Permanent Exhibition

Special Exhibition of Nobel Prize Winner Satoshi Omura

Tokyo University of Science (President: Masatoshi Ishikawa) has established the Museum of Modern Science at its Kagurazaka Campus as a facility to introduce the university's founding spirit, which is "to make the spread of science the foundation of national development". The "Satoshi Omura Memorial Exhibition Hall" will be opened in the same facility to commemorate the achievements of Dr. Satoshi Omura, the 2015 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine and the only Japanese laureate from a private university.

In this exhibit room, we display materials that introduce the days when Dr. Omura was teaching at a high school and studying at our graduate school, as well as an actual nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) machine, a research device used in those days to determine the structure of organic materials. Dr. Omura has long been involved in research to discover compounds derived from microorganisms that could lead to medicine. In addition, books and colored papers donated by Dr. Omura will be on display to serve as a guide for young scientists, especially junior and senior high school students who wish to study chemistry, pharmaceutical sciences, and other sciences.

Please click here(PDF) for the leaflet.


Organizer：　TUS Museum of Science
Collaborator：JEOL.Ltd
　　　　　 The Yamanashi Nichinichi Shimbun
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"Special Exhibition of Nobel Prize Winner Satoshi Omura"
Digital Leaflet

Exhibit Contents and Main Exhibits

  1. Ⅰ　Nobel Prize for Discoveries that Saving the World　-Antibiotics from Microorganisms-
    1. １．Awarded "Nobel Prize"
    2. ２．How was ivermectin discovered and biosynthesized
    3. ３．How does ivermectin work against parasites
    4. ４．More than 500 compounds discovered by Dr.Satoshi Omura's research team
    5. ５．Video "TUS Forum 2021" (edited version)
  2. Ⅱ　Meaningful Study at Tokyo University of Science
  3. 　-Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Technology for Molecular Structure-
    1. １．Mentor Prof.Yojiro Tsuzuki
    2. 　　Master's Thesis, Doctoral Thesis, and Graduation album at Tsuzuki Laboratory
    3. 　　Prof.Tsuzuki's books
    4. ２．Co-authored paper with Prof.Nobuo Mori
    5. ３．Evolution of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)
  4. Ⅲ　Reply to Students Who Aim to be a Scientist
    1. １．Video "Special Talk between Dr.Satoshi Omura, Distinguished Professor, and Students 　　of the TUS"
    2. ２．Words for the New Year

Related Blogs (Written in Japanese)

Please take a look at the blog by the student staff of the TUS Museum of Science


Please check out the blog by an instructor at the MathSci Experience Center,TUS

Introduction of Drug Discovery and Organic Synthesis Laboratories at TUS