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STRENGTHIPR Osaka University

  • STRENGTH

CHANGE THE FUTURE
WITH PROTEINS

Change the Future

– Three Strong Points –

As of May 2026

  1. 01

    World-Class
    Researchers

    28 laboratories
    93 people※Faculty members and researchers

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  2. 02

    Joint Usage/Research Center

    165 cases/year

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  3. 03

    Promotion of diversity

    20 countries
    69 people※Including internship

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  4. 04

    International cooperation

    13 countries
    21     institutions※International cooperation agreement

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STRENGTH01

World-Class Researchers

World-Class Researchers

28 laboratories 93 people※Faculty members and researchers

IPR holds top-tier scientists from various disciplines, including chemistry, biology, physics, medicine, and informatics, to conduct interdisciplinary studies on proteins – essential molecules of life-. IPR aims to uncover their properties and functions at various scales, from the atomic level to the individual level.

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ⒸRIKEN

STRENGTH02

JOINT USAGE / RESEARCH CENTER

Joint Usage and Research Center for Proteins

165 cases/year

Since its foundation in 1958, IPR has been the “center of excellence” for protein science. We manage large research facilities and provide up-to-date protein science information to the global community. Every year, over 200 researchers visit IPR to take advantage of our resources. We also support the protein science community by hosting various activities, such as the “IPR Seminar,” which benefits more than 1,000 researchers annually.

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  • Domestic Collaborators

  • International Collaborative Research

  • SPring-8 Collaborative Research

  • NMR Collaborative Research

  • Cryo-EM Collaborative Research

  • MicroED Collaborative Research

  • IPR Seminars

  • IPR Fellows

STRENGTH03

Promotion of diversity

Internationality

20countries 69people※Including internship

At IPR, foreign researchers account for approximately 14% of all researchers. In FY2025, IPR welcomed about 56 international and internship students, representing roughly 38% of all students enrolled at IPR. Students and faculty from a wide range of countries conduct their research here.

Gender Balance

39%

Many female researchers are conducting research at IPR. Women account for 39% of all IPR researchers, 37% of doctoral course students, and 41% of master’s course students. Female researchers are expected to play an increasingly active role in the future.

STRENGTH04

International Collaboration

Research networks connecting the world

13countries21institutions※Academic exchange agreements

We have concluded academic exchange agreements with leading research institutions around the world, including Asia, Europe, North America, and South America, and are actively engaged in global collaborative research and personnel exchange.

Area Country Institution Name
Asia India Indian Institute of Chemical Biology
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Thiruvananthapuram
Indonesia Universitas Airlangga (Research center for Bio-molecule Engineering)
Republic of Korea Seoul National University (College of Pharmacy)
Korea Basic Science Institute (Ochang Institute of Biological and Environmental Science)
Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (Division of National Supercomputing)
the GADD Center of Ewha Womans university
Taiwan National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center
National Tsing Hua University (College of Life Science)
China Westlake University ( School of Life Sciences/ Human Proteome Project 2.0-PDPM)
Peking University (Center of Protein Science)
Malaysia Universiti Putra Malaysia
Oceania Australia The Australian National University (Research School of Chemistry/ College of Science)
Central America Uruguay University of the Republic (Faculty of Chemistry)
Cuba Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology
Latin America U.S.A. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (Institute for Quantitative Biomedicine)
University of Chicago (The Ben May Department for Cancer Research)
Europe Ireland University College Dublin (System Biology Ireland)
Italy Fondazione Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia
Germany Ruhr University Bochum (Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology)