Yanagisawa Lab, Science Tokyo

Two New B4 Students Joined the Laboratory

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 01:00:00 +0900

On April 1, 2026, two new fourth-year undergraduate (B4) students joined the Yanagisawa Laboratory.

Mizuho Okano (岡野瑞穂)
Seita Hagiwara (萩原聖大)

They are the inaugural members of the Yanagisawa Laboratory. Let’s work hard together!

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Yanagisawa Laboratory Established

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0900

On February 1, 2026, the Yanagisawa Laboratory was officially established at the Department of Computer Science, School of Computing, Institute of Science Tokyo.

Our laboratory pursues research that integrates molecular simulation with informatics approaches, aiming to understand the structure, dynamics, and function of biomolecules. By leveraging methods from computational chemistry, statistical mechanics, and machine learning, we tackle the elucidation of complex phenomena in biomolecular systems, including proteins.

We will continuously share our laboratory activities and latest research findings through this website. We look forward to your continued interest and support.

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Presentation at IPSJ SIGQS17

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0900

From March 16 to 18, 2026, Yanagisawa gave a long talk presentation at the 203rd HPC and 17th Quantum Software Joint Research Meeting (IPSJ SIGQS17), held at Hokkaido University Academic Exchange Hall (hybrid format).

Keisuke Yanagisawa, Takuya Fujie, Kazuki Takabatake, Yutaka Akiyama, "Frasco-VS: Quantum Annealing for Fragment-based Drug Candidate Screening", IPSJ SIG Technical Report, 2026-QS-17(5): 1–8, 2026/3/16.

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Presentation at IPSJ SIGBIO84

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 09:00:00 +0900

From March 12 to 13, 2026, Yanagisawa gave a long talk presentation at the 84th IPSJ Special Interest Group on Bioinformatics and Genomics (SIGBIO84), held at Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST) in Nomi, Ishikawa.

Keisuke Yanagisawa, Ryunosuke Yoshino, Genki Kudo, Takatsugu Hirokawa, "Compound Substructure Profiling by Inverse MSMD and Its Application to Binding Affinity Prediction", IPSJ SIG Technical Report, 2026-BIO-84(19): 1–8, 2026/3/13.

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Presentation at the 4th Quantum Annealing and Related Technologies Workshop

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0900

From February 18 to 19, 2026, Yanagisawa gave a poster presentation at the 4th Quantum Annealing and Related Technologies Workshop, held at the Digital Multi-Purpose Hall in Building W9 on the Ookayama Campus of Institute of Science Tokyo.

Keisuke Yanagisawa, Takuya Fujie, Kazuki Takabatake, Yutaka Akiyama, "Frasco-VS：フラグメントに基づく薬剤候補化合物選抜の量子アニーラによる実現", Quantum Annealing Workshop 2026, P14, 2026/2/18-19.

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Laboratory Introduction Session Held

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 09:00:00 +0900

On Monday, February 16, 2026, a laboratory introduction session was held in a hybrid format, both on-site at the Collaboration Room on the 5th floor of Building W8-E on the Ookayama Campus and online.

Despite being held prior to the official launch of the laboratory, several students attended. We hope that through this introduction session, some may have become interested in joining the Yanagisawa Laboratory.

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