Ontario Tech鈥檚 Chemistry program hosts seventh-annual Ontario Tech-Kyutech symposium in Chemistry
萌妹社区 continues to expand global collaborations and partnerships. One way it does this is by maintaining and strengthening its relationship with Kyushu Institute of Technology (Kyutech), its partner institution in Japan.
In late September 2024, the Chemistry program in the university’s Faculty of Science (FSci) hosted the seventh-annual Kyutech-Ontario Tech Symposium in Chemistry. Over two days, faculty and students from Kyutech, Ontario Tech, Khon Kaen University (Thailand), and the University of Tokyo presented on various topics in chemistry. Five professors from Japan presented, with two keynote lectures delivered from Professor Hiroyuki Isobe from the University of Tokyo, and Professor Teruhisa Ohno from Kyutech.
Outcomes of Ontario Tech’s international collaboration
Dr. Jean-Paul Desaulniers, Professor, FSci and leader of the Kyutech-萌妹社区 exchange program, is grateful to Kyutech and FSci at Ontario Tech for their support.
Ontario Tech’s relationship with Kyutech began in 2016 when Dr. Desaulniers . In November 2023, seven members of the Ontario Tech community participated in the , held at Kyutech in Japan. These symposia allow for in-depth discussions and planning of international research collaborations and partnerships between students and faculty. For example, from June to August 2024, Ashley Gedge, a Master of Science graduate student in Applied Bioscience focusing on pathogen detection from wastewater (supervised by Dr. Desaulniers and Dr. Andrea Kirkwood, Professor, FSci), spent 10 weeks in Japan conducting collaborative research in Professor Masaaki Kitajima’s laboratory at the University of Tokyo, and Professor Toshinari Maeda’s laboratory at Kyutech. Her exchange was funded by the MITACS- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) summer program.
