Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

FY2005 Abstracts for New Research Projects
under Category "S" of "Scientific Research" Grants

Humanities and Social Sciences
Principal Researcher
(Title, Department, Research Institution)
Title of Project		Abstract of Research Project
Hideo KURODA
( Professor, Faculty of Letters, Rissho University)
High-Minute-Digital-Image Processing of Genre Pictures of the Medieval and Modern Period and Research on Historical Records of Paintings		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Takeru AKAZAWA
( Professor, Research Institute, Kochi University of Technology)
Comprehensive Clarification of the Transition from Neanderthals to Modern Humans in the Dead Sea Rift Valley of West Asia		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Ko HASEGAWA
(Professor,  Director, The Advanced Institute for Law and Politics, School of Law, University of Hokkaido,  )
A Study on the Creole and the Agency Formation of Law		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Kazuo YOSHIDA
( Professor, Graduate School of Economics, Kyoto University)
Simulation Analysis of Global Orders based on the Concept of Global Public Goods		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  

Sciences and Engineering
Principal Researcher
(Title, Department, Research Institution)
Title of Project		Abstract of Research Project
Junjiro NOGUCHI
( Professor, Graduate School of Mathematical Sciences, The University of Tokyo )
Integrated Research of Analytic and Geometric Invariants of Complex Structure		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yuzuru YOSHII
( Professor, Institute of Astronomy , School of Science, University of Tokyo )
Study of the Large-Scale Structure of Ionized Gas and the Star-Gas Cosmic Cycle in our Galaxy		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Tadafumi KISHIMOTO
( Professor,  Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Osaka University )
Study of Double Beta Decay of 48Ca		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Toshirou YAGI
( Professor,  Research Institute for Electronic Science, Hokkaido University)
Study of Coherent Quantum Fluctuation Competed with the Long-Ranged Ferroelectric Ordering		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yoshichika OTANI
( Professor, Institute for Solid State Physics, University of Tokyo )
Development of the rectifying device for spin dynamics using asymmetric potential		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Akira KOUCHI
( Professor, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University )
Evaluation of catalytic effect of amorphous ice on the surface atomic reactions		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Hisayoshi YURIMOTO
( Professor, Division of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Hokkaido University )
Study of the presolar history and solar system formation using isotopic measurements		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yoshiyasu MATSUMOTO
( Professor, Institute for Molecular Science, National Institutes of Natural Sciences )
Study on surface reaction mechanism by spatio-temporal mapping		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Mikio TAKANO
( Professor, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University )
Chemistry and Physics of 3d Transition Metal Oxides Equipped with Deep 3d Levels: Search for New Materials and New Functions		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yoshinori NARUTA
( Professor, Institute for Materials Chemistry and Engineering, Kyushu University)
Synthesis of Molecular Catalysts for Interconversion of Water and Oxygen		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		 (PDF)
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Tetsuro MAJIMA
( Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University)
Nanoscience of photofunctional DNA		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		 (PDF)
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Hirokazu HASEGAWA
( Associate Professor, Department of Polymer Chemistry,  Kyoto University)
Study of Lattice Defects and Grain Boundaries in Microphase-Separated Structures of Block Copolymers by Three-Dimensional Electron Tomography		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Tokuji MIYASHITA
( Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University)
Fabrication of Polymer Nano-devices using Bottom-up Nanotechnology		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Chuhei OSHIMA
( Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Waseda University)
Development of diffraction microscope with low-energy coherent electron beams: - Atomic structure analysis of a single bio molecule-		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		 (PDF)
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Tetsuo SHOJI
( Professor, School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
Research on Mechanics and Mechanisms of Stress Corrosion Cracking Based upon Mechano-Chemical Oxidation Kinetics		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yasutaka NAGANO
( Executive Vice-President, Nagoya Institute of Technology)
Elementary Processes of Convective and Diffusive Transport in Urban Environment and Next-Generation Turbulence Modeling		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Mitsuteru INOUE
( Professor, School of Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology )
Fabrication of nano-structured magnetophotonic crystals with high spatial dimensions and their spin-dependent linear and non-linear optical functions		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Hideo KAWANISHI
( Professor, Dept. of Electronic Engr., Kogakuin University)
Research on Deep-UV semiconductor Laser Lasing in 205-250 nm Region		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Syunsuke IKEDA
( Professor, Civil Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology )
Movement of flow, sediment and nutrients in a watershed and the development of watershed management technique to reduce the impact on environment; targeting subtropical area		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Kazuo YAMAMOTO
(Professor, Environmental Science Center, The University of Tokyo)
Development of next generation MBR for sustainable utilization of urban water resources		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Masahiko MORINAGA
( Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University )
A unified understanding of the chemical bond in hydrogen storage materials by electron density distributions and its application to quantum materials design		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		 (PDF)
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Hideo NAKAJIMA
( Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University)
Fabrication of Novel Nano-hollow Sphere Metals and Metallic Nano-tube and Elucidation of Physical Properties		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yoshinari MIYAMOTO
( Professor, Joining and Welding Research Institute, Osaka University)
Design and Control of Photonic Fractals and electromagnetic Device		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Muneyoshi YAMADA
( Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University)
Catalyst Development for On-Site GTL Process Using Integrated Tool of In-Situ Surface Observation and HTS		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Teruo FUJII
( Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo)
Deep Sea Deployment of A Microfabricated In Situ Gene Analysis System and Its Functional Sophistication		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Takaaki FUJITA
( Principal Scientist,  Department of Fusion Plasma Research, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Investigation on the edge structure of tokamak plasmas by edge current profile measurement with ultra-high spatial resolution		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Seiichi TAGAWA
( Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University)
Elucidation of spatiotemporal reactions in nano-space by femtosecond pulse radiolysis 		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 

Biosciences
Principal Researcher
(Title, Department, Research Institution)
Title of Project		Abstract of Research Project
Ikuko HARA-NISHIMURA
( Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University)
Vacuolar processing system responsible for programmed cell death in plants.		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Kazuo SUTOH
( Professor, Department of Life Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences,  University of Tokyo)
Molecular studies on force generation of recombinant dynein based on its structure and dynamics		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Keiichi NAKAYAMA
( Professor, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University)
Isolation and characterization of protrudin, a master regulator of neurite formation		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Hisato KONDOH
( Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University)
Regulation and interaction of SOX family transcription factors as the basis of neural primordial development		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yuji MIZOGUCHI
( Chief Curator,  Department of Anthropology, National Science Museum, Tokyo)
Synthetic research on the transition of the Japanese from the Pleistocene to the Jomon and Yayoi periods		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Shinji TSUYUMU
( Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University)
Elucidation of mechanism involved in suppressor activity of avirulent genes and its application for control of plant diseases		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yasuo IGARASHI
( Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Division of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo,)
The diversity of biological carbon dioxide pathways and biochemical understandings on their evolutional processes		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Ebihara SHIZUFUMI
( Professor, Graduate School of Bioagricultural Sciences, Nagoya University)
Molecular Mechanisms of Vertebrate Photoperiodism		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		 (PDF)
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Akiyoshi FUKAMIZU
( Professor, Graduate School of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of TSUKUBA )
Molecular basis on the feto-maternal network in pregnancy-associated diseases		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Tomohiko OHWADA
( Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokyo)
Self-organized Structures of Homooligopeptides of α- and β-Amino Acid Bearing Nonplanar Amide Bonds, and Functionalization of Helix Surfaces		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Fuyuhiko INAGAKI
( Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University )
Structural Biology of Innate Immunity		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		 (PDF)
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Masamitsu IINO
( Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo)
Imaging Study of Dynamic Cellular Signaling		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yo-ichi NABESHIMA
( Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
Study of bioresponse system regulated by the Klotho/Na+,K+ATPase complex		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Seiji ITO
( Professor, Department of Medical Chemistry, Kansai Medical University)
Systematic study on the mechanism of generation, maintenance and recognition of neuropathic pain, a model of neural plasticity		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		 (PDF)
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Kiyoji TANAKA
( Professor, Human Cell Biology Group, Laboratories for Organismal Biosystems, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University)
Molecular genetics on human disorders with a defect in cellular response to DNA damage which inhibits a transcription		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Akio KOIZUMI
( Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University)
The genetic epidemiology of cerebrovascular diseases with high risk genetic factors to establish the secondary prevention program targeting high risk subjects		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Kohzoh IMAI
( President, Sapporo Medical University)
Molecular pathogenesis of epigenetic alterations in gastrointestinal cancer and its application to diagnosis and treatment		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Hajime NAWATA
( Professor, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University )
Molecular mechanism in the control of central obesity and atherosclerosis by androgen and its target molecule		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		 (PDF)
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Koichi AKASHI
( Professor, Center for Cellular and Molecular Medicine Kyushu University Hospital)
Cancer stem cells and genes responsible for their development		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Chikao MORIMOTO
( Professor, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo)
Basic study for determine the structure and function of CD26 for development of molecular target therapy for autoimmune disorders and immune deficiency syndrome		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Masayuki AMAGAI
( Professor and Chairman, Department of Dermatology、Keio University School of Medicine)
Elucidation of tolerance mechanism against peripheral target antigens in autoimmune diseases		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Masaki MORI
( Professor, Department of Surgery and Molecular Oncology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University )
Analysis of esophageal cancer with molecular genetics and molecular epidemiology		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Hiroshi UEDA
( Professor,  Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University)
Identification of target molecules for cure of neuropathic pain accompanied with demyelination		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yoshio HAYASHI
( Professor,  Department of Oral Molecular Pathology,  Institute of Health Biosciences, The University of Tokushima Graduate School )
Molecular analysis of pathogenesis on Sjogren’s syndrome and its application of new diagnosis and therapy		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 

Interdisciplinary and New Area
Principal Researcher
(Title, Department, Research Institution)
Title of Project		Abstract of Research Project
Fumio MIZOGUCHI
(Professor, Faculty of Sci. and Tech, Tokyo University of Science )
Research on Global Communication Security based on Wisdom Software		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yasushi YAGI
(Professor, The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University )
Wearable omnidirectional stereo surveillance system		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Norihiro SADATO
( Professor, Division of Cerebral Integration, National Institute for Physiological Sciences )
Elucidation of the process by which social skills develop using noninvasive functional neuroimaging to quantitate multiple individual interactions and analyse their neural bases		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Masanobu KANO
(Professor, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kanazawa University )
Elucidation of mechanisms and physiological meanings of endocannabinoid-mediated retrograde modulation of synaptic transmission		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
 Fujio MURAKAMI
(Professor, Neuroscience Laboratory, Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University)
Role of cortical interneuron migration for establishment of area specificity of the cortex		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Shoogo UENO
(Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo)
Magnetic approaches to bioimaging and functional brain dynamics		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Sonshin TAKAO
(Professor,MD,  Frontier Science Research Center,  Kagoshima University)
Basic Research of Xenotransplantation		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Takeyoshi DOHI
( Professor,  Department of Mechano-Informatics, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology,  The University of Tokyo )
Development of Next Generation End Effecter and Navigation System for Computer Aided Surgery		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Tohru IFUKUBE
( Professor, Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo)
Practical Research of a Model for Industrializing Barrier-free Apparatus and Effects of Disabled Persons’ Participation into Society by use of Assistive Technology for Communication Disorders		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yuji SANO
( Professor, Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo )
Study on ocean circulation in the Pacific using noble gas tracers		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Toru SHIMIZU
( Professor, Institute for Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University )
Impairment of the biological clock system by environmental chemicals: Cross talk between heme, NO, translation and clock gene		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Seizo MORITA
( Professor, Engineering Department, Osaka University )
Mechanism and conditions on the atomic-interchange lateral manipulation		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Masaharu OSHIMA
( Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo )
Development of nano-spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation photoelectron emission microscope		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Yukichi UMAKOSHI
( Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University )
Development of new evaluation method for diseased, defected and regenerated bone and its clinical application		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Akira ASADA
( Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo )
Development of unmanned seafloor geodetic observation system based on technologies of underwater robotics and seafloor platform		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		 (PDF)
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Makoto KISO
( Professor, Laboratory of Bio-active Compounds, Faulty of Applied Biological Sciences,  Gifu University, )
Design and synthesis of functional bio-probes based on complex carbohydrates, and their application for bio-medical use		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese		  
 
Mamoru SHIBAYAMA
( Professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University )
Development of Area Informatics -In Focusing on Southeast Asian Region-		 (PDF)
English		 (PDF)
Japanese