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International Program Department,
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
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JSPS Core-to-Core Program

Strategic Research Networks

Completed Projects

List of adopted projects in FY2010

Project No.Research ThemeCore Institute in JapanCo-Chair (Japan)CountryPartner Research InstitutesCo-Chair (Partner)Term of
Projects
Futrue PlanImplementation
Plan
201020112012
20002 International core research
center for micro/nano
chemistry
Graduate School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo
Prof. Takehiko Kitamori Sweden Uppsala University Prof. Ulf Landegren 2010.4.1

2013.3.31
Futrue Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
Australia University of South Australia Prof. John Ralston
USA Watson Research Center, IBM Corporation IBM Fellow and the Vice President of Science
and Technology・Tze-Chiang Chen
Singapore Nanyang Technological University Associate Prof. Ai Qun Liu
Switzerland Swiss Federal Institue of Technology, Zurich Assistant Prof. Petra S. Dittrich
20003 Electronics and Photonics
Convergence by Si
Photonics
Graduate School of Engineering,
The University of Tokyo
Prof. Kazumi Wada USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Prof. Lionel C. Kimerling 2010.4.1

2013.3.31
Futrue Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
Belugium Ghent University Prof. Roel Baets
20004 Studies on ecological interaction
networks that
promote biodiversity
–From gene
to _ecosystem –
Center for Ecological Research,
Kyoto University
Prof. Junji Tkabayashi Germany Max Plank Institute of Chemical Ecology Prof. Wilhelm Boland 2010.4.1

2013.3.31
Futrue Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
Canada  The University of Western Ontario Prof. Jeremy McNeil
Netherlands University of Amsterdam Prof. Maurice Sabelis
USA University of Minnesota, Duluth Associate Prof. Timothy P. Craig
Germany Free Universtiy of Berlin Prof. Monika Hilker
Italy University of Turin Prof. Massimo Maffei
Switzerland University of Nuchatel Prof. Ted Turlings
UK Rothamsted Research Prof. John Pickett
UK Southernpton University Prof. Guy Poppy

List of adopted projects in FY2009

Project No.Research ThemeCore Institute in JapanCo-Chair (Japan)CountryPartner Research InstitutesCo-Chair (Partner)Term of
Projects
Futrue PlanImplementation Plan
200920102011
19001 International Research Network for Dark Energy Graduate School of Science,
The University of Tokyo
Prof. Yasushi Suto UK University of Edinburgh Prof. John Peacock 2009.4.1

2012.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
USA Princeton University Prof. Edwin L. Turner
France Institute for Astrophysics at Paris Senior Scientist Jerome Martin
19003 High Energy Density Science Graduate School of Engineering,
Osaka University
Prof. Ryosuke Kodama UK Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Prof. Peter Norreys 2009.4.1

2012.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
France Ecole Polytechnique Senior Scientist Michel Koenig
USA University of California San Diego Assoc. Prof. Farhat Beg
19004 Center for Magnetic Resonance Molecular
Imaging of In Vivo Redox System
Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences,
Kyushu University
(~2010.3)
Incubation Center for Advanced Medical Science,
Kyushu University
(2010.4~)
Prof. Hideo Utsumi
(~2010.3)
Assistant Prof. Keiji Yasukawa
(2010.4~)
USA The Ohio State University Prof. Periannan Kuppusamy 2009.4.1

2012.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
UK University of Aberdeen Prof. David J Lurie
Australia Monash University Prof. Harald Schmidt
Germany Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg Prof. Karsten Mäder
China Chinese Academy of Science Prof. Baolu Zhao

List of adopted projects in FY2008

Project No.Research ThemeCore Institute in JapanCountryPartner Research InstitutesTerm of
Projects
Futrue PlanImplementation Plan
200820092010
18002 International Research Network for Exotic Femto Systems The University of tokyo
(Prof. Takaharu Otsuka)
USA Oak Ridge National Laboratory 2008.4.1

2011.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
Germany Gesellshaft fuer Schwerionenforshung (GSI)
France Grand Accelerateur National d'Ions Lourds (GANIL)
Finland Univesity of Jyvaskyla
Italy University of Padova
Norway The University of Oslo
18004 Advanced Particle Handling Science Kyoto University
(Prof. Ko Higashitani)
USA University of Florida 2008.4.1

2011.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
UK University of Leeds
Australia The University of Melbourne
Germany The Friedrich-Alexander-University of Erlangen-Nürnberg
Switzerland Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich
18005 New developments of Arithmetic Geometry, Motive, Galois Theory, and Their Practical Applications Hiroshima University
(Prof. Makoto Matsumoto)
USA Duke University 2008.4.1

2010.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan -
Italy University of Padova
France University of Paris 11 Orsay
Canada University of Montreal 
18006 Stem Cells and Cancer Stem Cells Kieo Universtity
(Prof. Toshio Suda)
Sweden Lund University
Karolinska Institute
2008.4.1

2011.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
USA MD Anderson Cancer Center
Stowers Institute
UK University of Oxford

List of adopted projects in FY2007

Project No.Research ThemeCore Institute in Japan
(Co-Chair)
CountryPartner Research InstitutesTerm of
Projects
Futrue PlanImplementation Plan
200720082009
17004 Center for Advanced Research on the Interstellar Medium in Sub-mm Waves and Gamma Rays Graduate School of Science,
Nagoya University
(Prof. Yasuo Fukui)
Germany University of Cologne 2007.4.1

2010.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
USA Stanford University
Australia University of New South Wales
France Centre d'Etude Spaciale des Rayonnements (CESR)
UK Cardiff University
17005 Human Disease-Related Functional Glycomics Initiative Osaka University
(Prof. Naoyuki Taniguchi)
USA Scripps Research Institute 2007.4.1

2010.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
Germany German Cancer Research Center

List of adopted projects in FY2006

Project No.Research ThemeCore Institute in Japan
(Co-Chair)
CountryPartner Research InstitutesTerm of
Projects
Futrue PlanImplementation Plan
200620072008
15001 Primate Origins of Human Evolution Kyoto University,
Primate Research
Institute
(Prof.Tetsuro Matsuzawa)
Germany Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology 2006.4.1

2009.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
USA Harvard University
Italy Institute of cognitive sciences and technologies
UK University of Cambridge
15002 Nano-Science and Engineering in Superconductivity University of Tsukuba,
Graduate School of Pure and
Applied Sciences
(Prof. Kazuo Kadowaki)
EU Katholieke Universteit Leuven 2006.4.1

2009.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
USA Argonne National Laboratory
16002 Ultrafast Intense Laser Science University Tokyo,
Graduate School of Science
(Prof. Kaoru Yamanouchi)
Canada Laval University 2006.4.1

2009.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
France French Atomic Energy Commission, Saclay
Germany Friedrich-Schiller-Universitaet Jena
Italy Palermo University
UK University of Strathclyde
USA Temple University
16003 Advanced Molecular Pathophysiology of Bone and Cartilage Diseases Tokyo Medical and Dental University,
Medical Research Institute
(Prof. Masaki Noda)
USA Harvard University 2006.4.1

2009.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
Germany University of Toronto
Austria Institute of Molecular Pathology
16006 Establishment of Japanese Virtual Observatory in Relation with International Virtual Observatory by Utilizing State-of-the Art Information Technology National Institute of Natural Sciences,
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan
(Prof. Masatoshi Ohishi)
Germany European Southern Observatory 2006.4.1

2009.3.31
Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan Implementation Plan
UK University of Cambridge
USA Space Telescope Science Institute