Crystallographic Society of Japan Annual Meeting. Crystallography Now and in the Beginning
Kumamoto, Japan
12 - 14 October 2013
The 2013 Annual Meeting of the Crystallographic Society of Japan took place on the Kurokami Campus of Kumamoto University on 12 and 13 October. It was followed by a one-day special event, 'Crystallography Now and in the Beginning', consisting of public guest lectures and training sessions to celebrate the International Year of Crystallography 2014. Around 200 members of the public, mostly high-school students, attended a wide-ranging series of lectures and enjoyed practical sessions with crystals, wooden models, microscopes, and oscilloscope to test quartz piezoelectricity.
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Akira Yoshiasa (speaking), Maki Okube.
Introductory and historical remarks
Akira Yoshiasa.
Introductory and historical remarks
Akira Yoshiasa.
Introductory and historical remarks
Takeo Matsumoto on Torahiko Terada, pioneer of X-ray diffraction.
Public Lecture
Takeo Matsumoto on Torahiko Terada, pioneer of X-ray diffraction.
Public Lecture
Massimo Nespolo on the beauty of symmetry.
Public Lecture
Massimo Nespolo on the beauty of symmetry.
Public Lecture
Karumasa Sugiyama on quasicrystals.
Public Lecture
Karumasa Sugiyama on quasicrystals.
Public Lecture
Karumasa Sugiyama on quasicrystals.
Public Lecture
Akira Tsuchiyama on the crystallography of samples returned from JAXA's Hayabusa unmanned spacecraft.
Public Lecture
Akira Tsuchiyama on the crystallography of samples returned from JAXA's Hayabusa unmanned spacecraft.
Public Lecture
Nobuo Kamiya on the molecular structure behind photosynthesis.
Public Lecture
Nobuo Kamiya on the molecular structure behind photosynthesis.
Public Lecture
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Maki Okube.
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations
Exhibition and hands-on demonstrations