# Research Support

**Source**: https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/organization_research.html
**Parent**: https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/pressrelease/news/260224-100000.html

## About CiRA

## About CiRA

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### Research Institute Support

#### Research Support Organization

###### Research Promoting Office Head : Miho Saito

Support for the promotion of research projects and T-CiRA Joint Program

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###### Medical Applications Promoting Office Head : Atsushi Onodera

Support for the promotion of regenerative medicine and
drug discovery utilizing iPS cell technologies

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###### International Public Communications Office Head : Akemi Nakamura

Manages public relations activities, dispatches
information on the website or in publications \
and plans events
to exchange opinions between researchers as well as with the
public

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###### iPSC Research Fund Office Head : Takehiro Nishio

Planning of fundraising activities and donor communications

- [iPS Cell Research Fund](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/fund.html)

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#### CiRA Administrative Division

###### Administration Head : Kohta Noda

###### Administration Deputy Head : Keiji Nankou

Manages general affairs

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###### Administration Assistant Heads : Kazuyuki Kamano and Takehiro Nishio

Assist a head and operational coordination

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###### General Affairs Section, Manager : Hiroyuki Kodera

Communicates with the university head office and holds executive board meetings, \
faculty meetings, etc.

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###### Fund Section, Manager : Takehiro Nishio

Responsible for iPS Cell Research Fund

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###### Personnel Section, Manager : Shinya Tomita

Responsible for human resources

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- [Message from the Director](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/director.html)
- [Mission](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/mission.html)
- [Organization](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/organization_chart.html)
  - [Organization Chart](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/organization_chart.html)
  - [Research Departments](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/organization_division.html)
  - [Research Institute Support\
    SupportSupport](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/organization_research.html)
- [Facility Equipment](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/equipment.html)
- [Logo](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/logomark.html)
- [Access](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/access.html)
- [iPS Cell Research Fund](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/fund.html)
  - [Request for Support](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/fund.html)
  - [Financial Report](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/fund_report.html)
- [Links](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/about/link.html)
- [Contact](https://www.cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/contact/index.html)