History of GSB
| May, 1998 | Launch of the Project Office for the Establishment of the Graduate School of Biostudies (GSB) |
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| Apr, 1999 | Establishment of the GSB 2 Divisions: Division of Integrated Life Science, Division of Systemic Life Science 19 Core Laboratories 6 Cooperative Laboratories 1 Collaborative Laboratory Formed a partnership with Osaka Bioscience Institute (ended in Mar, 2015) |
| Apr, 2002 | Formed a partnership with RIKEN |
| Sep, 2002 | The research and education program, “COE Formation in Frontier Life Sciences by Unifying Interactions”, was adopted as a 21 Century COE Program by JSPS, MEXT, Japan. (-Mar, 2007) |
| Jun, 2006 | The education program, “Biostudies Career Development”, was adopted as an Initiative for Attractive Education in Graduate Schools by JSPS, MEXT, Japan. (-Mar, 2008) |
| Sep, 2008 | The joint education program with the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, “Human Resource Development Program in Pharmaceutical Science Strategy”, was adopted as the Graduate School GP Project by JSPS, MEXT, Japan. (-Mar, 2011) |
| Apr, 2011 | Launched the degree program in English, “Global Frontier in Life Science”, under a grant-in-aid from JSPS, MEXT, Japan. |
| Dec, 2012 | The scholarship program for PhD students was adopted by JSPS, MEXT, Japan. (-Mar, 2014) |
| Dec, 2014 | A faculty-level agreement for student exchange program with Montpellier University, France (ended in Dec 22, 2019) |
| Sep, 2017 | A faculty-level agreement for student exchange with University Paris-Est, Creteil, France |
| Oct, 2017 | A faculty-level agreement for student exchange with Paris Diderot University (Paris 7), France |
| Feb, 2018 | A faculty-level agreement for student exchange with National Taiwan University, Taiwan |
| Apr, 2018 | Integration with Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto Univ. (Joint Usage/Research Center authorized by MEXT by Mar, 2022) Establishment of the Research Center for Dynamic Living System |
| Apr, 2019 | Construction of the SPF-grade Animal Research Facility |
| Oct, 2019 | Establishment of the Research Core Facility for Dynamic Living System |
| Jan, 2020 | Establishment of the Department of Advanced Imaging (Industry-academia Collaboration Course) |
| Sep, 2020 | A faculty-level agreement for academic cooperation and student exchange with National University of Mongolia |
| Oct, 2020 | Establishment of the Department of Human-residential Bifidobacteria Research (Industry-academia Collaboration Course) |
| Apr, 2021 | Participation in the two Research Core Facilities in Kyoto Univ., Innovative Support Alliance for Life Science (iSAL) and North Campus Instrumental Analysis Station (NOCIAS) |
| Apr, 2023 | Establishment of the Center for Living Systems Information Science (CeLiSIS) |
Honors
| Laureates | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards | INABA, Kayo | 2014 |
| Japan Prize | TAKEICHI, Masatoshi | 2005 |
| The Order of Culture | YANAGIDA, Mitsuhiro | 2011 |
| NAKANISHI, Shigetada | 2015 | |
| The Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon | INABA, Kayo | 2023 |
| Medal with Purple Ribbon | YANAGIDA, Mitsuhiro | 2002 |
| NISHIDA, Eisuke | 2010 | |
| INABA, Kayo | 2016 | |
| MATSUDA, Michiyuki | 2023 | |
| Person of Cultural Merit | TAKEICHI, Masatoshi | 2004 |
| YANAGIDA, Mitsuhiro | 2004 | |
| NAKANISHI, Shigetada | 2006 | |
| Japan Academy Prize | YANAGIDA, Mitsuhiro | 2003 |
| OHYAMA, Kanji | 2008 | |
| KUMAGAI, Hidehiko | 2012 | |
| SATO, Fumihiko | 2012 | |
| NISHIDA, Eisuke | 2016 | |
| Member of the Japan Academy | TAKEICHI, Masatoshi | 2000 |
| NAKANISHI, Shigetada | 2009 |
Successive Deans
| Name | Period | |
|---|---|---|
| from | to | |
| OHYAMA, Kanji | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2001 |
| YANAGIDA, Mitsuhiro | Apr 1, 2001 | Mar 31, 2003 |
| INABA, Kayo | Apr 1, 2003 | Mar 31, 2005 |
| NISHIDA, Eisuke | Apr 1, 2005 | Mar 31, 2009 |
| YONEHARA, Shin | Apr 1, 2009 | Mar 31, 2013 |
| ISHIKAWA, Fuyuki | Apr 1, 2013 | Mar 31, 2017 |
| KAKIZUKA, Akira | Apr 1, 2017 | Mar 31, 2021 |
| FUKUZAWA, Hideya | Apr 1, 2021 | Mar 31, 2023 |
| IGAKI, Tatsushi | Apr 1, 2023 | |
Professors Emeritus
| Name | Laboratory | Enrollment period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| from | to | ||
| SASAKI, Ryuzo | Biosignals and Response | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2001 |
| TAKEICHI, Masatoshi | Cell Recognition and Pattern Formation | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2002 |
| OHYAMA, Kanji | Plant Molecular Biology | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2003 |
| KUMAGAI, Hidehiko | Applied Molecular Microbiology | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2004 |
| YANAGIDA, Mitsuhiro | Chromosome Transmission | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2005 |
| IZUI, Katsura | Plant Physiology | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2005 |
| NAKANISHI, Shigetada | Neuroscience | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2005 |
| YAMAMOTO, Kenji | Applied Molecular Microbiology | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2010 |
| KOZUTSUMI, Yasunori | Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2012 |
| TAKEYASU, Kunio | Plasma Membrane and Nuclear Signaling | Apr 1, 1999 | Apr 30, 2014 |
| INOUE, Tan | Gene Biodynamics | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2015 |
| INABA, Kayo | Immunobiology | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2016 |
| YONEHARA, Shin | Molecular and Cellular Biology | Aug 1, 2001 | Mar 31, 2018 |
| SATO, Fumihiko | Molecular and Cellular Biology of Totipotency | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2018 |
| NISHIDA, Eisuke | Signal Transduction | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2018 |
| NEGISHl, Manabu | Molecular Neurobiology | Apr 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2019 |
| HEJNA, James Alan | Science Communication | Nov 1, 2010 | Mar 31, 2020 |
| CHISAKA, Osamu | Bioeducation | April 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2022 |
| ISHIKAWA, Fuyuki | Cell Cycle Regulation | September 1, 2001 | Mar 31, 2023 |
| TAKATA, Minoru | Genome Damage Signaling | April 1, 2018 | Mar 31, 2023 |
| FUKUZAWA, Hideya | Applied Molecular Microbiology | April 1, 1999 | Mar 31, 2023 |
| MATSUDA, Michiyuki | Bioimaging and Cell Signaling、 Center for Living Systems Information Science (CeLiSIS) |
April 1, 2007 | Mar 31, 2024 |
| KAKIZUKA, Akira | Functional Biology | April 1, 2001 | Mar 31, 2024 |