Prospective Undergraduate Students, Prospective Graduate Students, Current Students 2024/01/30
On Saturday, December 2, 2023, the Science Castle 2023 Kanto Conference was held at Showa Women's University Junior & Senior High School, and the Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy participated as a partner university.
Science Castle is one of Asia's largest conferences, serving as a gateway for future researchers, where junior and senior high school students gather to present and discuss their research.
The Faculty of Pharmacy has participated as a partner university since 2019, presenting the "Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy Award" to outstanding presenters. The faculty also sets up an exhibition booth.
At this conference, Professor Kenjiro Hanaoka (Laboratory of Bio-functional Molecular Chemistry) served as a judge for the oral presentations and awarded the "Keio University Faculty of Pharmacy Award" to Kosei Miyamoto of Urawa Jitsugyo Gakuen Junior and Senior High School for the presentation titled "The Mystery of Why the Ornamental Flowers of Lacecap Hydrangeas Remain Curled Back for a Long Period."
Additionally, at the Keio Faculty of Pharmacy booth, research related to intestinal bacteria was introduced with the cooperation of the Laboratory of Biochemistry. Professor Masatoshi Tomi (Pharmaceutics (Division of)) and Visiting Assistant Professor Natsuki Suganuma (Pharmaceutics (Division of)) answered questions from attendees. The booth also featured a corner for observation with microscopes and was bustling with many participants.
A total of approximately 550 people attended the conference, which concluded with great success.
Presentation of the Partner Award
The bustling Faculty of Pharmacy booth
A participant looking through a microscope at the Faculty of Pharmacy booth