Title: Spontaneous chiral symmetry breaking in a single crystal

Authors: Ryusei Oketani, Musashi Okada, Ichiro Hisaki, Takaji Kentaro, Hajime Shigemitsu, Toshiyuki Kida, Takuya Nakashima

Journal: Chem. Sci., 2025, 16, 17621.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D5SC02623G

[Press Release, in Japanese]: https://resou.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/research/2025/20250819_1

Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Nobutaka Maeda（International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research, Kyushu University）

Title(Japanese): 光で分⼦を選び出す︓変調励起分光法の魅⼒

Date: 6 Aug. 2025 (Wed) 13:30～15:00
Place: Interdisciplinary Research Bldg. 7F, Lecture room 3
Contact: Prof. Shuji Nakanishi, Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry (Ext. 6699)

Lecturer: Didier Bourissou 教授（CNRS, University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse), France）

Title: Phosphine–Boranes in Action: From Ambiphilic Ligands to Functional Materials

Date: 30 Jul. 2025 (Wed) 15:30～17:00
Place: Engineering Science International Hall, Σ Hall
Contact: Prof. Jun Takaya, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science (ext. 6220)

Lecturer: Jeremy Allen 博士（Executive Editor, Open Access Materials & Nanoscience Journal Portfolio）

演題：Publishing for Impact: A guide to peer review and tips & tricks to make your paper stand out

Date: 11 Jul. 2025 (Tue) 14:30～15:30
Place: Engineering Science Bldg. G215
Contact: Prof. Tetsuro Kusamoto, Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science (Ext. 6245)

Assist. Prof. Shinji Kondou from the Fukui Laboratory received the 14th Incentive Award for Research on New Chemical Technology from the Japan Association for Chemical Innovation (JACI). Congratulations!

Title: Capturing structural intermediates in an animal-like cryptochrome photoreceptor by time-resolved crystallography

Authors: Manuel Maestre-Reyna*, Yuhei Hosokawa, Po-Hsun Wang, Martin Saft, Nicolas Caramello, Sylvain Engilberge, Sophie Franz-Badur, Eka Putra Gusti Ngurah Putu, Mai Nakamura, Wen-Jin Wu, Hsiang-Yi Wu, Cheng-Chung Lee, Wei-Cheng Huang, Kai-Fa Huang, Yao-Kai Chang, Cheng-Han Yang, Meng-Iao Fong, Wei-Ting Lin, Kai-Chun Yang, Yuki Ban, Tomoki Imura, Atsuo Kazuoka, Eisho Tanida, Shigeki Owada, Yasumasa Joti, Rie Tanaka, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Jungmin Kang, Fangjia Luo, Kensuke Tono, Stephan Kiontke, Lukas Korf, Yasufumi Umena, Takehiko Tosha, Yoshitaka Bessho, Eriko Nango, So Iwata, Antoine Royant, Ming-Daw Tsai*, Junpei Yamamoto*, Lars-Oliver Essen*

Journal: Sci. Adv., 2025, 11, eadu7247.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adu7247

[Press Release, in Japanese]: https://resou.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/research/2025/20250517_1

Title: Light- and Heat-responsive Frustrated Lewis Pairs Enables On-demand Fixation of Ethylene

著者：Taiki Yanagi, Jun Takaya*

Journal: J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2025, 147, 15740.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.5c03130

[Press Release, in Japanese]: https://resou.osaka-u.ac.jp/ja/research/2025/20250424_2

Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Vasiliki (Vaso) Tileli（Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)）

Title (Japanese): 電気化学液相TEMによる電極触媒のリアルタイム観察

Date: 22 Apr. 2025 (Tue) 13:30～15:00
Place: Engineering Science Building, J114
Contact: Prof. Shuji Nakanishi, Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry (Ext. 6699)