2024 ASPIRE-NSF Global Centers Joint Call
Biotechnology
Research Field: Use-Inspired Research Addressing Global Challenges through the Bioeconomy
Support PeriodFY 2024 - FY 2029 (November 2024 - March 2030)
- Title
- Reliable and Scalable Biofoundries for Biomanufacturing and Global Bioeconomy
- Japan-side PI
- KONDO Akihiko, Professor, Graduate School of Science, Technology and Innovation, Kobe University
- Partner PI
- (Finland) Yvonne Nygard, Research Professor, Biotechnology and Food solutions, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland
(Republic of Korea) Dae-Hee Lee, Director, Synthetic Biology Research Center, Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology (KRIBB)
(UK) Paul Freemont, Professor, Department of Infectious Disease, Imperial College London (ICL)
(US) Huimin Zhao, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- Title
- International Research Center for Enhancing Plant Resilience
- Japan-side PI
- SEKI Motoaki, Team Leader, Center for Sustainable Resource Science, RIKEN
- Partner PI
- (Canada) Olivia Wilkins, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Manitoba
(Republic of Korea) Tae-Jin Oh, Professor, Department of Life Science and Biochemical Engineering, Sun Moon University
(UK) Nicola J Patron, Associate Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
(US) Seung Yon Rhee, Director, Plant Resilience Institute, Michigan State University
- Title
- Alliance for Socially-Acceptable & Actionable Plants
- Japan-side PI
- TAKEMIYA Atsushi, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Sciences and Technology for Innovation, Yamaguchi University
- Partner PI
- (Finland) Tommi Lehtonen, Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Vaasa
(UK) Steven Kelly, Professor, Department of Biology, University of Oxford
(US) Tracy Lawson, Professor, Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois
Note: Information such as affiliation and position is as of October 2024.