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1) Field of Cooperation - "Lifescience"
FY 2009 'Stem Cells' 'Brain Research'
FY 2010 'Stem Cells'
FY 2011 'Brain Research'
FY 2013 'Age dependent Neurological and Psychiatric Disorders'
2) Funding Agency on Israel Side
3) Related Workshop Held by JST and MOST
| Month/Year | Place | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Feb, 2010 | Haifa, Jerusalem | Japan-Israel Joint Workshop on "Stem Cells" |
| Sep, 2011 | Kyoto | Japan-Israel Progress Seminar "Stem Cell Research" and "Brain Research" |
| Oct, 2013 | Jerusalem | Japan-Israel Status Seminar "Stem Cell Research" and "Brain Research" |
4) Cooperative Research Projects
Lifescience
| Title |
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in Israel
|
Period |
|---|---|---|
| Neural stem cells in the adult brain - genetic manipulations and evaluation of their long-term integration, in vivo |
Ryoichiro Kageyama, Professor, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University
Adi Mizrahi, Senior Lecturer, Neurobiology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
|
FY2010 - FY2013 |
| Organ engineering: development of human embryonic stem cell-based recellularized liver draft |
Yuko Kitagawa, Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Keio University
Yaakov Nahmias, Senior Lecturer, Bioengineering, Hebrew University of Jerusalem
|
FY2010 - FY2013 |
| Preventing Tumor Formation and Promoting Graft Survival of Human Embryonic Stem-Cell- Derived Dopaminergic Neurons by Laminin ECM-Mimetics- A Platform For Parkinson's Disease Cell Therapy |
Motoyoshi Nomizu, School of Pharmacy, Professor, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Benjamin Reubinoff, Professor, The Stem cell center, Hadassah Hebrew University Hospital
|
FY2010 - FY2013 |
| Linking Odorant Structure to Olfactory Perception and Neural Activity in the Olfactory System |
Hitoshi Sakano, Professor, Department of Biophysics and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo
Noam Sobel, Professor, Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science
|
FY2012 - FY2014 |
| Chromatin Architecture and Dynamics in the Central Nervous System |
Takumi Takizawa, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Gunma University
Eran Meshorer, Senior Lecturer, Genetics Department, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
|
FY2012 - FY2014 |
| Optogenetic dissection of the neural mechanisms for social impairment in an autism model |
Toru Takumi, Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University
Ofer Yizhar, Senior scientist, Department of Neurobiology, Weizmann Institute of Science
|
FY2012 - FY2014 |
ICT for a Resilient Society
| Title |
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in Israel
|
Period |
|---|---|---|
| Rumor and Disinformation Spreading in Cyber-social Networks – universality, Detection and Prevention |
Misako TAKAYASU, Associate Professor, Department of Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Shlomo HAVLIN, Professor, Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University
|
FY2015 - FY2019 |
| Integration of Behavioral Transportation Models in a Disaster Management System |
Eiji HATO, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, The University of Tokyo
Shlomo BEKHOR, Professor, Transportation Research Institute, Israel Institute of Technology
|
FY2015 - FY2019 |
| Increasing Urban Resilience to Large Scale Disasters: The Development of a Dynamic Integrated Model for DIsaster Management and Socio-Economic Analysis (DIM2SEA) |
Erick MAS, Assistant Professor, International Research Institute of Disaster Science (IRIDeS), Tohoku University Daniel FELSENSTEIN, Professor, Center for Computational Geography, Hebrew University
|
FY2015 - FY2019 |
5) Finished Projects
Lifescience
| Title |
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in Israel
|
Period |
|---|---|---|
| Sendai Virus Mediated Differentiation of Human Embryonic Stem Cells and Pluripotent Stem Cells for Mass Production of Hemtopoietic Progenitor and Endothelial Cells |
Nishikawa Shinichi, Group Director, Stem Cell Research Group, Riken Center for Developmental Biology
Joseph Itskovitz-Eldor, Professor, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, RAMBAM Health Care Campus
|
FY2009 - FY2012 |
| Structural Biology of Transporter in Neurotransmission |
Yoshonori Moriyama, Professor, Okayama University, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Nathan Nelson, Professor, The Daniella Rich Institute for Structural Biology, Tel Aviv Univesity
|
FY2009 - FY2012 |
| Elucidating the Roles of Initiation and Elongation Factors in Maintenance of Embryonic Stem Cells Pluripotency |
Yuki Yamaguchi, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Rivka Dikstein, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science
|
FY2010 - FY2012 |
| Spatial Regulation by Ran Binding Proteins in the Nervous System |
Yoshihiro Yoneda, Professor, Department of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University
Michael Fainzilber, Associate Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science
|
FY2009 - FY2012 |
