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2025/07/31

Press Release

Human cytokine equipped with abiotic multinuclear metal center exhibits intrinsic and extrinsic functions

2025/07/24

Press Release

Breakthrough Engineered Enzyme for Recycling of PET Bottle and Blended Fibers at Moderate Temperatures

2025/07/17

Press Release

Pushing the resolution limits of scattering near-field optical microscopy

2025/07/01

News

EXPO2025 SPECIAL TALK
『GHOST IN THE SHELL』×『QUANTUM COMPUTER』

2025/06/25

Press Release

Space-based experiment opens new avenues in Alzheimer’s research — First structural analysis of Tottori-type amyloid β fibrils conducted in microgravity —

2025/06/25

Research

Add a Twist to π-molecules! A New Design Strategy for Organic Semiconductor Materials

2025/06/19

Press Release

Catching Excitons in Motion—Ultrafast Dynamics in Carbon Nanotubes Revealed by Nano-Infrared Spectroscopy

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2025/07/01

News

EXPO2025 SPECIAL TALK
『GHOST IN THE SHELL』×『QUANTUM COMPUTER』

2025/03/06

News

Annual Review 2024

2025/02/17

News

【3/13】Prof. Kenji Ohmori will be invited to give a talk at SXSW, one of the world’s largest big tech events.

2024/10/11

News

On the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2024

2024/05/17

News

Japan's Minister Sanae Takaichi comments on expectations for the commercialization of the Ohmori Quantum Computer Project

2024/05/16

News

Japan's Quantum Moonshot Program Releases Video of Professor Kenji Ohmori's Lecture

2024/05/14

News

The White House Features Ohmori Quantum Computing Project in U.S.-Japan Summit Fact Sheet

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2025/07/31

Press Release

Human cytokine equipped with abiotic multinuclear metal center exhibits intrinsic and extrinsic functions

2025/07/24

Press Release

Breakthrough Engineered Enzyme for Recycling of PET Bottle and Blended Fibers at Moderate Temperatures

2025/07/17

Press Release

Pushing the resolution limits of scattering near-field optical microscopy

2025/06/25

Press Release

Space-based experiment opens new avenues in Alzheimer’s research — First structural analysis of Tottori-type amyloid β fibrils conducted in microgravity —

2025/06/19

Press Release

Catching Excitons in Motion—Ultrafast Dynamics in Carbon Nanotubes Revealed by Nano-Infrared Spectroscopy

2025/06/13

Press Release

Scientists discover the ‘ticking’ mechanism driving nature’s simplest circadian clock
– New research reveals that circadian clock protein KaiC regulates phosphorylation to keep time in cyanobacteria

2025/05/21

Press Release

Picometric Spectroscopy of Hydrogen Molecules in Atomic-Scale Cavities

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2023/01/18

Award

Mr. Eiken Nakamura has been awarded the 10th Japan Society for Synchrotron Radiation Research Achievement Award

2023/01/04

Award

Distinguished Prof. Makoto Fujita has been awarded the Asahi Prize 2022

2022/12/05

Award

Assist. Prof. Yoshihiko Furuike has been awarded the Progress Award of the Crystallographic Society of Japan

2022/10/11

Award

Assist. Prof. Yoshihiko Furuike has been awarded the SPRUC 2022 Young Scientist Award

2022/10/03

Award

Assist. Prof. Yoshihiko Furuike and Assist. Prof. Yusuke Yoneda have been awarded the Early Career Award in Biophysics

2022/09/05

Award

Assist. Prof. Seiichiro Izawa was selected as a recipient of the Morino Foundation for Molecular Science Research Fund 2022

2022/06/27

Award

Assoc. Prof. Yasutomo Segawa has been awarded the 62nd Academic Encouragement Award from the Ube Industries Foundation

News List

2024/10/11

Graduate

SOKENDAI Asian Winter School 2024
Registration deadline: December 31

2024/05/13

Graduate

SOKENDAI Application Guidelines

2023/10/27

Graduate

SOKENDAI Asian Winter School

2023/06/21

Graduate

IMS SRA Supports

2023/03/01

Graduate

SOKENDAI will shift from the current six schools system to the system of twenty programs under the Graduate Institute for Advanced Studies in April 2023.

2022/10/12

Graduate

SOKENDAI Asian Winter School

2022/08/26

Graduate

Application Guidelines

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Seminar

2025/08/22

Young Researcher’s Seminar"Exploring and Engineering non-site-specific DNA/RNA Methyltransferases for Development of DNA/RNA Labeling Tools"

Yoshiki Ochiai (OIST)

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Recruitment

Due 2025/10/10

Assistant Professor in the Division of Electronic Properties, Department of Materials Molecular Science

Recruitment List

2025/06/30

Move OUT

Assist. Prof. Miwa Kuniyuki (Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science) moved out as a Senior Research Fellow of Institute for Basic ScienceCenter for Quantum Conversion

2025/04/01

Move OUT

Assoc. Prof. KURAMOCHI, Hikaru (Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems) moved out as a Prof. in the Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University.

2025/04/01

Move IN

Dr. KANEYASU, Tatsuo joined IMS as a Prof. in the Beamline and Accelerator Research Division, UVSOR Synchrotron Facility.

2025/04/01

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Dr. SHIMIZU, Ryota joined IMS as a Prof. in the Department of Materials Molecular Science.

2025/03/31

Move OUT

The cross-appointment of Prof. NAKAMURA, Akihiko (Division of Advanced Molecular Science) has ended.

2025/03/31

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The cross-appointment of Prof. KIMURA, Shin-ichi (Division of Advanced Molecular Science) has ended.

2025/03/31

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Prof. AONO, Shigetoshi (Department of Creative Research) retired from IMS.

2025/01/01

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Dr. SHINOKITA, Keisuke joined IMS as an Assoc. Prof. in the Department of Materials Molecular Science

2024/10/15

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Assist. Prof. OTOMO, Akihiro (Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science) moved out as an Assist. Prof. of Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University

2024/09/30

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Prof. ISHIZAKI, Akihito (Department of Theoretical and Computational Molecular Science) moved out as a Prof. of Faculty of Science & Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo

2024/09/01

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Dr. IZUMI, Yudai joined IMS as a a Research Lecturer in UVSOR Synchrotron Facility

2024/08/01

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Dr. OKAMOTO, Yasunori joined IMS as an Assoc. Prof. in the Research Center of Integrative Molecular Systems

Personnel Changes