| 2026, Mar 24 | Ms. Sato, Ms. Tanaka and Mr. Yanai graduated from the university. |
| 2026, Mar 11 | Kosaka presented at JSBBA 2026 annual meeting / Kyoto. |
| 2026, Mar 6 | Kosaka presented at the Seminar of Division of Fermentation Microorganisms of RCTMR. |
| 2026, Mar 3 | Released the beta version of PhyloCGN, a lightweight tool for genomic neighborhood analysis using phylogeny. |
| 2026, Feb 13 | Ms. Sato, Ms. Tanaka, and Mr. Yanai presented their graduation theses at the Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Faculty of Agriculture. |
| 2026, Feb 9 | The research highlight of the published paper targeting genome mining in M&E was posted. |
| 2025, Dec 26 | At the YU-RCTMR Joint Research Exchange Meeting held on the Yamaguchi University campus, Kosaka performed a presentation titled “The Importance of Specific Amino Acids in the Thermophilic Metabolism of Escherichia coli and Their Regulation.” |
| 2025, Dec 23 | Dr. Ryuichi Hirota from Hiroshima University, along with graduate students Mr. Momokawa and Mr. Masaki, visited our laboratory for a collaborative research meeting. |
| 2025, Dec 6 | Kosaka jointed Post-Presto Workshop held at Kyoto University. |
| 2025, Nov 29 | Kosaka delivered a lecture titled “Learning from the Past for Carbon Neutrality: Understanding and Utilizing Microorganisms in Old yet New Methane Fermentation.” held at Meijyo University. |
| 2025, Nov 13 | A research paper entitled "Using Phylogeny and a Conserved Genomic Neighborhood Analysis to Extract and Visualize Gene Sets Involved in Target Gene Function: The Case of [NiFe]-hydrogenase and Succinate Dehydrogenase" has been pubilished online. |
| 2025, Nov 13 | The members page was updated. |
| 2025, Oct 25 | Kosaka contributed an article entitled “Stress and the ‘Size’ of Bacteria” to the BioMedia section of the Journal of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan. |
| 2025, Oct 23 | New members, 3rd grade students, were jointed our laboratory. |
| 2025, Sep 29 | The research highlight of the published paper targeting SDH in BBB was posted. |
| 2025, Sep 19 | A research paper entitled "Using phylogeny and conserved genomic neighborhood analysis to extract and visualize gene sets involved in target gene function: the case of [NiFe]-hydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase" has been accepted in Microbes and Environments. |
| 2025, Sep 12 | Kosaka presented at 77th SBJ annual meeting / hiroshima. |
| 2025, Aug 2 | At Microbial Week 2025 held at the University of Tokyo, Kosaka gave a presentation. |
| 2025, Jul 29 | The members page was updated. |
| 2025, Jul 29 | Dr. Shiota has departed from the lab for a new research institute. |
