8月29日、東工大がタイの関連機関と連携して運営している大学院、TAIST-Tokyo Tech（Thailand Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 以下、TAIST）の2017年度修了式がタイ国立科学技術開発庁（NSTDA）で行われました。多数の来賓が出席し、盛大に修了生の門出を祝しました。
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修了生とTAIST協力職員ら
TAISTは、タイ政府からの要望により、理工系分野での高度な「ものつくり人材」の育成と研究開発のハブを目指して、2007年に設立された国際連携大学院です。タイの先端研究機関であるNSTDA とタイの4大学（キングモンクット工科大学ラカバン校（KMITL）、キングモンクット工科大学トンブリ校（KMUTT）、カセサート大学（KU） 、およびタマサート大学シリントーン国際工学部（SIIT））そして東工大の連携により運営されています。今回の修了生を含め、これまでに339名の修了生を輩出してきました。TAISTはThailand Advanced Institute of Science and Technologyの頭文字です。
総務省が2014年度から開始した、ICT（Information and Communication Technology 情報通信技術）分野において奇想天外でアンビシャスな技術課題に失敗を恐れずに挑戦する人を支援するプログラムです。破壊的価値を創造する奇想天外でアンビシャスな技術課題への挑戦を支援する「破壊的な挑戦部門」と、未来がより良くなるような、ちょっとした独自のアイデア等を、異能vation協力協賛企業と連携して表彰を行う「ジェネレーションアワード部門」から成ります。
Over the past few years, a new research field has arisen at Tokyo Tech called "quantum science and technology." But what exactly is quantum science and technology and why are we talking about it? We interviewed the Dean of the School of Engineering, Nobuyuki Iwatsuki, who plays a central role in promoting the advancement of this exciting field.
Student dormitory residents and the Institute's Student Support Division provide an inside look at dorm life and offer advice for prospective residents, including what to expect and how to apply.
I want to do things differently from other people and live creatively -- Alexis André
Fifteen years ago, a young man from France left his hometown and came to Tokyo Tech. At our school, he overcame difficulties and obtained his doctoral degree through the Tokyo Tech graduate program. Today, he has started to provide the world with a series of results from unique research that is a blend of art and computer science.
EON postdoctoral fellow Jennifer Hoyal Cuthill's work looking at fossil records of the Ediacaran to shed light on the evolution of early life in the early Earth's environment.
Postdoctoral Researcher Tetsuya Kotani, Associate Professor Hitoshi Nakatogawa, Honorary Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi and colleagues at Tokyo Tech have analyzed the Atg protein1 Atg2, whose function had been completely unknown, and have discovered that Atg2 tethers the pre-autophagosomal membrane to the endoplasmic reticulum during autophagosome formation.
Scientists at Tokyo Tech, RIKEN and Tohoku University have developed a silicone polymer chain that can self-assemble into a 3D periodic structure. They achieved this by using their recently reported self-assembling triptycene molecules to modify the ends of the polymer chains.
Scientists at Tokyo Tech have discovered a gene that appears to play a vital role in pheromone sensing. The gene is conserved across fish and mammals and over 400 million years of vertebrate evolution, indicating that the pheromone sensing system is much more ancient than previously believed. This discovery opens new avenues of research into the origin, evolution, and function of pheromone signaling.
Researchers in Japan have found a way to create innovative materials by blending metals with precision control. Their approach, based on a concept called atom hybridization, opens up an unexplored area of chemistry that could lead to the development of advanced functional materials.
Scientists at Tokyo Tech have designed a novel photoluminescent material that is cheap to fabricate, does not use toxic starting materials, and is very stable, enhancing our understanding of the quantic nature of photoluminescence.
Target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling modulates starch accumulation via glycogenin phosphorylation status in the unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae
