郭 威先生の場合
時間軸:
9月25~29:航空券、ホテルの予約確定、東大へ在職証明書発行申請、スイス側の招待状お願い、東大の推薦状お願い
10月01:オンライン申請書作成、面接のための予約取得(最速10月6日しか取れなかった)
6日まで:必要書類整理、特に大事な書類は以下に赤字で示す
6日:スイス大使館面接、指紋取り、当日に、清水先生より大使館宛に招待状送信(面接質問は、とても一般的です、例えば何 しに行きますか、EU行ったことありますか、あなたはどんな仕事してますかなど)
17日:スイス大使館へ訪問、パスポートとVISA受け取り

1. 面接予約表
2. 申請表(オンライン記入)
3. passport写真
4. PassPortすべてページのコピー
5. 在留カード
6. 高額海外旅行保険証明
7. 日程表(自作)
8. 航空券(予約しただけでもいいかもが、念のために私は購入確定したもの提出)
9. ホテル予約証明(予約しただけでもいいかもが、念のために私は購入確定したもの提出)
10. 在職証明(給料明記)
11. 招待状(清水先生から、更にスイス大使館へ送信が必要、tokyo.visa@eda.admin.ch) 12. 推薦状(東大のプロジェクト責任者ー>岩田先生)
13. 個人銀行残高と記録(給料が毎月入ってることが見えるもの)
14. VISAの申請料金支払済の証明(当日大使館支払いも可能みたいですが、念のため事前支払い)


日本の学生を想定としたスイス入国ビザの申請例は以下。


1. 面接予約表
2. 申請表(オンライン記入)
3. passport写真
4. PassPortすべてページのコピー
5. 在留カード
6. 高額海外旅行保険証明　（こちら　https://www.sompo-japan.co.jp/kinsurance/leisure/off/　から購入するとやすいです）
7. 日程表(自作)
8. 航空券(予約しただけでもいいかもが、念のために私は購入確定したもの提出)
9. ホテル予約証明(予約しただけでもいいかもが、念のために私は購入確定したもの提出)
10. 在職証明(給料明記)　（学生の場合は在学証明書）
11. 招待状(清水先生から、更にスイス大使館へ送信が必要、tokyo.visa@eda.admin.ch)
12. 推薦状(大学のプロジェクト責任者)　（学生の場合は自分指導教員、滞在費用は全額負担であること明記）
13. 個人銀行残高と記録(給料が毎月入ってることが見えるもの)　 （学生の場合は奨学金あれば追加、なければ12番を利用する）
14. VISAの申請料金支払済の証明(当日大使館支払いも可能みたいですが、念のため事前支払い)

申請は、何も不足がなければ、提出から約14日かかりますので、渡航1ヶ月前に申請書を提出することをおすすめします。

Wei GUO (郭 威)先生（岩田G）の文章をもとに土金がまとめました。2023年11月の情報です。

The 6th KEPLR Seminar Series, organized by Prof. Nasuda, was held at Kyoto University.Over 20 participants, including Prof. Kohchi of the Kohchi Group, attended the event.

Participants visited the Kyoto University Farm and the indoor cultivation room for wheat plants at the Faculty of Agriculture. The seminar was held at the 'Former Head Office of Forest Research Station' (a building constructed in 1931 and registered as a tangible cultural property of the country in 1998). Here, research presentations were made by members of the Nasuda group, followed by discussions among the participants.

Program:
Date and Time: December 22, 2023, from 14:00
Location: Conference Room, Former Head Office of Forest Research Station, North Campus, Yoshida Campus, Kyoto University
[https://www.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/access/north-campus-map]

14:00: Tour of the Kyoto University Farm and the indoor cultivation room for wheat plants (Koichi Yamamori:PD, Kanata Senoo:B4)
15:30 onwards:
[Introduction] Our Goals: Developing an Analytical Group Utilizing Diversity, Fertility as a Result of Reproduction, Yield, Gametogenesis, etc. (Shuhei Nasuda:Professor)
[Topic 1] Predicting Yield and Analyzing Pollen Counts (Haruki Kojima:M1)
[Topic 2] RNAseq Analysis of Anthers and Pollen (Koichi Yamamori:PD)
[Topic 3] Imaging Approaches to the Mechanism of Action of Gametocidal Genes (Kazuki Murata:Assistant professor)

The kick-off meeting in Europe was organized by Vice-Director Professor Ueli Grossniklaus. It took place on November 21, 2023, at the University of Zurich in the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology, with 69 attendees.

At the symposium, lectures were given by KEPLR members. During the poster session, discussions took place between the presenters, who are young researchers, and other researchers.

I am a postdoc in my second year but I had little experience going abroad. Of course, there were some plans to interact with overseas university laboratories and participate in international conferences when I was a student. But they did not materialize for a variety of reasons. I attended the kick-off meeting in the hope that it would provide me with an opportunity to make connections and gain confidence in my plans to study abroad.

While listening to the oral presentations in the morning of the kick-off meeting, I felt quite nervous. This is because I was not confident in my English. I wondered whether I would be able to sufficiently convey the interest in my research in front of world-renowned high-level research presentations and whether I would be able to understand the questions and engage in appropriate discussions.

However, when it came time for the flash talk to introduce the content of the poster presentation, I found that the participants were nodding their heads and listening to my presentation. As I spoke, I felt confident that my English was understood and that my ideas were being conveyed. In the poster presentation that followed, I was able to convey my research in a dignified manner, and I was able to get some new feedback. I would like to continue to improve my English and communication skills so that I can interact with more researchers in the future.

As a matter of fact, I am in charge of drafting the logo for KEPLR. I designed the logo so that the central dot represents a researcher and the lines representing the network among researchers form the outline of a flower. The reason for the flower motif is that this project focuses on plant reproduction, and it also means that young researchers like me will "bloom" as accomplished researchers through their overseas experience. I would like to use this kick-off meeting as an opportunity to study abroad and devote myself to blooming as a researcher.

The Interdisciplinary Strategic Partnership Tokyo – Zurich Symposium 2023 was held, featuring a Poster Session with 31 presenters. Kengo Sakurai, a doctoral student in the Iwata Group, won an award for his presentation titled 「Crossing Strategy for Plant Breeding」.

Name of the award: “Interdisciplinary Strategic Partnership Tokyo – Zurich Symposium 2023” Poster Award

Presentation title: 「Crossing Strategy for Plant Breeding」
1Kengo Sakurai, 2Kosuke Hamazaki, 1Minoru Inamori, 3Akito Kaga, 1Hiroyoshi Iwata

1 Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo
2 RIKEN Center for Advanced Intelligence Project (AIP), RIKEN
3 Institute of Crop Science, Natural Agriculture and Food Research Organization