2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
A sociological inquiry into the construction of policy and scientific community in the post-genomic research in Japan
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23501199
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sociology/History of science and technology
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokyo |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2011 – 2013
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| Keywords | 科学技術社会論 / 科学社会学 / 科学人類学 / 科学技術政策 / 生命科学 / 期待 / ラボラトリ研究 |
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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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[Presentation] Between Laboratory and Policy Process -Research2011
Author(s)
Masato Fukushima
Organizer
Community and Administration in Chemical Biology 国際ワークショップAsian Biopoleis : Biotechnology & Biomedicine as Emergent Forms of Life and Practice
Place of Presentation
National University of Singapore, Singapore
Year and Date
20110106-08
