About us

We are a university-launched startup, aiming for the social implementation of a technology developed by Professor Yusuke Ohba of the Department of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Japan: "Fluorescent Bioimaging-based Drug Efficacy Evaluation Method".

Company name
Horizon Illumination Lab Optics, Co. Ltd.
Establishment date
August 5, 2021
Address
Sapporo, Japan
President
Maho AMANO, PhD
Capital
¥97,501,685
Management Board
CEO: Maho AMANO, PhD CTO: Yusuke OHBA, MD, PhD Director: Jun-Ichi ISHII

Our activities are supported by the following.

  • Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) “SCORE” FY2019
  • TERUMO LIFE SCIENCE FOUNDATION “R&D subsides” FY2019-2021
  • New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO) “NEP typeB” FY2021
  • NEDO “STS” FY2022