2024.03.27: Press release issued for the sales of shōchū "JAPONICUS M35 Tokinokaori" and "JAPONICUS S37 (unprocessed)", brewed using the fission yeast strain kumadai-M35 and kumadai-S37 developed by specially appointed professor Tokio Tani.

2024.01.21: A boothwas held the 8th "Gathering of Students with Frontier Researchers" event, organized by the Ohsumi Frontier Science Foundation, to display nematode exhibits and host quiz games for the participants.

2023.11.01: Press release issued for the sales of Kumadai Craft Beer JAPONICUS vol. 2, brewed using the fission yeast strain kumadai-M23 developed by specially appointed professor Tokio Tani.

2023.05.27: Agricultural training session in Aso for undergraduate students.

2022.12.14-16: IRCAEB hosted toursfor guests of the IROAST Symposium on Plant Development and Biotic Interaction.

2022.12.13: IRCAEB hosted theIROAST Symposium on Plant Development and Biotic Interaction.

2022.05.21: Agricultural training session in Aso for undergraduate students.

2022.04.19: The sweet potato shōchū developed by the research group of Prof. Tokio Tani are now on sale in the Kumamoto Univ. Co-op and other liquor retailers!

2022.04.08: The research group of Prof. Tokio Tani has issued press release "World premier! Sweet potato shōchū brewed using fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces japonicus strain Kumadai-T11 will soon be commercially available!".

2021.04.01: The IRCAEB homepage is online!

2021.04.01: The International Research Center for Agricultural & Environmental Biology (IRCAEB) opens!