Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences
Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study
4th floor, iCeMS Main Bldg
Yoshida Ushinomiya-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan
+81-(0)75-753-9755
www.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en
iCeMS was founded by Professor Norio Nakatsuji and focuses on advancing cross-disciplinary research and technological innovation based on cell biology, chemistry and physics. Their international team of 19 principal investigators and 160 researchers are creating a unique new research field: integrated cell-material science. Research arenas encompass coordination chemistry, polymer science, bio nanotechnology, chemical biology, stem and germ cell biology, neural stem cell biology, developmental neurobiology, biological physics, interface science and active bio-matter, and membrane biology. Cognitive rejuvenation, heart regeneration, ‘wearable organs’ and a replacement for fossil fuels are just a few of their goals.
Established: 2007
Director: Susumu Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa is a Japanese chemist working in the field of coordination chemistry, with specific focus on the chemistry of organic–inorganic hybrid compounds, as well as chemical and physical properties of porous coordination polymers and metal-organic frameworks in particular. He is currently Distinguished Professor at Kyoto University, in the Institute for Integrated Cell–Material Sciences, of which he is co-founder and current director since 2013.