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Welcome to Laboratory of Ploidy Pathology

Welcome to the website of the Laboratory of Ploidy Pathology at the Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, The University of Osaka.

As a laboratory specializing in cellular ploidy, we are conducting research with the aim of elucidating the relationship between polyploidy and disease, and developing new medical treatments that target ploidy.

This website provides information about our research, achievements, and members.

What's New

December 4, 2025

At the 48th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan held in Yokohama, Matsumoto served as both the chair and a presenter in the symposium “Impacts of Chromosomal Diversity.” The discussions throughout the entire session were very active, making it a highly meaningful event!

November 10, 2025

We are recruiting a Specially Appointed Researcher!

For details, please check the job information on the FBS website and the JREC-IN Portal.

October 17, 2025
We held a welcome party for Ellie and a thank-you gathering for Nagata-kun.
Here is the photo album.

 

October 1, 2025

Ellie joined our lab from the University of Manchester as a member through the Frontier Lab Study Abroad Program.

September 25-27, 2025

Matsumoto, Nagata, and Ogawa gave presentations at the 84th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Cancer Association held in Kanazawa. Great job, everyone. All presentations were really well received!

September 19, 2025

The October 2025 issue of Experimental Medicine has been published, featuring a special topic, Emerging Insights into the Relationship between Genome Ploidy and Cancer. Matsumoto contributed a part of this issue and hopes that genome ploidy will attract increasing attention!

September 8, 2025

A review on polyploid giant cancer cells, with Mr. Ogawa from the MD-PhD course as the first author, has been published in Cancer Science!

https://doi.org/10.1111/cas.70191

July 28, 2025
We held a farewell lunch for Lydia as her 10-month study abroad program has come to an end.

July 25, 2025
Lydia presented her research at the FrontierLab Final Presentation Meeting. Great job!!

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