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South Africa & Korea <Cooperation with Each Country>

1)Field of Cooperation - Life Sciences

MEXT established “Life Science” as a field of cooperation with South Africa based on the vice-ministerial-level talks held in Japan in June 2008 between MEXT and the South African Ministry of Science and Technology. In response to this, JST began publicly inviting collaborative research proposals in this field in 2008 together with NRF.

2)Funding Agency of South Africa Side

National Research Foundation (NRF)
NRF was established in 1999 and is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Science and Technology. It is composed of three departments: RISA (domestic funding), Cooperate Fund (international funding) and Infrastructure (facilities).
Cooperate Fund is also called “New Business Development” and it is divided into 2 parts; cooperation within Africa and outside Africa. Especially, cooperation with outside Africa is collectively called “Science and Technology Agreements Funding (STAF).”

3)Related Workshops Held by JST and NRF

Related Workshops Held by JST and NRF
Month/Year Place Description
September 2011 Stellenbosch NRF - JST (Japan -South Africa) Workshop on "Platinum Metal Groups and Energy Materials"

4) Cooperative Research Projects with South Africa

Life Sciences

Life Sciences
Title
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in South Africa
Period
Biodiversity and evolution of algae in the Indo-Pacific: a Japan/South Africa comparison
Takeo HORIGUCHI, Professor, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University
John Bolton, Professor, Faculty of Science, University of Cape Town
FY2011
 - 
FY2013
Genomic Analysis of Pathogenesis of Amebiasis Toward Development of New Diagnostics and Intervention
Tomoyoshi NOZAKI, Professor, Graduate School of Life and Envirionmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
Amidou Samie, Senior Lecturer, School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, University of Venda
FY2011
 - 
FY2013
Protective and subversive mechanism of macrophage genes in Mycrobacterium tuberculosis infection
Harukazu Suzuki, Group Director, Center for Life Science Technologies, RIKEN
Frank Broumbacher, Professor, Division of Immunology, Health Science Faculty, University of Cape Town
FY2013
 - 
FY2015
The effects of HIV infection on pre-eclampsia
Tadashi Konoshita, Associate professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Fukui University
Jagidesa Moodley, Professor Emeritus, School of Clinical Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal
FY2013
 - 
FY2015
Genetic and pathogenic diversity of Pantoea ananatis strains
Yuichi Takikawa, Professor, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University
Teresa Ann Coutinho, Professor, Department of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, University of Pretoria
FY2013
 - 
FY2015

5) Finished Projects

1 project based on designation of MEXT

1 project based on designation of MEXT
Title
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in South Africa
Period
Add Value to Indigenous Plants in South Africa to Aid in Combatting Infectious Diseases
Toshiya Muranaka, Team Leader, Plant Science Center, RIKEN
JJ Marion Meyer, Department Head/ Professor, Botany Department, University of Pretoria
FY2005
 - 
FY2007

Life Sciences

Life Sciences
Title
Research Leader in Japan
Research Leader in South Africa
Period
The Toll signaling pathway in E. intermedius
Shoichiro KURATA, Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Tohoku Univerisity
Monde Ntwasa, Senior Lecturer, Molecular & Cell Biology/Science, University of the Witwatersrand
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
Integration of metabolomics and molecular genetics of indigenous South African plants for the discovery of antimalaria and anti-HIV activity
Toshiya Muranaka, Professor, Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University
Jacobus Johannes Marion Meyer, Professor, Plant Science, University of Pretoria
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
Characterization of the Pfj2, a heat shock protein 40 chaperone predicted to localize to endoplasmic reticulum of the malaria parasite (Plasmodium falciparum)
Kazuhiro Nagata, Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Institute for Frontier medical Sciences, Kyoto University
Gregory Lloyd Blatch, Professor, Microbiology & Biotechnology, Rhodes University
FY2009
 - 
FY2011
Probiotic lactic acid bacteria and antimicrobial peptides novel ways to fight pathogens
Kikuji Itoh, Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Leon Dicks, Professor, Department of Microbiology, University of Stellenbosch
FY2009
 - 
FY2011

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