We aim to return the "knowledge" that is the property of the university to society.
The Teikyo Teikyo Technology Transfer Center supports faculty and staff at the university in creating intellectual property and utilizing it effectively in industry and the local community.
This center participates in university trade shows and external exhibitions such as SusHi Tech Tokyo with the aim of returning research and technological seeds and research results from within the university to society and promoting technology transfer. As part of this initiative, we will be exhibiting at BioJapan2026, which will be held at Pacifico Yokohama from Wednesday, October 7th to Friday, October 9th, 2026. This time, Professor Shohei Sakuta of the Faculty Faculty of Science and Engineering at our university will be exhibiting on the theme of "Microbial Aflatoxin Contamination Control Technology Contributing to Food Safety and Food Loss Reduction." Aflatoxins (AF) are toxins produced by molds that primarily grow on grains and nuts, and are known as one of the most carcinogenic natural substances. These mycotoxins remain in food even after the mold dies and are hardly broken down by normal cooking. Currently in Japan, there are more than 100 cases of violations of the Food Sanitation Act each year due to AF contamination of imported foods, and since contaminated food is discarded, it contributes to economic losses and food waste. Professor Sakuta has been conducting research focusing on substances that specifically suppress AF production and the microorganisms that produce these substances, and has developed an AF contamination control technology that can be used as a biocontrol agent. This technology is expected to be a next-generation biopesticide with low environmental impact, and the inhibitory substance is expected to be used as a lead compound that will lead to the development of AF production inhibitors.
Exhibiting at CEATEC 2026
As part of efforts to support the commercialization of research results and ideas by faculty, staff, and students, we will exhibit at "CEATEC2026" held at Makuhari Messe from Tuesday, October 13 to Friday, October 16, 2026. "CEATEC2026" is a comprehensive exhibition of digital innovation where people, technology, and information gather across industries and sectors. At the venue, we will introduce products born from the research of School of Medicine faculty: "Brain-Shaped Motor Intelligence SDK (SDK/middleware for applying brain circuit dynamics insights from neuroscience research to motion control in robots and other devices)" and "Radiology Report Flow" (a Radiology medical software that transcribes doctors' dictations and automatically organizes them into draft reports).
Teikyo University Startup Portal Site "TEIKYO INNOVATION"
This center provides various forms of support to faculty, staff, students, and alumni who aspire to start their own businesses. To disseminate information as a hub for creating practical and innovative startups, we have launched the Teikyo University Startup Portal Site, "TEIKYO INNOVATION." This site features information on events and seminars, as well as an introduction to our incubation facility, "Teikyo Innovation Gate."
This center is engaged in activities to return the "knowledge" of Teikyo University (created from intellectual activities within the university, including intellectual property such as patents) to society.
Chairman and President Yoshihito Okinaga
One of the major roles expected of universities in modern times is to return the "knowledge" that is the university's asset to society. In order to fulfill this social responsibility, our university aims to properly manage the various intellectual property cultivated through research on campus at the Teikyo Technology Transfer Center and to return and utilize this property to society. Our university's Educational Guidelines are "Practical learning," "International perspectives," and "Open mindedness" and utilizing the university's intellectual property widely in society will make these Educational Guidelines concrete. In the process of utilizing the university's intellectual property in a wide range of fields, we hope to foster know-how and a culture regarding intellectual property within the university, and develop these into distinctive social contribution activities.
Professor Hodaka Nakanishi, Head of Center
Teikyo Technology Transfer Center is working to connect the "knowledge" of Teikyo University with society. Taking advantage of the characteristics of being a comprehensive university, the center is engaged in various forms of collaboration in a wide range of fields, including Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration, collaboration with financial institutions, and collaboration with local communities and residents. Specifically, its activities are diverse, including support for the creation of intellectual property, licensing activities to ensure the effective use of the intellectual property created, support for joint research and contract research between the university and industry, medical-engineering collaboration that connects the university's medical needs with industry, and support for the creation of university-based ventures. Because industry-academia collaboration activities involve many stakeholders and cover a wide range of activities, we often hear people say they don't know where to turn within the university for advice. Teikyo Technology Transfer Center, which serves as the university's portal site for industry-academia collaboration, promotes these activities while fostering organic collaboration with organizations both inside and outside the university. Please feel free to contact us for any inquiries.
Organization / system diagram
Head of Center Specially Appointed Professor Hotaka Nakanishi
Senior Assistant Professor Yuko Toda (and Industry-Academia Collaboration Coordinator) Assistant Professor Takada Takeshi Takako Aizawa, Researcher and Industry-Academia Collaboration Coordinator
Collection of research seeds and collection of medical needs
We will introduce the Teikyo University and Teikyo University Junior College research seeds collection and the Teikyo University medical needs collection.
The center is located on Itabashi Campus, where Headquarters is located and where all university information is gathered, and operates in close collaboration with each faculty.
Teikyo Technology Transfer Center 2-11-1 Kaga, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo 173-8605 Teikyo University Advanced Comprehensive Research Organization Building, 2nd floor
