Aiming to open new horizons for interdisciplinary science
About Us
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The Director’s Vision
We explore the relationship between matter and life to open up a new horizon of science and technology.
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Academic Cooperation & Exchange
We pursue world-leading research through active cooperation with many overseas universities and organizations.
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Research Promotion
We have a team of professionals to support research activities in various ways.
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Timeline
A brief history of iCeMS.
To create a new field of discipline at the boundary of cell biology and material sciences
Research
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We are trying to understand the mechanisms of cancer tumor formation.
Fuyuhiko Tamanoi -
We aim to open new clinical opportnities with our “Smart Genetic Switches”.
Ganesh Pandian Namasivayam -
The “Body on a Chip" enables rebuilding physiological/pathological conditions outside of the body.
Ken-ichiro Kamei -
I develop new mathematical models to identify strategies to assemble molecules into useful objects.
Daniel Packwood -
Visualizing atoms and electrons to understand and design materials.
Kunihisa Sugimoto -
The beautiful structures of porous materials form “spontaneously” by inducing phase separation.
Kazuki Nakanishi -
Working to elucidate cellular functions without being bound by common sense.
Kazumitsu Ueda -
We design new glass, and ion conductors.
Satoshi Horike -
Screening feels like Nature telling me the correct answer.
Jun Suzuki -
Working to make the world that my future grandchildren will live in a healthy and clean one.
Easan Sivaniah -
I love the step from zero to one.
Daishi Fujita -
The movement of neurons is surprisingly dynamic.
Mineko Kengaku -
We are creating any nanoscale network structures ad arbitrium.
Susumu Kitagawa -
One of the biggest thrills of chemistry is the manufacturing of novel substances.
Aiko Fukazawa -
Materials assemble and functionin in their own way... it's like sociology of molecules.
Shuhei Furukawa -
We are developing new technologies to understand the essence of life.
Yuichi Taniguchi
Stories of the iCeMS researchers and staff members
INTERVIEWS
iCeMS Frontrunners
Scientists running to go beyond their own wildest dreams and be the one to find the future.
First Author Interview
We invite the first authors of a recently published manuscript for a letter-based interview on their work. In particular, we ask the author to tell us the behind-the-scenes story of their manuscript, as experienced personally by the author but not communicated directly in the manuscript.
The Other Half of iCeMS
Staff members who support iCeMS’ research activities talk about their unique work and experiences.
Access
Yoshida-Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
[One-minute walk from KyodaiSeimon-mae Stop (Kyoto City Bus)]
Research Building No. 1/Project Lab
Research Building No. 1 Annex
Yoshida-Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto
[One-minute walk from Hyakumanben Stop (Kyoto City Bus)]