| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Research Abstract |
This study has focused upon Protein 3000 Project, one of the largest life science projects in Japan from 2002 to 2007, to reveal how critical discourses flourished after its completion. This is a program of structural genomics to decipher 10000 elementary structures of proteins, 3000 for Japanese participants, in five years in international collaboration, yet a variety of serious criticisms took place after its completion. This study has identified various sources of such criticisms related to: 1. the failed attempt to establish an international research hub of NMR; 2. the disagreements among scientists about the basic assumption of structural genomics, namely the notion of elementary protein structures and the proposed method of high-throughput analysis and computer simulation; 3. the conflict between ministries about the way to promote life science program; 4. the insufficient understanding of the purpose of this project both by the mass media and by the industry.
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