Masato NAKAGAWA, Ph.D

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Cross-apointment with CiRA, Kyoto Univ. (Naka Lab@CiRA)

I joined PRIMe in January 2024 to start up iPSCF. I hope to create iPSCs from patients, create organoids from them by PRIMe’s member, and utilize the digital twin to contribute to personalized medicine on the metaverse.

My ORCiD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3067-7322

  • 2004 Assistant Professor, Yamanaka Lab @NAIST
  • 2005 Assistant Professor, Yamanaka Lab @Kyoto Univ.
  • 2010 Junior Associate Professor, Yamanaka Lab @Center for iPS cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto Univ.
  • 2016-present Junior Associate Professor, Naka Lab @CiRA, Kyoto Univ.
  • 2024-present Specially appointed Associate Professor, iPSCF @Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (PRIMe), Osaka Univ. (Cross-appointment with CiRA, Kyoto Univ.)

For further information, please visit my reserchmap page or ORCiD.


Saori MATSUMOTO, Ph.D

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

・Research Theme: Generation of iPSC with barcoding by CloneSelect

・Love for wine


Ayako KUMAGAI

Technical Staff

Generation of iPSC, etc.

Favorite Phrase : Paradigm Shift


Kanto WADA

Technical Staff

Generation of iPSC, etc.

Favorites: Soccer and Japanese sake


Erika KIMURA

Secretary

Secretarial work

Favorite pastime: Spending time at a café.


Previous members

  • Hatsuki DOI (technical staff, ~2025.03.31)
  • Satoko HINATSU (technical staff, ~2025.03.31)