2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013| 2012

2020

News: 2020/11/20
Executive Director Yamamoto was selected Highly Cited Researchers 2020 by Clarivate Analytics

Research: 2020/11/12
The article about transcriptome analysis using a long-read sequencing technology

Events: 2020/11/10
Online seminar by Tohoku Forum for Creativity “How to utilize metabolome analysis in cohort studies?” (Nov. 18, 2020)

News: 2020/11/04
Mr. Eric van Kooij, Counsellor for Innovation, Science and Technology from Netherlands Embassy in Tokyo visited ToMMo

Research: 2020/10/05
2020 major update of Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel "jMorp": JG2 Japanese Reference Genome, 8.3KJPN allele frequency panel, and 25K Metabolome

Research: 2020/09/03
New article titled "Machine learning for effectively avoiding overfitting is a crucial strategy for the genetic prediction of polygenic psychiatric phenotypes" was published

Research: 2020/08/31
The article about study profile of The Tohoku Medical Megabank Community-Based Cohort Study was published

Research: 2020/08/12
World's First Development and Demonstration of a Quantum Cryptographic Communication Technology Applied System for Genomic Medicine[Press Release]

Research: 2020/07/28
Release of the GEM Japan Whole Genome Aggregation, a variant frequency panel based on large-scale collection and analysis of whole genome sequences from 7,609 Japanese people

Research: 2020/07/14
New article about improved metabolomic data-based prediction of depressive symptoms using nonlinear machine learning with feature selection was published

Research: 2020/07/10
Estimating carrier frequencies of congenital metabolic disorders among 3,552 general Japanese individuals

Research: 2020/06/26
The article about design and progress of oral health examinations in Tohoku Medical Megabank Project was published

Research: 2020/04/27
The article about the public relations and communication strategies of Tohoku Medical Megabank Project was published

Research: 2020/04/01
Collaborative research with OMRON HEALTHCARE Co., Ltd. (Multiple measurements of the urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio strongly related home hypertension: TMM Cohort Study) was published in Hypertension Research

News: 2020/03/26
Japan-Denmark International Symposium “NOT EASY TO USE BIOBANK & BIGDATA? ~ WHAT IS THE BARRIER?” was held in Tokyo

News: 2020/03/05
Executive Director Yamamoto received an Award for Research Excellence 2020 from FAOBMB

Research: 2020/02/25
Development of Japonica Array NEO ~ Enabling application of genome analysis to a wider range of people ~

News: 2020/02/17
Dr. Bartlomiej Wilkowski from Danish National Biobank visited ToMMo

Research: 2020/01/23
World-first Demonstration of Real-time Transmission of Whole-genome Sequence Data Using Quantum Cryptography [Press Release]

Research: 2020/01/16
Methylome and transcriptome data, and disease-related markers list of Japonica Array NEO are now integrated into jMorp

2019

Research: 2019/12/06
The linkage disequilibrium map (ToMMo_LD_map_192v1) has been released 

News: 2019/12/02
Dr. Peter Gruss, President of Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, visited ToMMo

News: 2019/11/25
Executive Director Yamamoto was selected Highly Cited Researchers 2019 by Clarivate Analytics

News: 2019/11/21
A symposium “Frontier of clinical and basic research towards personalized medicine” between ToMMo and Stanford University was held at ToMMo

News: 2019/11/07
Delegates from Ministry of Health and Social Action Senegal visited ToMMo

Research: 2019/09/30
The article about the design of Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study was published

News: 2019/09/18
Dr. Fuse gave a presentation on the project at the seminar hosted by Royal Danish Embassy

Research: 2019/09/13
2019 major update of Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel "jMorp":15,000 people metabolome data and 4.7K Japanese individual genome variation

News: 2019/08/26
Dr. Ewan Birney, EMBL-EBI Director, GA4GH Executive Committee Chair visited ToMMo

News: 2019/07/30
Central Asia students who participated in SAKURA SCIENCE Exchange Program Sakura Science Plan visited ToMMo

News: 2019/07/24
The 5th ToMMo-NHRI Conference AsiaPacific Forum on Population Genomics was held in Sendai

Research: 2019/07/09
The article about establishment and sample management of TMM biobank was published

Research: 2019/07/04
New article about 3.5KJPNv2 was published

News: 2019/05/28
Our sincerest condolences to the incident in Lyon City

News: 2019/05/28
Mr. Gérard Collomb, Lyon city mayor and delegates from Lyon, France visited ToMMo

Research: 2019/04/19
iPS cells made from cells collected through the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project 〜 Cells from 150,000 cohort participants may be used for iPS cell research 〜 The article about design of Maternity Log study was published

News: 2019/03/25
A symposium of AMED-GA4GH GEM Japan Workshop was held at ToMMo

News: 2019/03/12
International guests of the Kick-off Symposium of Advanced Graduate Program visited ToMMo

Research: 2019/03/06
The article about design of Maternity Log study was published

Research: 2019/02/25
The Japanese reference genome, JG1, constructed by integrating three de novo assembled genomes of Japanese male individuals [Press Release]

Research: 2019/01/25
Change of the data access control of 3.5KJPNv2, allele frequency data in Japanese genome reference panel, to open category

News: 2019/01/23
Vice President Li Jin from Fudan University, China and his colleagues visited ToMMo

Research: 2019/01/15
Expanded version of Japanese genome reference panel including INDEL allele is available online

Research: 2019/01/11
Genome analyses for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project towards establishment of personalized healthcare

2018

News: 2018/12/03
Executive Director Yamamoto was selected Highly Cited Researchers 2018 by Clarivate Analytics

Research: 2018/11/26
Research group of Prof. Kure published an article about galactosemia on the journal “Genetics in Medicine”

Research: 2018/11/22
The article about new database ViBrism was published on Nucleic Acids Research

News: 2018/10/25
Students in SAKURA Exchange Program in Science visited ToMMo

Research: 2018/10/23
New article about strategic methods for recruiting grandparents was published on The Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

News: 2018/10/18
Collaborative Seminar by Tohoku University and CEA, France “Toward the Next Generation Medicine” was held

News: 2018/10/12
Professor Jiucun Wang from Fudan University visited ToMMo

Research: 2018/10/04
The article about vitamin B6 responsiveness in autism spectrum was published on Scientific Reports

Events: 2018/10/02
Collaborative Seminar by Tohoku University and CEA, France -Toward the Next Generation Medicine- (Oct. 11)

Research: 2018/10/02
The article about SNP-sodium interaction effect on blood pressure was published

News: 2018/09/11
High-speed quantum cryptographic communications with key distribution speeds exceeding 10 Mbps in a real-world environment [Press Release]

News: 2018/09/10
Students and a researcher in SAKURA Exchange Program in Science visited ToMMo

Research: 2018/09/06
New version of Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel "jMorp": 10,719 people Metabolome data are now available online

Research: 2018/09/04
The development of novel detection method for multiple pharmacogene variations

News: 2018/08/30
Prof. Larry A. Nagahara from Johns Hopkins University visited ToMMo

Research: 2018/08/24
New article about open-angle glaucoma was published on Scientific Reports

Research: 2018/08/23
The article about Japanese genome reference panel was published

News: 2018/08/07
Prof. Yu-Chuan Jack Li, Dean of College of Medical Science and Technology, Taipei Medical University visited ToMMo

News: 2018/08/02
Dr. Jennifer A. Doudna visited ToMMo

News: 2018/07/18
Patent attorneys from Isarpatent, German law office visited ToMMo

Research: 2018/07/13
New article about gene in deepwater rice was published on Science

News: 2018/06/27
District/State director delegation from the Congressional Study Group on Japan visited ToMMo

News: 2018/06/25
Expanded version of Japanese genome reference panel including mitochondria and X chromosome is available online

Research: 2018/06/19
The article about omics research project was published

Research: 2018/06/14
Researchers from ToMMo wrote the article about the ToMMo Child Health Study

News: 2018/06/05
Chief of staff delegation from the Congressional Study Group on Japan visited ToMMo

News: 2018/05/30
Professor Guangliang Shan, Professor Juxiang Yuan and researchers from Chinese cohort study visited ToMMo

News: 2018/03/19
About the change on the release of 3.5KJPN

News: 2018/03/01
Mr. Justin W. Tull, Management and Economic Consul of U.S. Consulate General Sapporo visited ToMMo

News: 2018/02/28
Ms. Belinda Humes Hanson of iSCB and Mr. Benoit Machuel of FIM visited ToMMo

Research: 2018/02/20
New article about GWAS of Primary open-angle glaucoma was published

News: 2018/02/16
Mr. Robert Ewald, President of D-Wave International visited ToMMo

Research: 2018/01/30
New article about therapeutic target in c-Myc-driven ovarian cancer was publishedNew article about pathogenic variants in Japanese was published

Research: 2018/01/05
New article about pathogenic variants in Japanese was published

2017

News: 2017/12/26
Students in SAKURA Exchange Program in Science visited ToMMo

Research: 2017/12/22
A visual database of human plasma compounds [Press Release]

Events: 2017/12/07
The 84th In Silico Megabank Research Seminar, Seminar of Toshiba-Tohoku University Joint Research on Quantum Cryptography Communication, and Security Seminar (December 14, 2017)

News: 2017/12/06
Dr. Peter Gruss, President of OIST visited ToMMo

Research: 2017/11/30
New article about the effect of canagliflozin for plasma uremic toxins was published online

News: 2017/11/07
Dr. Mau-Chung Frank Chang, President of National Chiao Tung University, visited ToMMo

News: 2017/11/02
Prof. Debra Meyer from University of Johannesburg, South Africa visited ToMMo

Research: 2017/10/27
The article about association between psychological distress and cancer screening was published

News: 2017/10/18
2nd Karolinska-Tohoku Joint Symposium on Medical Sciences was held

News: 2017/10/16
Dr. Sikkema and Mr. Scheerder, Lifelines, visited ToMMo and had a seminar

Research: 2017/10/03
New expanded version of Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel "jMorp": 5,093 people Metabolome data are now available online

News: 2017/10/03
Prof. Michael Arthur, UCL President and Provost visited ToMMo

Research: 2017/09/28
The locations and allele frequencies of SNVs of 3,554 Japanese individuals by whole genome sequences is available

Research: 2017/09/19
The article about psychological distress among individuals whose partners have cancer was published

Research: 2017/09/12
The article about loci for body mass index in the Japanese population was published

Events: 2017/09/08
The 83rd In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (September 19, 2017)

Research: 2017/09/07
The article about cancer screening participation in schizophrenic outpatients was published

News: 2017/09/06
Delegates from University of Indonesia visited ToMMo

Events: 2017/09/04
2nd Karolinska-Tohoku Joint Symposium on Medical Sciences (Oct. 2-4)

News: 2017/08/23
A seminar by Prof. Harold Snieder and Mr. Bart Scheerder, Lifelines, was held

Research: 2017/08/10
The article about cohort pariticipants’ preferences for receiving genetic test results was published

Research: 2017/07/10
An article about protecting privacy in data sharing is online

Research: 2017/07/10
An article about ToMMo Child Health Study was published

News: 2017/06/20
The article about a new method for detecting hidden SNPs was published

News: 2017/06/06
Announcing release of JRG v2 and decoyJRGv2

News: 2017/05/19
Delegates from faculty of medicine at Srinakharinwirot University visited ToMMo

News: 2017/05/19
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto and Prof. Kengo Kinoshita presented lectures at symposium "AGING SCIENCE"

Research: 2017/05/17
New article about preeclampsia was published

News: 2017/05/17
UK-CKD-ToMMo joint conference 2017 in Sendai was held (May 12, 2017)

News: 2017/05/11
Japanese astronaut Takuya Onishi Mission Report in Sendai

News: 2017/05/01
Norwegian University of Science and Technology Vice-president Kari Melby and her colleagues visited ToMMo

News: 2017/03/08
Mr. Jason P. Hyland, U.S. Chargé d’Affaires ad interim and Ms. Rachel Brunette-Chen, Principal Officer of U.S. Consulate General Sapporo visited ToMMo

News: 2017/02/24
Plenary Session (Genome Medicine) moderated by Executive Director Yamamoto at The 2017 Japan-NIH Joint Symposium and two professors of ToMMo gave lectures

News: 2017/02/21
Dr. Teri Manolio, Dr. Steven Kleeberger and NIH delegation visited ToMMo

Events: 2017/02/10
Dr. Teri Manolio and Dr. Steven Kleeberger of NIH will speak at The 2017 Japan-NIH Joint Symposium on February 16

Events: 2017/02/01
The 82nd In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (February 10, 2017)

News: 2017/01/27
University of Bergen Professor Nina Langeland and her colleagues visited ToMMo

News: 2017/01/26
The number of participants for the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study reached to 70,000

Research: 2017/01/20
The article about Ischemic Stroke was published in Stroke

Events: 2017/01/20
The 81st In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (February 2, 2017)

News: 2017/01/18
GA4GH Executive Director Peter Goodhand has given a lecture

Research: 2017/01/12
Collaboration work using 1KJPN data was published

Events: 2017/01/10
The 80th In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (January 13, 2017)

Research: 2017/01/06
New article about renal anemia model mouse established was published

Research: 2017/01/05
New article about long non-coding RNA was published

2016

Events: 2016/12/27
The 2017 Japan-NIH joint Symposium (February 15-17, 2017)

News: 2016/11/24
Why Air Pollutants Make Some People Vulnerable to Atopic Dermatitis

News: 2016/11/14
The council members of Asian Society of Gynecologic Oncology (ASGO) visited ToMMo

News: 2016/11/10
Participating in the international conference of phenotyping (October 27, 2016)

Events: 2016/11/10
The 78th In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (November 16, 2016)

News: 2016/10/24
Prof. Yamamoto has given lectures in Spain

Events: 2016/10/14
The 77th In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (November 10, 2016)

News: 2016/10/05
ToMMo became a member of the Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH)

News: 2016/09/26
Students at faculty of business and law, University of New Castle, Australia visited ToMMo

Events: 2016/09/16
ToMMo at the 89th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society (September 25 -27, 2016)

News: 2016/09/13
The University of Bordeaux Vice-president visited ToMMo

Research: 2016/09/12
We enlarged Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel "jMorp", 1,008 people Metabolome data are now online

Research: 2016/09/02
Genetic Diversity of Enzymes Alters Metabolic Individuality [Press Release]

Research: 2016/09/01
Article about protocol for the G-Met analyses of plasma was published

News: 2016/08/25
Announcing release of JRG v1

News: 2016/08/22
The students in SAKURA Science visited ToMMo

Events: 2016/08/15
The 75th In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (September 2, 2016)

Research: 2016/08/10
Article about Partners’ Ongoing Treatment for Chronic Disease after the Earthquake was published

News: 2016/07/17
2nd NHRI-ToMMo Conference was held

Research: 2016/07/15
The release of decoyJRG v1

Research: 2016/07/05
Article about design and mission of the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project was published

Research: 2016/06/23
Article about the association between psychological distress and the risk of withdrawing from hypertension treatment after the earthquake was published

Research: 2016/06/21
Release of locations and allele frequencies of all SNVs in whole genome sequences of 2,049 Japanese individuals

Events: 2016/05/27
2nd NHRI-ToMMo Conference (July 15-16, 2016)

Events: 2016/05/23
ToMMo at Special exhibition of G7 Science & Technology Ministers’ Meeting in Tsukuba, Ibaraki

News: 2016/05/06
Message to Ecuador

Research: 2016/04/26
Article about DNA extraction methods for human oral plaques was published

Research: 2016/04/25
ToMMo has constructed the Japanese refernece genome

Research: 2016/04/23
Release of dbTMM, Integrated Database of Tohoku Medical Megabank

News: 2016/04/19
ToMMo expressed deep condolence and released topics for the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquakes

Research: 2016/04/15
Article about a new genetic prediction method was published

Media: 2016/04/14
The comments by Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto was introduced on Missoulian, Newspaper website in Western Montana

News: 2016/04/14
Prof. Yamamoto had a lecture at University of Montana

Research: 2016/04/14
iMethyl database was launched by Iwate Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization

News: 2016/04/13
Professor Nobuo Yaegashi won the Prizes for Science and Technology by the MEXT

Research: 2016/04/06
ToMMo completed the ToMMo Child Health Study in Miyagi Prefecture during a period of four years after the Great East Earthquake [Press Release]

Research: 2016/04/01
Article about the disaster impact on regional obstetrical care in Miyagi was published

Research: 2016/03/28
Article about the disaster Public Attitudes toward an Epidemiological Study with Genomic Analysis was published

News: 2016/03/23
ToMMo obtained ISO 27001:2013 certification

Events: 2016/03/23
ToMMo at 13th International Congress of Human Genetics, ICHG2016 (April 4-6, 2016)

Media: 2016/03/22
Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization was introduced on news and information website in New Zealand

News: 2016/03/17
The students in UCL-Tohoku Neuro Global Short-Visit Program visited ToMMo

Research: 2016/03/16
Depressive symptoms continue to be higher in coastal areas than in inland areas 3 years after the Great East Japan Earthquake [Press Release]

News: 2016/03/01
Prof. Reed Humphrey (University of Montana) visited ToMMo

Events: 2016/02/05
The 73rd In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (February 12, 2016)
"Search for Genetic Factors of Immune-related Diseases"
Dr. Yuki Hitomi (Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)

Events: 2016/01/18
The 72th In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (January 26, 2016)
"Recent Machine Learning and Component Technology for Speech Dialog System"
Dr. Ryu Takeda (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University)

Events: 2016/01/13
The 71th In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (January 22, 2016)
"Information Processing Technology for Genomic Sequencing"
Dr. Masahiro Kasahara (Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo)

Events: 2016/01/06
The 69th In Silico Megabank Research Seminar (January 12, 2016)
"Search for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis pathologically related genes using Japanese genome"
Dr. Professor Gen Sobue (Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine)

2015

News: 2015/12/10
Announcement: Access for the locations and allele frequencies of all SNVs in the Whole Genome Reference Panel

Events: 2015/12/07
EU-Tohoku Biobank Symposium was held

News: 2015/12/02
Associate Professor Masahiro Hiratsuka receives award from The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan

Events: 2015/11/27
ToMMo at BMB2015 Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (December 1-3, 2015)

News: 2015/11/12
Case Western Reserve University President visited ToMMo

Events: 2015/11/08
NHRI-ToMMo Conference was held in Taiwan

News: 2015/11/04
50,000 people have participated in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Community-Based Cohort Study in Miyagi Prefecture

Events: 2015/10/26
ToMMo at SC '15 Exhibition Booth (Nov. 16-19)

Events: 2015/10/21
Session in TBC 2015 will be held by ToMMo (Nov. 9)

News: 2015/10/02
Professor Junnichi Sugawara led the U.S. Study Tour organized by the TOMODACHI J&J Disaster Nursing Training Program

Research: 2015/09/01
Psychological Consequences Remain Profound Among Coastal Communities Devastated by the Great East Japan Earthquake [Press Release]

Events: 2015/08/27
The seminar "The Imaging Enhancement and UK Biobank: an unprecedented effort for new knowledge about late life disease" by Prof. Paul Matthews, UK biobank, was held

Research: 2015/08/21
Rare variant discovery by deep whole-genome sequencing of 1,070 Japanese individuals [Press Release]

News: 2015/08/21
Children's picture books were donated

Events: 2015/08/10
Seminar by Prof. Paul Matthews (Aug. 27)
"The Imaging Enhancement and UK Biobank: an unprecedented effort for new knowledge about late life disease"
Prof. Paul M. Matthews (UK biobank, Imperial College London)

News: 2015/07/30
ToMMo member participated in the symposium on Case Western Reserve University campus

News: 2015/07/24
Prof. Steven Laureys visited ToMMo

News: 2015/07/08
Members of St. Luke's Medical Center visited ToMMo

Research: 2015/07/02
Japanese Multi Omics Reference Panel "jMorp"

News: 2015/06/25
Japonica Array: Improved genotype imputation by designing a population-specific SNP array with 1,070 Japanese individuals

News: 2015/06/22
Cooperation in the first verification testing of quantum cryptographic communication system

News: 2015/06/10
A paper about ToMMo Child Health Study was published in TJEM

News: 2015/06/08
"8 rules to prevent communicable disease" / "8 Tips for Mental Health Promotion after Disaster" available in Nepali

News: 2015/06/04
ToMMo have donated to help Nepal Earthquake Relief Efforts

News: 2015/04/17
The Japanese-German University Presidents' Conference members visited ToMMo

News: 2015/04/15
International Seminar: "Taiwan Biobank for the health of next generations" held at ToMMo

News: 2015/04/07
The recipients of the "Commendation for Science and Technology" by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, were announced on April 7th, 2015. Professor Sadayoshi Ito (Department of Community Medical Supports) won the Prizes for Science and Technology, Research Category. The award ceremony will be held at MEXT on April 15th, 2015. For more information, visit MEXT website (Japanese)

News: 2015/03/23
ToMMo's Leaflet for people with low vision is exhibited to the "Pleasant Form for Everyone"

News: 2015/03/20
Message to the world - ToMMo contribution to the success of WCDRR -

News: 2015/03/16
Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization was introduced on biobank SWEDEN
Issue 16_2015_biobank SWEDEN (PDF 3.0MB)

News: 2015/03/12
Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization was introduced on ISBER NEWS

News: 2015/03/06
Prof. Banelyuk Egor and Dr. Anastasiia Efimenko (Lomonosov Moscow State University) visited ToMMo

News: 2015/02/25
International Symposium on improvement of the medical information infrastructure in Tohoku (Feb. 23-25)

News: 2015/02/19
On February 17th, 2015, Prof. Nobuo Fuse at the Department of Integrative Genomics participated in the symposium as a speaker at Asia-ARVO 2015  (The Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology). He introduced about Tohoku Medical Megabank Project and our cohort studies. "Updates on Genetic Epidemiology in Ophthalmology: What's the Next Hope?"

News: 2015/02/19
Professor Mark Chance (Case Western Reserve University) visited ToMMo

News: 2015/02/17
Professor Paul Anderson (Harvard Medical School) visited ToMMo

2014

News: 2014/11/19
DOCOMO and ToMMo to jointly research pregnancy disease prevention and early detection-cutting-edge study to combine daily mobile healthcare monitoring with genome analysis- [Press Release]

News: 2014/10/20
Students from University of Tasmania visited ToMMo

Events: 2014/10/01
Karolinska-Tohoku Joint Symposium on Medical Sciences (Nov. 8-9)

Events: 2014/10/01
A Health Informatics Infrastructure for a New Era (Nov. 8, 2014-Feb. 25, 2015)

Research: 2014/09/01
An article introducing the ToMMo's original method for NGS library quantitation is now available online

Research: 2014/08/29
Partial release of data from Tohoku Medical Megabank project's Whole Genome Reference Panel [Press Release]

Research: 2014/08/26
An article of quality control software for ultra-high-throughput DNA data was published and marked as "highly accessed" article of the journal

Research: 2014/08/13
An article on next generation sequencer from ToMMo is now online

Media: 2014/07/31
ToMMo was introduced on the TOHOKU UNIVERSITY's website

Events: 2014/07/29
The first general meeting of the Association of Tohoku Medical Megabank Project (Miyagi) was held

Events: 2014/07/29
ToMMo's new building was completed on the Seiryo Campus

News: 2014/04/11
More than 2500 pregnant women have participated in the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study

News: 2014/04/07
The recipients of the "Commendation for Science and Technology" by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, were announced on April 7th, 2014. Professor Hideyasu Kiyomoto (Department Chair, Community Medical Supports) won the Prizes for Science and Technology, Public Understanding Promotion Category. Professor Shigeo Kure (Deputy Executive Director) and Professor Teiji Tominaga (Department Chair, Health Record Informatics) won the Prizes for Science and Technology, Research Category. The award ceremony will be held at MEXT on April 15th, 2014. For more information, visit MEXT website (Japanese)

Events: 2014/03/05
International Symposium on Disaster Medical and Public Health Management (May 21-22)

News: 2014/03/04
The latest research status of long-term health survey in coastal areas in Miyagi prefecture, conducted by ToMMo, was reported on several news outlets

Research: 2014/02/27
The first round of aggregate findings from the community resident cohort study in the first year-27% of study participants showed depressive tendencies, 5% showed signs of PTSD- [Press Release]

News: 2014/02/27
Dr. Stephen J. Anderson (Commercial Attache, United States Embassy, Tokyo, Japan) visited ToMMo

Research: 2014/01/17
Findings from the FY2013 long-term community child health study [Press Release]

2013

Research: 2013/11/29
Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization high-accuracy whole genome sequencing of 1,000 healthy Japanese people: A base to search for the causes of diseases ~Collection of over 15 million new gene polymorphisms~ [Press Release]

News: 2013/11/13
Message to medical practitioners after Typhoon Haiyan in Philippines

News: 2013/08/15
Dr. Veronica van Heyningen visited Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization

Events: 2013/08/05
Members of 9/11 Family Association came and had seminar

News: 2013/07/19
A three-generation cohort study has started in Miyagi Prefecture

News: 2013/06/26
Creation of a mouse model for renal anemia: Expectations for a development of new treatments for anemia [Press Release]

Events: 2013/06/17
Kickoff Symposium for Tohoku Medical Megabank Cohort Study was held

News: 2013/05/29
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Ogawara Town

News: 2013/05/20
A community resident cohort study has started in Miyagi Prefecture

News: 2013/04/08
Prof. Fuse had a lecture at the 117th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Ophthalmological Society, in Tokyo, Japan

Events: 2013/04/03
TOMODACHI Seminar "Current situation of Disaster Medical Care-ToMMo x TOMODACHI" (Apr. 12)

Media: 2013/03/22
Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization was introduced on Nature
Visit nature PUBLISHING INDEX 2012 (PDF 9.6MB)

Media: 2013/03/12
Tohoku Medical Megabank Project was introduced on the website of Public Relations Office of the Government of Japan

News: 2013/02/04
Prof. Fuse had a lecture at the 28th Asia-Pacific Academy of Ophthalmology (APAO) Congress, in Hyderabad, India

2012

Events: 2012/12/14
Executive Director of Tohoku Medical Megabank Organaization and scientific project manager of UK Biobank gave lectures on "How biobank will contribute to medicine in future" at Tohoku University's international symposium in Tokyo

News: 2012/11/13
Message to medical practitioners in Guatemala and Myanmar: We are so sorry to know that Guatemala and Myanmar has also suffered the serious natural disaster of Magnitude 7.4 earthquake on the 7th of November and Magnitude 6.8 earthquake on 11th of November respectively after we had heard about the damage by Hurricane Sandy in the United States

News: 2012/11/06
Tohoku Medical Megabank Organaization would like to express a sympathy to all people suffered from the hurricane Sandy

News: 2012/10/11
Prof. Dr. Ralph Eichler, President of ETH Zurich, visited Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization

News: 2012/10/01
Tohoku University promotes community health service development in the Tohoku region through the ToMMo Clinical Fellowship

News: 2012/09/24
A fact-finding mission sent from Sweden visited Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization

News: 2012/09/20
ToMMo hosts brilliant ALSO and BLSO courses in Ishinomaki City-educational programs focused on assisting pregnant women during disasters

News: 2012/09/19
Tohoku University signed a cooperation agreement for Tohoku Medical Megabank Project with Miyagi Prefectural Government

News: 2012/09/12
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Wakuya Town

News: 2012/09/11
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Kawasaki town

News: 2012/09/11
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of TOWN ZAO

News: 2012/09/07
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Tomiya-Town

Events: 2012/09/01
Prof. Nakayama, Prof. Yasuda, and Prof. Nagasaki presented lectures at CSI-GCOE Joint Workshop on Genome Science in Singapore

News: 2012/08/30
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Kami-machi

News: 2012/08/28
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Misato Town

News: 2012/08/28
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Shikama Town

News: 2012/08/09
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Rifu Town

News: 2012/08/08
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Matsushima Town

News: 2012/07/13
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of City of Tagajo

News: 2012/07/13
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Shiogama City

News: 2012/07/11
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Higashi matsushima City

News: 2012/07/11
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Kakuda City

News: 2012/07/10
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Yamamoto Town

News: 2012/07/10
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of City of Natori

News: 2012/05/18
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Onagawa Town

News: 2012/05/16
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Minamisanriku Town

Research: 2012/04/29
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 2012

News: 2012/04/23
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Shiroishi City

News: 2012/04/20
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Watari Town

News: 2012/04/17
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Kurihara City

News: 2012/04/13
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Osaki City

News: 2012/04/04
A press conference was held-establishment of Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization-

News: 2012/03/28
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and Directors visited the Mayor of Town of Shichigahama.

News: 2012/03/23
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, and Directors visited the Mayor of Tome City

News: 2012/03/07
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Iwanuma City

News: 2012/03/02
Prof. Masayuki Yamamoto, Director, and his colleagues visited the Mayor of Ishinomaki City

News: 2012/02/01
Tohoku University first established Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization