Research Support
SPIRITS

FY2017: Project Achievements and Future Prospects List

Interdisciplinary Type

Department/InstitutePrincipal InvestigatorProject
Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research (C-PiER)DOI TakaoFundamental research on the usability of timbers in space
The HAKUBI Center for Advanced ResearchENOTO TeruakiGamma-Ray Observation of Winter THoundercloud (GROWTH) Collaboration
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical SciencesISHIHAMA YasushiIntelligent metaproteome analysis by biomolecular mass spectrometry integrated with statistical signal processing
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI)KANO Yasuyuki
→HASHIMOTO Manabu 
Natural disaster and astronomical events described from historical documents of shrines and temples in Kyoto

International Type

Department/InstitutePrincipal InvestigatorProject
Graduate School of LawNARAOKA SouchiInternational Collaboration for understanding the experiences of POWs and Internees in modern Japan
Graduate School of ScienceSOTA TeijiInternational collaboration for comparative genomic study on the evolutionary and ecological mechanisms of species diversity
Graduate School of ScienceYOSHIDA KentarohNew low-energy effective theory emerging from superstring theory
Graduate School of ScienceUENO SatoruConstruction and utilization of Japan-Peru-Saudi Arabia high-speed solar explosion monitoring system
Graduate School of MedicineSHINOHARA TakashiPurification and culture of primate/human spermatogonial stem cells
Graduate School of MedicineNAKAYAMA TakeoAn international comparison of institutions of community pharmacists-based support for people with chronic disease in developed countries
Graduate School of EngineeringOHSAKI MakotoJapan-US cooperative research network for optimization of seismic performance and architectural design of large-scale structures
Graduate School of AgricultureKURODA KouichiEstablishment of a high-throughput biological assay for enhanced production of branched-chain alcohols
Graduate School of BiostudiesNISHIHAMA RyuichiEstablishment of the international research base to understand the principle behind plant development using “Zenigoke”, the Kyoto University-born model plant
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere (RISH)UMEMURA KenjiInternational cooperation research on the development of wood-based materials using agricultural wastes
Disaster Prevention Research Institute (DPRI)ITO YoshihiroDeveloping of a next-generation ocean bottom pressure gauge to measure long-period vertical crustal deformation toward the prediction of large earthquakes
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)HASEGAWA KouichiSustainable malaria P. vivax liver stage model for disease mechanism study and drug development
Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)NAMASIVAYAM Ganesh PandianTechnology Integration from Three Countries to Develop Nanoparticle-based Transcription Factor Mimics and Reconstruct Articular Cartilage Components