Drs. Kobayashi and Nagase attended the 11th SPSJ International Polymer Conference (IPC2016) at Fukuoka (from December 13 to 16, 2016). Dr. Kobayashi made presentation about cell sheet-based hepatic tissue formation. Dr. Nagase gave talks regarding angiogenesis in transplanted cardiomyocyte sheet and cell separation technologies using temperature-responsive substrates.