Recipients of The 53rd Kurata Grants (FY 2021)

Energy and the Environment

Grant No.	Name		Afilliation	Research Title	Research Period
1478		Keisuke ASANO	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University	Principles of Deceleration Catalysis for Sustainable Asymmetric Halogenation	1year
1479		Yohei ISHIDA	Assistant Professor Faculty of Engineering Hokkaido University	Construction of "Inorganic Leaf" for the photo-conversion of carbon dioxide	2years
1480		Sho OGATA	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Engineering Osaka University	Advancement of coupled numerical simulation for discontinuous rock mass and its application to sustainable geothermal systems	1year
1481		Tomomichi KATO	Associate Professor Research Faculty of Agriculture Hokkaido University	Future prediction of tropospheric ozone effect on wheat production by process-based model	1year
1482		Yasutaka KAMEI	Associate Professor Faculty of Information Science and Electrical Engineering Kyushu University	Development of Green Mining Infrastructure for Embracing the Evolution of Mobile App code	1year
1483		Masaaki SADAKIYO	Junior Associate Professor Tokyo University of Science	Creation of novel solid-state electrolyte materials using porous metal-organic frameworks	1year
1484		Takuya SHIGA	Associate Professor University of Tsukuba	Development of high-performance magnetic refrigeration materials based on self-assembled multinuclear complexes	1year
1485		Masayuki SUDA	Associate Professor Graduate school of engineering Kyoto university	Realization of spin multiplicity-controlled water splitting reaction utilizing chiral-transition metal dichalcogenides	2years
1486		Jun TAKAYA	Associate Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology	New Artificial Photosynthesis Enabled by Multi-functional Metal Complexes	1year
1487		Yoshitaka NARA	Associate Professor Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University	Mineral precipitation using cementitious material and carbonate water and its application to long-term integrity of rock and environmental protection	1year
1488		Yasuhide MOCHIZUKI	Assistant Professor Tokyo Institute of Technology	Elucidation of earth-abundant negative-thermal-expansion materials and its realization	1year
1489		Ryosuke YAMADA	Associate Professor Osaka Prefecture University	Production of chemicals from C1 compounds by co-culture of microalgae and yeast	2years

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Urban Development and Transportation

Grant No.	Name		Afilliation	Research Title	Research Period
1490		Akiko AJIMI	Lecturer Department of Physical Therapy Faculty of Health Sciences Mejiro University	Research on driver behavior recognition of electrically powered scooter users and general drivers	1year
1491		Yuichiro KAWABATA	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Engineering Kyoto University	A study on the relationship between car drivers' disrespectful attitudes toward motorcycle riders and the risk of traffic accident	1year
1492		Nguyen Binh Minh	Researcher Toyota Technological Institute	Glocal (Global/Local) Energy Management for Multi-motor Electric Vehicles	1year
1493		Yohei KURATA	Associate Professor Graduate School of Urban Environmental Sciences Tokyo Metropolitan University	Can we find regional administrative issues from a huge amount of geo-tagged tweets?	2years
1494		Tomoyuki TAKABTAKE	Associate Professor Kindai University	Influence of road blockage on the number of casualties from an earthquake and tsunami	1year
1495		Yoshiki HIGUCHI	Professor Nippon Institute Of Technology	Off-the-grid of water and sewage infrastructure that supports evacuation life in the event of a disaster using Slant Soil Layer Method	1year
1496		Masahiro HIRANO	Assistant Professor The University of Tokyo	Onboard High-speed Vision System for Broad and High-definition Observation	1year
1497		Toshiya MATSUKAWA	Associate Professor Nagaoka University of Technology	Study on assessment of sectoral plans to consider sustainable public health management under the Compact City Policy	1year

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Healthcare

Grant No.	Name		Afilliation	Research Title	Research Period
1498		Michiko ITOH	Specially Appointed Associate Professor Nagoya University	Development of therapeutic strategies for NASH using supramolecular polyrotaxanes to control lipid-induced stress	1year
1499		Daisuke INO	Project Lecturer Graduate School of Medicine Osaka University	Real-time quantification of oxytocin concentration in the brain	1year
1500		Takahiro IWAO	Associate Professor Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences Nagoya City University	Development of in vitro evaluation models of gastrointestinal damages for personalized medicine	1year
1501		Hiroyasu KIDOYA	Professor Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Fukui	Development of therapeutic agents for leukemia by targeting novel functions of tumor vasculature	1year
1502		Seigo KIMURA	PhD candidate Graduate School of Life Science Hokkaido University	Developing an endogenous ligand-mediated non-viral gene delivery system targeting the brain	1year
1503		Shogo KUMAGAI	Project Researcher Exploratory Oncology Research & Clinical Trial Center National Cancer Center	Identification of factors that determine cell fates of organ-specific tumor infiltrating lymphocytes	1year
1504		Shunsuke KUROKI	Associate professor Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences Osaka University	Identification of Sry protein complexes for understanding sexual diversity	2years
1505		Akihiro KUWAHATA	Associate professor Graduate School of Engineering Tohoku University	Development of cancer monitoring system with nano diamond and magnetic nanoparticles	1year
1506		Masaoki KOHZAKI	Assistant Professor Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences University of Occupational and Environmental Health	Development of cancer therapies targeting DNA repair pathways that are activated in cancer cells	1year
1507		Hiroki KOBAYASHI	Attending physician School of Medicine Nihon University	Investigation of pathophysiology of aldosterone overproduction based on visceral fat-adrenal linkage through humoral factor	1year
1508		Takumi SUZUKI	Assistant professor Ibaraki University	A novel technique to efficiently identify causative mutations	1year
1509		Kazumasa TAKAHASHI	Assistant Professor Nagaoka University of Technology	Development of laser ion source applying multicusp magnetic field for BNCT based on accelerator driven neutron source	1year
1510		Tomoko TAKAHASHI	Assistant Professor Graduate School of Science and Engineering Saitama University	Improvement of antiviral RNA silencing activity directed by small RNA	1year
1511		Ayako TAKEUCHI	Associate Professor Faculty of Medical Sciences University of Fukui	Decoding molecular orchestration of dopaminergic neuronal cell death by a combination of physiological experiments and computational modelling	1year
1512		Koji TANIGUCHI	Professor Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine Hokkaido University	Research on the mechanisms of tumorigenesis and tissue regeneration induced by inflammatory memory	2years
1513		Kazuki HARADA	Assistant professor Graduate School of Arts and Sciences The University of Tokyo	Analysis on the signaling pathway of behavior regulation by bacterial metabolites via gut hormones	2years
1514		Hironori HOJO	Associate Professor Graduate School of Medicine The University of Tokyo	Development of screening system for disease-associated SNPs by integrating genome editing technology with single cell RNA sequencing	1year
1515		Rie WAKABAYASHI	Assistant Professor Kyushu University	Fabrication of supramolecules interacting with cell membranes and mechanistic investigation	1year

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Humanities and Social Sciences

Grant No.	Name		Afilliation	Research Title	Research Period
1516		Mika AKESAKA	Assistant professor Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration Kobe University	What's holding back women from entering STEM fields?	1year
1517		Ayami OTSUKA	Specially appointed lecturer Faculty of Home Economics Tokyo Kasei University	Redefining citizens as an accountable stakeholder for future creation through visioning	1year
1518		Makoto KUREHA	Associate Professor Yamaguchi University	Redesigning mediated communication in terms of applied philosophy concerning embodiment, language, and environment	1year
1519		Yurika SAITO	Assistant Professor, Curator Nature and Science Museum Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology	The Social Impact of the Introduction of Science and Technology in the Sericulture Industry: Focusing on the Education of Women in the Sericulture Industry and Changes in the Working Environment for Women	1year
1520		Haruo SAKIYAMA	Associate Professor College of Social Sciences Ritsumeikan University	The Bipolarization of Labor in the era of ICT and with Covid 19:From the perspective of value of face-to-face interaction and the emotional labor	1year
1521		Mariko SAKURAGI	PhD candidate Graduate School of Human Sciences Osaka University	Anthropological Research of Changing "Public Participation in Science": A Case Stugy of Do-it-yourself Biology (DIYbio)	1year
1522		Takashi JITSUHARA	Professor Faculty of Law Fukuoka University	Legal issues regarding the exchange of personal information using "My Number" System: Control of collecting Specific Personal Information by police power	1year
1523		Takehiro SUGIYAMA	Chief Division of Health Services Research Diabetes and Metabolism Information Center Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine	Reconsideration of evaluation criteria for medical research and researchers aiming for better medical care from the standpoint of young medical researchers	1year
1524		Sohei TOKUNO	Specially-appointed Assistant Professor Graduate School of Information Science and Technology Osaka University	A study on the extension of RRI using information science as a case study	1year
1525		Sachiko YOSHIMURA	Professor School of International Studies Kwansei Gakuin University	United Nations (the UN) Economic Sanctions and Advancement of Technology	1year
1526		Eiichiro WATAMURA	Associate Professor Graduate School of Human Sciences Osaka University	The Public's Evaluation of Trial Support Systems Using Artificial Intelligence - Will "AI Judges" be Accepted?	1year

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