BIO JUKU
Call for participation in BIO JUKU Summer 2024
NAIST’s Division of Biological Science is constantly engaging in research that amazes the world. At the BIO JUKU, participants can interact with teaching staff as well as with graduate school students and post-docs who make such research a reality, and consider their future possibilities. The BIO JUKU is intended for second-, third-, and fourth-year undergraduates, fifth-year regular course college-of-technology students, first- or second-year advanced course college-of-technology students, and adults who are interested in continuing their education at a postgraduate school. Do you want to find out more about postgraduate education, postgraduate life, or the kind of research we do? Come and see for yourself and experience what it is like to be a researcher at NAIST’s Division of Biological Science.
You can get a taste of our enriched postgraduate environment through a hands-on experience of the laboratory you are interested in.
Seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity by attending the BIO JUKU.
Please note that we do not provide accommodation
Please use alcohol-based hand rubs at the entrance and refrain from coming to the event if you do not feel well.
Please note that we may cancel or conduct the event online due to the spread of infectious desease (COVID-19, influenza, etc.) at our university.
Overview of BIO JUKU Summer 2024
| Purpose | The event is intended to showcase the Division of Biological Science’s laboratories to undergraduates, students in advanced courses at colleges of technology, and adults so that these individuals can get hands-on experience of NAIST’s research and postgraduate life. Participants can also attend a seminar fo entrance exam preparation. |
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| Date | September 12 and 13, 2024 |
| Venue | Division of Biological Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology Access google Map |
| Those eligible | Second-, third-, and fourth-year undergraduates, fifth-year regular course college-of-technology students, first- or second-year advanced course college-of-technology students, and adults who are interested in continuing their education at a postgraduate school. |
| Organizer | BIO JUKU Organizing Committee, Division of Biological Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
| Language | This event is mainly held in Japanese. |
| Attendance fee | The event is free. Please be aware that we do not arrange or pay for attendees’ accommodation, transport, or on-campus meals. |
| Application | You must register in advance. Please use the application form below. |
| Application deadline | July 22, 2024 |
| Participant cap | 50 |
| Program | You will be assigned to your preferred laboratory on a first-come, first-served basis. We will give you more details on this and other matters after the application deadline. |
| Inquiries | BIO JUKU Organizing Committee, Division of Biological Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, NARA 630-0192 JAPAN TEL: +81-743-72-5582 Email: bsjimu-kyomu[at]bs.naist.jp ※Please replace [at] with @ when sending email. |
Application instructions
Applications have now closed.
Within a week of the date we receive your application, a member of the BIO JUKU Organizing Committee will send an email to the address you provided on the application.
Please ensure that you are able to receive an email from @bs.naist.jp.
If the email does not arrive, please call us at +81-743-72-5582.
The personal information you provide to us in the application will be used to contact you about the form of BIO JUKU and to inform you about student recruitment events and the entrance examination. We will handle this information in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information Held by Independent Administrative Agencies and NAIST’s rules on personal information protection.
Participating laboratories
The following 19 laboratories are participating in the upcoming BIO JUKU.
Please understand some labs may not welcome any participants depending on the spread of infectious deseases.
- Plant Developmental Signaling
- Plant Metabolic Regulation
- Plant Growth Regulation
- Plant Stem Cell Regulation and Floral Patterning
- Plant Physiology
- Plant Symbiosis
- Plant Secondary Metabolism
- Plant Regeneration and Morphogenesis(Available on Sep.12th only)
- Functional Genomics and Medicine
- Molecular Immunobiology
- Molecular Medicine and Cell Biology
- RNA Molecular Medicine
- Stem Cell Technology
- Developmental Biomedical Science
- Organ Developmental Engineering
- Microbial Interaction
- Environmental Microbiology(Available on Sep.12th only)
- Structural Life Science
- Gene Regulation Research
Under certain circumstances, we may be unable to assign you to your preferred laboratory. In such cases, we will assign you to the nearest equivalent laboratory.
Contact
Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Graduate School of Science and Technology
Division of Biological Science
8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, NARA 630-0192 JAPAN
TEL: +81-743-72-5582
Email: bsjimu-kyomu[at]bs.naist.jp
※Please replace [at] with @ when sending email.
