History

September 2017 Chosen for the World Premier International Research Center Initiative of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
October 2017 Established the Nano Life Science Institute (NanoLSI) at Kanazawa University
February 2018 Hosted the 1st NanoLSI Symposium in Tokyo
April 2018 Completed equipment of research spaces
May 2018 Signed a collaboration agreement with RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research
November 2018 Hosted the 2nd NanoLSI Symposium in London
January 2019 Established a satellite location at Imperial College London (ICL)
April 2019 Appointed Yoshihiro Fukumori as the new Administrative Director
April 2019 Established a satellite location at The University of British Columbia (UBC)
May 2019 Signed a collaboration agreement with Nikon Instech Co., Ltd.
June 2019 Signed a collaboration agreement with Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability (MiCS), University of Tsukuba
August 2019 Hosted the 3rd NanoLSI Symposium at UBC in Vancouver
January 2020 Held the joint symposium with Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS), Kyoto University
April 2020 Newly established as an independent research institute from Institute for Frontier Science Initiative of Kanazawa University
April 2020 Established Division of Nano Life Science at Graduate School of Frontier Science Initiative (Set Master’s and doctoral programs simultaneously)
September 2020 Completed the new research building of NanoLSI
December 2020 Held the completion ceremony of the new research building of NanoLSI
November 2020 Hosted the 4th NanoLSI Symposium online
June 2021 Signed a collaboration agreement with Institute for Quantum Life Science of National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology
December 2021 Hosted the 10th World Premier International Research Center Initiative Program (WPI) Science Symposium
January 2022 Held the 2nd WPI NanoLSI-iCeMS Joint Symposium
March 2022 Hosted the 5th NanoLSI Symposium in a hybrid format (in Kanazawa and online)
November 2022 Hosted the 6th NanoLSI Symposium in a hybrid format (in Kanazawa and online)
April 2023 Appointed Masafumi Iwami as the new Administrative Director
November 2023 Hosted the 7th NanoLSI Symposium in Berlin, Germany