In the latest episode of #StellarLabRadio, Professor Nozomu Yachie shares a bold and ambitious idea: building a “video camera” inside cells and using #DNA itself as a storage medium to record biological events over time.
Read:
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Listen(JP):
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We invite you to join our information session at UCSF Mission Bay campus with Iris Jiang, Hodaka Kokeguchi, and Masame Terushita from @ss-f.bsky.social
humangenetics.ucsf.edu/stellar-scie...
Webinar Q&A: 5pm-6pm, January 7, 2026（JST）
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Application Deadline: February 1, 2026（JST）
For more information, please visit the official program website.
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pleased to announce a new partnership with Renaissance Philanthropy and SRI to bring the Big-if-True-Science Accelerator (#BiTS Program) to Japan.
The first BiTS Japan cohort will include up to 15 participants across 3 focus areas:
- Climate Technologies
- Biotechnologies
- Cyber-physical Systems
Part 2 of our #StellarLabRadio interview with Professor Kyoko Miura moves away from the biology of the naked mole-rat and into the personal journey behind her scientific career. Before she entered the world of research, she was deeply immersed in band life.
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In the latest episode of #StellarLabRadio, Professor Kyoko MIURA of Kyushu University takes us deep into the world of the #NakedMole-rat—an extraordinary mammal that almost never develops #cancer, #diabetes, or #Alzheimer’s, and can live for nearly 40 years.
EN: lnkd.in/gQPcJcwh
We are excited to share the article featuring the first meet-up and roundtable of the five inaugural fellows of the #NovaScienceFellowship — a new program co-launched by ANRI and STELLAR SCIENCE FOUNDATION (SS-F) to empower the next generation of researchers.
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From Crocodile Bags to Stem Cell Therapies: Rethinking What It Means to Be a Researcher
Stellar Lab Radio feature with Dr. Yo Mabuchi of Fujita Health University
🔗 Read the full article here:
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#StellarLabRadio #StemCells #Science #Research #SSF #Podcast
🌊SS-F Retreat 2025 in Atami
This August, about 20 Inventors and their families gathered on the breathtaking cliffs of Atami for two days of dialogue, discovery, and imagination.
🔗 ss-f.org/en/article/s...
We are excited to announce the first five fellows of the Nova Science Fellowship, a new program co-launched by ANRI and SS-F to empower the next generation of researchers! 🌟
Read the full press release here 🔗
ss-f.org/en/news/ss-f...
Sean McKelvey, Strategic Designer of SS-F, joined Thursday Gathering at CIC Fukuoka as a panelist. It was a great opportunity to engage with startups, VCs, and key players from Japan and Korea, and to explore the possibilities of next-generation bio-innovation across borders!
“Invention takes hundreds of years to accumulate, and it is upon that foundation that innovation emerges.”
In the session, she emphasized the importance of supporting the people who create knowledge — a truly People-Centric approach — as a core mission of SS-F.
Mariko Kita, Co-Representative and Board Member of SS-F, joined as a panelist in the special session “Funding Science for the Next 100 Years” at esse-sense Future Forum 2025 on Friday, September 19.
He shares how everyday phenomena can spark new research, why overlooked or “negative” data often carries hidden value, and how assembling the right collaborators is part of designing good science.
🔗 Read in English: ss-f.org/.../stellarl...
🔗 Listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Y4s...
We held our annual SS-F retreat in Atami this year!
Since the founding of SS-F, we have hosted this retreat every year, bringing together community members from around the world.
A detailed report will be shared soon. Stay tuned!
“The courage to not carry everything alone.”
This mindset changed Dr. Naoji Matsuhisa’s approach to science.
A pioneer in wearable electronics, he learned at #Stanford that great research isn’t about tools—it’s about people and openness.
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“There’s nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.”
This quote from #Hamlet stayed with Dr. Ayuko Hoshino ever since her teenage years—and it now underpins her philosophy as a pioneering scientist in #exosome research.
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Dr. Hoshino is also one of the PIs accepting #GlobalScienceScholars (GSS) in her lab.
🚨Final call for applications! This is your last chance to apply!
🌍GSS Program: www.czbiohub.org/program-ssfc...
#Exosome #Cancer #AutismSpectrumDisorder #Pregnancy #BiomedicalResearch #UniversityOfTokyo #RCAST
#Exosomes—extracellular vesicles measuring just 30 to 150 nanometers—are now drawing global attention for their potential roles in intercellular communication, #disease mechanisms, and physiological processes such as #pregnancy.
📖 Read the full interview:
ss-f.org/article/inve...
📢Now Open: Nova Science Fellowship
A new grant for the emerging researchers from SS-F × ANRI.
Up to ¥2M in funding + a vibrant network of scientists, entrepreneurs & investors.
🗓 Deadline: May 30, 2025
🔗 ss-f.org/en/news/pres...
#NovaScienceFellowship #LifeSciences #Grants
“The pace and depth of dialogue in the SS-F community was on another level.”
Dr. Haruka Sasaki on #umami, #asthma, and stepping beyond the lab.
🔗 ss-f.org/en/article/i...
📢Call for Applications – Nova Science Fellowship
ANRI and the SS-F have jointly launched a new grant program, the Nova Science Fellowship, to support the next generation of emerging researchers.
🔗 Learn more & apply: nova-sf.jp
#NovaScienceFellowship #ResearchFunding #Grants #Fellowship
Dr. Yachie (@nzmyachie.bsky.social) was recognized for his groundbreaking work in developing a “ #DNA event recording” system—an innovative technology that enables cells to record the events they experience directly into their DNA, allowing for later readout at the single-cell level.
#LifeSciences
🎉 Congratulations to Nozomu Yachie (@nzmyachie.bsky.social ), a member of the SS-F community, on receiving the Young Investigator Award at the 2nd #KobePrize !
www.kobe-prize.jp/jusyosya-2025/
From switching research fields to pushing through closed doors in the UK, Dr. Naoko Irie’s relentless drive led her to the frontier of human germ cell research.
Read her story in the latest feature.
ss-f.org/en/article/i...
#InventorsVision #IrieNaoko #HumanGermCells #StemCells
Never give up—even after being told “no” again and again.
Told there was “no space” in the lab, what did she reply?
🔗 ss-f.org/en/article/i...
Prof. Kajimura, SS-F’s Scientific Advisory Board member, recently joined PHP (Pioneers Host Pioneers) for a session, and the article is now available! Don’t miss it—check it out!
ss-f.org/en/article/s...
Congratulations on Congratulations, Prof.Kajimura (@harvardmed.bsky.social), on receiving the 2025 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award from the American Diabetes Association! 🎉
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🔬 Want to conduct research in a top-tier lab? Learn more about the Global Science Scholars (GSS) Program ▶ www.czbiohub.org/program-ssfc...
#SSFSymposium #GlobalScienceScholars #GSS #Innovation #CZI #Scholarship
