The results of our collaborative research with Tokyo Metropolitan University and Japan Synchrotron Radiation Research Institute have been accepted for publication in Catalysis Today. (Tsubaki)

The results of our collaborative research with Keio University and Tokyo University of Science have been accepted for publication in Catalysis Today. (Tsubaki)

I gave a speech at Next-Gen Industrial Heating, A Global Workshop on Microwave, High-Frequency & Plasma Engineering. (Tsubaki)

Dr.Som,a doctoral student,has joined our lab.

Dr.Wu has been transferred to Iwate Biotechnology Research Center as a researcher.

We went on a class trip.

Participated in the 8th MCI-CNRC Results Reporting Session. (Tsubaki,Obey)

We gave a presentation at AMPERE2025 held in Bari. (Tsubaki,Ibrahim,Baba,Honda,Banda)

"ENHANCING THE FREEZE-DRYING OF BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS BY AN ICE-RESONANT MICROWAVE HEATING" (Tsubaki)
"GERMINATION INDUCTION OF BACILLUS SUBTILIS BY ROSEMARY EXTRACT AND THE SYNERGISTIC EFFECT OF MICROWAVES" (Ibrahim)
"CIRCULARLY POLARIZED MICROWAVE IRRADIATOR FOR PERFORMING CHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS" (Baba)
"MICROWAVE SPATIAL POWER COMBINING REACTOR FOR FAST PYROLYSIS OF FOOD WASTES" (Honda)
"EFFICIENT OXIDATION OF CARBOHYDRATES AND FOOD WASTE USING POLYOXOMETALATE CATALYSTS AND MICROWAVE IRRADIATION" (Banda)

Mr. Banta conducted his research at Queen Mary, University of London.
Kyushu University Manufacturing Instagram is here.

We participated in the beamtime at the Kyushu Synchrotron Light Research Center. (Tsubaki,Ibrahim,Taura,Honda,Yano,Itoyama)

Presentations were made at the 19th Symposium of the Japan Society of Electromagnetic Energy Applications. (Tsubaki,Ibrahim, Baba,Chiva,Honda,Banda)

We attended and presented at the 72nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Food and Chemical Engineering. (Prof.Igura,Tsubaki,Ibrahim,Wu,Kimura)

A review article on microwave observation of local high temperature fields was published, co-authored with Tianjin University, National Technical University of Athens, and the University of Tokyo. (Tsubaki)

We held a party to thank everyone for their hard work in the first semester.

Mr.Haque has left Japan.

We held a party to thank everyone for their hard work in the first semester.

I participated in the 38th Young Researchers' Lecture and the 43rd Summer Seminar of the Kyushu Association of Young Analytical Chemistry Researchers. (Prof.Igura,Tsubaki,Oki,Yano)
　"Controlling the physical properties of emulsion gels using polysaccharides and 3D printing" (Oki)
　"Characterization of Fe and Fe/Ni nanoparticles and their effect on the performance of microbial fuel cells"(Yano)

A paper on microwave 3D printers has been published in Scientific Reports and a press release has been issued. This is a joint research project with Cardiff University in the UK. (Tsubaki)

We had a birthday party and a farewell party for Haque.

We performed in situ XAFS experiments using beamtime at the Kyushu Synchrotron Light Research Center.

Taura and Hara won poster awards at the 62nd Kyushu Joint Meeting of Chemistry-related Branches. Congratulations!
Session 1 (Biochemistry/Agricultural Chemistry): Taura
Session 2 (Physical Chemistry): Hara

We gave a presentation at the 62nd Kyushu Joint Conference of Chemical-related Branches.
"Creation of silver nanoparticles suitable for peptide loading by microwave heating"(Taura)
"Changes in the performance of microbial fuel cells by the addition of Fe nanoparticles and Fe/Ni nanoparticles"(Yano)
"Highly selective glycosylation using a microwave-heated flow reactor and sulfonated immobilization media"(Hayashi)
"Spatially synthesized microwave-assisted catalytic rapid pyrolysis of food waste"(Honda)
"Changes in activation energy and frequency factor under microwave irradiation"(Baba)
"Acceleration of oxidative decomposition of sugars by polyoxometalates using microwaves"(Banda)
"Promotion of CO2 desorption from amine absorbents by selective microwave heating"(Hara)
"Control of the physical properties of polysaccharide-based emulsion gels suitable for 3D printing"(Oki)

CYRIL Academic Researcher has joined our post.

We gave an oral presentation at the 85th Symposium on Analytical Chemistry. (Tsubaki)

An explanation was published in the monthly "Food Machinery and Equipment." (Tsubaki)

I participated in the spring recreation. Thank you for your hard work.

We had a welcome party (barbecue) at our lab!

A new fiscal year has begun and new members have joined us. Let's do our best this year too.

We attended the 105th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan.
"Highly efficient oxidation of saccharides using microwaves and polyoxometalate catalysts"(Ibrahim)
"Acceleration of CO2 desorption by selective heating of amine absorbents using microwaves"(Hara)
"Synthesis of methyl D-glucofuranoside by Fischer glycosylation using microwave heating"(Hayashi)
"Highly efficient oxidation of saccharides using microwaves and polyoxometalate catalysts"(Banda)

The graduation ceremony was held. We look forward to seeing all of the M2 students succeed after graduation.

Participated in the 2024 end of year report session of the Academic Change A Hyper Temperature Field (Tsubaki and Ibrahim)
The 2024 end-of-year report session was held over two days, March 17-18. – Hyper-Temperature Materials Science

A welcome and farewell party was held.

Doctoral thesis presentation was held.
WU SIYUAN Thesis title: Study on the Effect of Diffusion Behavior of Aroma Compounds on the Release from Oil-in-Water Emulsions Thank you for your hard work.

We held a joint graduation thesis presentation session for food hygiene chemistry and food manufacturing engineering. Thank you for your hard work.

We held a master's thesis presentation. Thank you for your hard work.

At the 18th Japan Taiwan Joint Symposium on Catalysis held at the Kyushu University Chikushi Campus, I gave a lecture entitled "Understanding microwave-enhanced catalytic reactions by in situ / operando analyses." (Tsubaki)

Two papers by doctoral student Wu have been published in LWT. Congratulations!
Structural effect of polygalacturonase modified pectin on release of volatile compounds from oil in water emulsion - ScienceDirect
Effectiveness of octanol-air partition coefficients in predicting aroma release behavior from food emulsions: impact of temperature and flavor intensity - ScienceDirect

We held a year-end party.

A paper on microwave flow reactions has been published in ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering and a press release has been issued.
Efficient Cellobiose Hydrolysis over a Sulfonated Carbon Catalyst in a Spatially Separated Microwave Electric- and Magnetic-Field Flow Reactor | ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering
Catalytic Hydrolysis of Sugars Using a Microwave Flow Reactor | Research Results | Kyushu University (KYUSHU UNIVERSITY)

I gave a lecture at the Food Quality Assurance Forum (December meeting, Osaka).

I gave a lecture at the 537th Humanosphere Symposium, Kyoto University. (Tsubaki)
537th Humanosphere Symposium
20th Symposium on Energy Circulation for the Creation of a Sustainable Humanosphere - Advanced Use of Microwaves and Advanced Analytical Chemistry -
14th Symposium on Advanced Materials Development and Analysis System (ADAM) - Flagship Collaborative Research on Advanced Use of Microwaves in the Humanosphere - | Research Institute for Humanosphere, Kyoto University

The Nihon Keizai Shimbun introduced the technology of rapid pyrolysis using a semiconductor microwave heating device.
"Kyushu University and others are working on pyrolysis of biomass, efficiently using electromagnetic waves."

Invited lecture at the International Session of the 54th Petroleum and Petrochemical Symposium in Hiroshima. (Tsubaki)
[1B12-1B14] International sess.(2)

Presentations were made at the 7th Student Forum of the Western Japan Branch of the Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agricultural Chemistry of Japan (Diversity Symposium Web Hosting).
"Exploring the structural effect of polygalacturonase modified pectin on aroma release from oil in water emulsion"(Wu)
"Rapid microwave freeze-drying of liposome solutions and enzyme solutions"(Kamikawa)

The results were presented at the 2024 joint conference of the Kyushu and Okinawa branch of the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science (public corporation) and the West Japan branch of the Japanese Society for Food Science and Technology (public corporation).
"Preparation and evaluation of double emulsion gels with properties suitable for 3D printing food inks"(Mori)
"Evaluation of the reducing ability of egg white protein hydrolysates in O/W emulsions"(Hikita)

Use cases of microwave heating technology: from manufacturing process innovation to food processing - presented at Oita Prefectural Industrial Science and Technology Center.(Tsubaki)

A paper on microwave rapid pyrolysis was published in the Chemical Engineering Journal and a press release was issued.
Ultra-rapid pyrolysis of biomass by spatial separation of microwave electromagnetic fields | Research results | Kyushu University (KYUSHU UNIVERSITY) Published in the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.
Kyushu University and Tohoku University develop microwave method for rapid pyrolysis of biomass | Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Online Edition

I gave a keynote speech at the 10th International Exchange and Innovation Conference on Engineering & Sciences (IEICES 2024) held at the Chikushi Campus. (Tsubaki)

Featured in HARIMA QUARTERLY.
Challenging the elucidation of the catalytic reaction promotion mechanism. (Tsubaki)

We held a launch party for 5GCMEA with Ohno Laboratory.

I gave a speech at the 46th Refrigeration Conference.(Tsubaki)

We participated in the fall recreational activity.

Presentation given at the 1st Kyushu-Okinawa Open University Young Researchers Workshop.
Carbon-neutral chemical processes using microwaves.(Tsubaki)
Assistant Professor Ibrahim gave a poster presentation.

Autumn graduation ceremony held.
Chiva graduated from our lab.congratulations.

Presented at the 2024 Western Japan Branch Meeting of the Society of Agricultural Chemical Science of Japan.
Microwave-assisted conversion of fatty acid esters to olefins over Na-ZSM-5.(Ota)
Preparation of Pickering emulsions with whey protein and their aroma release.(Miyahara)

Presented at the 134th Catalyst Symposium.
Development of a heat-resistant spore sterilization process using rosemary extract and microwave heating.(Murakami)
Acceleration of biocatalytic reactions by ZnO nanowire catalysts under microwave irradiation.(Oba)

We went on a factory tour and class trip.

Annual Meeting on Photochemistry 2024 was held , and presentations were made. (Tsubaki)

Integrated Initiative for Designing Future Society & Data-Driven Innovation Initiative JOINT SYMPOSIUM 2024 was held, and presentations were made. (Tsubaki)

A paper by Ota Microwave-enhanced catalytic conversion of fatty acid ester to olefins by Na-ZSM-5 has been published in Chemical-Engineering-Journal .

We held a party to thank everyone for their efforts in the first semester.

5GCMEA 2024 was held at Shiiki Auditorium, Kyushu University, and presentations were made. (Tsubaki, Ibrahim, HAQUE, Chiva, Ota, Oba, Kamikawa, Murakami, Hara, Honda).

We held a joint bowling tournament with Laboratry of Nutritional Chemistry.

A paper by Matsuzaki (graduated master's degree in 2023) on microwave extraction of glycans from seaweed has been published in ACS Omega. It was selected as a supplementary cover.

An article on microwave freeze-drying was published in the Colloquium of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology.

We gave a presentation at the 61st Kyushu Joint Meeting of Chemistry-related Branches. (HAQUE, Kimura, Ota, and Taura) 「Microwave-formed unusual hot spot in a dispersed system for enhancing enzymatic reactions 」　 HAQUE

A review article was published in the Journal of the Japan Society of Colour Material. " Biomass Valorization by Microwave Heating " (jst.go.jp)

We held a birthday party.

Oral presentation at IMPI58 (Washington D.C.) (Tsubaki).

We had a barbecue party.

Oral presentation at the 34th Western Japan Food Industry Creation Exhibition seminar entitled " Food Tech Using Microwave Heating. " (Tsubaki) . nikkanseibu-eve.com

Academic Transformation (A) We participated in the kick-off meeting for the second phase of open call research on Creation of Materials by Super Thermal Field. (Tsubaki)

A paper on the joint research on microwave heating of lunar sand conducted with JAXA, Tokyo Institute of Technology, and Okinawa National College of Technology has been published. (Tsubaki).

We had the spring recreation games . Great Job!

Five M1 students (2 from different Universities) and four new B4 students joined our lab.

Seven M2 students and three B4 students graduated lab. Congratulations!

Presented at the 104th Annual Meeting of the Chemical Society of Japan (2024). (Tsubaki, HAQUE, Hara, Honda).

Graduation thesis presentation was held. Thank you for your hard work.

A welcome and farewell party was held.

We held a master's thesis presentation. Thank you for your hard work.

I gave a speech at the Environmental Technology Division Lecture Meeting.「Microwave-assisted catalytic reaction control」 (Tsubaki)

Gave a lecture at the 36th CES21 Lecture, Kansai Branch of the Society of Chemical Engineers (kansai-scej.org)
"Food tech using precision controlled microwaves" (Tsubaki)

Gave a lecture at the Tohoku/Hokkaido Branch and Kanto Branch Joint Seminar of the Japanese Society of Vacuum and Surface Science.
"In-situ observation of local high temperature field formation by microwaves" (Tsubaki)

We held a welcome party for Assistant Professor Ibrahim and a birthday party from December to March .

Ibrahim has been appointed as an Assistant Professor.

We did some deep cleaning and had a year-end party.

At the 2023 Japan Society of Food Science and Technology West Japan Branch Conference, Ms. Ayane Ide received the West Japan Branch Outstanding Young Presentation Award. congratulations! "Study on the properties of emulsion-containing protein gels using microwaves".

We held a joint bowling tournament with Laboratry of Nutritional Chemistry.

At the 2023 Japan Society of Food Science and Technology West Japan Branch Conference, Ms. Ayane Ide received the West Japan Branch Outstanding Young Presentation Award. congratulations! "Study on the properties of emulsion-containing protein gels using microwaves".

MAHESH has been appointed as a postdoc (MCI-CNRC I2CNER).

Johanna (internship student) returned to Austria.

HAQUE has been appointed as a postdoc.

We held a joint bowling tournament with Laboratry of Nutritional Chemistry.Our manufacturing won.Mr. Oba won the individual championship.

Presented at the 60th Chemistry-Related Section Joint Kyushu Convention. (The 60th Chemistry-Related Section Joint Kyushu Convention)
Ms. Takeshita and Ms. Ihara won the Poster Award.

We had a birthday party.

We had a barbecue party.

Participated in the JST PRESTO "Reaction Control" area meeting. (Tsubaki)

We had the spring recreation games and were awarded second place in badminton (women) and third place in softball (men). Great Job!

Participated in the 3rd meeting of MCI-CNRC. (Tsubaki)

Six  M1 students (2 from different Universities) and three new B4 students joined our lab.

XRD beam time was held at the Kyushu Synchrotron Light Research Center BL06 Kyushu University Beamline.

Six M2 students and five B4 students graduated lab. Congratulations!

Assoc. Prof. Tsubaki presented at the Oral session B1 of the 131st CATSJ Meeting.

Five B4 students completed presentations for their graduation thesis.

Six M2 students made presentations at the master's thesis presentation of the Division of Food Science and Biotechnology.

Assoc. Prof. Tsubaki participated in the XAFS measurement at Spring-8 with a Dr. Yamazoe of Tokyo Metropolitan University.

An article on local temperature analysis using microwave in situ XAFS was published in the topic of the Journal of JSSRR. http://www.jssrr.jp/journal/36-1.html

Assoc. Prof. Tsubaki presented at 2022 PRESTO ``Reaction Control'' Field Online Open Symposium.

New Year's party of the Division of Food Science and Biotechnology was held for the first time in 3 years after Covid-19 pandemic.

A bowling tournament was held with the Laboratory of Nutritional Chemistry. Unfortunately, we are defeated.

Presented at the 18th Biomass Science Conference on the 100th Anniversary of the Japan Institute of Energy (Matsuzaki, Tsubaki).

XAFS and XRD measurements were performed at the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization Photon Factory and Kyushu Synchrotron Light Research Center Kyushu University Beamline.

Presented at the 2022 Joint Conference of the Japan Society for Food Science and Technology Western Japan Branch Kyushu and Okinawa Branches of the Japanese Society of Nutrition and Food Science (Sakamoto).

Assoc. Prof. Tsubaki presented at the 47th Kyushu-Okinawa Branch Lecture of the Japan Petroleum Institute.

We participated in a recreational competition of the Division of Food Science and Biotechnology.

Participated in the Japan Society for Electromagnetic Wave Energy Applications (JEMEA) (Tsubaki).

I participated in JEMEA Summer School @ Hamamatsu.
We visited Shizuoka University Mase Lab to see the microwave flow synthesis equipment (Tsubaki).

I went on a Lab trip to Kumamoto and Oita.

We participated in the 69th Annual Meeting (online) of the Japan Society for Food Science and Technology.

Assoc. Prof. Tsubaki presented gave a Plenary Talk at 4GCMEA (Online).

Prof. Atsushi Urakawa from TU Delft visited our laboratory

Participated in the 35th Young Researcher Lecture and the 40th Summer Seminar of the Kyushu Analytical Chemistry Young Society.

Assoc. Prof. Tsubaki presented at TOCAT-9 held in Fukuoka.

We held a joint bowling tournament with Laboratry of Nutritional Chemistry. Prof. Ikura won the championship! .

Presented at the 59th Chemistry-Related Section Joint Kyushu Convention. (The 59th Chemistry-Related Section Joint Kyushu Convention)

New menbers joined our lab.

Congratulations for graduation (M2 4 students, B4 5 students)

Ms. Watanabe received the Faculty of Agriculture Award. Congratulations!

Website renewed.

Master's thesis presentations were held.

Graduation thesis presentations were held.

Associate Professor Tsubaki has arrived.