Osaka University
大阪大学

Japan

Osaka University was founded in 1931 as one of the seven imperial universities of Japan and it remains today one of Japan’s leading comprehensive universities. The University houses more than 23,000 students and more than 6,600 faculty and staff members. Osaka University was named Japan’s most innovative university and is included among the most innovative institutions in the world according to the Nature Index 2017 Innovation publication. The University’s ability to innovate stems from its broad disciplinary spectrum and strong industry-university collaboration, as well as its engagement with, and contributions to, society. This strength is coupled with a drive for innovation that extends throughout the scientific process, from fundamental research to the creation of applied technology. The University continues to explore new research fields, develop greater innovation from the fundamental research stages, and make even greater efforts to pioneer interdisciplinary research projects.

With the motto “Live Locally, Grow Globally,” Osaka University has adopted a vision of openness for 2021. To this end, we strive to make our education, research and community more open and ensure that our three campuses are places where outstanding students and researchers from around the world can gather, learn, discover, and collaborate. Since integrating with Osaka University of Foreign Studies in 2007, Osaka University has enhanced its capacity in the studies of language and culture, and we are enhancing degree programs conducted in English and Japanese language support for international students and faculty. In recent years, the University has also actively expanded its global outreach by setting up overseas centers in San Francisco, Groningen, Bangkok and Shanghai.

Osaka University leverages its role as a Designated National University Corporation selected by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to contribute to innovation for human welfare, the sustainable development of society, and social transformation.

1 May 2020 - 1 April 2021

Region: Global
Subject/journal group: All

The table to the right includes counts of all research outputs for Osaka University published between 1 May 2020 - 1 April 2021 which are tracked by the Nature Index.

Hover over the donut graph to view the FC output for each subject. Below, the same research outputs are grouped by subject. Click on the subject to drill-down into a list of articles organized by journal, and then by title.

Note: Articles may be assigned to more than one subject area.

Count	Share
545	188.69

Outputs by subject (Share)

Subject	Count	Share
Chemistry	204	105.74
Physical Sciences	212	51.88
Life Sciences	178	45.22
Earth & Environmental Sciences	6	1.11

Highlight of the month

Tracking cells with AI

Software that automatically tracks the movement of cells imaged by three-dimensional, time-lapse microscopy offers an unprecedented ability to monitor cellular activity in lab organisms and tissue models of disease.

Artificial intelligence techniques known as deep learning are opening up new possibilities in bioimage analysis.

Now, a team led by a researcher from Osaka University has designed one such deep-learning method that can efficiently track the position of individual cells imaged by a variety of optical systems.

They demonstrated the tool’s accuracy by following the fate of up to 150 neurons in the brains of worms. They also tracked around 100 cells in a beating zebrafish heart with high fidelity. Plus, they analysed close to 1,000 cancer cells in a cultured tumour model, a common platform for drug screening.

The cell-tracking software should empower scientists to study cellular dynamics with hitherto unachievable ease and precision.

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