MEXT Senior Vice Minister MASUKO Hiroshi visits Suita Campus

On Monday, November 27, 2023, Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) MASUKO Hiroshi visited Osaka University's Suita Campus.

Mr. Masuko inspected the following research facilities, where he had lively discussions with top-level researchers and research collaborators at OU and encouraged them.

• Joint Research Chair "Consortium for Future Innovation by Cultured Meat" at the Graduate School of Engineering to study practical applications of 3D bioprinting approaches to cultured meat production
• Osaka University Shimadzu Omics Innovation Research Laboratories, places for industry-university co-creation and developing highly skilled talent
• WPI Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (WPI-PRIMe), which aims to conquer all diseases through the metaverse platform for medical research
• StemRIM Institute of Regeneration-Inducing Medicine, Osaka University and EX-Fusion, Inc. in theTechno Alliance Building, a hub for industry-university-government collaboration
• Co-creation Base of Resource Recycling That Aimsfor Zero Plastic Waste in Osaka Bay (COI-NEXT Regional Co-Creation Area, Nurturing Type), which aims to build a society in which citizens take the initiative in tackling plastic waste problems

Joint Research Chair "Consortium for Future Innovation by Cultured Meat"

Osaka University Shimadzu Omics Innovation Research Laboratories

WPI Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine

The group receiving an explanation on industry-university collaboration at the Techno Alliance Building

StemRIM Institute of Regeneration-Inducing Medicine

EX-Fusion, Inc.

Co-Creation Base of Resource Recycling That Aims for Zero Plastic Waste in Osaka Bay