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On 5th September, “The 3rd NanoTerasu Briefing (Meeting) of the Usage” was held at Kyushu University (Hakozaki Campus, Fukuoka). The participants satisfied for the brief introduction of the results from coalition beamlines and the achievements for public beamlines at NanoTerasu. Furthermore, Prof. Arima (Chief of NanoTerasu User Community) and Prof. Fuziwara (Chief of SPring-8 User Community) stated the expectation of the future in user communities at the synchrotron radiation user community. The final Briefing (Meeting) will be held on 4th October at Sendai and NanoTerasu.

 

On September3,  Koyasu, president of QST, Kawakami, secretary general of NanoTerasu Secretariat, Takahashi, director of NanoTerasu Center, and Takata, president of PhoSIC, led  a group from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, a tour of  NanoTerasu.

 　　

On September 3,  Kawakami, secretary general, Yaita, deputy director general of NanoTerasu General Secretariat , Takahashi, director of NanoTerasu Center, and Takata, president of PhoSIC, led  a group  from Ministry of  Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, a tour of  NanoTerasu.

　　　

On September 2nd, Kado, leader and Tomimatsu, manager of the Public Relations Group at NanoTerasu General Secretariat led a group of 78 students from Miyagi Prefecture Sendai Daisan Senior High School a tour of NanoTerasu.

 

At the ’15th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI 2024)’, held in Hamburg, Germany, from August 26 to August 30, 2024, Group Leader Nishimori of the NanoTerasu Center’s Accelerator Group and Principal Researcher Miyawaki of the Beamline Group, among others, gave presentations.

 　　 　　　　　

On August 30,  Kawakami, secretary general, Yaita, deputy director general of NanoTerasu, and Kawamura, vice president of PhoSIC, led  a group of 6 members from Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, a tour of  NanoTerasu.

　  　

The Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), which is in charge of promoting the use of NanoTerasu, introduced NanoTerasu together with SPring-8/SACLA supported by RIKEN and QST at 15th International Conference on Synchrotron Radiation Instrumentation (SRI2024) held at Congress Center Hamburg (Hamburg, Germany) from August 26 (Mon.) to 30 (Fri.), 2024.

 

On 23rd August, “The 2nd NanoTerasu Briefing (Meeting) of the Usage” was held at Kyoto-Karasuma Convention Center (Kyoto). The participants satisfied for the brief introduction of the results from coalition beamlines and the achievements for public beamlines at NanoTerasu. The next Briefing (Meeting) will be held on 5th September at Fukuoka.

 

Greeting from Mr. Ando, Managing Director of JASRI

Opening remarks from Dr. Ohishi, Director of NanoTerasu Promotion Div., JASRI

Lecture from Mr. Umezu, Section Chief of Research Environment Div., MEXT

Lecture from Dr. Takahashi, Leader of the NanoTerasu Center, QST

Lecture from Dr. Nakamura, Manager of PhoSIC (Tohoku Univ.)

Lecture from Dr. Miyawaki, Researcher of NanoTerasu Center, QST

Lecture from Dr. Kimura, Director of User Administration Div., JASRI

Lecture from Dr. Kawamura, Vice-Director of PhoSIC

Closing Remarks from Dr. Kawakami, Director General of the NanoTerasu Secretariat, QST

 

On August 22, Takao Asaka, a senior technician of the NanoTerasu Center, gided 20 students from the National College of Technology to the tour of NanoTerasu.

On August 21, Takahashi, manager of Public Relations Group at NanoTerasu General Secretariat, Nishimori, group leader at NanoTerasu Center, and Kobayashi, vice president of PhoSIC led a group of 5 securities analysts on a tour of  NanoTerasu.

Dr. Nobuyuki Nishibori (QST NanoTerasu Center Group Leader) and Dr. Masashi Watanabe (Tohoku University / Special President Assistant of PhoSIC) gave an explanation about NanoTerasu. We are looking forward to seeing the fruitful articles.

 

On August 19, Kawachi,  deputy director of QST,  Takahashi,  director of NanoTerasu Center, Kawakami, secretary general of NanoTerasu Secretariat, Takata,  president of PhoSIC, and  Amemiya, president of JASRI led  Takaya, deputy director-general of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and his delegation on a tour of NanoTerasu.

　

On August 16, Takahashi, director of NanoTerasu Center,  Kawakami, secretary general of NanoTerasu Secretariat, and Takata president of PhoSIC led Ohtawara, director generalal of the Tohoku Local Finance Bureau,  Ministry of Finance and his delegation on a tour of  NanoTerasu.

 　

On August 9, Kado, leader of the Public Relations Group at NanoTerasu General Secretariat  led a group of 33 students from Shimizu Higashi Senior High School in Shizuoka a tour of NanoTerasu.

　

On August 8, Tomimatsu,  counselor of the Public Relations Group   at NanoTerasu General Secretariat, and Watanabe, special assistant to the President at  PhoSIC, led a group of 20 high school teachers from Miyagi Prefecture on a tour of NanoTerasu.

　　

On August 6, Kado,  leader of the Public Relations Group at NanoTerasu General Secretariat, and  Watanabe, special assistant to the president at PhoSIC, led a group of 15 students from Shiba Senior High School in Tokyo a tour of NanoTerasu.

　　

On August 7,  Kado, leader of the Public Relations Group of the NanoTerasu General Secretariat, led a group of 4 members of the Liberal Democratic Party of Japan’s Sagamihara City Council on a tour of NanoTerasu.

On August 5, Kawakami, Secretary General of Nano Terasu, Takata, the President of PhoSIC, and others led Kobayashi, Deputy Governor of Miyagi Prefecture, and his delegation on a tour of Nano Terasu.

On 30^th and 31^st July, we were hosting “NanoTerasu Open Day”.

It was held with Tohoku University’s Open Campus to be understood for NanoTerasu and these innovation area for visitors

We welcomed a total of 2,370 visitors. Thank you very much for your attendance.

The next Open Day is planned to be held in this fall. Details will be announced on the NanoTerasu website.

On July 25, Dr. Masataka Kado, leader of the Public Relations Group at the Nano Terasu General Secretariat, led a group of 47 students from a Science and Mathematics course of Yamagata Minami Senior High School in Yamagata Prefecture on a tour of Nano Terasu.

On July 23,  Kawachi, the Deputy Director of QST, Takahashi, the Director of Nano Terasu Center, and Takata, the  President of PhoSIC  led
Noda, Director of the Research Environment Division of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology-Japan (MEXT), and her delegation on a tour of  Nano Terasu.

　

On 18^th July, “The 1st NanoTerasu Briefing (Meeting) of the Usage” was held at AP Yaesu (Tokyo). The participants satisfied for the brief introduction of the results from coalition beamlines and the achievements for public beamlines at NanoTerasu. The next Briefing (Meeting) will be held on 23^rd August at Kyoto.

 

Greeting from Dr. Amemiya, President of JASRI

Opening remarks from Dr. Ohishi, Director of NanoTerasu Promotion Div., JASRI

 

Lecture from Mr. Uchino, Duputy Director of Research Environment Div., MEXT

Lecture from Dr. Kado, Group Leader of the NanoTerasu Secretariat, QST

 

Lecture from Dr. Watanabe, Special Assistant of PhoSIC Director (Tohoku Univ.)

Lecture from Dr. Horiba, Beamline Group Leader of NanoTerasu Center, QST

Lecture from Dr. Kimura, Director of User Administration Div., JASRI

 

Lecture from Dr. Kawamura, Vice-Director of PhoSIC

Closing Remarks from Dr. Kawakami, Director General of the NanoTerasu Secretariat, QST

 

On July 17, three members of a delegation from Yamagata City Hall visited Nano Terasu, led by Dr.Masataka Kado, the Promotion and Public Relation Group Leader of the Nano Terasu Secretariat.

On Thursday, July 11, at the “64^th Sendai City Schools, Principals and PTA presidents Education Workshop” held at the Koyo Grand Hotel,

Dr. Horiba, leader of the NanoTerasu Center Beamline Group, gave a lecture.

Under the title of 「What is “NanoTerasu” that is finally starting to operate?」, he explained what synchrotron radiation, soft X-rays are available at NanoTerasu and how they are useful to society.

On July 10, Dr.Masataka Kado, the Promotion and Public Relation Group Leader of the Nano Terasu Secretariat, led 11 members of Oita prefectural assembly.

On July 5, Dr. Masataka Kado, the Promotion and Public Relation Group Leader of the Nano Terasu Secretariat,  led a 44 members of city office’s managers for SMEs in ordinance-designated cities.

Monday July 1^st, Dr. Takahashi, Director General of NanoTerasu Center, interviewed by a freelance writer Mr. Ogawa for the monthly journal “Pioneers of Future Technology‘

I retire as Director General, NanoTerasu Secretariat on the end of June, 2024. I have worked on construction of governance and management system of NanoTerasu in addition to management of events such as a site visit on the G7 Science and Technology minister’s meetings, the first beam ceremony and public site tours since I joined NanoTerasu about two years ago. I have contributed to the initial operation phase formulating common rules and coordinating among institutions as the first Director General, NanoTerasu Secretariat since this April.

I hope that NanoTeasu takes advantage of its strength as a world-leading research facility and becomes a place to form communities that connect people and people, research and research, and technology and technology and more. I expect you will have opportunities to engage with NanoTerasu in various situation.

I really appreciate your courteous support.

June, 2024
Masashi Hattori

 

The Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute (JASRI), which is in charge of promoting the use of NanoTerasu, introduced NanoTerasu together with SPring-8 at the 21st IUPAB Congress 2024/IUPAB2024 held at Kyoto International Conference Center from June 24 (Mon.) to 28 (Fri.), 2024.

 

On June 28 (Fri.), the research being conducted by Tohoku University at NanoTerasu was introduced in the “Passion Labo” corner of Miyagi Television’s “Miyagi news every.”

Article in the program website (Japanese only): <NanoTerasu, a next-generation synchrotron radiation facility, gives a tailwind to research> Approaching the “deliciousness of food” that has until now relied on experience and the senses (Tohoku University)