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IAB appoints four local high school students as "RA-U18" research assistants to participate in world-leading research Four local high school students joined on-going cutting edge projects at IAB, sta...

164th Committee on Genome Technology

The 30th Workshop of the 164th Committee on Genome Technology was held on Apr 24-25, 2009 at Tsuruoka Metabolome Campus. This event was sponsored by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).

IAB joint research project selected as "City Area Program"

IAB will be a partner in a project entitled "Project for creation of high-functional food science industry cluster" led by Yamagata prefecture and Tsuruoka city, that was selected as "City Area Program" by MEXT, a Ministry of the Japanese government.

"What is a City Area Program?" >>

City Area Program2009 Website(Japanese) >>

Professor M. Itaya and Assistant Professor K. Tsuge win the 19th NikkeiBP Technology Award

IAB scientists Prof. M. Itaya and Assistant Prof. K. Tsuge were awarded the 19th NikkeiBP Technology Award, Category of Medicine & Biotechnology. on April 6, 2009.

The 19th NikkeiBP Technology Award website(Japanese) >>

IAB students win prize at The 9th Japan Biotechnology Business Competition

The research project of IAB students Mr.Kazuhide Sekiyama and Mr.Junichi Sugahara got the first prize in the 9th Japan Biotechnology Business Competition.

The 9th Japan Biotechnology Business Competition website>>

Finding of graduate students is published in PNAS (online)The World's First Discovery of genes in jigsaw-like pieces from an archaeon living in hot spring--- A new insight into the origin of genes ---...

IAB and Carna Biosciences, Inc. launched joint research for new system to evaluate the effect of kinase inhibitors

IAB and Carna Biosciences, Inc. announced that they launch joint research to analyze the function of kinase which are targeted by many anti-cancer drugs and apply a system to evaluate the effect of kinase inhibitors quantitatively.

>> Carna Biosciences, Inc. Press Release (Japanese)

IAB is a partner in a project entitled "Project of Early Clinical Development for Anti Cancer Medicine and Device" led by Hiroyasu Esumi, Director of National Cancer Center Hospital East, that was selected as "Super Special Consortia for supporting the development of cutting-edge medical care" by the Cabinet Office of the Japanese government.

Transporter Workshop in Tsuruoka was held on Nov 15-16, 2008 at IAB. About 70 participants from all over Japan gathered to Tsuruoka Japan. This event was sponsored by Japan Transporter Research Association, co-sponsored by IAB, supported by The Japanese Pharmacological Society and The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan.

Program (Japanese only) >>

The 3rd Metabolome Symposium was held on Oct 30-Nov 1, 2008 at IAB. About 200 participants from all over Japan gathered to Tsuruoka Japan. This event was co-sponsored by Keio University Global COE Program "Center for Human Metabolomic Systems Biology", RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and Institute for Bioinformatics Research and Development (BIRD), Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).

Program (Japanese only) >>