President Nagata and Vice President Benton attend the 40th AEARU Board of Directors' Meeting

President Kyosuke Nagata and Vice President Caroline Benton attended the 40th Meeting of the Board of Directors (BOD) of the Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) on April 15, 2017 at Tokyo Institute of Technology. AEARU members include prominent research universities in Japan, China, South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong.

After the BOD meeting, a brief lecture by Honorary Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi, 2016 Nobel Laureate in Physiology/Medicine, was held at the Cell Biology Unit. A tour of the Materials Research Center of Element Strategy (MCES) headed by Prof. Hideo Hosono was also conducted.

President Nagata announced that the next BOD and 23rd annual meetings will be held on September 24-25 during Tsukuba Global Science Week (TGSW) in Tsukuba City.

AEARU Board of Directors' Meeting: (from left) Professor Tony F Chan of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, President Nak-in Sung of the Seoul National University, and President Kyosuke Nagata of the University of Tsukuba

Speaker: President Yoshinao Mishima of the Tokyo Institute of Technology

AEARU Board of Directors from seven universities: the University of Tsukuba, Seoul National University, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Nanjing University, Peking University, and National Taiwan University

AEARU Board of Directors from seven universities at the Tokyo Institute of Technology

Professor Emeritus Yoshinori Ohsumi of the Tokyo Institute of Technology, an award winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Director Hideo Hosono of the Materials Research Center for Element Strategy, the Tokyo Institute of Technology