IIS promotes the multifaceted strategic integration of national and international research networks. Several research centers have been established to actively promote these collaborative researches. Through this network, IIS creates novel academic fields by undertaking international research initiatives, and consequently addresses new global challenges raised by academic development and social paradigm shifts. As shown in the next paragraphs, in addition to the Global Collaborative Research Network, IIS opened SMMiL-E in France as well as UTokyo New York Office in USA cooperated with the Institute of Medical Science and it promotes international collaboration.

In June 2014, a new joint international laboratory, SMMiL-E, a mirror site of LIMMS, was opened in Lille, France, in collaboration with Centre Oscar Lambret, a regional center of cancerology of Nord-Pas-de-Calais, CNRS, and University Lille 1. The SMMIL-E project is designed to transfer advanced BioMEMS technologies developed at IIS for clinical applications, mainly against cancer. (BioMEMS are extremely miniaturized devices for the characterization of biomolecules (DNA, proteins), cells, and tissues for diagnostic and/or therapeutic purposes).

UTokyo NY Office

The University of Tokyo New York Office was established in November 2015 jointly by the Institute of Medical Science and the Institute of Industrial Science of The University of Tokyo to promote research, education, and social collaboration activities in the United States. Since 2019, the Office has operated as a university-wide organization led by the University of Tokyo headquarters to boost the University of Tokyo’s overall activities in the United States.