Sep 22, 2004

IAB research project selected by CREST

A research project proposal by Dr.Tomita, director of IAB, was selected as one of the the projects of The Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology program (CREST) of Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

JST Press Release>>

 Sep 22, 2004

21COE Young Scientist Symposium

The 21COE Young Scientist Symposium was held at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences on Sep 20-22 2004. Twenty-eight graduate students from the Graduate School of Medicine , the Graduate School of Science & Technology and the Graduate School of Media & Governance delivered oral presentations.

Aug 27, 2004

Bio Finance Guild 2004

The Bio Finance Guild 2004 , a biotechnology training program for investors sponsored by Nikkei Business Publications, Inc., was held at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences on August 27-28, 2004.

Aug 16, 2004

Keio Summer Bio Camp 2004

A bioscience training program for high-school students from all over Japan was held on Aug 16-18, 2004. The event Keio Summer Bio Camp 2004, sponsored by the Institute for Advanced Biosciences was also supported by Yamagata prefecture and Tsuruoka city.

Aug 5, 2004

Summer Bio College 2004

A bioscience training program for high-school students living in Tsuruoka city and Keio-affiliated high-schools was held on Aug 5-7, 2004. The event Summer Bio College 2004 was sponsored by Tsuruoka city and the Institute for Advanced Biosciences.

June 3, 2004

"Minister of Science and Technology Policy Award in recognition for industry-academia-government collaboration performance"

Director and professor of the Institute for Advanced Biosciences Keio University, Dr. Masaru Tomita, associate professor Dr. Tomoyoshi Soga, and director of Keio University Intellectual Property Center Keisuke Shimizu, were awarded the "Minister of Science and Technology Policy Award in recognition for industry-academia-government collaboration performance" in the 3rd Sangakukan Renkei Suishin Kaigi. The conference is sponsored by the cabinet office, Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Nippon Keidanren and Science council of Japan. The award ceremony will take place in Kyoto on June 20 (Sun).

Sangakukan Project Conference Website (Japanese)>>

April 12, 2004

E-Cell Tutorial 2004

The E-Cell Tutorial, a two week program for cell modeling using E-Cell3, was held at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences on April 12-23.

The tutorial was composed of two sessions. The first session offered a basic introduction to modeling and simulation using the E-Cell3 software, and the second session was reserved for individual modeling projects. All materials used in the tutorial are available from the E-Cell Tutorial web page.

March 3, 2004

Development of Biosimulation Software: E-Cell Simulation Environment

Institute for Advanced Biosciences researcher Dr. Kouichi Takahashi has published an article on the development and implementation of "a multi-algorithm, multi-timescale method for cell simulation" in the March 1st issue of Bioinformatics.

The E-Cell simulation environment can be freely downloaded from the E-Cell Project website.

Article Abstract >>

January 19, 2004

4th Keio Intellectual Property Center Prize awarded

Associate professor at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Dr. Tomoyoshi Soga, was awarded the 4th Keio Intellectual Property Center Prize for his research on capillary electrophoresis mass spectrometry, "Method and device for separation and analysis of compound anions".

January 13, 2004

Collaboration on developing support system for diabetes diagnosis and treatment method with Sysmex Corporation

Healthcare and medical equipment firm Sysmex Corporation announces the development of a support system for diabetes diagnosis and treatment using simulation results based on the E-Cell simulation environment. The development was made in collaboration with Dr. Hiromu Nakajima, director of Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, director and professor of the Institute for Advanced Biosciences Dr. Masaru Tomita and assistant professor Dr. Yasuhiro Naito.

Sysmex Press Release >>