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

Nine members of a government delegation from the Kingdom of Bhutan visited ToMMo.

The G7 Science and Technology Ministers’ Meeting was held in Sendai from May 12 to May 14, 2023.

Associate Prof. Kobayashi won the Awards for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

Five members from the University College London (UCL), including the Vice-Provost (Research, Innovation & Global Engagement) Geraint Rees, visited ToMMo.

Utilizing findings from space mouse missions for human aging research – an open access database ‘Integrated Biobank for Space Life Science (ibSLS)’ is available-

Toshiba, ToMMo, Tohoku University Hospital, and NICT Link Quantum Security and Personal Authentication, Successfully Deliver Secure Personalized Healthcare Use Case

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. 

ToMMo performed an update of the database, Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel “jMorp”, on September 29th, 2022. We have also made significant changes to the user interface.

Dr. Svante Paabo of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology visited ToMMo.

ToMMo has completed whole genome sequence analysis for 50,000 Japanese who participated in TMM cohort studies. Also, we released whole genome reference panel of 38,000 Japanese individuals (38KJPN).

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.