Academic Development Project
(Grant-in-aid by JSR)

This program supports challenging budding research projects. The duration of the project is from one to three years, and the research projects to be supported are selected through an open call for proposals. The program targets projects that are based on novel ideas, are expected to make dramatic progress in future research, and have the potential to lead to the creation of advanced medical technologies for the next generation.

Academic development project proposals for FY2023 and FY2024 are as follows;

“Development of a screening system using diverse synovial fibroblasts that define the pathophysiology of rheumatoid arthritis”

 (Hiroyuki Fukui, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine)

“Development of novel evaluation methods for new biomarkers and new therapeutic agents for ovarian cancer with poor prognosis”

 (Kenta Masuda, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Keio University School of Medicine)

“Development of innovative cell-selective cryotherapy using mitochondrial temperature sensitivity”

 (Tatsuyuki Ishii, Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine)

“Three-dimensional structural analysis of renal glomeruli and epidermal sweat ducts by nano-CT with drift correction system”

 (Akinori Hashiguchi, Electron Microscopy Laboratory, Keio University School of Medicine)

“Establishment of gene manipulation techniques for producing human disease model golden hamsters”

 (Hidetoshi Hasuwa, Laboratory Animal Center, Keio University School of Medicine)