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NTU CACIB and U-Tokyo IQB MOU Signing Paves the Way for International Collaboration in Advanced Computing, AI and Imaging for Biomedical Research
The National Taiwan University Center for Advanced Computing and Imaging in Biomedicine (NTU CACIB) and the University of Tokyo Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (U-Tokyo IQB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Academic Collaboration Activities on May 24, 2024, during the 2024 Conference of Advanced Computing and Imaging in Biomedicine: Asia-Pacific Spatial Omics Technology (APSOT). The MOU signing ceremony took place at the National Taiwan University Cancer Center, with Distinguished Professor Pai-Chi Li representing NTU CACIB, and Director Katsuhiko Shirahige representing U-Tokyo IQB. The MOU establishes a framework for future academic collaboration in biomedical computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and imaging research, and paves the way for future international exchanges for professors and students of both institutions. A special parallel session preceding and following the MOU signing ceremony also took place, allowing 11 top scholars from NTU and U-Tokyo to present their latest research.
NTU CACIB was founded in 2023, and is focused on three main advanced technologies: computing, imaging, and multi-omics. The Center aims to find solutions to previously unsolved medical needs in development, aging, cancer, neurological conditions, and psychiatric disorders. U-Tokyo IQB was established in 2018, and is focused on the development of innovative tools in structural biology, bioinformatics, mathematics, physics, and AI. Under the MOU framework, NTU CACIB and U-Tokyo IQB will have an opportunity to integrate their theoretical and applicational research, and it is hoped that this well stimulate new research topics, as well as the development of advanced technologies.
The MOU signing ceremony took place against the backdrop of the 2024 Conference of Advanced Computing and Imaging in Biomedicine: APSOT, which allowed both parties to present their research capabilities and findings on an international stage. The Conference was planned by Dr. Ruby Yun-Ju Huang of NTU, with NTU CACIB as the organizer and the NTU Cancer Center as co-organizer. Over 30 local and international speakers and more than 300 attendees participated, including attendees from Japan, Singapore, Australia, the United States, and Thailand. The 3-day Conference included sessions on the development of spatial multi-omics technology, application in tumor studies, providing support for clinical trial design, and transforming pathology in spatial technology. Attending experts exchanged views and research on the future of spatial technology development, highlighting the advanced stage of research in Taiwan, and promoting future research collaborations. It is expected that these discussions and collaborations will have deep implications for basic research in the life sciences, the development of biotechnology, and the enhancement of clinical medicine.
The Center for Advanced Computing and Imaging in Biomedicine comprises three technical components: computing, imaging, and multi-omics. The advanced technologies developed in the center are applied to understand the cells' development, aging, dynamics, and the mechanism of neural diseases and mental illness. The center is motivated by the recent rapid development of computing and imaging technologies, and the long-term mission is to promote human health and disease treatment. With the combination of computing, imaging, and multi-omics, we can tackle the challenges in biomedicine that were impossible before. In addition, these advanced technologies play a critical role in bridging the current state-of-the-art to future precision healthcare and medicine so that the time for new drug discovery can be significantly shortened and personalized medicine can one day be realized. To this end, this center has three primary goals: 1. Utilize the multi-omics approach to generate more health-relevant data; 2. Develop novel classical and quantum computing algorithms for data analytics and establish databases; 3. Design and implement advanced biomedical imaging technologies. The image data will be combined with multi-omics data and the computing technologies will thus derive useful information. With these technology development tasks, in this center, we will also build a platform for general education and international collaboration.
This center is financially supported by the Ministry of Education (MOE) of Taiwan under the Featured Areas Research Center Program grant within the framework of the Higher Education Sprout Project.
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