Research
Research at Yokohama City University
Yokohama City University strives to contribute to the development of arts and sciences, conduct research activities that contribute to advanced technology, and announce research results to the world with high expertise and from a global point of view. We pride ourselves on research that contributes to state-of-the-art technology through specialization and a global outlook. Aiming to contribute to the advancement of science and the global community, we provide support for an array of global standard research programs.

Research Highlights
2023-05-17
Using a newly developed radiotracer, researchers find that Hebbian and homeostatic plasticity differentially regulate brain function in epilepsy
2023-04-19
A research group led by Assistant Professor Kohei Hamanaka and Professor Naomichi Matsumoto of the Department of Human Genetics in the Graduate School of Medicine has succeeded in genome-wide identification of tandem repeats that regulate gene splicing,
2023-04-01
The research group, in which multiple universities, companies, and municipalities collaborate as project leaders, with Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Professor, Center for Promotion of Research and Industry-Academic Collaboration / School of Medicine was adopted by the National Institute for Research and Development Science and Technology Promotion (JST) in a full-scale in the field of the program on Open Innovation Platforms for Industry-academia Co-creation(COI-NEXT) in fiscal 2022.
Research Centers & Facilities
Below are links to the research facilities in Yokohama City University.
Advanced Medical Research Center (SENTANKEN) >
Kihara Institute for Biological Studies (KIBR) >
YCU Center for Novel and Exploratory Clinical Trials (Y-NEXT) >
Advanced Medical Research Center (SENTANKEN) >
Kihara Institute for Biological Studies (KIBR) >
YCU Center for Novel and Exploratory Clinical Trials (Y-NEXT) >

Advanced Medical Research Center
Researcher Database
A strong research culture is fostered across all disciplines and all departments in Yokohama City University. To learn more about our faculty and their research, click on the link below.
