PtBio Inc. will be speaking at “VC-STARTUP 2026: Hear from Global Investors! What Makes Startups Succeed Worldwide?” Image source: JETRO Startup Division Press Release Representing our company will be Director, Asia Region, Takaaki Matsuki. He will participate in pitches and panel discussions alongside four overseas investors active in Europe and Asia. Entrepreneurs, financial institutions, investors, support organizations, and anyone else interested are welcome to attend. Da

PtBio Inc. will be speaking at the Global Startup Seminar & Networking  to be held on February 18, 2026. Image credit:  Hiroshima BioDX Community Representing our company, Takaaki Matsuki, Director, Asia Region, will take the stage. Together with stakeholders from Thailand’s bioindustry, he will introduce the latest trends in overseas bio markets and share case studies of our business development in Southeast Asia and India. Date & Time:  February 18, 2026 (Wed) 15:00–17:00 V

On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, our President & CEO, Mr. Okuhara, gave a presentation introducing our company’s initiatives to students at a career exploration seminar held at Hiroshima Municipal Motomachi High School (Naka Ward, Hiroshima City; Principal: Mr. Noriyuki Tokumaru). This seminar is organized by the school to help students broaden their perspectives on potential career paths and view their future options from multiple angles, supporting them as they prepare to st

PtBio Inc. (Headquarters: Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan; CEO: Keisuke Okuhara; hereinafter “the Company”) is pleased to announce the results of its overseas business expansion initiatives for fiscal year 2025. Over the past year, the Company has significantly accelerated its global expansion, particularly across Asia. Key milestones include the establishment of a subsidiary in Malaysia, the signing of Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) with leading research institutions a

PtBio Inc. is pleased to announce its participation in the following event. ■Tokyo 5G Boosters Project/Tokyo NEXT 5G Boosters Project DEMODAY 2026 February 20(Friday) The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is implementing the Next-Generation Communication Technology–Driven Startup Support Program, aimed at promoting the creation of new businesses by startups and other companies utilizing next-generation communication technologies such as 5G. As part of efforts to showcase achievem

PtBio Inc. is pleased to announce that Professor Hidemasa Bono  of the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)  effective January 1, 2026 . As CSO, Professor Bono will lead the research and development of our BioDX initiatives , driving scientific strategy and innovation across the company. Hidemasa Bono, Chief Scientific Officer Profile HIDEMASA BONO the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences fo

PtBio Inc. is pleased to announce its participation in the following event. ■Kansai Bio Business Matching 2025 January 9 (Friday) This is a matching event designed to connect technological seeds and business needs in the biotechnology field. At this online event, Mr. Hiromitsu Araki, Director, Asia, Business Development Division at our company, will take the stage for a pitch presentation. He will speak on how BioDX is accelerating the design of breeding programs and function

On Thursday, December 11, an Allergy-Reduced Egg Lab Tour was held, welcoming approximately 20 participants. This event was conducted as part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ FY2025 commissioned outreach program under the Green Food System Strategy , with the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) serving as the secretariat. The program began with a lecture on genome editing by Dr. Masahito Shikata, Senior Researcher at NARO, followe

We have published a new article on our official note  account. n this article, our bioinformatician, Ide, provides an overview of JBrowse 2 , a genome browser widely used as a visualization tool for understanding genomic analysis data. In this first installment, we introduce how to load FASTA files and explain the basic user interface and fundamental operations of JBrowse 2. Integration with analysis results such as GFF3, BAM, and VCF files will be covered in detail in the s

On Friday, November 7, we had the pleasure of welcoming first-year students from Hiroshima Gakuin High School to our company. This visit was part of an inquiry-based learning program organized by Mieta Inc. , conducted as a fieldwork activity for the students. We began with an introduction to our company’s business by our CEO, Keisuke Okuhara , who also spoke about his career path. Following this, Kazuki Nakamae , Team Leader of the Bio-DX Team in the R&D Department, and Tomo