Past grant research themes

Manufacturing Theme

Name Affiliated institution Position
(Affiliations, positions, and so forth are those at the time of receiving the grant award)
Grant-Receiving Research Theme
Tanaka Masaru Professor, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University Development of selective separation technology inspired by water states on biological surfaces
Masako Seki Researcher,Structural Materials Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) Development of flexible wood-based material and its plastic forming technique inspired by bamboo growth strategy
Shiki Yagai Professor, Graduate School of Sciences, Chiba University One-shot preparation of topologically chimeric nanofibers via a gradient supramolecular copolymerization
AIBA Shin Professor,Tokyo Metropolitan University Faculty of Urban Environmental Sciences Reconstruction method of tsunami affected lowland learned from native vegetation
SEIJI AOYAGI Professor,KANSAI UNIVERSITY Development of a system for painless blood collection and drug injection by mimicking mosquito puncture mechanism
Nagano Kazuo Associate Professor,Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Kyoto Prefectural University Study on technique of forecasting human seasonal behaviors

Fundamental Research Theme

Name Affiliated institution Position
(Affiliations, positions, and so forth are those at the time of receiving the grant award)
Grant-Receiving Research Theme
Yoshifumi Yamaguchi Professor,Hibernation Metabolism, Physiology, and Development group, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University How to preserve skeletal muscles? ~ a lesson from a mammalian hibernator.
Shoko Ueki Assistant Professor, Okayama University, Institute of Plant Science and Resources Solving the mystery: characterization of the mechanism of red tide formation
Yuka Kobayashi Principal researcher,National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) Development of two—dimensional organic metals with anisotropic optical and electronic properties
Motoyasu Tanaka Assistant Professor, The University of Electro-Communications
Graduate School of Information Science and Engineering
Gliding principle of a flying snake and its application for a gliding snake robot
Okeyoshi Kosuke Senior Lecturer, Graduate Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology Material design inspired by macroscopic tissue organization of polysaccharides
Motomu Endo Professor,Nara Institute of Science and Technology Plant growth regulation by nonGMO utilizing body-clock-mediated seasonal recognition mechanisms.