In order to prepare the launch of the digital infrastructure consortium between Japan and the European Union, Sakurai Takeaki, Director of International Relations, was in Grenoble on March 10 and 11, 2025.
On March 24, represented by Professors Hiroko Isoda, Mitsutoshi Nakajima and Islam Muhammad Monirul, as well as Dr Farhana Ferdousi and Dr Kiyokazu Kawada from the ARENA (Alliance for Research on the Mediterranean and North Africa) research center, the University of Tsukuba was on site to identify potential collaborations in the fields of biotechnology and plant-based pharmaceuticals.
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At UGA's Dominique Villars Botanical Garden, from left to right:
- Amina CHBANI, coordinator of strategic partnerships at UGA
- Kiyokazu KAWADA, assistant professor, researcher at the Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, ARENA
- Mitsutoshi NAKAJIMA, professor emeritus, ARENA
- Manon TRAVERSAZ, PhD student at UGA, laboratoire de recherche Translationnelle et Innovation
en Médecine et Complexité, TIMC
- Hiroko ISODA, professor, Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, Director of ARENA
- Islam Muhammad MONIRUL, associate professor, researcher at the Institute of Pure and Applied Sciences, ARENA
- Farhana FERDOUSI, assistant professor and researcher at the Institute of Life and Environmental Sciences, ARENA
