2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Support activities aimed at international network formation in the research area of dynamic structural life sciences

International Activities Supporting Group

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Project Area	Novel measurement techniques for visualizing 'live' protein molecules at work
Project/Area Number	15K21711
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Review Section	Complex systems
Research Institution	Kyushu University
Principal Investigator	Kohda Daisuke 九州大学, 生体防御医学研究所, 教授 (80186618)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	安藤敏夫金沢大学, ナノ生命科学研究所, 特任教授 (50184320) 白川昌宏京都大学, 工学研究科, 教授 (00202119) 西田紀貴東京大学, 大学院薬学系研究科(薬学部), 准教授 (50456183) 杉田有治国立研究開発法人理化学研究所, 開拓研究本部, 主任研究員 (80311190) 塚崎智也奈良先端科学技術大学院大学, 先端科学技術研究科, 教授 (80436716) 甲斐荘正恒首都大学東京, 理学研究科, 客員教授 (20137029) TAMA FLORENCE 名古屋大学, 理学研究科, 教授 (20648191) 稲垣冬彦北海道大学, 先端生命科学研究科(研究院), 特任教授 (70011757)
Project Period (FY)	2015-11-06 – 2019-03-31
Keywords	国際共同研究 / 海外派遣 / 海外研究者受入 / 海外講演者招聘
Outline of Final Research Achievements	We aimed to expand the scope of the academic research activities conducted in our Grant‐in‐Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Area, entitled “Novel measurement techniques for visualizing ‘live’ protein molecules at work” internationally. During the four-year period, five invited speakers, 13 joint researchers including postdoctoral fellows and students, and one sabbatical professor were accepted from abroad. Our four members stayed in a laboratory in Germany for a joint experiment. Three Japan-residing foreign students were dispatched to an international conference held in Japan. We organized an international version of the annual technical AFM workshops during the last three years and accepted 31 researchers and students from abroad. Finally, overseas travel expenses were supported for 11 members of our research activity.
Free Research Field	構造生物学
Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements	当初は海外からの優れた研究者による講演のための日本への招聘旅費を中心に考えていたが，実際に運用すると国際連携に実質的に役立つ運用ができた．教員や大学院生の海外研究室での実験のための旅費支援や，海外からの研究者の短期および長期滞在（2週間-1年間）のサポートなど，通常の研究費では難しい活動を支援できた．本新学術研究により開発・改良された新測定技術を実際の研究現場に取り入れてもらうことの重要性をかんがみて，国際的にも普及活動ができた．