Phesant Memorial Laboratory (PML) @pml_ipm

We undertake a comprehensive analysis of samples returned from the JAXA’s Hayabusa2 mission and provide invaluable insights into the formation and evolution of our solar system. pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/projects…

A new paper co-authored by Nakamura and Kobayashi has been published. Preliminary analysis of the Hayabusa2 samples returned from C-type asteroid Ryugu... nature.com/articles/s4155…

A new paper co-authored by Nakamura has been published. A 400 Ma-long Nd-Hf isotopic evolution of melt-modified garnet-pyroxenites in an ancient subcontinental lithosphere ... sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

We have released a video of a talk event held at Space Science World "Hoshitori Prefecture" youtube.com/watch?v=BkDNcb…

Space Science World Hoshitori Prefecture(Part1) -Ryugu sample observation experience- On July 3rd and 4th, 2021, the outreach event "Space Science World Hoshitori Prefecture" was held... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/202…

Space Science World Hoshitori Prefecture(Part1) -Ryugu sample observation experience- On July 3rd and 4th, 2021, the outreach event "Space Science World Hoshitori Prefecture" was held... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/202…

On July 4, we will hold a talk event on the space Science World. A keynote speech by the world's first mission project manager, Yuichi Tsuda (JAXA), and a talk event with world-class scientists will be broadcast live online! youtube.com/watch?v=kJDrqW…

Msc. Hidehisa Tsuchida has joined CASTEM24Remote team as a Science + Techniques coordinator Hidehisa obtained his undergraduate and Master’s degree at Tokyo University of Science... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/202…

Dr. Elena Kalinina has been promoted to Science + Techniques coordinator to support new CASTEM24Remote At the first, Elena joined the Institute for Planetary Materials, particularly PML, in 2004 as a Doctor course student... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/202…

Yunchao Shu, a new PostDoctoral Rearcher has joined us! Yunchao has recently jointed the institute as a postdoctoral researcher working on non-traditional stable isotope geochemistry over the topics of mantle evolution... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/202…

Hao et al. has published a new study with important implications for magma fertility A new publication of Hongda Hao, a collaborator of PML has been published... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/202…

Eizo Nakamura received the Governor's Award for Promotion of Tottori Prefecture Dr.Eizo Nakamura of the Institute for Study of the Earth Sciences PML Group was awarded the Governor's Commendation for Promotion of Tottori Prefecture... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/202…

Eizo Nakamura becomes CASTEM 24 Remote Director We have been promoting the CASTEM 24 remote project with the aim of opening up our analytical and research capabilities and contributing to the society... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/202…

Nguyen et al. published a new model of the evolution of arc volcanism. Feedback of slab distortion on volcanic arc evolution: geochemical perspective from late Cenozoic volcanism in SW Japan... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/projects…

Martin J. Van Kranendonk et al. published a new treatise on the terrestrial origin of life. Elements for the Origin of Life on Land: A Deep-Time Perspective from the Pilbara Craton of Western Australia... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/ori…

A new student from India has joined us! Rahul Kumar has recently joined! Our team as a doctoral student. He perused Integrated Master’s in Applied Geology from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad, India... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/rah…

Application for Joint-Use Research 2021 First Call Innovative applications for joint use/research are welcome. pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/joi…

CASTEM 24 Remote: the next generation of CASTEM The Pheasant Memorial Laboratory (PML) is pleased to announce the initiation of the next generation of analytical system... pml.misasa.okayama-u.ac.jp/pages/news/CAS…