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＊For Detail information about "Outline of Research Area", "Research Supervisor’s Policy on Calls for Application, Selection, and Management of the Research Area", and "Strategic Sectors", please refer "Application Guideline".
| Research Areas | Research Supervisors | Strategic Sectors | Set up year of Research Areas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creation of fundamental theory and technology to establish a cooperative distributed energy management system and integration of technologies across broad disciplines toward social application | Masayuki Fujita Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Creation of theory, mathematical model, and fundamental technology to establish a cooperative distributed energy management system, which enables the optimization of demand and supply for various energies including renewable energy | FY2012 |
| Innovation for Ideal Medical Treatment Based on the Understanding of Maintenance, Change and Breakdown Mechanisms of Homeostasis among Interacting Organ Systems | Ryozo Nagai President, Jichi Medical University |
Integrated clarification of the maintenance and change mechanisms of dynamic homeostasis in the body and creation of technology to understand and regulate complex dynamic homeostasis to achieve preventive medicine, appropriate diagnosis and treatment | |
| Structural life science and advanced core technologies for innovative life science research | Keiji Tanaka Director, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science |
Creation of new technologies for breakthrough in understanding and predicting biological activities and intermolecular interactions by means of "Novel Structural Life Science" that contributes to new medical treatment and prevention of various diseases, food safety enhancement and environmental improvement | |
| Establishment of Molecular Technology towards the Creation of New Functions | Hisashi Yamamoto Professor, Chicago University / Chubu University |
Establishment of molecular technology, which is the free control of molecules to bring innovation to environmental and energy materials, electronic materials, and health and medical materials | |
| Phase Interface Science for Highly Efficient Energy Utilization | Nobuhide Kasagi Principal fellow, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency Kazuhito Hashimoto (Deputy Research Supervisor) Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
To realize breakthroughs in phase-interface phenomena and create basic technologies for high-functionality interface that will result in dramatic advancements in highly-efficient energy utilization | FY2011 |
| Creation of essential technologies to utilize carbon dioxide as a resource through the enhancement of plant productivity and the exploitation of plant products | Akira Isogai President, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
Creation of basic technologies for utilizing plant photosynthetic functions and biomass that will enable the actualization of efficient carbon dioxide utilization | |
| Establishment of core technology for the preservation and regeneration of marine biodiversity and ecosystems | Isao Koike Ryukyu University |
Creation of basic technologies for understanding marine ecology highly efficiently and forecasting marine life changes to conserve and regenerate the marine biodiversity required for sustainable usage of ocean resources | |
| Development of Fundamental Technologies for Diagnosis and Therapy Based upon Epigenome Analysis | Masayuki Yamamoto Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Tohoku University Toshikazu Ushijima (Deputy Research Supervisor) Deputy Director, National Cancer Center Research Institute |
Creation of the basic technologies for disease analysis and elucidation of stem cell differentiation mechanisms by using epigenomic comparison toward the realization of treatments and regenerative medicine used to prevent, diagnose, and treat diseases | |
| Creation of Fundamental Technologies for Understanding and Control of Biosystem Dynamics | Tadashi Yamamoto Professor, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University |
Creation of the technology systems to have absolute control of cells and cell populations by reproducing cell kinetics in silico/in vitro in order to achieve an integrated understanding of life phenomena and realize safe and highly effective treatments among other benefits | |
| The Creation of Basic Medical Technologies to Clarify and Control the Mechanisms Underlying Chronic Inflammation | Masayuki Miyasaka Professor, Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University |
Creation of basic medical technologies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, arteriosclerotic diseases, and autoimmune disorders by the elucidation of the mechanisms underlying chronic inflammation | FY2010 |
| Development of System Software Technologies for post-Peta Scale High Performance Computing | Akinori Yonezawa Co-director, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science |
Creation of Basic Technologies for System Software Essential to Massive Parallel Processing (MPP) Computation with Manycore and other Processors | |
| Creation of Innovative Functions of Intelligent Materials on the Basis of the Element Strategy | Kohei Tamao Director, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute / Director, Green-forefront Materials Department, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute |
Creation of innovative function of materials by application of nanoscale material structural control technologies, such as controlling the atomic arrangement, towards the practical use of rare-metal-free materials and new targeted functions, such as ultra-high coercivity and ultra-high fracture toughness | |
| Creation of Basic Technology for Improved Bioenergy Production through Functional Analysis and Regulation of Algae and Other Aquatic Microorganisms | Tadashi Matsunaga Vice President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Establishment of basic technologies to create bioenergy from algae and other aquatic microorganisms, including growth rate control and metabolic network construction based on genome analysis and function modification |
PRESTO
＊For Detail information about "Outline of Research Area", "Research Supervisor’s Policy on Calls for Application, Selection, and Management of the Research Area", and "Strategic Sectors", please refer "Application Guideline".
| Research Areas | Research Supervisor | Strategic Sectors | Set up year of Research Areas |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elucidation and regulation in the dynamic maintenance and transfiguration of homeostasis in living body | Masato Kasuga President, National Center for Global health and Medicine |
Integrated clarification of the maintenance and change mechanisms of dynamic homeostasis in the body and creation of technology to understand and regulate complex dynamic homeostasis to achieve preventive medicine, appropriate diagnosis and treatment | FY2012 |
| Structural life science and advanced core technologies for innovative life science research | Soichi Wakatsuki Deputy Director, Structural Biology Research Center, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization | Creation of new technologies for breakthrough in understanding and predicting biological activities and intermolecular interactions by means of "Novel Structural Life Science" that contributes to new medical treatment and prevention of various diseases, food safety enhancement and environmental improvement | |
| Molecular technology and creation of new functions | Takashi Kato Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
Establishment of molecular technology, which is the free control of molecules to bring innovation to environmental and energy materials, electronic materials, and health and medical materials | |
| Phase Interfaces for Highly Efficient Energy Utilization | Kazuhito Hashimoto Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo Nobuhide Kasagi (Deputy Research Supervisor) Principal fellow, Center for Research and Development Strategy, Japan Science and Technology Agency |
To realize breakthroughs in phase-interface phenomena and create basic technologies for high-functionality interface that will result in dramatic advancements in highly-efficient energy utilization | FY2011 |
| Creation of essential technologies to utilize carbon dioxide as a resource through the enhancement of plant productivity and the exploitation of plant products | Akira Isogai President, Nara Institute of Science and Technology |
Creation of basic technologies for utilizing plant photosynthetic functions and biomass that will enable the actualization of efficient carbon dioxide utilization | |
| Design and Control of Cellular Functions | Hiroki Ueda Project Leader, Center for Developmental Biology, Riken |
Creation of the technology systems to have absolute control of cells and cell populations by reproducing cell kinetics in silico/in vitro in order to achieve an integrated understanding of life phenomena and realize safe and highly effective treatments among other benefits | |
| Elucidation and control of the mechanisms underlying chronic inflammation | Kiyoshi Takatsu Director, Toyama Prefectural Institute for Pharmaceutical Research |
Creation of basic medical technologies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancer, arteriosclerotic diseases, and autoimmune disorders by the elucidation of the mechanisms underlying chronic inflammation | FY2010 |
| New Materials Science and Element Strategy | Hideo Hosono Professor, Frontier Research Center & Materials and Structures Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology |
Creation of innovative function of materials by application of nanoscale material structural control technologies, such as controlling the atomic arrangement, towards the practical use of rare-metal-free materials and new targeted functions, such as ultra-high coercivity and ultra-high fracture toughness | |
| Creation of Basic Technology for Improved Bioenergy Production through Functional Analysis and Regulation of Algae and Other Aquatic Microorganisms | Tadashi Matsunaga Vice President, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
Establishment of basic technologies to create bioenergy from algae and other aquatic microorganisms, including growth rate control and metabolic network construction based on genome analysis and function modification |
