OKAYAMA, Japan, March 9, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- This issue includes a feature on 'Towards an International Hub for ESD: International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development is held at Okayama University'. Other contents include news on 'Two students from Okayama University participated in 'One Young World Summit 2019: The Global Forum for Young Leaders', representing Japan'; and research highlights including 'Rapid wheat improvement by genome editing' recently published in Cell Reports.

Okayama University, Japan publishes the March 2020 issue of "Okayama University e-Bulletin'

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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.

Feature

Towards an International Hub for ESD: International Conference on Education for Sustainable Development is held at Okayama University

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News

Honorary doctorate awarded to Professor Charles Hopkins from York University, Canada

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Two students from Okayama University participated in 'One Young World Summit 2019: The Global Forum for Young Leaders" representing Japan'

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Okayama University Women's Ice Hockey Club Takes Second Place for the Second Consecutive Year at the Japan Student Women's Ice Hockey Tournament.

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Research Highlights

Rapid wheat improvement by genome editing

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Kazuhiro Sato at IPSR Okayama University and colleagues have shown that a new highly efficient genome editing method could knockout the function of three related wheat genes.

Discovery of fully-gapped topological superconductors with potential applications in quantum computing

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• NATURE COMMUNICATIONS 11, 235 (2020).
• Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1038/s41467-019-14126-w

Journal website: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-14126-w

Mechanism of photosynthetic water oxidation revealed by intermediate state structures analyzed by an X-ray free electron laser

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