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SPRING students will present their research at Doshisha Week 2025 (held at the University of Tübingen, Germany)!

Doshisha Week 2025： Challenges for Next-Generation Researchers！
～Aiming for further innovation and collaboration through research exchange between Doshisha University and the University of Tübingen～

On October 29 and 30, 2025, we will hold the Doshisha Week 2025 event at the Great Senate, Neue Aula, University of Tübingen, Germany.
‘Doshisha Week’ is an exchange event hosted by Doshisha University and Doshisha EU Campus (at the University of Tübingen). It is held regularly with the cooperation of the University of Tübingen.

The following six doctoral students (in red) from Support Project for Pioneering Research Initiated by the Next Generation in Doshisha University (SPRING) will participate in AY2025. They will present their research to doctoral students at the University of Tübingen and have research exchanges with the researchers there.

Main Programs

Wednesday, October 29, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM (CEST)

＜keynote presentation＞
Prof. Masaya IKEGAWA, M.D., Ph.D.（Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences）
Implementation of Multimodal Imaging for Alzheimer's Disease Research:
Approaching beyond Plaques and Tangles

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Maiko OKAMURA (Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences・D1)
Spatial Multi-omics Study for Dilated Cardiomyopathy Delineates Possible Link 
between Macrophage Driven Inflammation and Copper Dyshomeostasis

Julia ALBER（Tübingen/ NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute）
Using marker-independent imaging approaches for the observation of tumor-immune interactions

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Nicola SARTORATO（Tübingen/ Institute of Neurobiology）
Behavioral Modulation of Hippocampal Dynamics during Immobility

Yutaka KOBAYASHI (Graduate School of Life and Medical Sciences・D2)
Imaging and Manipulation of Nuclear cAMP Dynamics Underlying Late Phase LTP Induction

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Maksym YAROSHENKO (Graduate School of Global Studies・D3)
Hacktivism as a Tool to Conduct Cyber and Information Operations

＜Discussion＞
Dr. Dmytro YAGUNOV （Tübingen）
Dr. Tetjana MIDJANA （Tübingen）

Thursday, October 30, 9:30 AM to 3:30 PM (CEST)

＜keynote presentation＞
Prof. Dr. Susanne MARSCHALL (Tübingen/Institute of Media Studies)
Moving Pictures – Touching Sounds
Past, Present and Future of Film and Cinema

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Junji ADACHI (Graduate School of Culture and Information Science・D1）
Quantitative Analysis on Objectivity of Personal Color Classification

Susanne SCHULTE (Tübingen/Institute of Media Studies)
The Oceanic Other in Animated Aquatic Eco-Cinema (AAEC): 
A Feminist and Decolonial Analysis

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Jan-Felix KLUMPP (Tübingen / English Studies)
Reproduction of Rhyme and Metre in LLM-Generated Translations of Poetry

Wenjing GUO (Graduate School of Social Studies・D3)
Problems and Dilemmas of Introducing AI Translation in the Translation
Industry: Case Studies of Translation Companies in 2024

＜PhD Student Presentations＞
Nehal KHAN（Graduate School of Global Studies・D3）
Populism and Islamization, in Post-Colonial Pakistan: Struggle for National Identity

Ronja HERRSCHNER (Tübingen/ Institute for Political Science)
Justifications of Backsliding