Dr. Olga Elisseeva

Charlane Joy Cardos is part of Tupac.Bio, a startup whose new business line—GenomeMiner—is being supported by the 2021 Innovation Square Startup Accelerator Program. This image appeared in the news article ‘Driving industrial innovation in Okinawa’.

Eli Lyons (center) with his colleagues from Tupac.Bio—Paul Sheridan (left) and Justin Kovalchuk (right). Paul and Justin have remained based in mainland Japan, whereas Eli has relocated to Okinawa with one other colleague—Charlane Joy Cardos—to work on their new business line, GenomeMiner. This image appeared in the news article ‘Driving industrial innovation in Okinawa’.

Dr. Olga Elisseeva (right) with team member Dr. Sandrine Burriel (left) in a lab at OIST. This image appeared in the news article ‘Driving industrial innovation in Okinawa’.

Mr. Yoshiaki Ishii (right) received top prize in the Green Startup Pitch from Mr. Yasushi Hosaka, the Parliamentary Secretary for Environment of Japan (center).

At OIST, Paul Hsieh Fu Tsai has developed a prototype of an AI cytoscope – a microscope that uses artificial intelligence to automate imaging and analysis of cells.