7/28/2022 C-Kit Ground Pro, a logical and low-cost protein crystal growth kit that does not require large-scale screening, is newly released. C-Kit Ground Pro XRD is for X-ray diffraction experiments. C-Kit Ground Pro ND is for neutron diffraction experiments. is newly released.
6/11/2022 Through Diffusion Measurements of Molecules to a Numerical Model for Protein Crystallization in Viscous Polyethylene Glycol Solution. Crystals 2022, 12, 881; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12070881
12/22/2021 JAMSS "KIRARA" has been installed in the ICE Cubes Facility of Space Applications Services on Columbus Module.
11/6/2021 Drug Discovery in Space Webinar Series 2021-2022 will be held in:
11/18/2021 What makes microgravity an emerging tool？ 1/27/2022 Applications and case studies,
3/24/2022 Commercial opportunities & perspectives. Please register for free. Mr. Tanaka, CED of Confocal Science, will give a presentation on Jaunary 27th. For more in formation, please see the pamphlet.
10/28/2021 Novel Device and Strategy for Growing Large, High-Quality Protein Crystals by Controlling Crystallization Conditions. Crystals 2021, 11(11), 1311; https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11111311
10/5/2021JAXA PCG#18 launch in Soyuz space ship from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Confocal Science supply the technical support for this mission.
12/1/2020 Semi-empirical model to estimate ideal conditions for the growth of large protein crystals .
H. Nakamura et al., Acta Cryst. (2020). D76, 1174-1183; https://doi.org/10.1107/S205979832001445X
9/24/2020 Oral presentation in ISS R&D Conference 2020 Online Series Oral: Scalable and Robust Capillary Devices for Protein Crystal Growth in Space.
9/18/2020 Confocal Science Co., Ltd. and AXIOM Inc. of the United States have signed a professional service contract for the purpose of crystallization experiment service at the International Space Station.
3/16/2020 First cellulose synthesis by enzyme in space in JAMSS "KIRARA" protein crystallization mission (technical support by Confocal Science)
2/6/2020 JAXA PCG#17 return in Soyuz space ship to Baikonur, Kazakhustan.
1/30/2020 Methods for Obtaining Better Diffractive Protein Crystals: From Sample Evaluation to Space Crystallization. Y. Hashizume et al., Crystals (2020). 10, 78; doi:10.3390/cryst10020078
1/8/2020 JAMSS "KIRARA" protein crystallization mission< return in SpX-19.
12/6/2019 JAXA PCG#17 launch in Progress space cargo from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Confocal Science supply the technical support for this mission.
12/6/2019 JAMSS "KIRARA" protein crystallization mission launch in SpX-19 to the ISS. Confocal Science supply the technical support for this mission.
7/20-24/2019 Oral and poster presentation in ACA2019 Annual Meeting in Kentucky USA Oral:Methods and devices for protein crystal growth in space, Poster:A capillary device for growing large protein crystals
2019.6.25 JAXA PCG#16 return in Soyuz space ship to Baikonur, Kazakhustan.
2018.3.21 JAXA PCG#14 launch in Soyuz space ship from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Confocal Science supply the technical support for this mission.
2017.12.14 JAXA PCG#13 return in Soyuz space ship to Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
2017.10.25~10.27 Oral presentation in JASMAC-29 in Narashino "A new device for growing large protein crystals which will be applicable to crystallization experiments in ISS."
2017.10.14 JAXA PCG#13 launch in Progress space cargo from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Confocal Science supply the technical support for this mission.
2017.7.17~7.20 Oral presentation in ISS R&D in Washington D.C. "A new device for growing large protein crystals which will be applicable to crystallization experiments in ISS."
2017.6.2 JAXA PCG#12 return in Soyuz space ship to Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
2017.4.20 JAXA PCG#12 launch in Soyuz space ship from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Confocal Science supply the technical support for this mission.
2016.11.17~11.18 Exhibition in the Annual Meeting of the Crystallographic Society of Japan in Mito
2016.10.30 JAXA PCG#11 return in Soyuz space ship to Baikonur, Kazakhstan
2016.10.25~10.29 Oral presentation in AMS2016 in Hokkaido, Japan.
2016.10.19 JAXA PCG#11 launch in Soyuz space ship from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Confocal Science supply the technical support for this mission.
2016.7.2~7.7 Poster presentation in ICCBM-16 in Prague. "Effects of Polyethylene Glycol 4000 and Sodium Chloride:3-dimensional phase diagram for a protein crystallization."
2016. 6.7~6.9 Exhibition in the Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan
2016.5.11 JAXA PCG#10 return in SpaceX to Pacific Ocean
2016.3.31 JAXA PCG#10 launch in Progress space cargo from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
2015.9.16 Oral and poster presentations in ISPS-6 in Kyoto, Japan.
2015.9.14 Crystal recovery from JAXA PCG#9.
2015.7.06 JAXA PCG#9 launch in Soyuz space ship from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
2015.9.16 Oral presentation in ISPS-6.
2015.9.14 Crystal recovery for JAXA PCG#9
2015.7.16 JAXA PCG#9 launch in Soyuz space ship from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
2014.9.26 JAXA PCG#8 launch in Soyuz space ship from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.
2014.7.17~20 Exhibition and oral presentation in ICCBM15（Hamburg, Germany)
2014.9. New catalog for our featured services and products
2013.3.29 Crystallization set-up for JAXA PCG#6 experiment in Nara, Japan. JAXA PCG#6 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2012.9.23 Oral presentation in 14th International Conference on the Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules (ICCBM14) "Numerical model of the protein crystal growth in diffusive field such as microgravity environment"
2012.9. Our company was introduced in the Case Studies of Diamond Light Source (DLS) Industrial Liaison Office
2012.7.12 New information on C-Tube starter kit on the web.
2012.6.26 Mr. Tanaka (Confocal Science) gave a talk at KSMCB Structural Festival in Korea "High-resolution protein crystallography in space: from sample preparation to data collection"
2012.6.22 Workshop of "Protein Crystallization in Microgravity Environment for Structural analysis" in the 12th Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan was held. Mr. Tanaka (Confocal Science), together with Prof. Nakagawa (Osaka Univ.), was a organizer of this workshop.
2012.6.4 "Controlling the Diffusive Field to Grow a Higher Quality Protein Crystal in Microgravity" was published publlished in Defect and Diffusion Forum. Defect and Diffusion Forum Vols. 323-325 (2012)pp549-554
2012.6.4. "Numerical analysis of the diffusive field around a growing protein
crystal in microgravity" was published publlished in Defect and Diffusion Forum. Defect and Diffusion Forum Vols. 323-325 (2012)pp565-569
2012.5.3~5.4 Crystal recovery for JAXA PCG#5 experiment in Nara, Japan. JAXA PCG#5 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2012.3.8～3.9 Crystallization training workshop in the Crystallographic Society of Japan (Japanese) was held. We demonstrated the crystallization setup of the C-tube method (counter-diffusion).
2012.1.23～1.24 Oral presentation in the 28th Symposium of Space Utilization ・Improved protein crystallization technology in microgravity
2012.1.9～1.13 Crystallization set-up for JAXA PCG#5 experiment in Nara, Japan. JAXA PCG#5 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2011.11.28～11.29 Oral presentation in JASMAC-25 meeting （The Japan Society of Microgravity Application) (Japanese) ・Optimization of crystallization condition to grow higher quality protien crystals in microgravity based on numerical analysis
2011.9.20～9.21 Crystal recovery for JAXA PCG#4 experiment in Nara, Japan.
JAXA PCG#4 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research
(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2011.7.3～7.8 Oral and poster presentation inDIMAT2011 (8th International
Conference on Diffusion in Materials (Dijon, France)
・Controlling diffusive field to grow a higher quality protien crystal in
microgravity
・Numerical analysis of the diffusive field around the growing protein crystal
in microgravity
2011.6.29～7.1 Exhibition in the 10th International BIOEXPO.
C-platform was exhibited.
2011.6.27 Release 60 mm length glass capillaries
2011.6.6～6.9 Crystallization set-up for JAXA PCG#4 experiment in Nara,
Japan.
JAXA PCG#4 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research
(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2011.6.1 'High-Quality Protein Crystal Growth of Mouse Lipocalin-Type Prostaglandin
D Synthase in Microgravity' was published in Crystal Growth & Design.
Cryst Growth Des. 2011 June 1; 11(6): 2107-2111
2011.1.1 'Improvement in the quality of haematopoietic prostaglandin D
synthase crystals in a microgravity environment' was published in Journal
of Synchrotron Radiation.
J Synchrotron Radiat. 2011 January 1; 18(1): 88-91
2011.1.1 'Optimization of salt concentration in PEG-based crystallization
solutions' was published in Jounral of Synchrotron Radiation.
J Synchrotron Radiat. 2011 January 1; 18(1): 84-87
2010.11.29～11.30 Crystal recovery for JAXA PCG#3 experiment in Nara, Japan.
JAXA PCG#3 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research
(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2010.10.31～11.3 Poster presentation in AsCA2010(The 10th Conference of the Asian Crystallographic
Association) in Busan, Korea in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency.
2010.9.12~9.16 Exhibition in 13th International Conference on the Crystallization
of Biological Macromolecules in Dublin, Ireland
2010.9.3 Renewal of C-Tube user manual
2010.9.3 Renewal of C-Tube service brochure
2010.9.3 Renewal of C-Platform service brochure
2010.8.24～8.27 Crystallization set-up for JAXA PCG#3 experiment in Nara,
Japan.
JAXA PCG#3 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research
(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2010.6.16~6.18 Exhibition of JAXA in The 10th Annual Meeting of the Protein
Science Society of Japan in Sapporo, Japan
2010.6.5~6.6 Crystal recovery for JAXA PCG#2 experiment in Nara, Japan.
JAXA PCG#2 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research
(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2010.5.25~5.28 Poster presentation in ISDSB2010 in Orsay, France in collaboration with
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
"High quality protein crystal growth experiment (JAXA PCG) is inaugurated
onboard the Japanese Experiment Module 'Kibo' in the International Space
Station", "The applied usage of Gel-Tube method for performing
better crystallization: recent topics", and "Improvement of crystal
quality of hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase with novel inhibitors
in microgravity environment"
2010.1.16~1.19 Crystallization set-up for JAXA PCG#2 experiment in Nara, Japan.
JAXA PCG#2 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research
(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2009.12.5～12.6 Poster presentation in the Annual Meeting of Crystallographic Society of Japan in Kobe, Japan in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
"High pressure cryocooling system for X-ray diffraction experiment
of protein crystal" and "Growing large protein crystal in microgravity
environment"
2009.10.14～10.15 Crystal recovery for JAXA PCG#1 experiment in Nara, Japan.
JAXA PCG#1 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research
(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2009.9.29～10.1 Exhibition of C-Space, C-Platform and C-Tube in Bio Japan 2009 World Business
Forum in Yokohama, Japan.
2009.8.7 Confocal Science Inc. has been selected as a service provider/coordinator
of the commercial usage of the experimental opportunity of protein crystallization
in the International Space Station.
2009.7.8～7.11Crystallization set-up for JAXA PCG#1 experiment in Nara, Japan.
JAXA PCG#1 is a part of "High Quality Protein Crystallization Research
(HQPC)" conducted by JAXA.
2009.5.20～5.22Poster presentation in The 9th Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society
of Japan in Kumamoto, Japan in collaboration with Dr. Urade in Osaka Bioscience
Institute, Maruwa foods and Biosciences Inc., and Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency. "The effect of impurity on the protein crystal growth estimated
by an easy measuring of its kinetic coefficient"
2008.10.15～17 Exhibition of C-Space, C-Platform and C-Tube in Bio Japan 2008 World Business
Forum in Yokohama, Japan.
2008.8.24 Four poster presentation in IUCr2008 (XXI Congress and General Assembly
of the International Union of Crystallography) in Osaka, Japan in collaboration
with Dr. Urade in Osaka Bioscience Institue, Professor Nakagawa in Osaka
University, Professor Matsushima in Aino University, Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency, Japan Space Forum and Maruwa Foods and Biosciences Inc.
"Protein crystallization under microgravity in JAXA New-GCF project"
"High resolution crystals of human hematopoietic & lipocalin-type
prostaglandin D synthases in space"
"Optimization of a salt concentration in a PEG-based crystallization
solution by a Gel-Tube method"
"Protein crystallization strategy in microgravity"
2008.7.2～4 Exhibition of C-Tube crystallization device and C-Platform in8th International BIO EXPO JAPAN in Tokyo, Japan
2008.6.10～12 The 8th Annual Meeting of the Protein Science Society of Japan in Tokyo, Japan. >Exhibition of C-Tube and C-Platform. Poster presentation "Improved Crystal Quality of Human Haematopoietic and Lipocalin-type Prostaglandin D Synthase under Microgravity"in collaboration with Dr. Urade in Osaka Bioscience Institute and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
2008.5.6～5.9 In 12th International Conference on the Crystallization of Biological Macromolecules in Cancun, Mexico,
・Improved Crystal Quality of Human Hematopoietic Prostagladin D Synthase- Inhibitor
Complex under Microgravity (oral presentation)
・Optimum Salt Concentration in PEG-containing Solution for Crystallization (poster presentation)
2007.11. Poster presentation of C-tube in the Annual Meeting of Crystallographic Society of Japan in collaboration with Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency.
2007.9. Exhibition in ISDSB2007 in Tokyo, Japan
2007.8. C-Space article in Nikkei Business Daily
2007.5.6～9 Exhibition in BIO 2007 (Bio International Convention)
2007.1. Exhibition in Advances in Protein Crystallography
2006.11. Exhibition in Joint Conference of the Asian Crytallographic Association and the Crystallographic Society of Japan
2006.10. Exhibition in International Conference on Structural Genomics 2006
2006.10. Exhibition in ICSG2006 satellite workshop on structural genomics techniques in Yokohama, Japan
2006.8. We exhibited outsourcing service of protein crystallization in microgravity environment and in terrestrial environment, and our product Gel-Tube GT-R in the exhibition in ICCBM11 from August 16-21, 2006.
2006.7. Delivery of Crystal-Tube GT-R for overseas customers. Crystal-Tube GT-R is an easy and efficient crystallization tools using counter-diffusion technique. Optimized crystallization condition can be found by itself in only one capillary. Domestic users for this tool is increasing in Japan.
You are welcome to experience crystallization using Crystal Tube GT-R by yourself.
2006.7. Outsourcing services for protein crystallizationMacromolecular crystallization service for structural analysis, from sample check, crystallization condition optimization, crystallization, to X-ray diffraction data collection, has started.
We have much experience of total crystallization experiment supports in Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's project.
We have technical tie-up with Maruwa Foods and Biosciences Inc.
