2008 Inamori Research Grants Recipients

The Natural Sciences

Name	Afilliation	Research Title
Ishii, Toshimasa	Associate Professor Faculty of Business and Commerce Otaru University of Commerce	Studies on graph algorithms for fault-tolerant network design
Isobe, Hiroyuki	Professor Graduate School of Science Tohoku University	Design and Synthesis of Organic Molecules toward Reaction Imaging
Ito, Fuyuki	Assistant Professor Faculty of Engineering Kyushu University	Evaluation of exciton interaction of ultra-fast photoresponsive molecular-assemblies by electric field modulation spectroscopy
Imai, Yuzuru	Associate Professor Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer Tohoku University	A study of familial Parkinson’s disease using Drosophila models
Oinuma, Izumi	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Biostudies Kyoto University	Universal signal transductions of repulsive axonal guidance molecules that prevent neuranagenesis
Otaki, Joji	Associate Professor Faculty of Science University of the Ryukyus	Mechanism of the color-pattern formation in butterflies: Exploring the origin of diversity using butterflies in Okinawa
Oki, Masaya	Associate Professor Graduate School of Engineering University of Fukui	Analysis of heterochromatin boundary mechanism of a novel gene isolated by the new screening system
Kashiwagi, Akiko	Associate Professor Faculty of Agriculture and Life Science Hirosaki University	Construction and analysis of an experimental coevolution system using Escherichia coli and bacteriophage QB
Kanuka, Hirotaka	Professor National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine	Genetic dissection of temperature adaptation of malaria parasite
Kanoh, Junko	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Biostudies Kyoto University	Mechanism of telomere length regulations by telomere-binding protein complexes
Kaminaka, Hironori	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering Tottori University	Elucidation of Mechanism on Transcriptional Regulation of Programmed Cell Death in Plants
Kimura, Shuhei	Associate Professor Faculty of Engineering Tottori University	A high-speed method for the inference of S-system models of genetic networks
Kubota, Masato	Assistant Professor Institute of Materials Structure Science High Energy Accelerator Research Organization	Study of resistance switching at interface in oxide thin films
Kojima, Tetsuya	Associate Professor Graduate School of Frontier Sciences The University of Tokyo	Molecular mechanism of the imaginal primordium evolution
Kotani, Tomoya	Assistant Professor Faculty of Advanced Life Science Hokkaido University	Molecular biological analysis of a novel protein, Misty Somites (Mys)
Sato, Takashi	Assistant Professor Institute for Molecular and Cellular Regulation Gunma University	Study of molecular mechanisms to maintain the cell polarity, by gene targeting approach
Sugimoto, Tomoyuki	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Medicine Osaka University	A study of statistical reasoning processes based on three-structured approaches and the infrastructure equipment for application to medical data
Susa, Hajime	Associate Professor Faculty of Science and Engineering Konan University	On the star formation activities in disk galaxies under Far-ultraviolet background radiation
Suzuki, Takeshi	Professor Cancer Research Institute Kanazawa University	Exploration of novel molecular targets for cancer treatment using retroviral insertional mutagenesis
Suzuki, Yuko	Assistant Professor School of Medicine Hamamatsu University School of Medicine	The effect of fluid shear stress on the secretory dynamics of fibrinolytic enzyme and its activity
Takagi, Masaoki	Lecturer Graduate School of Science Osaka City University	Verification of behavioral kin recognition and inbreeding avoidance
Tagawa, Yoshiaki	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Science Kyoto University	Functions of ion channels in the regulation of cellular excitability and cortical network formation during neonatal brain development
Tani, Tetsuya	Assistant Professor School of Agriculture Kinki University	Identification of reprogramming factors from unfertilized oocytes and application to somatic cell nuclera transfer technique
Taniyama, Tomoyasu	Associate Professor Materials and Structures Laboratory Tokyo Institute of Technology	Fabrication of self-organized magnetic oxide quantum dots and control of its magnetic properties
Teii, Kungen	Associate Professor Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Engineering Sciences Kyushu University	Study on surface properties and field emission characteristics of wide band gap, cubic boron nitride films
Terao, Jun	Associate Professor Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University	Development of New Syntheses of Insulated π-Conjugated Polymers by Polimelization of Rotaxane Monomers
Nagaki, Kiyotaka	Associate Professor Research Institute for Bioresources Okayama University	Analysis of tobacco centromere DNA sequences and their ability to form artificial chromosomes
Nishino, Kunihiko	Assistant Professor The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research Osaka University	Studies on Regulatory Networks of Multidrug Efflux Systems
Hattori, Mitsuharu	Associate Professor Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nagoya City University	Novel mechanisms that regulate secretion and diffusion of Reelin, a secreted protein essential for neuronal layer formation
Hirota, Junji	Associate Professor Graduate School of Science Osaka Prefecture University	Evolution and Regulation of Odorant Receptor Genes
Fukumoto, Shinya	Lecturer National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine	Molecular-mechanism of filaria transmission in mosquito
Fujita, Koji	Associate Professor Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University	Development of HPLC separation media for phosphorylated peptides and proteins using micro-and nanoporous transition metal oxides
Miura, Toru	Associate Professor Graduate School of Environmental Science Hokkaido University	Reconstruction of Neurous Systems in the Environment-Dependent Polyphenism
Mizuseki, Hiroshi	Associate Professor Institute for Materials Research Tohoku University	First Principles Calculations and Genetic Algorithm Approaches to Organic Melecules for Molecular Devices
Yasuda, Toshiyuki	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Engineering Hiroshima University	Cooperation between a Human and Robots Based on Autonomous Specialization Using Reinforcement Learning Technique Called BRL
Yamane, Hisayo	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Agriculture Kyoto University	Epigenetic silencing of a MADS-box transcription factor in response to cold temperature
Yugi, Katsuyuki	Assistant Professor Faculty of Science and Technology Keio University	Design of an artificial genetic circuit functioning as synchronous oscillators
Yusa, Go	Associate Professor Graduate School of Science Tohoku University	Nanoscale nuclear magnetic imaging and application to quantum information processing
Yoshikawa, Hiroyuki	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University	Development of a high sensitivity biosensors on the basis of nanoparticle volume detection with optical force
Yoshida, Carolina Andrea	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Nagasaki University	Functions of Hck signalling in chondrocytes and osteo blast

The Humanities and Social Sciences

Name	Afilliation	Research Title
Iizuka, Toshiaki	Professor Graduate School of International Management Aoyama Gakuin University	Value of innovation in a regulated pharmaceutical market
Iguchi, Toshino	Professor Faculty of Liberal Arts Saitama University	International and comparative study on the transbounding aspect of printing media and graphic design in modernism
Uchiyama, Tomohiro	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Bioresources Mie University	The Potentiality and Problems of Production Contructs as One Method of New Entry into Farming by Business Corporations
Kakihara, Yasushi	Associate Professor Faculty of Marine Science Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology	Historical and ethical studies on risk research of radiation exposure
Kajii, Atsushi	Professor Institute of Economic Research Kyoto University	Characterizations of Inefficiency and Welfare Distributions in General Financial Market Equilibrium
Kamezawa, Miyuki	Associate Professor Graduate School of Humanities Tokyo Metropolitan University	Studies of Girls’ Hitogata (representational form) in Japanese Culture and Angro-American Moral Panic
Shimoda, Motomu	Associate Professor Graduate School of Medicine Osaka University	Making Model for Bioethical Policy on Human Body Tissue in East Asia
Sogo, Hiroyuki	Associate Professor Faculty of Law and Letters Ehime University	Research for a model of human visual search behavior in wide visual scenes
Matsuura, Masataka	Professor Graduate School of Public Policy Hokkaido University	What effect did the Japanese reparations and economic aids toward Asian countries have on the Asianism in the post-war period Japan?
Lin, Xinguang	Associate Professor Faculty of Law Keio University	Dam Development and Policy Making in China

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