The Hiroshima Congress was held at the Hiroshima International Conference Center from October 28 to 31.

Thank you to all who participated.

https://2024.jsme-conference.net

Tomohide Akiyama of the Ogura-Iba Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, a member of our project, received the Best Presentation Award at the Kinki Branch Research Presentation Meeting of the Architectural Institute of Japan.

Title of paper: Relationship between microorganisms, physico-chemical factors, and housing style in the living environment.

yusyusyo-2024ダウンロード

Visited traditional houses

A contribution was published in “Chiruchinbito No. 119” (Fudosha), a quarterly magazine on house building.

Please take a look.http://fudosha.com/category/magazin/chilchinbito/

Outdoor and indoor air sampling.

Airborne bacterial communities associated with particulate matter in Temuco (Chile), one of the most air-polluted cities in South America. Aerobiologia.  2023 December. doi:10.1007/s10453-023-09803-9

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10453-023-09803-9

Resistomes in freshwater bioaerosols and their impact on drinking and recreational water safety: A perspective. ScienceDirect. 2024 January. doi:10.1016/j.envint.2023.108377

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412023006505?via%3Dihub

Tomohide Akiyama of the Ogura-Iba Laboratory, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University, a member of our project, received the Best Graduation Thesis Award from the Architectural Institute of Japan.

Title of paper: Identification and Comparison of Microbial Communities in Houses and on the Skin Surface of Residents

優秀卒業論文賞・優秀修士論文賞 | 日本建築学会 (aij.or.jp)

sotu2023.pdf (aij.or.jp)

On October 26, field sampling was conducted at the Mitara Base(https://www.mitaraibase.com/home) on Osaki shimojima , Hiroshima.

Our research was introduced in the “Furusato Shinbun” handwritten by the “Miyama Kayabuki Village Preservation Society” in Miyama-cho, Nantan City, Kyoto Prefecture, which is always helpful in our research.

Kyoto Miyama Kayabuki-no-Sato HP is here.

https://kayabukinosato.jp/

It is an old house with thatched roof.

https://nerps.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/efforts-list/efforts-list-2777/?fbclid=IwAR1ENHnNyr8mCHCbJD4UPxURaJmY5i77lu0y-W8QoShPTkz458DzG9qcvPI