27/08/2026
8月21日(金)に若山慎司内閣府大臣政務官がCiRAを視察されました🔬✨
当日は、江藤浩之所長、髙島康弘副所長や濵﨑洋子副所長、iPS財団の高須直子専務理事らがお出迎えし、CiRAとiPS財団の概要をご説明し、iPS細胞研究の現状や将来の期待などについて意見交換が行われました。
さらに館内視察では、髙島副所長の案内のもと、注目の次世代iPS細胞「iPS細胞2.0」を顕微鏡で実際に観察されたほか、最新の研究設備をご覧になりました。
https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/j/pressrelease/other/260826-100000.html
On August 21 (Fri.), Shinji Wakayama, Parliamentary Vice-Minister of the Cabinet Office, visited CiRA🔬✨
Director Koji Eto, Deputy Directors Yasuhiro Takashima and Yoko Hamazaki, and CiRA Foundation Senior Executive Director Naoko Takasu welcomed the Parliamentary Vice-Minister. They engaged in an active exchange of views on the activities of CiRA and the CiRA Foundation, as well as the current status and future prospects of iPS cell research.
During the facility tour, guided by Deputy Director Takashima, Parliamentary Vice-Minister Wakayama observed samples of next-generation "iPS cells 2.0" under a microscope and inspected our advanced research equipment.