The Drug Discovery Science Division consolidates information fundamental to drug discovery science research—such as information about diseases, materials, and analytical techniques—and promotes cross-divisional collaborative research not only to further increase the potential for basic research leading to drug discovery but also to enable the equipment and expertise needed for drug discovery and development to be shared by an alliance, thereby bringing the achievements of basic research to society.

As a university that can conduct cutting-edge research based on highly competitive laser technology, we will promote the realization of diverse co-creation utilizing interdisciplinary, international, facility, industry-academia collaboration, etc. Utilizing the potential of lasers inside and outside the university, we will realize the fusion of knowledge and contribute to the creation of new knowledge and the realization of innovation through diverse brain circulation. We develop human resources who can carry out cutting-edge research while utilizing various collaborations.

In this division, world history researchers at Osaka University gather to share their research results with the world and promote academic exchange from Asian perspectives, by holding research seminars, workshops, international conferences with international researchers in attendance. Global history research will lead not only to historical science, but also to various fields of study, such as Asia area studies including Japanology, international relations, and modern economics as well as interdisciplinary studies with environmental sciences and technology.

Our goal is to understand human diseases that exhibit complex pathogenesis, such as cancer, immunological diseases, dementia, and metabolic diseases. Also we will elucidate the processes from the pre-symptomatic state to the onset of disease. We will enhance interdisciplinary research by collaborating with people in medical engineering and information/mathematical sciences. Through the development of novel cell/tissue engineering technologies like human organoids and cell-design technologies, we will contribute to human health by exploring and co-creating the frontiers of biomedical sciences.

Trans-scale-scope, AMATERAS, which enables visualization of unique cells that exist at less than 0.1% in a multicellular system composed of more than 1 million cells, will open as a shared facility to promote research that will revolutionize not only basic biology but also medicine and pharmaceuticals. This will include personal disease risk prediction and drug discovery, agriculture and biomaterials industries including the development of new breeding methods, and the production of useful substances using microorganisms.

The Industrial Biotechnology Initiative Division targets "food," which is indispensable to humankind, and focuses on core technologies such as food metabolomics, food security, food DX, bioproduction, and genome editing technologies. These technologies will ensure "safety and security" and "taste" of food from engineering, economic, cultural, and medical perspectives, and will lead to "food innovation.

Catalysis science is, by its nature, an interdisciplinary academic field covering chemistry, physics and biology. A seamless collaboration with material sciences is also essential to accelerate the development of new materials by using newly developed catalysts. The Innovative Catalysis Science Division brings together leading experts not only in catalysis science but in theoretical, data and materials sciences from across Osaka University to promote cutting-edge research in this area.

This research division regards disaster countermeasures as a turning point for reorganizing the social, economic, and spatial structures of distressed cities and regions into suitable ones for the future, and attempts to construct an academic system and social practice of "New Prevention of Disaster" to realize a future society that values life ("world of life") by reconnecting the relationship between the "real world" and the "mental world," which has been fragmented after World War II, including the formation of a "virtual world.

The DX Society Research Division promotes the following activities for the ubiquitous use of advanced information technology in all fields, and for the penetration and development of DX in society and daily life.
• We form a group of researchers in the field of information science and create a new academic field.
• We serve as a base for academic exchange and promote fusion research aimed at solving social issues.
• We create new industries and further strengthen research in the field of information science and technology.

In this division, we explore the potential of materials properties with the electron “spin” degree of freedom to the ultimate level. By cultivating excellent human resources for pioneering novel theories and application developments beyond the conventional spintronics field, we create new innovations to solve several social issues. We strengthen unique collaborations through spintronics interdisciplinary research network and develop it into the center for global academic research and industry-academia collaborative research based on the innovations.

The Life and Medical Photonics Division conducts groundbreaking research at the intersection of photonics and life sciences. Our interdisciplinary team integrates cutting-edge photonics technologies to measure, analyze, process, and model a diverse range of biological samples, including molecules, proteins, cells, and tissues. We are committed to developing revolutionary technologies that will transform healthcare, drug discovery, and public health management. Our mission is to ensure that these next-generation innovations are seamlessly integrated into society, creating a healthier and more sustainable future for all.

RNA is a vital biomolecule that supports a wide range of biological phenomena, from the origins of life to brain function, and its study is one of the most important areas of life science. Currently, there is great attention focused on RNA drug discovery, such as vaccines. RNA Frontier Science Division is committed to developing cutting-edge interdisciplinary research in RNA, fostering new discoveries, promoting collaboration between industry and academia in RNA therapeutics, and cultivating young researchers.

This division is to comprehend the diversity of biologicalsystems amongst human bodies through cutting-edge technologies thatcapture key physical states. The key differentiator is that we will establish strategies to holistically study individual traits developed in response to life events, which cannot be uncovered using traditional genetic or epigenetic approaches. We establish a novel cross-disciplinary research field "Life-omics", which integrates data from various technologies that are both untargeted and unbiased longitudinally across lifespan in a holistic manner, ultimately leading to societies that can effectively respond to global health challenges.
Nikon Imaging Center, an international collaboration hub for promoting live imaging sciences, is installed within this division.

The Futuristic and Intellectual Co-Creation Town Division engages in futuristic town creation with diverse stakeholders to solve essential local social issues. The core competence of this division is to conduct projects that solve social issues by utilizing interdisciplinary and cutting-edge research conducted by outstanding young researchers. We aim to create social infrastructures that will be trusted by the people of the future.

We conduct research on the themes of "comfort, productivity, economy, safety, and environmental contribution" in living spaces and industries, aiming to build a human-centered society in which everyone can lead a comfortable, vibrant, and high quality life. We are co-creating the future under the theme of "spaces where people live" through co-creation activities with companies.
To create new global innovations, we have combined the knowledge of advanced information science fields at Osaka University with a wide range of know-how from air conditioning technology and industrial technology possessed by Daikin Industries and established the “Daikin Information Science Research Unit (Di-CHiLD).”

The Symbiotic Intelli-gent Systems Research Center, purports to build a future robot society, which is expected to come after the current infor-mation society, and in which human beings and robots live together.

At the Co-Creative Incubation Center, Osaka University researchers collaborate with a diverse group of members to "solve social issues facing the world and Japan" through "efforts to co-create the society of the future. Our mission is to create "a society that fosters a sense of purpose in life" by transcending barriers between the humanities and sciences and making use of the cutting-edge academic research and science and technology accumulated at the university.

BIKEN Innovative Vaccine Research Alliance Laboratories was established to promote research and development of next-generation vaccines based on new ideas that are not bound by conventional concepts. It is committed to serve as the base for multifaceted industry-academia collaborative activities, equipped with a wide range of advanced research infrastructure that will lead to the world's first next-generation vaccines originating in Japan.