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  • Apr 10, 2026
    Atomic-Level Structure of a Giant Virus Revealed
  • Apr 03, 2026
    Dr. Tomoki KITA has been joined ExCELLS as a Assistant Professor of Designer Biomolecular Chemistry Group
  • Apr 01, 2026
    Dr. Koichi Kato has been appointed as Director of ExCELLS
  • Mar 27, 2026
    Gravity sensing without a brain: a minimal neural circuit controls posture in a ctenophore
  • Mar 11, 2026
    New method reveals hidden stereochemical forms of oxidation in antibody drugs
  • Mar 11, 2026
    NMR reveals site-specific structural signatures of therapeutic antibodies without isotope labeling

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  • Apr 10, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    Atomic-Level Structure of a Giant Virus Revealed
  • Apr 03, 2026
    • Topics
    • Personnel changes
    Dr. Tomoki KITA has been joined ExCELLS as a Assistant Professor of Designer Biomolecular Chemistry Group
  • Apr 01, 2026
    • Topics
    Dr. Koichi Kato has been appointed as Director of ExCELLS
  • Mar 27, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    Gravity sensing without a brain: a minimal neural circuit controls posture in a ctenophore
  • Mar 11, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    New method reveals hidden stereochemical forms of oxidation in antibody drugs
  • Mar 11, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    NMR reveals site-specific structural signatures of therapeutic antibodies without isotope labeling

Topics

  • Apr 03, 2026
    • Topics
    • Personnel changes
    Dr. Tomoki KITA has been joined ExCELLS as a Assistant Professor of Designer Biomolecular Chemistry Group
  • Apr 01, 2026
    • Topics
    Dr. Koichi Kato has been appointed as Director of ExCELLS
  • Dec 15, 2025
    • Topics
    • Symposium
    56th NIPS International Symposium “Focus on Biophotonics and Neuroscience 2026″
  • Oct 10, 2025
    • Topics
    ExCELLS Signed MOU with ILTS
  • Oct 06, 2025
    • Topics
    • Symposium
    Frontier Bioorganization Forum 2025
  • Aug 01, 2025
    • Topics
    • Personnel changes
    Dr. Kazushi YAMAGUCHI has been joined ExCELLS as a Project Assistant Professor of Biophotonics Research Group

Achievements

  • Apr 10, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    Atomic-Level Structure of a Giant Virus Revealed
  • Mar 27, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    Gravity sensing without a brain: a minimal neural circuit controls posture in a ctenophore
  • Mar 11, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    New method reveals hidden stereochemical forms of oxidation in antibody drugs
  • Mar 11, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    NMR reveals site-specific structural signatures of therapeutic antibodies without isotope labeling
  • Jan 29, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    Scientists identify the antibody’s hinge as a structural “control hub”
    — Single-amino-acid deletion reshapes antibody structure and function
  • Jan 07, 2026
    • Achievements
    • Press release
    Ushikuvirus: A Newly Discovered Giant Virus May Offer Clues to the Origin of Life

Recruitments

  • Oct 30, 2025
    • Recruitments
    • Call for research
    Call for Joint Research Projects FY 2026
  • Oct 09, 2024
    • Recruitments
    • Call for research
    Call for Joint Research Projects FY 2025
  • May 20, 2024
    • Recruitments
    • Personnel recruitment
    Announcement of Job Opportunity for Specially Appointed Researchers in Cell Modeling and Simulation Group
  • Oct 23, 2023
    • Recruitments
    • Call for research
    Call for Joint Research Projects FY 2024
  • Jul 28, 2023
    • Recruitments
    • Personnel recruitment
    Announcement of Job Opportunity for Project Assistant Professor in Biophotonics Research Group
  • Dec 01, 2022
    • Recruitments
    • Personnel recruitment
    Announcement of Job Opportunity for Project Assistant Professor in the Section for Exploration of Life in Extreme Environments

Events

  • Sep 10, 2025
    • Events
    • Symposium
    The 8th ExCELLS Retreat for Young Researchers
  • Nov 18, 2024
    • Events
    • Symposium
    The 7th ExCELLS Retreat for Young Researchers
  • Dec 19, 2023
    • Events
    • Seminar
    35th ExCELLS Seminar
  • Sep 25, 2023
    • Events
    • Symposium
    Visit to the Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO) at Aarhus University
  • Aug 21, 2023
    • Events
    • Symposium
    The 6th ExCELLS Retreat for Young Researchers
  • Dec 09, 2022
    • Events
    iNANO-IMS-ExCELLS Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Joint Meeting
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Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO)

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Human Glycome Atlas Project

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創薬等先端技術支援基盤（AMED BINDS）

あいちサイエンスフェスティバル（ASF）

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