Coming Friday, February 24,
Platform for Entrepreneur x Researcher x Engineer to start a business with Kyoto University Science
ECC-iCAP (Entrepreneur Candidate Club) Event #15
The Future World of Science Frontrunners: Special Feature on Technologies Supporting the Foundations of the Medical Industry! ~"
will be held.

ECC-iCAP is a pioneer in entrepreneurial matching events with researcher presentations,
This time it will be a real event @ Tokyo! Let's talk directly with researchers!
We will introduce three pre-commercialization technologies/startups that are looking for management talent and have a deep discussion with each speaker.
You can hear such and such a story because it is a real dialogue.
We look forward to welcoming everyone who aspires to start a business with university-launched technology and everyone interested in Deeptech.

Click here to apply.　https://ecc-icapevent15.peatix.com

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Date: Friday, February 24, 2023
　　　18:30-19:45 Presentation, 19:45 - Deep discussion
Venue: Kyoto Academia Forum in Marunouchi (real event only)
Target: Working people with entrepreneurial spirit, corporate executives, and individuals who aim to become CEO, COO, CSO, CFO, or other management-level personnel in the future. Post-doctoral research students, graduate students and undergraduate students are also welcome!
Admission: Free
Organized by Kyoto University Innovation Capital Co., Ltd.
Co-organized by: Industry-Government-Academia Collaboration Division, Kyoto University

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18:30-18:40 Opening
18:40-19:45 Presentation
1) "Reinventing Biopolymers with Artificial Ribosomes."
　Kou Aoki (Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University)
2) "Feasibility of commercialization of iPS cell-derived mesenchymal stem cells"
　Makoto Ikeya, Associate Professor, iPS Cell Research Institute, Kyoto University
(3) "An adventurous journey to universities and companies armed with the self-assembly of gold nanoparticles."
　Takao Fukuoka (Researcher, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University / President, Archaerus Inc.)

19:45- Deep discussion with refreshments
Let's gather around the table and have a passionate discussion about the future that technology will open up with researchers/startups and potential entrepreneurs (you)!

Speakers and titles are subject to change.

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■Ko Aoki
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University

Doctor of Agriculture, Kyoto University
2010 JSPS Research Fellow DC1
2013 JSPS Research Fellow PD
2015-Present Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
2015-Present Invited researcher, Kyoto Bioinstrumentation Center
2016-2020 Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Sakigake, "One Cell Analysis" area (concurrent position)
2019-Present Expert Member, Research and Development Committee, Barcodebody Co.
2022-Present Emergent PI, Kyoto University

Makoto Ikeya
Associate Professor, iPS Cell Research Institute, Kyoto University

1998 Graduated with a Master of Science, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
2001 Completed Doctoral program, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University (Doctor of Science)
2001 Researcher, RIKEN, Kobe
2009 Associate Professor, Institute of Developmental Biology, Kumamoto University
2010 Researcher, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
2011 Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University
2016 Associate Professor (Independent PI), Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University
2016 Research Leader of the Joint Research Program (T-CiRA) with Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
2018 Murao Ikueikai Academic Encouragement Award, Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine Award (Basic Division), German Innovation Award Godfried Wagener Prize
2019 Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Science and Technology Award, Research Category

Takao Fukuoka
Researcher, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University / President, Archaerus Inc.

Born in Iida, Shinshu. Completed graduate studies in engineering at Doshisha University. Researcher at a foreign chemical company and group leader of a company known for blood glucose sensors.
2000: Fascinated by the beauty of gold nanoparticles, he spent a nomadic life and was a student of the first class of Kyoto Entrepreneur School.
2001 Individual proposal was recognized as Kyoto City Venture Company A rank, and Archilus Engineering Limited Partnership was established. However, a former colleague from his former employer, with whom he shares the same date of birth, commits suicide due to restructuring. He was angry at the lack of affluence in the world.
Around this time, he put his idea to Dr. S. Nie (a prominent researcher of plasmonics) at an international conference, and was convinced that the aggregation state of gold nanoparticles is meaningful for the expression of their functions.
2004 Part-time researcher at Doshisha University and University of Hyogo
2013 Awarded a research grant gold prize related to precious metals and started research on plasmonic nanotags with the prize money.
2019 Part-time researcher at Kyoto University COI, while continuing research with competitive research funding.
2022 Founded Archilus, Inc. with co-researcher.
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