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Kyoto University launched the On-site Laboratory initiative in September 2018 as part of its strategy under the Ministry of Education's Designated National University (DNU) program. Through the initiative, academic departments and centers at Kyoto University establish laboratories in collaboration with overseas partners, which are hosted on the campuses of either or both of the participating institutions and are locally managed. To date, sixteen on-site laboratories have been established worldwide.

The laboratories are tasked with conducting world-leading advanced research, developing quality human capital, recruiting talented international students, and expanding collaboration with industrial partners. Through these efforts, Kyoto University aims to strengthen its institutional infrastructure with a view to playing a greater role in international academia, as well as further contributing to Japan's development and innovation.

On-site Laboratories

Established in FY2018

1. Kyoto University Research Center San Diego

2. IFOM-KU Joint Research Laboratory

3. Kyoto University-Tsinghua University Cooperative Research and Education Center for Environmental Technology

4. Kyoto University On-site Laboratory at Mahidol University for Educational and Research Collaboration in Environmental Studies

5. Smart Materials Research Center

Established in FY2019

6. Kyoto University Shanghai Lab

7. iPS Cell Research Center at Gladstone Institutes

8. Center for Integrated Biosystems

9. Quantum Nano Medicine Research Center

Established in FY2020

10. Laboratory for Green Porous Materials

Established in FY2021

11. Center for Integrated Data-Material Sciences (iDM)

Established in FY2024

12. International Research Laboratory for Earthquake and Tsunami Risk Cognition and Reduction (iLETs)

13. Kyoto University-China Medical University Lab, Taiwan

14. INitiative for INtelligent ChemBioInformatics (IN-CBI)

Approved in FY2025

15. Kyoto CSH Laboratory

  • Faculty/Graduate School/Institute: Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA)
  • Partner institution: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL), USA
  • Location: Kyoto, Japan
  • Purposes: Establishment of a KU-CSH laboratory course to promote human resources development, international exchange, and international collaborative research
  • Functions: CSHL will establish an office within the Graduate School of Medicine for research collaboration and human resources development, assign CSHL staff on-site, and offer international technical training courses in cutting-edge life sciences. These activities are expected to promote the international dissemination of cutting-edge technology information and international collaborative research.
  • Overview

16. Inorganic Energy Materials

Activity Overview

Activities and achievements (events, research, and others)

1. Kyoto University Research Center San Diego

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
23 February 20267th Kyoto University LifeScience Showcase @San Diego 2026Event announcement 
14-16 May 2025The UCLA-Kyoto University-Academia Sinica, Pan Pacific Meeting: New Developments in Biomedical SciencesEvent announcement
Report (this site)
Report (iCeMS website)
Keynote Lecture - Shinya Yamanaka (CNSI at UCLA YouTube Channel)
20 February 20256th Kyoto University LifeScience Showcase @San Diego 2025Event announcement 
26 February 20245th Kyoto University LifeScience Showcase @San Diego 2024Event announcement
28 February 2023The 1st Joint Symposium of Kyoto University's Three North American On-site Labs: Transformative Innovations in Medical and Life SciencesEvent announcement
Report (this website)
Report (Symposium website)
Symposium Video (YouTube)
28 February 2023President Minato Visits University of California, San DiegoReport
27 February and 1 March 20234th Kyoto University LifeScience Showcase@  San Diego 2023Event announcement
9 November 2022Delegation from the University of California, San Diego visits Kyoto UniversityReport
2 March 20223rd Kyoto University LifeScience Showcase@  San Diego 2022Event announcement
10 December 2021KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #12Event announcement
22 October 2021KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #11Event announcement
24 September 2021KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #10Event announcement
25 June 2021KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #9Event announcement
28 May 2021KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #8Event announcement
23 April 2021KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #7Event announcement
19 March 2021KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #6Event announcement
3 March 20212nd Kyoto University LifeScience Showcase (online) @ SanDiego 2021 - with FBRI and JETRO -Event announcement
Report
19 February 2021KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #5Event announcement
22 January 2021KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #4Event announcement
11 December 2020KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #3Event announcement
20 November 2020KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #2Event announcement
16 October 2020KU-UCSD/CNT Seminar #1Event announcement
Report
28 February 2020Kyoto University Life Science ShowCase @ UCSD 2020Event announcement
6 September 2019Opening Ceremony for the Center for Novel Therapeutics, UC San Diego Research Park
(same location as the Kyoto University Research Center San Diego)
Report (UC San Diego website)

2. IFOM-KU Joint Research Laboratory

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
16-18 July 2025Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI, attended the Joint Meeting of JSCB 77th / JSDB 58th and gave a poster presentationEvent announcement (Meeting website)
27-29 May 2025Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI, gave a talk at the IFOM PI retreat in Garda, ItalyReport (LinkedIn website)
29 April - 3 May 2025Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI, gave a lecture on "TRF1 promotes mitotictelomere deprotection by transporting AURKB activity" at the fourteenth Cold Spring Harbor meeting on Telomeres & TelomeraseCSHL website
17 March 2025A research paper titled "A CPC-shelterin-BTR axis regulates mitotic telomere deprotection" was published online in the international journal Nature Communications
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57456-8
 
19-20 February 2025IFOM-KU Joint Graduate Student Symposium held at the IFOM ETSProgram
Report (LinkedIn website)
22 November 2024Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI, gave a lecture on "The Mechanism of Mitotic Arrest-Dependent Telomere Deprotection" at the 117th IRCMS Seminar, organized by the International Research Center for Medical Sciences (IRCMS), Kumamoto UniversityEvent announcement
18 October 2024Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI, gave a lecture at the Institute of Research on Cancer and Aging in Nice (IRCAN) in France 
7-9 October 2024Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI, gave a talk at the IFOM PI retreat in Rapalo, Italy 
13 March 2024A research paper titled "Micronucleus is not a potent inducer of the cGAS/STING pathway" was published online in the international journal Life Science Alliance
DOI https://doi.org/10.26508/lsa.202302424
 
7 December 2023Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI, organized and gave a talk on "Chromosome End Drama: What Will Telomeres Do?" at the Symposium of the 46th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of JapanSymposium website
1-2 November 2023Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI, gave a special lecture on genetics and biochemistry at the postgraduate intensive course, Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University 
10-12 October 2023Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI, participated in the IFOM ETS PI retreat in Syracuse, Sicily, Italy 
5 October 2023IFOM-KU Joint Seminars co-organized by Dr Makoto Hayashi and  Dr Ylli Doksani at IFOM ETSProgram
5-7 September 2023Dr Makoto Hayashi, PI participated in the Scientific Advisory Board at IFOM ETS 
24 March 2023Courtesy visit by a delegation from IFOM ETSReport
1 March 2023IFOM ETS-KU  Joint Mini SymposiumEvent announcement
12 January 2023A research paper titled "A non-catalytic N-terminus domain of WRN prevents mitotic telomere deprotection", written by Diana Romero-Zamora and Makoto T Hayashi (IFOM-KU Joint Research Laboratory), was published online in the international journal Scientific Reports
DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-27598-0
 
9-10 November 2022
  • Courtesy visit by  Professor Alberto Bardelli, the scientific director of IFOM ETS, and Professor Stefano Casola, IFOM ETS senior PI. They met with Dr Tadashi Isa, dean of the Graduate School of Medicine, and visited the IFOM-KU Joint Research Laboratory.
  • IFOM ETS-Kyoto University Joint Mini Symposium
  • Courtesy visit by Professor Stefano Casola, IFOM ETS. Professor Casola met with President Nagahiro Minato.
Event announcement
11 May 2022Ambassador of Italy to Japan visits  the IFOM-KU Joint-Research LaboratoryReport

3. Kyoto University-Tsinghua University Cooperative Research and Education Center for Environmental Technology (CRECET)

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
13 July 2025A commemorative academic forum for the 20th anniversary of the Tsinghua University-Kyoto University Cooperative Research and Education Center for Environmental Technology (CRECET)Report (Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School website)
9-15 March 2025Kyoto University and SIGS short-term internship exchangeReport (Tsinghua Shenzhen International Graduate School website)
17 September 2024The AGRO’2025 Pre-Workshop in JapanEvent Announcement
16 December 2023Kyoto University-Tsinghua University Symposium 2023 on Research and Education of Environmental EngineeringReport
13 September 2023International Symposium on Management of Emerging Pollutants in Water and WasteEvent announcement
17 December 2022Kyoto University-Tsinghua University Symposium 2022 on Research and Education of Environmental EngineeringReport
18 December 2021Kyoto University-Tsinghua University Symposium 2021 on Research and Education of Environmental Engineering and Memorandum Signing Ceremony on the Establishment of CRECETReport
1 October – 18 December 2021Education Program for Human Resources with Global Views in Environmental Science and TechnologyReport
26 March 2021Country Briefing on State of the Environment in Asia by CRECET, Kyoto University-Tsinghua UniversityEvent announcement (in Japanese)
Report (in English)
Report (in Chinese)
26 March 2021Kyoto University-Tsinghua University On-line Seminar on Research and Education of Environmental EngineeringEvent announcement (in Japanese)
Report (in English)
Report (in Chinese)
14 September - 5 December 2020Student workshop "Education program for human resources with global views in environmental science and technology"Report (this website)
Report (Grad Sch of Engineering website)
5 December 2020Kyoto University-Tsinghua University Symposium 2020 on Research and Education of Environmental EngineeringReport (CRECET website)
Report (Grad Sch of Engineering website)
17 December 2019Special Lecture on Japanese Sewer Management and Technology DevelopmentReport
14 December 2019Kyoto University-Tsinghua University Symposium 2019 on Research and Education of Environmental EngineeringReport (in Japanese)
20 October - 2 November 2019Education Program for Human Resources with Global Perspectives in Environmental Science and Technology / Wild & Wise Collaborative Learning ProgramsReport
6 March 2019Kickoff SeminarReport
8 December 2018Memorandum Signing Ceremony on the Establishment of the Kyoto University-Tsinghua University Cooperative Research and Education Center for Environmental TechnologyReport

4. Kyoto University On-site Laboratory at Mahidol University for Educational and Research Collaboration in Environmental Studies

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
20-21 February 2026The 9th Kyoto University – Mahidol University On-site Laboratory WorkshopEvent announcement
15-16 September 2025Kyoto University – Mahidol University On-site Laboratory Mini-WorkshopReport(GSGES website)
21 February 2025The 8th Kyoto University – Mahidol University On-site Laboratory WorkshopEvent announcement
Report
23 February 2024The 7th Kyoto University-Mahidol University On-site Laboratory WorkshopEvent announcement
Report
29 March 2023The 6th Kyoto University – Mahidol University on-site laboratory workshopEvent announcement
Report 
24-25 November 202220th anniversary ceremony and 'Kyoto University International Symposium on Education and Research in Global Environmental Studies in Asia — 20 Years of GSGES Achievements and Future Opportunities'Event announcement
Report (this website)
Report (GSGES website)
11 March 2022The 5th Kyoto University – Mahidol University on-site laboratory workshopEvent announcement  (this website)
Event announcement  (GSGES website)
Report (this website)
Report  (GSGES website)
Report (Mahidol University website)
30 November - 1 December 2020Kyoto University International ONLINE Symposium 2020 on Education and Research in Global Environmental Studies in AsiaEvent announcement
Report (this website)
Report (GSGES website)
Report (on the symposium, Mahidol University website)
Report (on the closing session, Mahidol University website)
27 November 2020Online meeting with Professor Banchong Mahaisavariya, President and other representatives of the Mahidol UniversityReport
27 November 2020The 4th Kyoto University - Mahidol University on-site laboratory workshopEvent announcement
11 March 2020The 3rd Kyoto University - Mahidol University on-site laboratory workshop 
26 November 2019Courtesy visit from Mahidol University to GSGES and Katsura CampusReport (on the visit to GSGES, GSGES website)
Report (on the visit to Katsura Campus, GSGES website)
26 - 28 November 2019Kyoto University International Symposium on Education and Research in Global Environmental Studies in AsiaEvent announcement
Report (this website)
Report (GSGES website)
25 November 2019The 2nd Kyoto University - Mahidol University on-site laboratory workshopReport
17 - 30 November 2019International Autumn School 2019— Environmental Studies —"Environmental and Disaster Management in Kyoto, Wakayama, and Nara"Report
17 November - 4 December 2019International Autumn School 2019— Environmental Studies — "Culture underlying environmental problems"Event announcement
Report (this website)
Report (GSGES website)
18 June 2019Study Tour to Waste Incineration Plant and Wastewater Treatment Plant 
6 June 2019Study Tour on Aquatic Environments around Lake Biwa 
6 June - 31 July 2019Internship Program with Undergraduate Students from Mahidol UniversityReport (this website)
Report (Grad Sch of Engineering website)
3 May 2019Visit to Lake Biwa Canal and Related Facilities by Special Audit Students 
16 April 2019Study Plan Presentations for GSGES Spring Semester Course 
8 March 2019Kyoto University Opening Symposium to Commemorate the Opening of the On-site Laboratory at Mahidol University for Educational and Research Collaboration in Environmental StudiesEvent announcement
Report (this website)
Report (Mahidol University website)

5. Smart Materials Research Center

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
11 February 2025Joint Symposium of iCeMS-Related On-Site Laboratories in ASEANEvent announcement
Report
23 February 2024Kyoto University-VISTEC Student Joint SeminarReport
27-28 November 2023VISTEC-Kyoto University Joint Symposium "Recent Advances in Chemistry and Smart Materials"Simposium website
Event announcement (this website)
News report (this website)
Report
22 August 2018Commemorative Symposium for the Inauguration of the Smart Materials Research CenterReport

6. Kyoto University Shanghai Lab

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
21 November 2025Shanghai-Kyoto Chemistry Forum 2025Report
29 November 2024Shanghai-Kyoto Chemistry Forum 2024Announcement
Report
27-28 August 2024Tongji-iCeMS International Graduate Symposium on Advanced Materials and Technology for Carbon NeutralityAnnouncement
20 December 2020Kyoto University Chemistry Talent-Spot 2020Report
20 December 2020Shanghai-Kyoto Chemistry Forum 2020Report
14 October 2019Shanghai-Kyoto Chemistry Forum 2019Report
23 March 2019Shanghai-Kyoto Chemistry ForumReport (Chinese National Compound Library website)

7. iPS Cell Research Center at Gladstone Institutes

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
14-16 May 2025The UCLA-Kyoto University-Academia Sinica, Pan Pacific Meeting: New Developments in Biomedical SciencesEvent announcement
Report (this site)
Report (iCeMS website)
Keynote Lecture - Shinya Yamanaka (CNSI at UCLA YouTube Channel)
21 July 2023A research paper titled "Loss of TJP1 disrupts gastrulation patterning and increases differentiation toward the germ cell lineage in human pluripotent stem cells" was published in Developmental Cell on 23 June 2023
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2023.05.019
 
28 February 2023The 1st Joint Symposium of Kyoto University's Three North American On-site Labs : Transformative Innovations in Medical and Life SciencesEvent announcement
Report (this website)
Report  (Symposium website)
Symposium video (YouTube)
9 February 2021Kickoff Symposium for the iPS Cell Research Center at Gladstone InstitutesEvent announcement (CiRA website)
Event announcement (Gladstone Institutes website)
Report (CiRA website)
Report (Gladstone Institutes website)
17 October 2019Opening Ceremony of the iPS Cell Research Center at Gladstone InstitutesReport (CiRA website)
Report (Gladstone Institutes website)

8. Center for Integrated Biosystems

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
14-16 May 2025The UCLA-Kyoto University-Academia Sinica, Pan Pacific Meeting: New Developments in Biomedical SciencesEvent announcement
Report (this site)
Report (iCeMS website)
Keynote Lecture - Shinya Yamanaka (CNSI at UCLA YouTube Channel)
8 October 2024Delegation from Academia Sinica visits Kyoto UniversityReport
26 June  2023Delegation from  National Taiwan University, College of Management visits iCeMSReport
12 June  2023iCeMS-NCKU Bilateral Symposium
"Next Generation Healthcare—Interdisciplinary Approaches"
Report
31 July 2021iCeMS-China Medical University Hospital (CMUH) Online Joint MeetingReport
29 June 2021Delegation from the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Japan visits iCeMSReport  (iCeMS website)
Report  (Kyoto University Global Engagement website)
18 December 2019Signing Ceremony for the conclusion of an MOU between Kyoto University and Academia Sinica (Taiwan)/Kyoto University-Academia Sinica Bilateral SymposiumReport
24 June 2019KUIAS-iCeMS-Academia Sinica Joint Symposium/Opening Ceremony for the iCeMS Taiwan OfficeReport

9. Quantum Nano Medicine Research Center

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
10-11 September 2025Symposium: New developments on nanomedicine and cancer researchReport (Quantum Nano Medicine Research Center website)
14-16 May 2025The UCLA-Kyoto University-Academia Sinica, Pan Pacific Meeting: New Developments in Biomedical SciencesEvent announcement
Report (this site)
Report (iCeMS website)
Keynote Lecture - Shinya Yamanaka (CNSI at UCLA YouTube Channel)
4 July 2023UCLA – Kyoto University Online seminar series #6:  Immunotherapy and, Radiation TherapyEvent announcement
3 July 2023Chancellor of the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) visits Kyoto UniversityReport
26 April 2023Online conference "Development of Mutant KRAS Molecular Target Drugs and Future Prospects"Report (National Cancer Institute USA website)
11 April 2023UCLA – Kyoto University Online seminar series #5: Chemical Biology, HIV therapyEvent announcement
28 February 2023The 1st Joint Symposium of Kyoto University's Three North American On-site Labs : Transformative Innovations in Medical and Life SciencesEvent announcement
Report (this website)
Report  (Symposium website)
Report  (iCeMS website)
Symposium video (YouTube)
29 September 2022UCLA – Kyoto University online Seminar series #4: Molecular Biology ApproachesEvent announcement
23 March 2022UCLA – Kyoto University online Seminar series #3: New developments in Cancer ResearchEvent announcement
2 December 2021UCLA – Kyoto University online Seminar series #2: COVID-19 BiologyEvent announcement
22 September 2021UCLA – Kyoto University online Seminar series #1: New developments in Cancer ResearchEvent announcement
Report
26 May 2021Kyoto University and University of California, Los Angeles  (UCLA)  celebrate signing of MOUReport
5 December 2020Online Symposium "Coronavirus Infection and Nanomedicine"Event announcement/report
17 April 2020 PostponedSecond QNM-iCeMS Symposium "Frontier of Cardiovascular Research"Event announcement
13 December 2019First QNM-iCeMS Symposium "Exploring New Approaches for Cancer Therapy"Event announcement
Report
5 October 2019Opening Ceremony for the KyotoU-UCLA Quantum Nano Medicine Research CenterReport

10. Laboratory for Green Porous Materials

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
11 February 2025Joint Symposium of iCeMS-Related On-Site Laboratories in ASEANEvent announcement
Report
11 March 2024Opening Ceremony at the A*STAR, SingaporeReport

11. Integrated Data-Material Sciences (iDM)

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
29-30 August 2023The 1st MacDiarmid Institute-Kyoto University Workshop on Integrated Data-Material SciencesEvent announcement
Report
29 March 2023iDM Online Workshop FY2022 | # 4Event announcement
Report
18 October 2022iDM Online Workshop FY2022 | # 3Event announcement
Report
6 July 2022iDM Online Workshop FY2022 | # 2Event announcement
Report
9 May 2022iDM Online Workshop FY2022 | # 1Event announcement
26 November  2021Opening Ceremony with the MacDiarmid InstituteReport

12. International Research Laboratory for Earthquake and Tsunami Risk Cognition and Reduction (iLETs)

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
19 August 2025Visit by the Executive Director of AMEXCID to the DisasterPrevention Research InstituteReport
30 July 2025Kyoto University On-site Laboratory and SATREPS – Compound Disaster Risk Reduction associated with Large Earthquakes and Tsunamis joint symposiumReport (DPRI website)
Report (iLETs website)
13 May 2025Lectures at the University of El Salvador, Santa Ana campusReport
12 May 2025Opening ceremony at the University of El SalvadorReport
29 November 2024Opening Ceremony at the National Autonomous University of MexicoReport (DPRI website)
Report (iLETs website)
28 November 2024A Joint Statement was signed to utilize the research outcomes for Mexican disaster risk reduction policiesReport (DPRI website)
Report (iLETs website)

13. Kyoto University-China Medical University Lab, Taiwan

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
21 June 2025The 3rd Kyoto University and China Medical University Joint Symposium with JTBAEvent announcement

14. INitiative for INtelligent ChemBioInformatics (IN-CBI)

Date(s)Event, research, or other activityRelated link(s)
11 November 2024Inauguration Ceremony of the INitiative for INtelligent ChemBioInformatics (IN-CBI)Report

On-site Laboratory Symposium

Date(s)EventAnnouncement/report
14-16 May 2025The UCLA-Kyoto University-Academia Sinica, Pan Pacific Meeting: New Developments in Biomedical SciencesEvent announcement
Report (this site)
Report (iCeMS website)
Report (Academia Sinica website)
Keynote Lecture - Shinya Yamanaka (CNSI at UCLA YouTube Channel)
27-28 November 2023VISTEC-Kyoto University Joint Symposium "Recent Advances in Chemistry and Smart Materials"

Event announcement (this website)
News report (this website)
Report

 

28 February 2023The 1st Joint Symposium of Kyoto University's Three North American On-site Labs : Transformative Innovations in Medical and Life SciencesEvent announcement
Report (this website)
Report  (Symposium website)
Report  (iCeMS website)
2022 osl symposium
Symposium video (YouTube)
15 November 2021On-site Laboratory Symposium 2021 
15 July 2020On-site Laboratory Symposium 2020 

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