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Cover Art

The cover art should be both aesthetic and informative. There are no restrictions in style, but many iterations with researchers are needed if the cover represents research. Cartoonish style are sometimes preferred when audience are general public.

Truck in the Moonlight
Molecular Cell Cover Art

December 2024

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This cover was created for Dr. Ito and his team at Tohoku University and used for the Molecular Cell journal cover.

MolecularCell (2024);84(23):4475-4477

Ichthyological Research Cover Special Issue

November 2024

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This cover was created for the issue of Proceedings of 10th International Char Symposium, Ichthyological Research.

Ichthyological Research(2024);71(4)

Short/Long Conveyor Belts EMBO reports Cover Art

August 2024

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This cover was created for Dr. Fukushima and his team at RIKEN, and used for the EMBO reports cover.

EMBO Rep (2024);25(8)

Naked Mole-Rat Ageing
EMBO Journal Cover Art

SPring-8 News 114 -

December 2023 -

RIKEN/JASRI. SPring-8 News (Japanese)

Those illustrations were created for the cover of SPring-8 News. Each issue of SPring-8 News features special articles based on research findings, including introductions to the studies and interviews with the researchers. The cover art combines portraits of the researchers with motifs related to their research.

Naked Mole-Rat Ageing
EMBO Journal Cover Art

August 2023

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This cover was created for Dr. Miura and her team at Department of Aging and Longevity Research, Kumamoto University and used for the EMBO journal cover.

EMBO J.(2023);42(16):e111133

Waddington's Hot Springs
Stem Cell Reports Cover Art

August 2023

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This cover was created for Dr. Takayama, Dr. Yamanaka and their team at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) and used for the special issue of Stem Cell Reports journal cover.

StemCellReports(2023);18(8):1547-1742

Medaka's Epigenetic Modification
Genome Research Cover Art

April 2023

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This cover was created for Dr. Fukushima and his team at the University of Tokyo and used for the Genome Research journal cover.

GenomeResearch (2023);33(4)

Easy Insect Gene Editing
Cell Reports Methods Cover

May 2022

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This cover was created for Yu Shirai and his team at Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University and used for the Cell Reports Methods journal cover.

CellReportsMethods(2022);2(5)

Med Cover Art for
"EVA" Project

June 2021

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This cover was created for Dr. Takebe and his team at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, and Yokohama City University and used for the Med journal cover.

Med(2021);2(6):633-784

Trophoblast Research
Cell Stem Cell Cover Art

June 2021

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This cover was created for Dr. Takashima and his team at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) and used for the Cell Stem Cell journal cover.

CellStemCell(2021);28(6):979-1180

CaVT Project
CCB Cover Art

May 2021

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This cover was created for Dr. Saito and his team at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) and used for the Cell Chemical Biology journal cover.

CellChemicalBiology(2021);28(5):585-740

Stem Cell Research Review

Cell Stem Cell Cover Art

October 2020

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This cover was created for Dr. Yamanaka at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) and used for the Cell Stem Cell journal cover.

CellStemCell(2020);27(4):523-531

Taste Buds Research 

Neuron Cover Art

June 2020

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This cover was created for Dr. Taruno and his team at the Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine. 

Neuron(2020);106(5):703-870

Cover Art for 

RNA Switch Project

November 2019

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This cover was created for Dr. Saito and his team at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) and used for the ACS Synthetic Biology journal cover.

ACS Synth.Biol.(2020),9,1,169-174

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Gene editing iPSC Project

Cell Stem Cell Cover Art

April 2019

This cover was created for Dr. Hotta, Dr. Kaneko and their teams at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) and used for the Cell Stem Cell journal cover.

CellStemCell(2019);24(4):499-670

iPSC Platelets 

Cell Cover Art

July 2018

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Cell(2018);174(3):499-770

This cover was created for Dr. Eto and his team at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) and used for the Cell journal cover.

Ichthyological Research

Cover Series

January 2020 - November 2020

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This cover series of fishes was created for Ichthyological Research, an official journal of the Ichthyological Society of Japan.

CiRA Newsletter 2019 

April 2019 - March 2020

This year's cover letter is abstract art!

It is abstract but it has scientific meanings.

More details will be posted, soon.

Evolution of Face

NikkeiScience

July 2019

NikkeiScience July 2019 (Japanese)

This illustration was created the middle cover for the story of Evolution of Face in NikkeiScience July, 2019 Issue.

More details will be posted, soon.

CiRA Newsletter 2017 

April 2017 - March 2018

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CiRA building illustration map was drawn for the cover of CiRA Newsletter 2017. The four illustrations are connected to show entire CiRA map.

CiRA Newsletter 2018 

April 2018 - March 2019

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This year's cover letter focused on people working at CiRA. The idea is to show researchers on one side and research supporters on the other side.

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