Mechanisms regulating gamete formation in animals

2017 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project Area: Mechanisms regulating gamete formation in animals
• Project/Area Number: 25114001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Biological Sciences
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba (2014-2017); Okazaki Research Facilities, National Institutes of Natural Sciences (2013)
• Principal Investigator: Kobayashi Satoru 筑波大学, 生命領域学際研究センター, 教授 (90225508)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 小川 毅彦 横浜市立大学, 生命医科学研究科, 教授 (50254222) ; 吉田 松生 基礎生物学研究所, 生殖細胞研究部門, 教授 (60294138) ; 松居 靖久 東北大学, 加齢医学研究所, 教授 (40241575) ; 吉崎 悟朗 東京海洋大学, 学術研究院, 教授 (70281003) ; 林 克彦 九州大学, 医学研究院, 教授 (20287486)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): OHBO KAZUYUKI 横浜市立大学, 医学研究科, 教授 (70250751) ; OBATA YAYOI 東京農業大学, 応用生物科学部, 教授 (70312907)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-06-28 – 2018-03-31
• Keywords: 配偶子産生 / 始原生殖細胞 / 配偶子幹細胞

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovation Area "Mechanisms regulating gamete formation in animals" aimed to find the regulatory mechanisms of primordial germ cell (PGC) formation and gamete stem cell (GSC) function in diverse animal species. To accomplish this purpose, the researchers using unique organisms, and with different backgrounds, such as in vivo and in vitro analysis, cooperated with each other. This committee encouraged and supported tight interactions within the researchers to establish a novel world-leading research community.

Free Research Field

発生生物学