2017年12月14日（木）、農学部を会場にAfrica Day 2017を開催しました。3件のレクチャーと31件のポスター発表（1分間のフラッシュトーク含む）を行い、農学部・植物研の学生とアフリカを中心とした留学生たちとの研究交流を行いました。またJKUAT設立当初から尽力された岩佐順吉岡山大学名誉教授の参加もいただきました。なお参加人数は80名（うち外国人31名）でした。
レクチャーではAfrica-ai-JapanプロジェクトのJICA専門家塩見先生にプロジェクトの紹介をしていただき、JKUATのWillis Owino先生にはケニアでのフルーツ、野菜の収穫後の多大なロスを減らす研究を紹介いただきました。植物研からは近藤先生に生物学的”界”を超えたウイルスの感染について最先端の研究を紹介いただきました。フラッシュトークでは日本人学生たちの英語発表も相当練習をしたようで上手くなっていたと思います。また留学生に対しても積極的なポスターでの質問を行っており、頼もしく感じました。Best presentation 賞は一位 Tumewu Angelia Stephany, 同率一位 Joackin B. Andama、三位 Le Thi Phuongさんが受賞しました。
交流会後はセミナー室でパーティを行いさらに親睦を深めました。
List for Poster Presentation
Ombiro Sing’ombe Geofrey
Specific chemical inhibitors of R. solanacearum
Tumewu Angelia Stephany
Study on The Chemotaxis System and Its Role in Virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci 6605
Le Thi Phuong
Saccharin induces resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana against Pseudomonas syringae DC3000 through the activation of defense-related genes
Fitrianti Nur Aprilia
An endogenous suppressor(s) from Arabidopsis thaliana
Kirara Saito
Characterization of the suppressive effects of the biological control agent Rhizobium vitis strain VAR03-1 on the virulence of R. vitis
Satoshi Isoya
Development of heterologous expression system using Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae to evaluate virulence function of potential effector proteins of Rhizoctonia solani, a necrotrophic fungal phytopathogen of sheath blight, on Brachypodium distachyon
Khin Thida Nyein
In vitro antagonistic activity of Trichoderma spp against Rhizoctonia solani AG-5 which causes root rot disease of Brachypodium distachyon
Yoshiteru Noutoshi
A high-throughput screening for plant immune-priming molecules using a library of small cyclic peptides
Annah Indeche
Influence of environmental conditions on Calcium transport in Tomato Fruits
Akari Kinjo
Boron nutrition and competition between leaves and floral organs affect malformed fruit incidence in strawberries
Phan Thu Thao
Growth and flowering of Eustoma grandiflorum as affected by cycle and temperature of intermittent low temperature storage
Nguyen Thi Cam
Effects of season and day length on the open center of flower in dahlia
Kei Yoshiki
Development of high cost performance controller (YoshiMax) for environmental control on greenhouse production with ICT
Azimi Azimullah
An overview of the grape industry in Afghanistan
Oscar Witere Mitalo
Moderate temperature is required for colour change induction in the peel of Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.) fruit
Yasuaki Tosa
Effect of low temperature on fruit ripening in ‘Passe Crassane’ pear
Yuki Kondo
Analysis of volatile compounds and quality in ‘Kosui’ kiwifruit
Sumire Tokiwa
Determination of optimum temperature for long−term storage and analysis of ripening−related genes in ‘Rainbow Red’ kiwifruit
Nguyen Sao Mai
Fine mapping of quantitative trait loci responsible for increasing yield under long-term salt stress in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Shiho Tanaka
Microbiota of commercial and homemade Maziwa IaIa, a Kenyan traditional fermented milk
Wu Haoming
Microbiota of dairy cow milk collected manually and mechanically by robotic milking systems
Teresia Aluoch Muhomah
The role of secretory immunoglobulin A in fat metabolism
Joackin B. Andama
NERICA rice and herbivores: Anything to worry about?
Wajeeha Shamsi
The Mycovirus Database – An E-bank for Mycoviral Genomes
Wan-Yi Chiou
Morphological characterization of spikelet of Large grain mutant found in transposon-tagged lines in rice
Haoxin Lyu
Novimethylophilus kurashikiensis La2-4T, a lanthanide-dependent methylotroph isolated from rice rhizosphere
Yuuki Haruna
Methylotaxis in Methylobacterium aquaticum strain 22A
Yoshiko Fujitani
Ergothioneine production in Methylobacterium sp.
Shota Hiraga
Lanthanide-dependent regulation of methanol dehydrogenase genes in Methylobacterium aquaticum strain 22A
Patcha Yanpirat
Regulation of AT-rich genes in response to lanthanides in Methylobacterium aquaticum strain 22A.
Andrew Mutalya
Latent infections of Xanthomonas campestris pv. musacearum in banana in Uganda