Gallery

2025

June 6, 2025 – The Banyan Tree

As a farewell gift from my former colleagues, I received a banyan tree (Ficus microcarpa). I’ve heard it’s considered a symbol of good fortune, so I’ve decided to keep and grow it in my new lab office. Although the room is bright, it faces north, so I wonder… can houseplants like this actually bloom under such conditions?

June 2, 2025 – Greenhouse

On campus, there’s a greenhouse and a small field, where we’ve just installed tropical water lilies brought from Nagoya—including both genome-sequenced species and ornamental cultivars. They probably won’t be usable for experiments this year, but I hope we can at least keep them healthy and growing. In the greenhouse, I’ve also placed some succulent plants that are just beginning to wake up from their winter dormancy. I’m looking forward to growing various new plants, seeing them bloom, and eventually incorporating them into our research.

May 8–9, 2025 – Moving Research Equipment

We relocated experimental equipment and other materials from Nagoya University. The items were moved into a freshly cleaned room, ready for a new start. Setup and organization will be carried out gradually over the coming days.

April 28, 2025 – Preparing for Lab Cleaning and Renovation

With help from colleagues in the plant biology division, we dismantled old steel shelves and moved out the desks. We’re taking this opportunity to give the space a proper refresh!

April 21, 2025 – Fresh Green Icho Avenue

April 4, 2025 – View from the Lab in Building 16

April 1, 2025 – Takeuchi Lab launches at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (Komaba Campus)

As of April 1, 2025, Takeuchi has been appointed as a Lecturer in the Department of Life & Environmental Sciences, Division of Advanced Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at the University of Tokyo. With this, the Takeuchi Laboratory has officially launched.

From the lab windows, there is a wide, open view. Although it was unfortunately raining on that day, we could still look out over the cherry blossoms below and see the skyline of Shinjuku in the distance.

On the way home, the neatly maintained ginkgo-lined avenue and the imposing main gate created a curious feeling—something between unfamiliarity and anticipation. And with that, the reality of having stepped into a new environment truly began to sink in.