14 December 2017Naoko Niimi published a paper on “A spontaneously immortalized Schwann cell line from aldose reductase-deficient mice as a useful tool for studying polyol pathway and aldehyde metabolism” in Journal of Neurochemistry

25 November 2017Mari Suzuki（Diabetic Neuropathy Project）had won the Young Investigator Award (basic research section) of the 36th Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Dementia Research.

3 September 2017Dr. Syudo Yamasaki (Mental Health Promotion Project), received the Best Poster Award from 20th International Congress of International Society for Psychological and Social approaches to psychosis.

31 August 2017Miharu Nakanishi (Mental Health and Nursing Research Team) Article publication on the effectiveness of psychosocial intervention programme for challenging behaviour of people with dementia.

8 August 2017Yukiko Yoshida (Ubiquitin Project) published a paper on “Ubiquitination of exposed glycoproteins by SCF^FBXO27 directs damaged lysosomes for autophagy” in PNAS.

4 May 2017Masato Hosokawa（Dementia Research Project） published a paper on “Accumulation of multiple neurodegenerative disease-related proteins in familial frontotemporal lobar degeneration associated with granulin mutation” in Scientific Reports.

19 May 2017Hikaru Tsuchiya (Laboratory of Protein Metabolism) published a paper on "Elucidation of the major pathway for proteasomal degradation" in Molecular Cell.

27 April 2017Kaori Endo (Mental Health Promotion) published a paper on "preference for solitude, social isolation, and suicidal problems in adolescence" in Journal of Adolescent Health.

24 April 2017Phosphatidylethanolamine dynamics are required for osteoclast fusion Scientific Reports, Atsushi Irie. Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 46715 (2017)

11 April 2017Dr. Hisao Masai, Vice Director-general of Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, received the 2017 Prize for Science and Technology (Research Category), the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

23 March 2017Minoru Saitoe(Learning and Memory Project), is selected for winner of 19th Tokizane Prize.