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Darby, 34, holds a minerals mining degree from Exeter University in Britain and did post-graduate work in Japanese studies at Kobe University.
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She highlighted positively also the commitment taken by Kobe University, embodied in its adoption in 2010 of the Female Researchers in Science Project and Training "Kobe Style".
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Maki Sugimoto, a surgeon at Japan's Kobe University Hospital who began using replicas of patients' organs for navigation purposes in 2011, employs Japanese company Fasotec Co. to produce the 3-D models.
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During her visit to Japan, the Director-General participated in a symposium on gender equality in sciences and scientific education in the presence of Mr. Hideki Fukuda, the President of Kobe University - one of the oldest in Japan, as well as Professor and 2008 L'Oreal Prize Winner Ingrid Scheffer, Dr. Yoshie Soma, Special Adviser to the University President, and Professor Roumiana Tsenkova, Director of Gender Equality Office at Kobe University.
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