Although the Center for Twin Research is nominally an attached unit of the Graduate School of Medicine, our university’s unique position as one of our country’s few general universities allows us to co-operate intimately with various other departments ranging from sciences to humanities. In fact, many of our Center’s academic staff members hold concurrent posts in other departments. We make full use of Osaka University’s highly advanced genome and epigenome research and state-of-the-art PET scanning equipment to collect, analyze and store scientifically valuable twin data and exceptionally high quality bio resources.

The Center of Twin Research consists of four departments: Department of Ethics and Personal Infomation, Department of Bio-resource, Department of Research Infrastructure ,Department of  Research Promotion.