Opening 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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Organization Chart
The iCeMS' organization chart with links.
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Timeline
A brief history of iCeMS.
Creating a new field of discipline at the boundary of cell biology and material sciences
Research
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The beautiful structures of porous materials form “spontaneously” by inducing phase separation.
Kazuki Nakanishi -
The movement of neurons is surprisingly dynamic.
Mineko Kengaku -
The “Body on a Chip" enables rebuilding physiological/pathological conditions outside of the body.
Ken-ichiro Kamei -
Materials assemble and functionin in their own way... it's like sociology of molecules.
Shuhei Furukawa -
One of the biggest thrills of chemistry is the manufacturing of novel substances.
Aiko Fukazawa -
We design new glass, and ion conductors.
Satoshi Horike -
We aim to open new clinical opportnities with our “Smart Genetic Switches”.
Ganesh Pandian Namasivayam -
Screening feels like Nature telling me the correct answer.
Jun Suzuki -
We are developing new technologies to understand the essence of life.
Yuichi Taniguchi -
I love the step from zero to one.
Daishi Fujita -
Working to make the world that my future grandchildren will live in a healthy and clean one.
Easan Sivaniah -
We are trying to understand the mechanisms of cancer tumor formation.
Fuyuhiko Tamanoi -
I develop new mathematical models to identify strategies to assemble molecules into useful objects.
Daniel Packwood -
Working to elucidate cellular functions without being bound by common sense.
Kazumitsu Ueda -
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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Kentaro Kadota
Postdoctoral fellow at the University of Oregon studying under the JSPS Overseas Research Fellowship program
PhD student with the Horike Lab, at the time working on this research
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Madhu Malinee
Postdoctoral Research Associate at University of Pittsburgh
PhD student (Sugiyama Lab and Namasivayam Lab), at the time working on this research
Madhu Malinee
The Other Half of iCeMS
Hear how iCeMS research support staff approach their unique work.
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)]