As of April 1st 2021, the GSS has transitioned into "SMCR".
2021年4月1日からは、SMCRに活動が引き継がれました。
The CNN Digital Studios series, titled Vision: The Future of Japan, is the biggest series to date produced by CNN Digital Studios in London. Research for “the tough, bendable fabric combines hydrogels” of Global Station for Soft Matter has been introduced on it. Please visit the blow link. Revolutionary gel is five times stronger than read more
The following members joined GSS. Hokkaido University Unit Dr. Shigeru Kuroda, Assistant Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University Dr. Toshiyuki Nakagaki, Professor, Research Center of Mathematics for Social Creativity, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University Dr. Katsuhiko Sato, Associate Professor, Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University Dr. Masahiko Takahata, Associate Professor, read more
The following assistant professor and fellows joined GSS. Hokkaido University Unit Dr. Lei Wang, Assistant Professor, Department of Cancer Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University Dr. Honglei Guo, Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Advanced Transdisciplinary Sciences, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University Dr. Tomas Sedlacik, Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Advanced Transdisciplinary Sciences, Faculty of read more
A team led by Dr. Jian Ping Gong has succeeded in creating “fiber-reinforced soft composites,” or tough hydrogels combined with woven fiber fabric. For details, please check the full press release below: New “tougher-than-metal” fiber-reinforced hydrogels Japanese Press Release
Dr. Cécile Monteux, CNRS Research Associate of ESPCI, PSL Research University and CNRS joined GSS. We are looking forward to the collaborative work in the future.
Hokkaido University issued a press release in English on “Cold medicine could stop cancer spread”. Dr. Shinya Tanaka, and Dr. Masumi Tsuda from Global Station for Soft Matter are among the researchers for this work.
Dr. Kazunori Yasuda, Executive / Vice-President, Specially-appointed Professor of Graduate school of Medicine, Hokkaido University and Dr. Tomohiro Onodera, Lecturer of Clinical Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Hokkaido University joined GSS. We are looking forward to the collaborative work in the future.
After a press release “Double network hydrogels strongly bondable to bones by spontaneous osteogenesis penetration” got a score of 38 and has been in the top 5 of all research outputs scored by Altmetric.
Hokkaido University issued a press release in English on “Double network hydrogels strongly bondable to bones by spontaneous osteogenesis penetration.” Dr. Takayuki Nonoyama, Dr. Nobuto Kitamura, Dr. Takayuki Kurokawa, Dr. Tasuku Nakajima, and Dr. Jian Ping Gong from Global Station for Soft Matter are among the researchers for this work.
Our research on tough hydrogels using tri-block copolymers received news coverage on Yahoo!Japan.
