Event Report

This is a record of the 58th Chemistry/Biotechnology Akaiito-Kai (1st meeting of 2025) held on April 25, 2025.
Please see here for details of the event and the program.

Meeting Record

Date

Friday, April 25, 2025 13:00~19:30

Participating companies (in alphabetical order):

Asahi Kasei, Amino Up, Albion, Eisai, Kyowa Kirin, Sumitomo Chemical, Sumitomo Pharma, Daiichi Sankyo, Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim

Participant comments

Researcher

• I learned that what companies look for in PhD candidates is not only expertise, but also the logical thinking, vitality, and determination to carry out research, as well as a comprehensive view of the various abilities that the candidate has acquired through their research.
• I was able to think about effective ways to appeal to people in companies and how to appeal to them. I will do my best in my ES.
• This was my first time attending face-to-face, and I learned a lot from start to finish. Last time, I attended online, and I was able to practice things that I wasn't able to do there, such as making presentations while looking at posters, talking to employees, holding discussions, and answering questions. I feel that I was able to clearly understand my own strengths and challenges.
• Currently, he has reached a point in his research where he has hit a dead end, but he feels that companies are looking to him for the power to break through that deadlock, which has once again given him motivation for his own research.
• I thought it was great to have a meeting like this one that was focused on a specific industry. I agree that you should look at different industries, but I thought it was a great opportunity to talk closely with people in a familiar industry as the first step in job hunting.

Enterprise

• The students were extremely proactive in speaking to the company representatives, and I got the impression that many of them not only possessed the expertise of their doctorates but also had excellent character.
• I feel that the opportunity to interact with students through research is a wonderful opportunity, and I hope that this event will continue to be held in the future.
• There were many high-level students and many interesting themes in the poster presentations. Although I wasn't able to listen to all of the poster presentations, it was a wonderful opportunity to meet students and have close communication.
• I was impressed by how proactive the students were. The event wasn't too large, making it easy to communicate with each other.

Number of participants

• DC: 26 people
• Others: 1 person (Total: 27 people)
• Companies: 9 companies

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