Creating a new field of discipline at the boundary of cell biology and material sciences
Research
We strive to create an inclusive environment where every member is respected.
Diversity & Inclusion
We take actions to ensure that all individuals and groups from different backgrounds are accepted, welcomed, and respected, creating an environment where all members can fully express themselves and leverage their unique strengths.
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I love the step from zero to one.
Daishi Fujita -
Working to elucidate cellular functions without being bound by common sense.
Kazumitsu Ueda -
We aim to open new clinical opportnities with our “Smart Genetic Switches”.
Ganesh Pandian Namasivayam -
One of the biggest thrills of chemistry is the manufacturing of novel substances.
Aiko Fukazawa -
I develop new mathematical models to identify strategies to assemble molecules into useful objects.
Daniel Packwood -
Screening feels like Nature telling me the correct answer.
Jun Suzuki -
Materials assemble and functionin in their own way... it's like sociology of molecules.
Shuhei Furukawa -
Working to make the world that my future grandchildren will live in a healthy and clean one.
Easan Sivaniah -
We are developing new technologies to understand the essence of life.
Yuichi Taniguchi -
Many more surprises are still hidden in chemical compounds.
Motonari Uesugi -
We are trying to understand the mechanisms of cancer tumor formation.
Fuyuhiko Tamanoi -
The beautiful structures of porous materials form “spontaneously” by inducing phase separation.
Kazuki Nakanishi -
The movement of neurons is surprisingly dynamic.
Mineko Kengaku -
We are creating any nanoscale network structures ad arbitrium.
Susumu Kitagawa
Stories of the iCeMS researchers and staff members
INTERVIEWS
iCeMS Frontrunners
Meet the scientists who are shaping the future.
First Author Interviews
Get the behind-the-scenes story on recent publications.
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Once Thought Rigid: Unveiling the Unexpected Softness of the First PCP
Program-Specific Lecturer (Kitagawa Lab)
Hirotoshi Sakamoto -
A Major Step Forward with In Vivo CRISPR Screening Toward the Identification of Key G enes in Sperm Quality
Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley PostDoc
Program Specific Researcher with the Suzuki Lab, at the time of this research
Yuki Noguchi -
Calcium: The Missing Link in Dead Cell Clean-up by Bridging Membrane Domains
Postdoctoral Fellow, Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University
PhD student with the Suzuki Lab, at the time of this research
Panpan Zhang
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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)]