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What key biological \ traits make us ‘human’,
and how can knowing these lead us to better cure for disease?
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[February 25, 2026
Call for Applications: ASHBi Fusion Research Grant
Research](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_research/22169/)
[February 18, 2026
Scientists Develop a New Method to Decode How DNA ‘Switches’ Control Gene Activity
Research](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_research/22032/)
[January 30, 2026
ASHBi Student Yuki Masuo received the JSPS Ikushi Prize 2025
Awards](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_awards/21992/)
[January 10, 2026
Why It Is So Hard to Get Started on an Unpleasant Task
Research](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_research/21584/)
[January 08, 2026
Development plan for ASHBi has been approved
Others](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_others/21635/)
[January 06, 2026
The Asahigaoka High School Science Seminar Club visited ASHBi
Others](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_others/21564/)
[February 25, 2026
Call for Applications: ASHBi Fusion Research Grant
Research](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_research/22169/)
[February 18, 2026
Scientists Develop a New Method to Decode How DNA ‘Switches’ Control Gene Activity
Research](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_research/22032/)
[January 10, 2026
Why It Is So Hard to Get Started on an Unpleasant Task
Research](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_research/21584/)
[September 30, 2025
Article: Differential Representation of Motivation and Affective Judgment by Neurons in the Primate Ventral Striatum and Ventral Pallidum during Approach-Avoidance Decision-Making
Research](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_research/20979/)
[September 22, 2025
Review : Mechanisms of human germ cell development
Research](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_research/20843/)
[September 18, 2025
iRECODE: A New Computational Method That Brings Clarity to Single-Cell Analysis
Research](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_research/20786/)
[January 30, 2026
ASHBi Student Yuki Masuo received the JSPS Ikushi Prize 2025
Awards](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_awards/21992/)
[July 14, 2025
ASHBi Vice Director Yasuaki Hiraoka was selected as an Invited Speaker for ICM 2026
Awards](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_awards/20366/)
[April 09, 2025
ASHBi PI Yasuhiro Murakawa received the Kobe prize, Young Investigator Awards 2025
Awards](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_awards/19372/)
[March 17, 2025
ASHBi Vice Directer Yasuaki Hiraoka was selected to the 2025 Fellows on InaRIS Fellowship Program
Awards](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_awards/18468/)
[September 18, 2024
ASHBi Directer Mitinori Saitou received the Keio Medical Science Prize 2024
Awards](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_awards/11061/)
[April 30, 2024
PI Motoko Yanagita attended the congress held in Buenos Aires to receive the Bywaters Award from the International Society of Nephrology
Awards](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_awards/11038/)
[January 08, 2026
Development plan for ASHBi has been approved
Others](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_others/21635/)
[January 06, 2026
The Asahigaoka High School Science Seminar Club visited ASHBi
Others](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_others/21564/)
[December 08, 2025
ASHBi Researchers participated the K3 (KAIST-Kumamoto Univ. – Kyoto Univ.) Joint Symposium
Others](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_others/21368/)
[November 04, 2025
ASHBi Office members gave presentations at the 11st Annual Meeting of RMAN-J
Others](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/acceleration_program/21105/)
[November 01, 2025
ASHBi Researchers participated the McGill-Kyoto-ASHBi Symposium on Advances in Human Biology and Their Significance for Genomic Medicine
Others](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_others/21314/)
[September 10, 2025
Obituary
Others](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/news_others/21125/)
Upcoming Event
- [Mar\ 13
Dr. Luis Barreiro from the University of Chicago
ASHBi Seminar](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/event/event-seminar/21723/) - [Mar\ 23
Dr. Yiming Zou from University of California, San Diego
ASHBi Seminar](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/event/event-seminar/22118/) - [Mar\ 24
Steffen Plunder
ASHBi Colloquium](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/event/event-colloquium/22245/)
Vision and Mission
What key biological traits make us ‘human’,\ and how can knowing these lead us\ to better cures for disease?
Our Research
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Comparative Epigenomics](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/bourque-group/)
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Neuroscience, Cognitive Neurophysiology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/amemori-group/)
- [Alev Group
Developmental Biology & Organogenesis](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/alev-group/)
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Stem Cell Biology & Hematology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/r-yamamoto-group/)
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Primate Nephrology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/yanagita-group/)
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Genetic Information Biology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/t-yamamoto-group/)
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Immunology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/ueno-group/)
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Molecular Oncology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/ogawa-group/)
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Medical Systems Genomics](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/murakawa-group/)
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Mathematical Biology and Medicine](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/seirin-group/)
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Germ Cell Biology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/saitou-group/)
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Developmental Biology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/hiiragi-group/)
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Applied Mathematics](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/hiraoka-group/)
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Evolutionary Neuroscience](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/isa-group/)
- [Fujita Group
Bioethics and philosophy](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/fujita-group/)
- [Ema Group
Developmental Engineering](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/ema-group/)
- [Bourque Group
Comparative Epigenomics](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/bourque-group/)
- [Amemori Group
Neuroscience, Cognitive Neurophysiology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/amemori-group/)
- [Alev Group
Developmental Biology & Organogenesis](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/alev-group/)
- [R. Yamamoto Group
Stem Cell Biology & Hematology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/r-yamamoto-group/)
- [Yanagita Group
Primate Nephrology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/yanagita-group/)
- [T. Yamamoto Group
Genetic Information Biology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/t-yamamoto-group/)
- [Ueno Group
Immunology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/ueno-group/)
- [Ogawa Group
Molecular Oncology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/ogawa-group/)
- [Murakawa Group
Medical Systems Genomics](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/murakawa-group/)
- [Seirin Group
Mathematical Biology and Medicine](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/seirin-group/)
- [Saitou Group
Germ Cell Biology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/saitou-group/)
- [Hiiragi Group
Developmental Biology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/hiiragi-group/)
- [Hiraoka Group
Applied Mathematics](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/hiraoka-group/)
- [Isa Group
Evolutionary Neuroscience](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/isa-group/)
- [Fujita Group
Bioethics and philosophy](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/fujita-group/)
- [Ema Group
Developmental Engineering](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/ema-group/)
- [Bourque Group
Comparative Epigenomics](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/bourque-group/)
- [Amemori Group
Neuroscience, Cognitive Neurophysiology](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/amemori-group/)
- [Alev Group
Developmental Biology & Organogenesis](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/research-group/alev-group/)