OMU News

Oct 28, 2022

Swiss Consul in Osaka visits OMU

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From left to right: Vice President Makoto Tsubota, Ms. Minami Kotani, Consul & Head of Post Felix Moesner, President Masahiro Tatsumisago, and Vice President Toshiyuki Matsui

On Monday, September 30, 2022, Dr. Felix Moesner, Consul and Head of Post of the Consulate of Switzerland in Osaka, and Ms. Minami Kotani, Academic Relations Coordinator, paid a courtesy visit to OMU, meeting with President Masahiro Tatsumisago, Vice President Makoto Tsubota, and Vice President Toshiyuki Matsui. After a discussion of possible future academic and research exchanges, and strengthening cooperation between Switzerland and OMU, the guests visited the Research Center for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT), with Director Mitsunori Kirihata; the Research Institute for Drug Discovery Science , with Director Takashi Inui; and the R&D Center for the Plant Factory (PFC), with Director Yoshiaki Kitaya on the Nakamozu campus, receiving an explanation of each facility from its respective director.

Consul & Head of Post Felix Moesner and President Masahiro Tatsumisago

Consul & Head of Post Felix Moesner and President Tatsumisago

Research Center for BNCT

Outside the entrance of the Research Center for BNCT with Director Kirihata (second from the right)

Research Institute for Drug Discovery Science

Director Inui explaining research equipment at the Research Institute for Drug Discovery Science

R&D Center for the Plant Factory (PFC),

In front of the PFC with Director Kitaya

Related Links (in Japanese)

BNCT Research Center https://www.omu.ac.jp/orp/org/bnct/

Research Institute for Drug Discovery Science https://www.omu.ac.jp/orp/org/crc/drug_development/

R&D Center for the Plant Factory https://www.omu.ac.jp/orp/org/plant-factory/

Contact

International Relations Division
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