April 17, 2018
List of visitors:
Prof.
Tai E Shyong, Senior Consultant, Division of Endocrinology, National University
Hospital (NUS)
Mr.
Lim Wee Seng, Executive Director, Satellite Research Centre, Nanyang
Technological University (NTU)
Prof.
David Chan, Director of Behavioural Sciences Institute, Singapore Management
University (SMU)
Dr.
Sarah Chang, Head, Planning and Policy Department – International Relations,
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
Ms.
Claire Ng, Senior Officer, Planning and Policy Department – International
Relations,
Agency for Science,
Technology and Research (A*STAR)
On April 17, 2018, a delegation from Singapore visited the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo. (IMSUT)
The visitors received a warm welcome from the IMSUT Dean, Prof. Yoshinori Murakami, Vice Dean Prof. Yasushi Kawaguchi and General Manager Mr. Takahiko Kato, and were given an overview of IMSUT.
After the welcome talk, the delegation visited the tissue storage, serum storage and DNA storage facility of BioBank Japan and received a brief introduction to the facility and its mission by Prof. Koichi Matsuda.