Planning Visit to NIMS, Japan: To Establish Collaborative Research on Nanoscale Adsorption of Amyloid Beta Peptides  

Associate Professor Kazushige Yokoyama

Department: Chemistry

Funding Source: National Institute Of Materials Science

Period of Funding: October 1, 2009 – September 30, 2010

Award Total: $5,763

Project Description:

Travel by Dr. Yokoyama to Japan’s leading science institution, NIMS, is to pursue long-term research collaboration between NIMS and SUNY Geneseo. The long-term goal of the planning visit is to establish an overseas research collaboration to conduct a high resolution electron microscopy study using the facilities available at NIMS and involving undergraduate research students of Geneseo.