Summer school · In person
A three-day summer program at the University of Tsukuba in which high school students do hands-on medical science experiments in university labs, such as manipulating mouse embryos, making mRNA vaccines and checking iPS cell quality.
Run by the University of Tsukuba's School of Medical Sciences, the program lets high school students experience medical science research in university labs. 2026 themes included human genetic polymorphisms, immunoblotting of mouse liver proteins, IVF and gene manipulation, observing immune cells, bacteriology methods, iPS cell quality testing, mouse embryo micromanipulation, yeast genetics and making mRNA vaccines.