June 23, 2022

Research News: Improving Water Solubility of Polyphenols by Adding Amino Acids

Researchers enhance water solubility and antioxidant properties of the polyphenol quercetin through a process of “co-amorphization” with amino acids P […]

June 16, 2022

Research News: Does Marriage Improve the Financial Status of Women? A Japanese Study Provides Answers

A new study suggests a negative relationship between marriage and wealth among Japanese women Wealth is an important criterion for measuring the well- […]

May 27, 2022

Research News: Spaces and Echoes: Scientists Reveal What Bats “See” through Sound

Measuring the echoes heard by bats, researchers show that bats perceive spaces differently through echolocation than humans do visually Unlike humans, […]

April 28, 2022

Doshisha University and Sophia University Diversity Symposium ”Learning from the Research Environment Case Studies of Female Researchers in the U.S.” was held.

On March 10, 2022, Doshisha University and Sophia University held an online diversity symposium, “Learning from the Research Environment Case St […]

February 22, 2022

Research News: Following the Inner Compass: How Birds Find their Ways to Foreign Lands

Head direction cells in the brains of streaked shearwater chicks might act like internal compasses to help the birds navigate during their initial mig […]

January 07, 2022

Research News: Aβ43 Generation in Familial Alzheimer’s Disease: New Insights into Disease Onset

Study reveals unique mechanisms of amyloid beta generation in familial forms of Alzheimer’s caused by mutations in presenilin 1 Alzheimer’s disease (A […]

November 24, 2021

Research News: Imaging Epigenetic Mechanisms that Help Bone Resorbing Cells Handle Oxygen Stress

Scientists in Japan develop novel microscopy to analyze oxygenation within living murine bone tissue, with implications for bone resorption With futur […]

July 29, 2021

Research News: Success After COmbing for a Cure: HemoCD1 Against Carbon Monoxide Poisoning

Researchers synthesize hemoglobin-like molecules effective against carbon monoxide poisoning Exposure to carbon monoxide (CO) beyond permissible limit […]

March 31, 2021

Videos of the Doshisha Week 2020 have been uploaded

The videos of the Doshisha Week 2020 “COVID-19 Research: Challenges and Achievements for the Society”, held on 4th and 5th March, 2021, have been uplo […]

March 29, 2021

Doshisha Week 2020 “COVID-19 Research: Challenges and Achievements for the Society” was held online

Doshisha University held “Doshisha Week 2020” on the 4th and 5th March, 2021, which should have been held last November at the University of Tübingen […]

March 18, 2021

【COVID-19 Research Achievement】New microfluidic cartridge for single-molecule droplet polymerase chain reaction (PCR)

Research Group Masahiko Hashimoto (Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering) Hirokazu Takahara (Graduate School of Science and Engineering) Hiroo […]

March 11, 2021

COVID-19 Research Achievement: “A comparison of perceived effectiveness of preventive behaviors against COVID-19 between the public and medical experts”

Kazuya Nakayachi (Professor, Faculty of Psychology) and the research group have published the article “A comparison of perceived effectiveness of prev […]

February 26, 2021

Research News: “Plaque Preference: Why Are Alzheimer’s-Associated Amyloid- β Levels Low in the Cerebellum?”

Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia in elderly people, and a hallmark feature of Alzheimer’s disease pathology is the formation o […]

February 24, 2021

Doshisha Week 2020 “COVID-19 Research: Challenges and Achievements for the Society”

Although more than one year has passed since the first COVID-19 was reported in Wuhan, China, the fight against the virus that had severe effect all o […]

August 18, 2020

Prof. Hiroyuki Manabe and the research group published an article regarding odor-coding and integration of inputs processes in mouse brain

Hiroyuki Manabe (Associate Professor, Organization of Research Initiatives and Development), Kazuki Shiotani (Graduate School of Brain Science), Yoshi […]

August 07, 2020

Prof. Kazuya Nakayachi published an article regarding mask wearing behavior of the Japanese

Kazuya Nakayachi (Professor, Faculty of Psychology) and the research group have published their findings about mask wearing behavior of Japanese peopl […]

July 07, 2020

COVID-19 Research Project has just been launched

Doshisha University has launched the “COVID-19 Research Project” with 77 subjects of 9 fields covering 3 areas including “Health &am […]

January 24, 2020

The first Doshisha Week was held at the University of Tübingen

　The first Doshisha Week, co-hosted by the University of Tübingen and Doshisha University, was held at the University of Tübingen from November 25th t […]

November 15, 2019

Doshisha Week 2019 in Tübingen

 For the first time a Doshisha Week will be organized this autumn at the University of Tübingen from 25th to 29th November 2019. The event starts […]