Source: Okayama University, Japan, Public Relations and Information Strategy Division

SUBLECT LINE: Okayama University e-Bulletin: Plants feel stress!
For immediate release: 24 September 2015

Okayama University, Japan publishes the September 2015 issue of its online newsletter, Okayama University e-Bulletin: //www.okayama-u.ac.jp/user/kouhou/ebulletin/

(Okayama, Japan, 24 September 2015) This issue includes a feature on new insights into ‘plant stress’ and how plants absorb nutrients and toxins; news of an agreement by Okayama University and IAEA on radioactive waste management and environmental remediation, the world’s first hybrid lung transplant, developing iron-controlled biology, and networking to combat infectious diseases; research highlights on high-efficiency energy transfer in photosynthetic organisms, key genes in epidermal cell differentiation for survival of plants, critical points of water in carbon nanotubes, damage-free structure of photosystem II, and synthesis of compounds for water-oxidation; an innovative method to fabricate metallic nano-surfaces for surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy; and a ‘vista’ of Okayama’s Bizen Yaki pottery.

Okayama University e-Bulletin highlights news and views from one of Japan's largest comprehensive universities internationally recognized for its dynamic and innovative approach to interdisciplinary scientific research and pioneering educational programs.

Contact information
Public Relations and Information Strategy
E-mail: www-adm(a)adm.okayama-u.ac.jp
For inquiries, please contact us by replacing (a) with the @ mark.