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Overview

Philosophy

The Advanced Research Center for Innovations in Next-Generation Medicine (INGEM) was established in 2017 as the hub for next-generation medicine to bring together the university’s preeminent research capabilities in fields such as information science, basic life sciences, and genomic medicine as the core subject.
INGEM will promote;

– Research based on data science including artificial intelligence to utilize genomic/omics information and other biological information as well as clinical information.
– Research to unravel the relationship among genetic factors, environmental factors, and diseases.
– Human resource development in these fields.
Through these efforts, INGEM aims to contribute to the realization of next-generation medicine based on systems of personalized medicine and prevention.

History

Feb
2012
Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization (ToMMo) established
Feb
2015
Bequest from Mr. Shigeo Yoshimura
Apr
2017
Personalized Medicine Center established at Tohoku University Hospital
Jun
2017
Tohoku University designated as a Designated National University
Sep
2017
The hub for next-generation medicine established as a World Premier International Research Center that leads creation and change
Feb
2018
Tohoku University Hospital designated as a Core Hospital for Cancer Genome Medicine
Mar
2018
Advanced Research Center for Innovations in Next-Generation Medicine (INGEM) established
Feb
2019
First edition of the Japanese Reference Genome Sequence (JG1) published
Oct
2019
Biobank Cross Search System launched
Jan
2020
Assistant Professor Jun Takayama received the 3rd AMED President’s Award for constructing JG1
Mar
2021
Structural Biology Group newly established
Apr
2021
Graduate Schools of Engineering and Life Sciences newly joined, with 10 departments collaborating
Sep
2021
Cryo-TEM became operational
Jul
2024
Cryo-SEM became operational
  Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials newly joined, with 11 departments collaborating

Structure

INGEM brings together 11 departments from Tohoku University, uniting exceptional research capabilities to establish a hub for next-generation medicine.

collaboration
  • Tohoku University Hospital
  • Graduate School of Medicine
  • Graduate School of Dentistry
  • Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
  • Graduate School of Engineering
  • Graduate School of Information Sciences
  • Graduate School of Life Sciences
  • Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering
  • Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer
  • Institute of Multidisciplinary Research
    for Advanced Materials
  • Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization