Expanding application range of microscopic cellular solidifying PVA microcarriers and enhancing customer points of contact Tokyo Lab Opened in TWIns Center for Advanced[...]

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

Kuraray Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President: Hitoshi Kawahara), on September 4, 2024, opened Tokyo Lab, an urban research base of operations specializing in cell culture, to expand the application range of its proprietary microscopic cellular solidifying PVA microcarriers (Product name: SCAPOVA™) and enhance customer points of contact.

*From the left, Goro Kobayashi, Senior Manager, Life Innovation Promotion Group, Research and Development Division, Kuraray Co., Ltd.,
Tatsuya Shimizu, Director & Professor, Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science, Tokyo Women's Medical University,
and Nozomu Sugo, General Manager, Research and Development Division

The Tokyo Lab is located within TWIns, the Tokyo Women's Medical University-Waseda University Joint Institution for Advanced Biomedical Sciences, established with the aim of integrating medicine, science and engineering. At this urban open laboratory, customers can observe and deepen their understanding of actual culturing methods. While having its own experimental facilities enables Kuraray to rapidly acquire data and facilitates the development of highly practical applications, it also focuses on maintaining close communication with customers.
We also aim to accelerate the development of new technologies through collaboration with many people and companies, including the leading researchers in the field of regenerative medicine at TWIns and other tenants. Moving forward, we would like Tokyo Lab to serve as a functional evaluation laboratory that will explore the applicability of our materials and technologies in the field of life innovation.

Kuraray Co., Ltd. Tokyo BioLab
N101, TWIns 3F, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8666, Japan