Advanced Medical Research Center

The Advanced Medical Research Center (横浜市立大学先端医科学研究センター) (AMRC) is an ancillary establishment of Yokohama City University (YCU) in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan.^[1] It was established in October 2006, and a new research building at the AMRC was opened on the YCU Fukuura campus in March 2013.^[2] The AMRC research building was further enlarged in 2015.^[3]

YCU Advanced Medical Research Center

The Advanced Medical Research Center of YCU
Established	2006
Director	Yukie YAMAGUCHI
Address	3-9 Fukuura, 236–0004 Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama, Japan
Location	Yokohama
Coordinates	35.343430°N 139.651487°E / 35.343430; 139.651487
Website	www-user.yokohama-cu.ac.jp/~english/index.php/research/amedrc/

Research

Research at the AMRC covers a wide variety of medical fields, including oncology, immunology, genetics, regenerative medicine, translational research and bioinformatics.

Organization

• Department of Research and Development (Hideki TANIGUCHI)
• Department of Clinical Research Promotion (Yasuo TERAUCHI)
• Department of Research Support and coordination (Takuya TAKAHASHI)
• Biobank Division
• Bioinformatics Laboratory

Directors

• Yukie YAMAGUCHI (current)
• Atsushi NAKAJIMA
• Nobuhiko ORIDATE
• Tomio INOUE
• Hisashi HIRANO
• Shigeo OHNO (2006 to 2008)