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The Japan Times published an interview with Director General Masaru Tomita

See related article of Director Masaru Tomita published by the Japan Times below; "Defying local skepticism and 'Tokyo first' mentality, Science Park thrives in rural Yamagata"

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Relationship between ripening period and taste of long-term ripening ham was elucidated by metabolomic analysis

With regard to research on ham with long-term ripening, which was jointly conducted by Project Professor Masahiro Sugimoto of IAB, Tohoku Ham, and Yamagata Industrial Technology Center Shonai Experime...

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Cutibacterium acnes (Propionibacterium acnes) 16S rRNA Genotyping of Microbial Samples from Possessions Contributes to Owner Identification

The research group including Project Professor Shinji Fukuda, Project Researcher Jiayue Yang, Tomoya Tsukimi(graduate student) and Mia Yoshikawa(graduate student) of IAB in collaboration with a group ...

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Dr. Yasuhiro Saito received the highest evaluation of the 48th Annual Grants for Research and Overseas Study

Dr. Yasuhiro Saito, Project Assistant Professor, was selected as the recipient of 48th Annual Grants for Research and Overseas Study from the Kanae Foundation for the Promotion of Medical Science with...

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Dr.Yasuhiro Saito won the Best Oral Presentation Award

Dr. Yasuhiro Saito, Project Assistant Professor, won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 3rd Cancer and Metabolism Meeting of Young Association and rated for his outstanding scientific research an...

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Dietary L-serine confers a competitive fitness advantage to Enterobacteriaceae in the inflamed gut

The research group of University of Michigan, IAB and Université d'Auvergne, published the findings of a new study entitled "Dietary L-serine confers a competitive fitness advantage to Enterobacteriac...

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Peptide synthesis under the alkaline hydrothermal condition on Enceladus

The research group including Wataru Takahagi(graduate student), Kaito Seo(undergraduate student) and Project Associate Professor Kosuke Fujishima of IAB in collaboration with a group of researchers in...

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IAB and Nihon Unisys, Ltd. Conclude a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement

IAB and Nihon Unisys, Ltd. concluded a comprehensive partnership agreement on September 27, 2019.

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Keio Summer Bio College 2019

A bioscience training program of "Keio Summer Bio-College" for Keio's affiliated high school students was held from August 6 to 8,2019. 18 students from 5 schools joined this event and experienced t...

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IMP dehydrogenase-2 drives aberrant nucleolar activity and promotes tumorigenesis in glioblastoma

The research group of University of Cincinnati, Hiroshima University and Keio University, published the findings of a new study entitled " IMP dehydrogenase-2 drives aberrant nucleolar activity and pr...

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Salivary metabolomics with alternative decision tree-based machine learning methods for breast cancer discrimination

Project Professor Masahiro Sugimoto of IAB in collaboration with a group of researchers including Teikyo University and Keio University School of Medicine, published the findings of a new study entitl...

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The 9th Bio-Summit for High School Students

The 9th Bio-Summit in Tsuruoka (sponsored by Yamagata pref., Tsuruoka city and IAB, Keio University) was held for 3 days in Tsuruoka City from Jul 29 to 31, 2019. About 260 high school students throug...

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Our student won the best presentation award at the 23rd Enterobacteriaceae Society

Mr. Kazuki Tanaka, 2nd year master's student at Keio University Graduate School of Media and Governance, conducted research on the suppression of colitis in rice bran and the result of the research wa...

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Secrets of "Spider Silk" Strength Revealed ―Expectations in the Development of New Materials through the Discovery of New Genes―

Project Assistant Professor Nobuaki Kono and Associate Professor Kazuharu Arakawa's group at the Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University (Tsuruoka City, Yamagata Prefecture; Director of th...

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Manufacturing of Biomimetic Silicone Rubber Films for Experimental Fluid Mechanics: 3D Printed Shark Skin Molds

A research group of Yuji Yasuda(undergraduate student) and Project Research Associate Josephine Galipon of IAB in collaboration with a group of researchers including Queen's University and The Tohoku ...

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Metagenomic and metabolomic analyses reveal distinct stage-specific phenotypes of the gut microbiota in colorectal cancer

Project Professor Shinji Fukuda of IAB in collaboration with a group of researchers including Graduate School of Medicine Osaka University, Dept. of Life Science and Technology Tokyo Institute of Tech...

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High tensile strengths of bagworm moth silk is revealed by its genome - but is it "extraordinary"?

Project Assistant Professor Nobuaki Kono and Associate Professor Kazuharu Arakawa of IAB in collaboration with a group of researchers including RIKEN and Spiber Inc., published the findings of a new s...

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Best Student Oral Awards at the 23rd International Seaweed Symposium 2019

Shahlizah Sahul Hamid, our Ph.D. student, won the Best Student Oral Awards at an international conference held in Jeju, South Korea called the 23rd International Seaweed Symposium 2019 (ISS 2019).The ...

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IAB accepts a total of 27 local high school students this year

This year, IAB decided to accept 9 students from Tsuruoka Chuo High School as "High School Student Assistant" and 18 local high school (Tsuruoka Minami High School, Tsuruoka Chuo High School, Tsuruoka...

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LLGL2 rescues nutrient stress by promoting leucine uptake in ER+ breast cancer

Project Assistant Professor Yasuhiro Saito and Professor Tomoyoshi Soga of IAB published the findings of a new study entitled " LLGL2 rescues nutrient stress by promoting leucine uptake in ER+ breast ...

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Dr. Takasuka won the Young Scientist Prize at the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Dr. Takasuka, a JSPS Research Fellowship (JSPS RPD), belonging to our institute won the Young Scientist Prize at the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Spor...

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Anti-tumor effects and potential therapeutic response biomarkers in α-emitting meta- 211At-astato-benzylguanidine therapy for malignant pheochromocytoma explored by RNA-sequencing

Associate Professor Kazuharu Arakawa and Project Assistant Professor Nobuaki Kono of IAB in collaboration with Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiologic...

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Associate Professor Kazuharu Arakawa received Yamagata Science and Technology Encouragement Award

Prof. Arakawa received this award for his outstanding achievements in discovering new useful substances by system genome science of non-model organisms and contributing to the promotion discovery of p...

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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 ...

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IAB and Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company Conclude a Comprehensive Partnership Agreement

IAB and Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance Company conclude a comprehensive partnership agreement. A signing ceremony was held at Metabolome Campus on Friday, January 11, attended by Director Masaru Tomita, ...

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