Introduction

'Science is an art', said my respective supervisor, Professor Tomio Tada, when I was young. Since I was completely hopeless at both painting and music, I was excited by the feeling that I could be involved in a part of noble arts. To my understanding, this phrase is based on the reason that both science and art are pursuits of the truth, despite differences in approach. Continuous technological developments in omics, imaging, and genome editing provide an even wider range of approaches toward understanding the truth, depending on the individual tackling the subject, which embodies the concept of 'art' in science. Speaking of which, each of us may interpret elusive experimental results differently in the laboratory, leading to different approaches to proceed. In this sense, it does not matter much what position you hold; young students may sometimes be correct, and it is usual for a hypothesis you believed in to be proven wrong. Our laboratory humbly pursues the truth, especially in reproductive biology (see details in Research Subjects), while respecting the liberal art of individuals. We are willing to work with you to advance science through the endurance (>90%?) yet rewarding (<10%) research together.

Department of Genome Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University
Katsuhiko Hayashi