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Exploring the secrets behind the creation of "forms" of living things

As a HaKaSe+ (Hakase Plus) selected student, Aki Teranishi—a first-year doctoral student (at the time of the interview) at Graduate School of Frontier Science Initiative Division of Nano Life Science—is conducting research in developmental biology. We asked her about what motivated her to pursue a doctoral degree and what she finds fascinating about her research. ( […]

登録日：2026-7-28

Presentation Session Held for the General Education Course “Future Design Practices”

On July 11, a project presentation session was held for the general education course “Future Design Practices,” with approximately 40 students and faculty members in attendance. This course, which began in the Reiwa 4 academic year, is based on the theme “You Can Change Yourself and the Future!” Students explore their own “future […]

登録日：2026-7-28

A New Four-Item Scale to Identify Hidden Loneliness in Children

A collaborative research group led by Yasao Murayama Associate Professor of Kanazawa University Institute of Human and Social Sciences Faculty of Humanities / Research Center for Child Mental Development has developed a new scale called 'Kanazawa University Lone [...] that can quickly grasp children's 'hard-to-see loneliness' [...]

登録日：2026-7-28

Kanazawa University Cycling Club Commissioned as “Kanazawa‑Naka CS United”

Kanazawa University Kanazawa University, an extracurricular club, was commissioned by the Kanazawa-Naka Police Station to form “Kanazawa-Naka Cycling Safety United” (hereinafter “Kanazawa-Naka CS United”). On July 17, at the KUKU welfare facility on the Kakuma Campus (Waku […]

登録日：2026-7-27

Elucidating the mechanism of gastric cancer metastasis by ligand-dependent Wnt signaling

— Masanobu Oshima (Kanazawa University Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI)/ Cancer Research Institute) Professor, Hiroko Oshima Associate Professor, and Noriyuki Inagi Professor of the Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery at Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences Faculty of Medicine, along with Yutaka Furuya, a fourth-year doctoral student Graduate School of Medical Sciences at the same graduate school […]

登録日：2026-7-27

School of Law We have published Monthly Report No. 145

School of Law School of Law Published with the cooperation of the Public Relations Committee and student volunteers, the Monthly Report shares the latest news from School of Law—including recent topics, columns, and essays—to keep all stakeholders informed about what’s happening at . Click here to view the 145th issue of the Monthly Report: School of Law

登録日：2026-7-27

“The Power of Conversation: Creating Work as a Team — Thinking with NHK Professionals” Held

On July 7, the Frontier Science and Social Co-creation Initiative held an event titled “ZATSUDAN NO CHIKARA: Creating Work as a Team—Reflections with NHK Employees” at YABU & CAFÉ Tan on the Kakuma Campus as part of Project: AERU. This time, NH […]

登録日：2026-7-27

Kanazawa University University Museum Special Exhibition: Exploring the Ancient History of Tagami and Kakuma Through Wooden Slips and Ink-Inscribed Pottery

登録日：2026-7-24

Generation and Screening of Ionic Liquids for Cellulose Dissolution, A Novel Machine Learning–Driven Workflow!

—-Kanazawa University Institute of Science and Engineering Faculty of Biological Science and Technology Kenji Takahashi Professor, Gyanendra Sharma Assistant Professor, and a research team led by Postdoctoral Researcher Dr. Menyang Ku, in collaboration with CrowdChem, Inc. and the National Institute for Materials Science’s Advanced Materials Research Infrastructure […]

登録日：2026-7-23

Kanazawa University‑Selected Team Wins Gold Medal at the International Mathematics Competition “Mathematics A‑day”

Kanazawa University A team from Saitama Municipal Omiya International Secondary School, which won the Grand Prize at the “Japan Mathematics A-lympiad”—a math contest organized by [...], and was recommended to represent Japan at the international math contest “Mathematics A-day,” participated in an event on March 13, 1 […]

登録日：2026-7-23

Kanazawa University The American Football Club Hosts a Disaster Prevention Festival at Morinosato Elementary School

登録日：2026-7-23

Exchange event held with Princeton University and other U.S. university students

On July 3, we held an exchange event with American college students participating in the PII (*) program being conducted in Ishikawa Prefecture. Twenty-three students from the PII program and 22 students from the Kanazawa University (including international students) participated. At the exchange event, Hase from Kanazawa University Vice President […]

登録日：2026-7-22

Researchers Uncover the Secret Behind Mold’s Ability to Break Through Plant Cell Walls
—A New Polymer in Filamentous Fungi Controls One of the Highest Turgor Pressures in the Living World—

An international team led by Naosuke Kumakura, Senior Researcher at the Plant Immunology Research Group, Center for Environmental Resource Science, RIKEN; Ken Shirasu, Group Director; Kanazawa University Institute of Science and Engineering Faculty of Frontier Engineering / Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI); and Yoshifumi Miyazawa Assistant Professor […]

登録日：2026-7-17

Announcement Regarding the Publication of the Reiwa 9 Academic Year Kanazawa University Admissions Guidelines

登録日：2026-7-17

New Technology Developed to “Examine” Cells Using Light Colors!— Visualizing the State of Molecular Aggregates Within Living Cells; Successfully Detecting Abnormalities Associated with Cancer Development —

登録日：2026-7-17

Researchers Successfully Detect 90% of Early-Stage Pancreatic Cancers Through Blood Tests

登録日：2026-7-16

Society with a Healthy Life Expectancy of 100 Years

Tackling “Aging” and “Diseases” Caused by “Aging Cells” Professor Yoshikazu Shiromura is conducting research aimed at elucidating the nature of “aging cells” at the molecular level and developing drugs effective against aging and age-related diseases. Our cells are subjected to stress from sources such as ultraviolet radiation and oxidation […]

登録日：2026-7-16

Experience the Real Thing and Shape the Future! “Cancer Research EEP 2026”: An Early Experience Program in Cancer Research for High School Students

登録日：2026-7-16

Relocation of the Noto Atmospheric Observation Super Site Wajima Station Completed; Opening Ceremony Held

On July 14, the Kanazawa University Institute of Nature and Environmental Technology held an opening ceremony to mark the completion of the relocation of the “Noto Atmospheric Observation Super Site—Wajima Station,” which had been damaged by the Reiwa 6 Oku-Noto heavy rains. The center is engaged in international cooperation regarding environmental changes associated with transboundary pollution […]

登録日：2026-7-15

Kanazawa University Students Visit the Mayor of Kanazawa City Before Their Study Program at the University at Buffalo

On July 8, 11 students and 2 faculty members from the Kanazawa University visited Kanazawa City Hall to pay a courtesy call on Mayor Taku Murayama. The students are scheduled to visit the State University of New York at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo), located in Buffalo, New York—Kanazawa’s sister city—in August 2026 […]

登録日：2026-7-15