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  • Senior Researcher Yoshifumi Tsuchiya received the Young Investigator AwardDetails at the 58th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Matrix Biology and Medicine.
  • Senior Researcher Yoshifumi Tsuchiya and Researcher Amane Hori received the Outstanding Poster Presentation AwardDetails at the 24th Joint LS-BT Research Presentation Meeting organized by AIST and the Council for the Promotion of Industrial Technology Collaboration.
  • Press release
    Effects of Acute Aerobic Exercise and Task Repetition on the Neural Correlates of Executive Function in Young and Older Adults: A Crossover fMRI Study
  • Senior Researcher Hirotada Hirama received the Encouragement Award from the Japan Association for Odor and Fragrance in 2026 for his achievements in developing highly efficient fragrance encapsulation technology and rapid methods for evaluating physical properties, as well as elucidating olfactory emotion patterns characteristic of Japanese individuals.
  • Daicel Corporation issued a press release announcing the full-scale launch of a new business utilizing a fall detection algorithm , which was developed through joint research between the Biological and Biomechanical Systems Research Team, led by Research Team Leader Masahiro Fujimoto, and Daicel Corporation.
  • Ryosuke Tsumura, Research Officer for Industrial Technology Planning, received the Young Scientists’ Award, the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for FY2026.
  • IRC-SCT exhibited at Medtec Japan 2026.Details
  • Members were updated to reflect personnel changes.
  • IRC-SCT held its FY2025 year-end research results briefing.
  • Senior Researcher Tay Zhiwei received the Outstanding Poster Presentation Award at the 16th Annual Meeting of the Respiratory Function Imaging Research Society.
  • Press release
    Development of a new technology to improve the efficiency of protein production using microorganisms
  • Press release
    Published paper title: Spatiotemporal and kinematic gait characteristics in older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus with and without sarcopenia
  • The IRC-SCT website has been launched.
  • The Integrated Research Center for Self-Care Technology (IRC-SCT) was established on April 1, 2025.