STRENGTHIPR Osaka University
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CHANGE THE FUTURE
Change the Future
– Three Strong Points –
As of October 2025
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World-Class
Researchers27 laboratories
95 people※Faculty members and researchersREAD MORE
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Joint Usage/Research Center
165 cases/year
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Promotion of diversity
23 countries
67 people※Including internshipREAD MORE
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International cooperation
12 countries
19 institutions※International cooperation agreementREAD MORE
STRENGTH01
World-Class Researchers
World-Class Researchers
27 laboratories 95 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.
ⒸRIKEN
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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
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International Collaborative Research
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SPring-8 Collaborative Research
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NMR Collaborative Research
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Cryo-EM Collaborative Research
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MicroED Collaborative Research
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IPR Seminars
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IPR Fellows
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Promotion of diversity
Internationality
23countries 67people※Including internship
IPR has a high foreign-staff ratio of approximately 15%, with 40 international and internship students from 18 countries conducting research.
Gender Balance
38%
Many female researchers are conducting research at IPR. 32% of faculty members, 39% of graduate doctor’s course students, and 48% of graduate master’s course students are women. Female researchers are expected to be increasingly active in the future.
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International Collaboration
Research networks connecting the world
12countries19institutions※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 |
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| 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) | ||
| 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) |
