Visitors
from the University of Lyon
On October 5, 2016, IMSUT welcomed a delegation from the University of
Lyon including the presidents of the Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and
the Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon.
The University of Lyon is a consortium of higher education and research
institutions in Lyon and Saint-Étienne, founded in 2007, and a total of
130,000 students study at the University.
It concluded an international academic exchange agreement with UTokyo in
2015. The delegation visited IMSUT to attend the signing ceremony for memorandum
on international alliance research internship program (IARI program) between
the Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, the Institute of Molecular Bioscience
and the Institute of Medical Science of UTokyo, and Université Claude Bernard
Lyon 1, Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon and Institut Des Sciences Appliquees
De Lyon which are three members of the University of Lyon.
Before the ceremony, they made a short tour of IMSUT's labs and facilities.
First, they visited the supercomputer room and received a brief introduction
to the facility and its project from Associate Prof. Rui Yamaguchi. Second,
they visited the animal research facility at the International Research
Center for Infectious Diseases. There, Associate Prof. Masaki Imai and
Assistant Prof. Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto explained the latest research
progress on their research. Finally, they visited IMSUT hospital, which
was explained by Associate Prof. Yoichi Imai
The signing ceremony was held at the Tommy hall, attended by all of the
delegates, Prof. Yoshinori Murakami (Dean of IMSUT), Prof. Mutsuhiro Takakawa
(Vice Dean of IMSUT), Prof. Yasushi Kawaguchi (Vice Dean of IMSUT), Prof.
Takashi Mino (Dean of GSFS), Dr. Koichi Matsuda (Professor of GSFS), and
Dr. Mari Matsuoka (International Liaison Office, Assistant Professor of
GSFS). After the ceremony, they discussed how this program should be conducted
and promoted while having lunch together.
We hope this visit will encourage a further expansion of cooperative ties
between UTokyo and the University of Lyon through this student internship
program.