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Masahito Moriyama, MEXT Minister visited ICReDD

On 6th April (Sat), a delegation from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), led by Minister Masahito Moriyama visited ICReDD.

Hokkaido University’s President Kiyohiro Houkin, ICReDD’s Director Satoshi Maeda, Vice Director Hajime Ito, Administrative Director Koichiro Ishimori, and Research Administrative Director Yasunori Yamamoto welcomed the delegates.

 

 

After an overview of ICReDD from Director Maeda and the exchange opinions, the delegates were given a tour of ICReDD building.

At the lab, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Seiji Akiyama demonstrated a synthesis workflow by the automated chemical synthesis system (synthesis robot).

 

MEXT Minister Moriyama (the third from the left), Hokkaido University President Houkin (the third from the right) and ICReDD Director Maeda (the second from the left) .