The Institute for Advanced Biosciences (IAB), Keio University, is a full-fledged bioscience research institute established in April, 2001, at the Tsuruoka Town Campus (Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture, Japan). This research institute uses cutting-edge biotechnologies to comprehensively measure and analyze human and microorganic cellular activity, conduct computer analysis and simulation, and apply findings to medical, environmental, and food sciences. IAB is attracting attention from around the world as a pioneer in the new life sciences field that makes full use of IT in this way called Integrated Systems Biology.
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2025.08.29
The 15th Bio-Summit for High School Students
The 15th Bio-Summit in Tsuruoka was held for 3 days in Tsuruoka City from Aug 27 to 29, 2025. It featured 140 participants and 98 presentations from 59 schools across 19 prefectures presenting their daily research results in the first round.
2025.06.27
16th International Symposium on Tardigrada
The 16th International Symposium on Tardigrada was held in Japan in June 2025, marking the first time the conference has visited Asia.The program featured 4 keynote lectures, 57 oral presentations, and 61 conference poster presentations.
2025.05.09
IAB accepts a total of 40 local high school students this year, the largest number ever
IAB decided to accept 23 students from Tsuruoka Chuo High School as "Research Assistants" and 17 local high school students (from 6 local high schools) as "Student Interns".
2019.01.17
Director Masaru Tomita was awarded the 68th Kahoku Cultural Award
Director Masaru Tomita received this award for his cutting-edge research achievements in Tohoku area and his contribution to the revitalization of local industries. The presentation ceremony was held on Thursday, January 17, at Sendai Kokusai Hotel in Sendai.
2018.10.20
The 12th Metabolome Symposium was held in Tsuruoka
"The 12th Metabolome Symposium" was held at Tsuruoka Metabolome Campus for 3 days from Oct 17 to 19 in 2018, and approximately 420 researchers from all over the country participated and presented their latest research results.
2018.09.21
IIBMP2018 was held in Tsuruoka
"Informatics in Biology, Medicine and Pharmacology (IIBMP2018)" was held at Shogin Tact Tsuruoka and Tsuruoka Art Forum for three days from Sep 19 to 21 in 2018, and approximately 385 researchers from all over the country participated and presented the latest research results.
2025.08.29
The 15th Bio-Summit for High School Students
The 15th Bio-Summit in Tsuruoka was held for 3 days in Tsuruoka City from Aug 27 to 29, 2025. It featured 140 participants and 98 presentations from 59 schools across 19 prefectures presenting their daily research results in the first round.
2025.06.27
16th International Symposium on Tardigrada
The 16th International Symposium on Tardigrada was held in Japan in June 2025, marking the first time the conference has visited Asia.The program featured 4 keynote lectures, 57 oral presentations, and 61 conference poster presentations.
2025.05.09
IAB accepts a total of 40 local high school students this year, the largest number ever
IAB decided to accept 23 students from Tsuruoka Chuo High School as "Research Assistants" and 17 local high school students (from 6 local high schools) as "Student Interns".
2019.01.17
Director Masaru Tomita was awarded the 68th Kahoku Cultural Award
Director Masaru Tomita received this award for his cutting-edge research achievements in Tohoku area and his contribution to the revitalization of local industries. The presentation ceremony was held on Thursday, January 17, at Sendai Kokusai Hotel in Sendai.
2018.10.20
The 12th Metabolome Symposium was held in Tsuruoka
"The 12th Metabolome Symposium" was held at Tsuruoka Metabolome Campus for 3 days from Oct 17 to 19 in 2018, and approximately 420 researchers from all over the country participated and presented their latest research results.
2018.09.21
IIBMP2018 was held in Tsuruoka
"Informatics in Biology, Medicine and Pharmacology (IIBMP2018)" was held at Shogin Tact Tsuruoka and Tsuruoka Art Forum for three days from Sep 19 to 21 in 2018, and approximately 385 researchers from all over the country participated and presented the latest research results.
2026.01.08 NEWS Dr.Tatsuki Ogura won the Yamagata Prefecture Science Technologies Encouragement Award
2025.12.15 NEWS Modulation function of sphingomyelin molecular species in TLR4 signaling and cell death
2025.12.04 NEWS Ecologically robust gut environment associated with personalized metabolic responses in a Japanese cohort
2025.11.01 EVENT Tsuruoka Science Park Festival 2025
2025.08.29 EVENT The 15th Bio-Summit for High School Students
2025.06.27 EVENT 16th International Symposium on Tardigrada
2025.05.30 NEWS Gold Medal at the International Wine Challenge 2025
