2014 Report(Others)

First, I would like to express my sincere thanks to Shizuoka University, Prof. Watanabe and Prof. Park for extending this invitation to me to deliver an invited talk at ‘2015 Workshop on Green Science and Technology of Global Young Researchers’ and ‘2015 International Symposium toward the Future of Advanced Researches in Shizuoka University’. It was a great experience to visit Japan again after a gap of 14 years. It was like a homecoming for me as I stayed in Shizuoka from 1994-1998 to complete my PhD from Shizuoka University under supervision of Prof. Hideo Etoh. It was so nice to be invited by my alma mater to share research results from my laboratory, the work that we have been doing in my lab utilizing a rich experience gained during my studies at Shizuoka University. Further, I found this was a truly multidisciplinary conference where researchers delivered talks on Science as well as Engineering. It was three days of extensive deliberations and several fruitful discussions with the participants. The conference helped networking with several international scientists. The conference was organized perfectly and I complement the organizers for this wonderful conference. It was again great to see my PhD student receive a best presentation award from the organizing committee. I truly enjoyed my stay in Shizuoka and Hamamatsu.

I was so pleased to visit Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University, where I first studied twenty years ago. It was nice to see very well equipped laboratories and the new building that is coming up for the Faculty of Agriculture. I had long discussions with Prof. Watanabe and Prof. Park and other Professors from Research Institute of Green Science and Technology as well as from Graduate School of Science and Technology and I hope for future collaborations with Shizuoka University and continuous interactions between Shizuoka University and NIPER, SAS Nagar, India. The university has great infrastructure and great staff.

Japan, the ‘Land of Rising Sun’ is a beautiful country of wonderful people. The people of Japan are very hospitable and we found the same warmth when we met our old Japanese friends even after twenty years. We visited renovated Nihondaira with old friends to have beautiful view of Mt Fuji. Even for a single moment, I did not feel that I am in a foreign country and I would love to visit Japan again and again!

It was a refreshing experience for me to visit several labs at Shizuoka University, Shizuoka campus and Hamamatsu campus. This will certainly rejuvenate me for future researches which in turn will prove beneficial for my students. It was a good learning experience for my PhD student, who accompanied me, and I hope more students from my lab and our institution would be able to visit Shizuoka University in future and students from Shizuoka University will be able to visit NIPER, SAS Nagar, India.

My research or experience while staying Japan

About your research or experience while your staying Japan.
It was a great pleasure for me to visit Japan. The symposium was really enthusiastic, full of recent trends that are applied in the research. The symposium forced me to think and plan to undergo my research. I found that the people were starting with small problem in the research but at the end they had a beautiful picture and the solution of the problem. I also got the opportunity to know the status of scientific research in different parts of the world.

About a University

The university has provided a good platform to develop the career. It has touched the different areas like engineering, biological science, nanotechnology. It has encouraged the international students to join the university. It has different scholarship schemes for the International students. The Double Doctoral Programme is a wonderful initiative taken by the university.

About a Japan

Japan is very clean. I found the people very polite and helpful. I visited Tokyo city. It is a wonderful city. I found that people were very fast ,busy. Everything was on time. I got a chance to see Mount Fuzi. I wish I could visit Japan again.

The influence for your own study or future

What I got a message is that “we are too many but I have to think that what I can do for the mankind”.

My research or experience while staying Japan

I have really enjoyed a lot during my stay (about one week)　in Japan. On January 26, 2015, I gave a talk -on 1-trichloromethyl-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-β-carboline(TaClo)modulates IL-1β mediated cyclooxygenase-2 in SK-N-SH cell line – in my first ever International Workshop. During my stay, I realized that Japanese people are very humble, cooperative and workaholic.

About a University

Shizuoka University has well maintained infrastructure- at Shizuoka as well as Hamamatsu campus. The workshop and symposium were organized nicely. I would like to express my deep gratitude to Shizuoka University to invite me as a young researcher to participate in the workshop and symposium.

About a Japan

Japan is a beautiful island nation, as I have seen from my flight window. The cities which I have visited – Shizuoka, Hamamatsu & Tokyo- was very clean. It has very good transportation system like Shinkansen (Bullet train).Beautiful cities, vegetation and the scenicbeauty of Mount Fuji impress me a lot and I would love to visit Japan again.

The influence for your own study or future

The Japanese culture and the multidisciplinary-interface research of Shizuoka University inspire me a lot and I think it would prove very helpful for my scientific as well as social life.

My research or experience while staying Japan

I had a wonderful experience in the short duration of my stay in Japan (25-29 Jan, 2015). The workshop was a well-organized event, both at Shizuoka and Hamamatsu campuses. I felt extremely honored to have given the keynote talk for the workshop. All the presentations by other delegates were very inspiring. This kind of interdisciplinary workshop should be conducted on a regular basis to increase scientific interaction.

About a University

Both Shizuoka and Hamamatsu Campuses are centers of excellence. Especially having the symposium together with the non-life science departments opened up many areas of research possibilities enriching my knowledge. The two days of symposium was very interesting but packed tight. I felt staying a couple days longer after the symposium would have given me some free time to meet individual PIs, their students and visit their labs to further discuss possibilities of collaborative research.

About a Japan

This is my first visit to Japan and I loved it so much that I am sure I will have more chances to visit. It’s a very efficient and modern country, yet the people are very courteous and down to earth. The extent to which they go to help others is exemplary.

The influence for your own study or future

The enriching workshop gave new insights allowing me to expand my own research into newer frontiers. However, it is too early to pursue a new path as I am in the beginning stages of establishing my career as an independent scientist. But I definitely plan to pursue these goals in the near future. A collaborative research is definitely possible now.

My research or experience while staying Japan

I got amazing and unforgettable experiences during my stay in Japan. I want to give a hearty appreciation for this conference “Green Science and Technology of Global Young Researchers” which gave us the invaluable opportunity of sharing knowledge with renowned scientists and researchers coming from different parts of the world. I got to know many valuable information, different types, status and facilities for world-class research which inspired me to uplift the status of my project. It paved the way to interact with world-class scientists which is always highly significant for the students.

About a University

First of all, I am amazed by the hospitality of the faculties as well as students of Shizuoka University. I am highly thankful to them who could give us a vey appreciable impression of Japan visit. They were very cordial, friendly, gentle, helpful and above all Knowledgeable. They have a well-organised campus. I appreciate their researches which shows signs of highly intellectual, scientific and well-planned works.

About a Japan

First of all I want to show my gratitude towards Japanese people who are mostly very friendly, gentle, helpful, clean-living and organized who kept their cities so beautiful and clean. I have got the Opportunity to roam in Shzuoka, Hamamatsu, Shibuya and some parts of Tokio. I loved the weather and cleanliness all around. As far I have noticed, almost all the places leave signs of being a developed country such as well-organised, disciplined and highly punctual travel and transport systems, high-rised well-managed buildings, nice traffic system. We also observed Japan as a rich source of natural beauty which can be defined by Mount Fuji….an amazing view we could observe while Travelling. All the credits of beautiful Japan goes to nice People living in Japan.

Even it was first and short visit to Sizuoka University I got impressed from the workshop organizer of the University. I would like to express my heart full gratitude to Professor Park Enoch Y. for his arrangement of our entire visit to Sizuoka University to attend “2015 Workshop on Green Science and Technology of young researchers”. I would like thanks to Dr. Tatsuya Kato, and Marie Chigiri for their effort to manage our visit to University. It is my great pleasure to express my heart full gratidtude to Dr Vipin Kumar Deo to whom it goes credit of introducing us in Sizuoka University. I would like to thanks to Professor Taichi Usui, Professor Watanabe Naoharu, for their warm welcome to our team. I got a good impression from the development in science and technology that is govern by the Sizuoka University and I am really impressed from the initiation that has been taken by Sizuoka University for the cooperation and collaboration in international level. All facilities including food, hospitality was perfect. I love Japanese food and culture, that I got chance to enjoy it. The nature of people and nature of Japan was more than perfect that will always remain in my heart. More than this I got very good experience that university has taken its effort to bring all global scientists in same platform that will create harmony and help to exchange knowledge among the scientific community. I hope University will again provide us such a occasion that could be use for more collaborative effort for the future research.

The travel was for about 4 days and the aim of this was to attend the “2015 International Symposium toward the Future of Advanced Researches in Shizuoka University” which was held at the Hamamatsu Campus, and to strengthen the collaboration with Shizuoka University Research Groups especially with Prof. Mieno of Graduate School of Science and Technology (GSST). In the symposium, I have presented a poster on my research work and got the best poster award in the GSST category, which was a great achievement and inspiration for my future research. Moreover, my PhD supervisor Prof. Mieno arranged some measurements of my samples, which I did with the help of Mr. Tomoda of Center for Instrumental Analysis of Shizuoka University. Moreover, I discussed with Prof. Mieno about our future collaborative research, and also met with Dean of GSST regarding the MoU that is going to be established between Faculty of Engineering of Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET), and GSST, of Shizuoka University.

About a University

I would like to express my gratitude to Prof. Mieno and Shizuoka University to invite me as a young researcher from BUET, Bangladesh, and for the funding from the GSST young research program. As I did my PhD from Shizuoka University very recently, it was a great chance for me to meet again my supervisor and the lab mates during my visit. Shizuoka University has very high level of teaching staffs and different advanced research programs with nice facilities for instrumental analyses. As there was a symposium during my staying I could meet different researchers and collaborators to share and exchange my academic and social ideas.

About a Japan

I stayed at Japan for about 3 years during my doctoral course study, so I also know Japan before this travel. During this visit it was nice to get all forms of facilities arranged by Prof. Mieno. I have also got helps and supports from staffs of Shizuoka University. Japan is a very beautiful country with its extraordinary cultural background. The people are very modest and helpful. The travelling through Sinkansen is always a great pleasure for me. The food of Japan is very healthy and testy. As the time of my staying was short, I could not visit any place of interest, but hope in future I could get more time to visit some of the beautiful places in Japan.

The influence for your own study or future

I hope my visit will help me to strengthen the collaboration between my past research lab in Shizuoka University and the present lab at BUET. I wish to continue my research by establishing laboratory facilities at BUET, which will be related to my PhD study. Thus I can be able to advance my research work. I really hope to get all form of supports form Shizuoka University in these respects. Recently, Prof. Mieno visited BUET and got some ideas about our research facilities at BUET. So in future, I also hope to get advice and help from Prof. Mieno regarding my research.