RIKEN–Nara Women’s University Joint Diversity Promotion Workshop 2026 was held

Students from various courses at Nara Women’s University—including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biological sciences, and environmental sciences—visited RIKEN for two days, March 2–3. A total of 21 students (first-, second-, and third-year undergraduate students and first-year master’s students) participated in the visit.

During their stay, the students toured several research facilities at RIKEN, including the Multiscale Brain Function Research Team at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS), the RIBF facility at the RIKEN Nishina Center, and the Optical Quantum Control Research Team at the RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing (RQC). At iTHEMS, they attended talks by Megumi Oya (Postdoctoral Researcher, Medical Science Data-driven Mathematics Team, iTHEMS) and Leo Speidel (iTHEMS ECL Research Unit Leader).

At each laboratory, the students had the opportunity to observe cutting-edge research up close near experimental equipment and learn about ongoing research activities. During the evening networking session with RIKEN researchers, they asked questions to iTHEMS researchers and learned about researchers’ daily lives and career paths. The event provided a valuable opportunity for meaningful交流 and discussion for the students.

This diversity promotion initiative is conducted jointly by the Faculty of Science at Nara Women’s University and RIKEN iTHEMS, and is organized in conjunction with a series of lectures held at Nara Women’s University.