Research Environment thatAccelerates Research Integrations
Zoning the floor not by research groups, but by researchneeds, eliminates the barriers between groups to the utmost
limit and accelerates research integrations.

Microscopy Labs

Concentratedly installation of SPMs and EMs in thebasement floor for a suitable environment

Student and Faculty
Collaboration Labs

Open laboratories with no research group barriers

Experimental Labs

Open experimental laboratories with noresearch group barriers

Foyer and Lounges

Open spaces that encourage interaction and dialogue

Photos (from top to bottom)- Internal view of the connecting corridor- External view of the connecting corridor- External view of NanoLSI Research Building- Life sciences open laboratory on the second floor- SPM (Scanning Probe Microscopy)

Connected to partner institutions by a corridor
Conference Optical Cell Culture
Room 1 Microscope Room
RoomConference
Room 2

Researchworkspaceforfaculty
andstudents

Utility Room

Foyer
Open
ExperimentalLab
Main
Conference
RoomFaculty Offices

Administrative OfficeChemistry
Open Experimental Lab

SPM
CollaborationLab

P2 LabFaculty Offices

Analytical
Cell P2
Instrument MicroscopeCulture Lab
RoomRoomRoomLife Sciences
Open Experimental Lab

Faculty OfficesResearchworkspaceforfaculty
andstudents

LoungeResearch workspace forfaculty and students 2
Research workspace forfaculty and students 1
ChemicalInstrumentation
Lounge Lab A

Entrance Hall

Animal Facility/
Lab
NMR
Measurement
Animal Facility/
Lab
Breeding Room

Research Building
LoungeMeeting
Room 1
Research workspace forfaculty and students

Faculty Offices

Director’sOfficeWorkshopCommunications
Equipment Room Vacuum
Meeting Equipment
Room 2 Room
Meeting
Room 3Structure

Reinforced concrete, five stories
above ground and one basement
floor

Building Area

1,371.79m2

Gross Floor Area 6,840.03m2

Faculty Offices

Connecting Corridor

Shared SPMs
Lab 20

SPM Labs

SamplePreparation
Lab

Shared SPMs
Lab 21EM Labs

Structure

Steel-framed, one story above
ground, connected to the fourth
floor of the research building

Building Area

213.78m2

Gross Floor Area 213.78m2

Birthplace of
cutting edgeknowledge

Lounge and socialising zones to encourage daily communication

Researchers from four fields
gather under one roof

The goal of research at the Nano Life Science Institute (NanoLSI) is to gain insights into

Nanometrology

Life Science

Supramolecular
ChemistryComputationalScience

the fundamental understanding of the mechanisms governing life phenomena. Usingcells—the basic units that make up living organisms—we conduct nanoscale observationsof how molecules such as proteins and nucleic acids move on the surfaces and inside thecells at the atomic and molecular levels to elucidate how complex biological phenomena
occur.

4F

Computation &Interactive Dialogue Area

Scientists with expertise in nanometrology, life sciences, supramolecular chemistry andmathematical and computational sciences are spearheading this project. Notably, thescientists based at the NanoLSI are being joined by researchers from the Cancer
Research Institute of Kanazawa University, and the Institute of Science and Engineering

3F

Chemistry &Collaboration Area

who are also participating in projects. Together, this team of highly active researchersinteract regularly on a daily basis, transcending potential barriers of discipline, language,and position in a creative interdisciplinary research environment based on sharedlaboratory space without partitions between laboratories or groups.

2F

Life Sciences &Joint Research Area

Connected by a corridor
to the on-campus partnership organisation

1F

SPM &Transdisciplinary Discussion Area

B1F

Probe

Scan
trajectorySamplestate-of-the-art technology.

A microscopy that does not use
light (optical microscope) or
electron beams (electronmicroscope) but traces thesample with a needle called a'probe'.

Optical microscopy(Dynamics observation in liquid)

SPM observation at the nanoscale is extremely sensitive to external influences such as
100pm

1nm

10nm

Hydrogen atom
〜100pmDNA〜2nm

100nm

1µm

10µm

100µm

Human
naked eye

1mm

10mm

suit the sample to be observed.

The NanoLSI Research Building provides an optimum research environment to meet theseInfluenza virus〜100nmE. coli
1〜2µm

Hair
50〜150µm

Daphnia spp.
〜2mm

critical requirements. The entire building has been thoroughly vibration-isolated, and on theFlow lines fromother buildings

basement floor, which is vibration-resistant and has a stable environment with minimal
temperature fluctuations, there are laboratories where a wide selection of SPMs can be

Natural Science and Technology Hall 1Forceenvironment. In addition, each instrument must be individually controlled and adjusted to

Natural Science andTechnology Library

Flow lines in theKakuma campus

Cantilever

Electron microscopy(Static observation in vacuum)

vibrations and temperature, so great care must be taken in preparing the research

SPM & EM Concentration Area
Cancer ResearchInstitutewhich is currently the only microscope capable of observing protein and cell dynamics inbiological samples. Researchers at the NanoLSI independently developed thisinterdisciplinary research by scientists from all

expertise.

Scanning Probe Microscopy

The core of NanoLSI's research is based on Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) technology,liquids at the nanoscale, that is, atomic and molecular size resolution without staining

The NanoLSI Building is an active hub for promoting

over the world and with a myriad ofDiscover cellulardynamics
at the nanoscale

individually installed and adjusted, ranging from the latest models currently underNatural Scienceand Technology
Main Hall

Anti-vibration
Measuresdevelopment to microscopes shared by the joint research programme. The centralised1Installation of basement levels reduces building vibrations

2

Creation of dry areas isolates ground-borne vibrations

3

Construction of floating floors insulates various vibrationstransmitted from within the building

location of the SPMs, together with the electron microscopes (EM) in the same area,
enables the observation of biological samples using a variety of approaches and leads tonew and exciting discoveries.

Collaboration with the Cancer Research Institute and the Institute of
Science and Engineering is essential for research at NanoLSI.
Therefore, we have connected each of these buildings by a corridor.

Such a life-science research centre with bio-SPM technology at its core is unique on a3global scale.

The NanoLSI, the Cancer Research Institute and the Institute of
Science and Engineering are working closely together
to promote complementary and interdisciplinaryresearch.

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Shared laboratories and research laboratories in large, partition-free spaces

Conference rooms for research meetings of various sizes and conducting methods

In this research building, we will carry out
unique research projects
that only we are able to undertake.