Science and Technology, Division of Geosciences and Civil Engineering, and Yuntian Zhang, a Ph.

登録日：2026-6-5

Press Release 【Japanese Only】

Kanazawa University Receives the Highest Rating in the Post-Evaluation of the “WISE Program” by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Kanazawa University The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology" WISE Program" was adopted in FY 2019, and the "Nano-Precision Medicine, Science and Engineering WISE Program" has been developed for the following seven years. 　The program was implemented in FY2025, the final year of the program. WISE [...].

登録日：2026-6-5

Identification of Human Vascular Endothelial Stem Cells Responsible for Vascular Regeneration- Characterization of CD157-Positive Vascular Endothelial Cells and Their Commonality Across Species.

登録日：2026-6-5

Students experience planting organic sake rice for the university's original sake

On April 28, Frontier Science and Social Co-creation Initiative held a rice planting experience for Komatsu-grown organic sake rice that NOGUCHI NAOHIKO SAKE INSTITUTE Inc. uses to make sake as part of Project: AERU*. Kanazawa University Eight students and faculty members participated. 　Kanazawa University The [...]...

登録日：2026-6-4

Delegation from the Thai Ministry of Culture Visits the University

On May 25, a delegation of 13 delegations, represented by the Chakrit Sitthirit Intangible Cultural Heritage Tentative List Dissemination and Protection Director of the Thai Ministry of Culture, visited Kanazawa University. Institute for the Study of Ancient Civilizations and Cultural Resources ・Deputy Director Takuro Adachi Professor, Institute of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation Faculty of Transdisciplinary Sciences for Innovation Atsushi Kawasumi [...]

登録日：2026-6-4

Overcoming cancer drug resistance

-Kanazawa University Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI)/ Atsushi Hirao of Cancer Research Institute Professor, Dr. Young-Wei Jin of Cancer Research Institute (at the time of the research), Masahiko Kobayashi Assistant Professor, Mitsutoshi Nakata of Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine Professor, Pharmaceutical and Health Care [...].

登録日：2026-6-3

Particulate thiol distribution along a meridional transect in the western North Pacific

Kanazawa University Institute of Science and Engineering Faculty of Chemistry- A joint research group led by Guohong Huang Associate Professor, Hiroshi Hasegawa Professor, Mayami Mashio Associate Professor, Hajime Obata Professor of the Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, and Yoshiko Kondo Associate Professor of the Graduate School of Fisheries and Environmental Science, Nagasaki University, has been working on the western North Pacific [...].

登録日：2026-6-3

Elucidating Some of the Roles of Cancer-Specific Metabolism
-Metabolic analysis technology that combines bio- and information-based approaches makes it possible to...

Kanazawa University Cancer Research Institute A research group led by Satoshi Takahashi Professor, Susumu Kono Assistant Professor, Nobuyuki Okahashi, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University Associate Professor, and Fumio Matsuda Professor (Bioinformatics) has combined biotechnology and information technology to develop a new method to analyze energy metabolism [...] in cancer cells.

登録日：2026-6-3

Spring Face-to-Face Campus Visit 2026 Held

On May 16 and 23, we held the Spring In-person Campus Visit 2026. 　About 1,800 high school students were divided into school and participated in programs such as mock lessons and lab tours, experiencing the unique learning features and campus environment of Kanazawa University [...]

登録日：2026-6-2