CENTER FOR QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS

The Center is responsible for regulating radioactive materials and radiation-related matters, ensuring the quality assurance of national lot releases or other tests on biological products, and managing the institute-wide network system.

DIVISION OF RADIATION CONTROL AND BIOLOGY

The division supervises the Institute community in all radiation-related matters, and regulates radioactive materials to safeguard both the worker and the general public under the law concerning prevention of radiation hazards due to radioisotopes. The division is also responsible for providing specialized training to the workers in the radiologically protected area. The research on basic biology, including molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, and genetics, with the application of radioactive materials, is ongoing.

DIVISION OF QUALITY ASSURANCE

The division is responsible for establishing rules to be followed during test procedures, supervising the management of measurement standards, and evaluating the accuracy and validity of test methods to assure the quality of the national lot release or other tests on biological products and antibiotics. International coordination and related research on the quality assurance of biological products, e.g. international harmonization of test methods, are also conducted.

DIVISION OF INFORMATION SYSTEM

The division is responsible for the construction, operation and management of the institute-wide network system for researchers, as well as supervises the cybersecurity management of all information systems in the institute. It also works as CSIRT (Cyber Security Incident Response Team) off icers to take the primary action and follow-up measures against a cybersecurity incident when it occurs. It is also conducting molecular and structural biological analyses of infectious agents using computers and applied research to medicine and epidemiology.

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