Two undergrad students MAEDA Yui and NAKACHI Kiitsu join the lab for Medical Science Research. 

Another students are also sent to other institutions for the Medical Science Research: KIMURA Rino is sent to National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institute of Health (NIH), USA; MATSUDO Daiki and TOMONO Ryutaro are sent to Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST); NAKAO Tomo is sent to Tokyo Medical and Dental University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences; MIURA Shota and MIYAGI Ao are sent to Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine; MURAKAMI Erika is sent to Northwestern University School of Medicine, USA.