OMU Graduate School of Veterinary Science Associate Professor Toshiyuki Tanaka was part of a team that assessed the expression of target genes in canine hepatocellular carcinoma based on their expression in human tumors. #OMU #dogs #tumors

🇩🇪OMU President Masahiro Tatsumisago visited partner institution DFKI in Germany and toured the OMU Kaiserslautern Office. He conversed with student researchers and explored cutting-edge research facilities. Looking forward to future collaborations! @DFKI #Japan #Germany

OMU researchers have developed a highly accurate method for predicting rents by applying computer vision and machine learning models to street view images. #OMU #rent #housing #image #AI #Osaka #Japan

What’s saliva’s relation to COVID-19? An OMU-led team has reported on the effects of organic matter in saliva on ozonated water and its ability to inactivate the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. #OMU #saliva #ozonated #coronavirus #COVID #Japan

The latest findings on the interaction between cell death and cellular senescence in cancer and their pathophysiological significance have been reviewed by an OMU and Harvard Medical School team. #OMU #cancer #cells #review #Japan

Ever do something about someone cutting a line? An OMU team tested what motivates third parties to punish unjust behavior by creating an experimental game to emulate unfair monetary distributions. #OMU #altruism #unfair #game #psychology

For the first time in the world, OMU researchers have succeeded in controlling the arrangement of photochromic crystals known as diarylethenes. #OMU #crystals #diarylethene #photomechanical #photochromic #patterning #Japan

OMU scientists have developed an artificial photosynthesis technology that produces precursors of biodegradable nylon from biomass-derived compounds and ammonia. #OMU #photosynthesis #nylon #biomass #Japan

OMU researchers have elucidated how a single photoreceptor in the pineal gland of zebrafish detects color. #OMU #zebrafish #photoreceptor #pineal #Japan

An OMU-led team improved the AI accuracy of word-level sign language recognition by adding data such as the signer’s hand and facial expressions, and on the position of the hands relative to the body. #OMU #AI #sign_language #ASL #Japan

OMU Professor Takahiro Endo examined adaptive governance in Kure, Hiroshima, where collaboration on prefectural and local levels mitigated a water crisis through the use of private wells. #OMU #floods #wells #Hiroshima #Japan

OMU researchers found a key indicator for the chemical activity of acoustic microbubbles and a correlation between the temperature of a liquid and that of the microbubbles generated. #OMU #microbubbles #acoustic #sonochemistry #Japan

Detecting minute surface changes in spacecraft membrane is often a difficult and costly endeavor, but OMU researchers have found a way to measure membrane changes using photogrammetry and a single camera. #OMU #camera #space #photos

OMU researchers have uncovered a daily mating capacity for medaka, providing important insights into the relationship between the cost of gamete production and sexual selection. #OMU #medaka #mating #fish #Japan

An OMU team has devised a more accurate way of measuring an indicator of kidney function known as glomerular filtration rate (GFR) by taking aging into account. #OMU #kidney #GFR #disease #diabetes #nephropathy #aging #Japan

Happy New Year! Wishing you all a wonderful 2025!

Scores attend alumni gathering held in Shanghai

Vice President Sakuragi visits universities in Shanghai

Feeling chilly? An OMU team suggests it is crucial to investigate the groundwater quality before operating an aquifer thermal energy storage (ATES) system and continue to monitor it. #OMU #geothermal #energy #water #Osaka