The 5th Online Joint Seminar" PhD Course" Was Held with the University of Trieste in 2025

On September 19, 2025, Shinshu University School of Medicine held an online joint seminar "PhD course in Precision Medicine and Innovative Therapies " with the University of Trieste, one of our partner universities, in cooperation with Institute for Biomedical Sciences (IBS) at Shinshu University.

Thirty graduate students and faculty members from Shinshu University and thirty of the University of Trieste participated in the seminar, which marked the fifth time, on "CAR-T Cell Therapy".

Following opening remarks by Professor Gabriele Stocco of the University of Trieste, Professor NAKAZAWA Yozo of the Department of Pediatrics delivered a lecture " Adoptive Cell Therapy Using Chimeric Antigen Receptor " including the latest knowledge related to CAR-T cell therapy. The participants from the two universities listened intently to the lecture, which was followed by a lively question-and-answer session.

The participants from the University of Trieste included TAKANO Tomo, KUWAKO Koyu, and DATE Yusei, fifth-year Shinshu medical students, who had joined the 3-month exchange program in September 2025 and engaged in basic research at that time. They learned a lot about the research that is being undertaken in the two universities, and I'm sure the motivation for their own research was increased by this experience.

We hope that the seminar we held this time will promote joint research and researcher and student exchanges between Shinshu University and the University of Trieste.

Professor TANAKA Naoki, Director of International Relations Office and the Department of Global Medical Research Promotion, Shinshu University School of Medicine