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.

Meeting poster

Venue

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

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