Results that will contribute to the promotion of basic research in general cell biology as wellKey mechanism regulating autophagy elucidated

Noda N. Nobuo(Laboratory Head, Laboratory of Structural Biology, Institute of Microbial Chemistry)

CREST

Technologies that will respond to various viruses
Expected to develop therapeutic agents in the futureDiscovery of genes related to the progression of coronavirus infection

Sato Kei (Associate Professor, Division of Systemic Virology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo)

J-RAPID

Culturing muscle cells in a three-dimensional structure using an innovative method World's first dice steak-like cultured meat

Takeuchi Shoji (Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo)

JST-Mirai Program

Analyze three-dimensional structure of macromolecules in vivoDevelop a new method using cryo-electron microscope

JEOL Ltd.／Fujiyoshi Yoshinori（Distinguished Professor Tokyo Medical and Dental University）

NexTEP(Newly extended TEchnology transfer Program）

For a Rapidly Aging SocietyEnsuring Prevention-Focused Medical Care

Kudo Toshihiko（Project Leader/Maruman Computer Service Corp.）

Nakaji Shigeyuki（Research Leader/Specially-appointed Professor, Hirosaki University）

Center Of Innovation (COI) Program

Thin and softAn organic device that harmoniously interfaces with a living body

Takao Someya(Professor, Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo)

CREST / ERATO / SICORP

Enhancement of salt and drought tolerance via ethanol/acetic acid treatmentImproving stress-tolerance of agricultural crops

Motoaki Seki(Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science)

CREST

New Memories Created through Memory Trace DuplicationClosing in on the Mechanism of Memory!

Kaoru Inoguchi(Professor, University of Toyama, Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences)

CREST

Can we edit the genomic information of living organisms?Resolving the molecular structure of “DNA scissors”

Hiroshi Nishimasu(Assistant professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo)

PRESTO

With a bucket of waterDeveloping an innovative survey method to identify fish species

Michio Kondoh(Professor, Ryukoku University)

CREST

Self-replication or cell differentiation?Controlling neural stem cells with light

Ryoichiro Kageyama(Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University)

CREST

A novel gene delivery system:A key technology for advanced medicine

Mahito Nakanishi(Director, Research Laboratory for Human Cell Engineering, Biotechnology Research Institute for Drug Discovery, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST))

START

Expectations towards regenerative medicine and drug developmentEstablishing induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells

Shinya Yamanaka(Director, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University)

CREST / Yamanaka iPS Cell Project / Core Center for iPS Cell Research

*This research project has been transferred to the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development as of April 1, 2015.

Momentous first step toward regenerative medicine using iPS cells!Successful iPS cell transplant surgery on a human!

Masayo Takahashi(Project Leader of the Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology)

Strategic Promotion of Innovative Research and Development (S-Innovation) / Highway Program for Realization of Regenerative Medicine

*This project has been transferred to the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development as of April 1, 2015.

Contributing to R&D of medical productsOrgan generation using iPS cells

Hideki Taniguchi(Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama City University)

S-Innovation / Regeneration medicine realization hub network program

*This research project has been transferred to the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development as of April 1, 2015.

Just sticking the sheet can be a cure!Miraculous Cell Sheet

Teruo Okano(Professor Emeritus/Project Professor at Institute of Advanced BioMedical Engineering and Science (ABMES), Tokyo Women's Medical University)

CREST / FIRST / Creation of Innovation Centers for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Areas Program

'Self-eating’cells: An intracellular bulk degradation processFascinated by Autophagy

Noboru Mizushima(Professor, Graduate School and Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)

PRESTO / SORST / ERATO

Revolutionize the common knowledgeof immunology!The role of innate immunity

Shizuo Akira(Professor/Director, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University)

CREST / SORST / ERATO

The world's first success in photographing the division of a fertilized egg of a plant!Real-time Observation of Plant Cells

Tetsuya Higashiyama(Professor, WPI Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University)

PRESTO / ERATO

Visualize cancer cells by simple sprayingA light of hope for the improvement of residual breast cancer after surgery

Yasuteru Urano(Professor at the Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)

PRESTO / Research Acceleration / CREST

*This project was transferred to the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development from fiscal 2015.

Treatment with less fear of side effect and economic burdenNano capsules allows the direct treatment of the aff ected parts of the body

Kazunori Kataoka(Professor, Graduate Schools of Engineering and Medicine, The University of Tokyo)

CREST / FIRST

Combines with the original bone in a short period after implantation!Success in the development of sponge-textured artifi cial bone

HOYA Technosurgical Corporation
Junzo Tanaka(Emeritus professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology)

CREST / Development of Creative Technology Seeds, Contract Development

From medical devices to household itemsMPC polymer; harmless to the human body

NOF Corporation / Nobuo Nakabayashi(Emeritus Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University) / Kazuhiko Ishihara(Professor, The University of Tokyo)

Development of Creative Technology Seeds, Contract Development

Kyocera Medical Corporation(formerly Japan Medical Materials Corporation) / Kozo Nakamura(President of National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities) / Kazuhiko Ishihara(Professor, The University of Tokyo)

Development of Creative Technology Seeds, Contract Development

Whole-body imaging at a single cell level !A whole mouse made transparent

Hiroki Ueda(Professor at the Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo / Group Director at Quantitative Biology Center, RIKEN)

CREST

*This project was transferred to the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development from fiscal 2015.

Targeting just the cancer cells !Realization Through Molecular Target Therapy

Hiroyuki Mano(Professor, Graduate school of medicine and facility of medicine, The University of Tokyo)

CREST / Research Acceleration

Combining the optical microscope and the mass spectrometerImaging Mass Microscope

Mitsutoshi Setou(Professor, Department of Cell biology and Anatomy, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine)

Development of Advanced Measurement and Analysis Systems

Kiyoshi Ogawa(General manager of advanced technology development, Technology Research Laboratory, Shimadzu Corporation)

Development of Advanced Measurement and Analysis Systems