Acceleration of interdisciplinary research projects toward the organization of Joint Usage/Research Center for primate bioresources: Establishment of International Network Center for effectively using primate samples and materials
Project Gist
Promoting of International Joint Usage/Research by making the best use of primate bioresources
Keywords
materials and bioresources of primates, joint usage/research, intensive research network, database, globalization
Background, Purpose, and Project Achievements
The Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University has collected materials and bioresources (DNA, cells, and skeletons etc.) of thousands of primates for the past 50 years. By using these samples effectively and globally, advanced studies would be promoted more and more. In this project, we constructed intensive research networks for international joint usage/research of primate investigations. As a result, by using the systems, lots of new studies are intensively going to be established in many fields.
Future Prospects
We are planning to construct integrated database and a research supporting system for using materials and bioresources with the resident technical staffs.
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Principal Investigator
・HIRAI Hirohisa
・Primate Research Institute (PRI)
・Master’s program of Kyushu University and National Institute of Genetics, Assistant Professor of Kumamoto University Medical School (Ph.D.). Research Scientist of State University of New York, USA. Professor and Director of Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
・Research subject: Chromosome evolution of primates.
・Hobby: Woodworking, exterior works etc.
・http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/sections/molecular_biology/member/hirai.html
