Our paper "Eco-Friendly Photoreversible Adhesives Derived from Coumarin-Functionalized Epoxy Soybean Oil" - now published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

It was nice seeing John and Paul, the fathers of green chemistry, at the ACS greem chem& eng conference!

Photos from last month's birthday celebration! #SaitoLab

We had a Nagashi Somen event in July. Nagashi Somen means “flowing somen noodles.'' It is a summer tradition in Japan. We enjoyed it a lot.

Saito Lab Sports Day last month! We played tag. Someone is hiding by pretending to be part of the school building😂 #SaitoLab

Our paper "In situ fabrication of photo-responsive PVA composites enabled by doping with coumarin-derived nanoparticles" - now published in Composites Communications

We had 2nd Monash University - Kyoto University Joint Symposium on Polymer Science at Monash Uviversity.

After 18 months of reviewing and revising, our paper is finally out. "Fenton-like oxidation of pinewood to produce cellulose nanoparticles in one pot treatment" in Cellulose. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Why every industry needs green chemistry nature.com/articles/d4247…

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) International Fellowships for Research in Japan is now open for ASEAN countries. aunsec.org/aun-action/sch…

世界最大級のビジネス・ピッチコンテストが5月21日に京大で開催されます！startupworldcup.io/kyoto-regional　#StartupWorldCup #株式会社ｅｓａ

Our paper "Construction of a MOF/Polysiloxane-Based Nanocomposite Membrane with Precise Gas Separation Phototuning" - now published in ACS Applied Polymer Materials pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Our paper "Reversible Photo-Responsive Hydrophobic Coating Synthesized from Lignin-Derivable Molecules on Nanocellulose Films for Packaging Applications" - now published in ChemSusChem …mistry-europe.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Kyoto University's GSAIS has launched 3 new Convergence Knowledge Courses🌎: Sustainability, Wellbeing, Frontiers (Space & International Relations). Open to all graduate students at Kyoto University🌸 gsais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/new/2025/… ＃京都大学 #京大 #KyotoUniversity #GSAIS #sustainable

京都大学大学院総合生存学館は、「３つの総合知コース🌎」を開設いたしました！地球規模の課題に挑む次世代のリーダーを育成いたします。京都大学大学院生（修士課程・博士後期課程・一貫制博士課程）はどなたでも選択可能です🌸 gsais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news/new/2025/… ＃京都大学 #京大 #総合生存学館 #春から京大

Since 2009, Kyoto University has been developing the Hakubi Project in order to foster and support early-career researchers. We are now accepting applications for the researcher positions. <Deadline> May 16, 2025, at 1:00 p.m. (Japan time). hakubi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/recruitment/

Our collaboration paper "Advancing green chemistry performance assessment: the Estée Lauder Companies’ continuing journey towards meaningful transparency" - now published in Green Chemistry. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art…

京都大学大学院総合生存学館は今年度より、 「３つの総合知コース🌎」を開設いたしました！ 地球規模の課題に挑む次世代のリーダーを育成いたします👩🏼‍🎓💡 5年一貫性の博士課程に入りたい学生、2025年5月10日（土）13：00～15：30からのオープンキャンパスに是非！gsais.kyoto-u.ac.jp/recruitment/ad…

I was honored to participate in the Nobel Symposium “Chemistry for Sustainability: Fundamental Advances”, which launched the Stockholm Declaration on the future of chemistry. Let’s move forward together—please sign the declaration! stockholm-declaration.org/read-the-decla…

ノーベルシンポジウム「Chemistry for Sustainability: Fundamental Advances」に参加し、未来の化学に関するストックホルム宣⾔の起草に関わりました。誰でも宣言に賛同できます！stockholm-declaration.org/read-the-decla…