Executive Director Masayuki Yamamoto was selected as Highly Cited Researchers 2023.

The members from the Oulu University Hospital and BusinessOulu visited ToMMo.

The members from the University College London (UCL), including the Dean of Brain Science Prof. Alan Thompson and Dean of Engineering Prof. Nigel Titchener-Hooker, visited ToMMo.

We updated a database, the Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel (jMorp), in August 2023. In this update we have expanded metabolome data, and also added types of data for metabolome, transcriptome, metagenome, and genome.

A Japanese study found delays in a variety of key skills in children’s early years is associated with screen time exposure at age one.

The analysis of the whole genome sequence of 69,000 individuals has been completed, and 54KJPN is now available.

LINK-J and Royal Danish Embassy hosted a life science seminar, “‘Life Science Created by Data’: The Power of AI and Time-Series Data,” on June 27, 2023, in Nihonbashi, Tokyo.

New article about the Brain-MRI Study has been published in the Journal of the Japan Medical Association. The article describes the background, purpose, design, data management and reports on the results of the study.

Executive Director, Masayuki Yamamoto, received the 2023 SFRR-E Annual Award at the SFRR-E Honorary Lecture Awards

Mr. George Freeman, Minister of State in the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), visited ToMMo from the United Kingdom.

In April 2022, the supercomputer system behind the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project underwent a wide-scale system expansion. 

ToMMo has successfully analyzed structural variations in the Japanese population using a long-read sequencer. This study was published in the journal Communications Biology on September 20, 2022. 

The article of the integrated database dbTMM for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project has been published in Human Genome Variation.

The article about the design and pilot study for return of genomic results in Tohoku Medical Megabank (TMM) Project cohort study was published on the Journal of Human Genetics.

The Japanese now have their own reference genome thanks to researchers at Tohoku University Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization who completed and released the first Japanese reference genome (JG1). The study was published in the journal Nature Communications on January 11, 2021.

New article about study profile of The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study was published on the Journal of Epidemiology.

New article about design and progress of oral health examinations in Tohoku Medical Megabank Project was published in the Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine.

The article about the public relations and communication strategies of Tohoku Medical Megabank Project was published

The article about the design of Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study was published.

New article about establishment and sample management of TMM biobank was published on the journal “The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine”.

ToMMo Introduction Movie is available now!

You are able to know more about ToMMo, such as project overview, design, or facilities. Please visit the page “ToMMo’s Library”.

We published an article describing progress and perspectives of genomic research in Tohoku Medical Megabank Project.

The article about omics research project was published.

Article about design and mission of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project was published.