Interview with Professor Kae Miyazawa, Associate Professor at the Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences of the University of Tokyo Ms. Miyazawa, could you tell us something about your research background? Well, I started my career (BSc) in the field of plant ecology at Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan). I was interested in conservational ecology….
Standing over there waiting for the Skyliner which is similar to the ICE in Germany I would say, the guy who welcomed us at the airport remarks that Tokyo is super clean. He further adds that we are on the right trail, but the train is being cleaned at this moment. “Being cleaned we say?…
The cooperation on paper becomes real. With the recent signing of two Memoranda of Understanding between the University of Tokyo and the University of Bonn on the one hand and the MoU between ZEF and IPADS on the other, the “strategic international partnership” between the institutions in Japan and Germany has become official. This has…
I did mention previously on this blog that I have a thing for Berlin and that Berlin has some mutual feelings towards me. Well, Berlin’s call came a bit early this year and I once again returned to a city I enjoy visiting very much. The reason why I visited Berlin this time was to…
Adversity is a fact of life. It can’t be controlled. What we can control is how we react to it. (Author unknown) January 2016 was by far the month of adversity to the queen of black soldier flies. Marwa just managed to overcome the loss of some 50 thousand adult flies that were washed away…
Watching live the concluding moment of the COP 21 in Paris was quite an emotional instant. The president of the COP Laurent Fabius was struggling to hold on to his professionalism and the excitement of UNFCCC Secretary General Christiana Figueres was very much transmittable. For a moment, one could almost fall for the romantic ideal…
