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WPI Program Results of Interim Evaluation and FY2010 Follow-up posted.

Dec. 14, 2011

WPI Program Results of Interim Evaluation and FY2010 Follow-up posted.

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Comments by Director Shizuo Akira on Nobel Prize 2011

Oct. 3, 2011
Prof. Shizuo Akira made comments, following the announcement of 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.


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IFReC was featured in the article "Spotlight on Foreign Researchers in Japan" in Nature

Jan. 14, 2011

The scientific journal Nature carried a feature article under the title of "Spotlight on Foreign Researchers in Japan" in December. In that article, some international researchers talked about their life as a researcher in Japan. It also introduces a research life of a foreign researcher at IFReC.

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Biken History Museum opened on December 17th.

Dec. 17, 2010
Biken History Museum opened on December 17th.

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Associate Prof. Nicholas I Smith has featured in MEXT's publication.

May. 26, 2010
Associate Prof. Nicholas I Smith has featured in "Monkasho Jihou", monthly magazine published by MEXT.

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Nobel and Fields Medal Prize winners issued a statement on the recent budget screening conducted by the Hatoyama Government in Japan.

Nov. 27, 2009

Nobel and Fields Medal (known as the "Nobel Prize of Mathematics") Prize winners issued a statement on the recent budget screening conducted by the Hatoyama Government in Japan.

  • Reona Esaki---Nobel Prize in Physics (1973)
  • Susumu Tonegawa---Nobel Prize in Medicine (1987)
  • Shigefumi Mori---Fields Prize (1990)
  • Ryoji Noyori ---Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2001)
  • Makoto Kobayashi---Nobel Prize in Physics (2008)

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A message from the WPI program director, Toshio Kuroki

Nov. 27, 2009

  WPI program director, Toshio Kuroki issued a statement on the budget screening.

 

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IFReC was featured in Nature on September 17.

Oct. 5, 2009
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The TV crew of "Science ZERO" visited IFReC.

Apr. 16, 2009
The NHK Educational Television (ETV) visited IFReC to shoot the scientific TV program "Science ZERO".

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The researchers of IFReC were ranked among “the world's top immunologists”.

Feb. 28, 2009

'Top scientists in immunology by total citations' was released by Times Higher Education. Prof. Shizuo Akira and other researchers of IFReC placed high in the ranking.

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