Research Grant


 

1.

KAKENHI Basic Research (A) #22H00405

Project title:  Development of 100-fps high-speed AFM and demonstration of its capabilities

Term: April 1, 2022 - March 31, 2026; Budget: 30,900,000 JPY; Role: PI

2. Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Award #RGP0019
Project title:  Self-organization and biomechanical properties of the endosomal membrane
Term: June 1, 2020 - May 31, 2024 (extended by 1 year because of Covid19); Budget: 337,500 USD; Role: Group Leader (Team Leader: Electra Gizeli, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Foundation for Research and Technology, Greece); Other Group Leaders:
Marino Zerial (MPI of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Germany), Andrew J. Spakowitz (Stanford University, USA)
3

KAKENHI Basic Research (S) #17H06121

Project title:  Materializing nanoscale dynamic imaging of protein molecules in extremely soft membrane environments

Term: April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2022; Budget: 126,400,000 JPY; Role: PI

4.

KAKENHI Research on Innovative Area (Research in a proposed research area), Techniques to open dynamic structural life science #26119003 (Project leader: Prof. Daisuke Kouda, Kyushu Univ.) 

Project title: Development of advanced high-speed AFM and analysis of proteins' action mechanism  #26119003

Term: July 1, 2014 - March 31, 2019; Budget: 108,400,000 JPY; Role PI (Link)

5.

JST/CREST

Research Area: Structural Life Science and Advanced Core Technology for Innovative Life Science Research

Project title: Dynamic structural biology of protein machineries driven by ATP/GTP  #JPMJCR13M1

Term: October 1, 2013 - March 31, 2019; Budget: 100,375,000 JPY (Total budget for the whole project: 229,050,000 JPY); (Project members: T. Ando, Kanazawa Univ., T. Ogura, Kumamoto Univ., K. Takei, Okayama Univ.); Role: Project leader (Link)

6.

KAKENHI Basic Research (S) #24227005

Project title: New structural biology to be opened by high-speed atomic force microscopy

Term: April 1, 2012 - March 31, 2017; Budget: 165,800,000 JPY; Role: PI

7.

Human Frontier Science Program (HFSP) Award

Project title: Visualizing nanometer- scale structural plasticity of synapses in real time using AFM

Term: August 1, 2011 - July 31, 2014; Budget: 375,000 USD; Role: Group Leader (Team Leader: R. Yasuda, Florida Max Planck Institute, USA)

8.

JST/Development of Systems and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis

Project title: Development of scanner for probe-scan-type of high-speed AFM

Term: October 1, 2012 - March 31, 2016; Budget 37,040,000 JPY; Role: Sub-PI

9.

KAKENHI Research on Innovative Area (Research in a proposed research area), Intrinsically Disordered Proteins 

Project title: Development of new methods to determine IDP structure  #21113002

Term: October 1, 2009 - March 31, 2014; Budget: 39,000,000 JPY; Role: Collaborator

10.

MEXT Regional Innovation Cluster Program, Toyama / Ishikawa Region: Hokuriku Innovation Cluster for Health Science Extension Program: The fomation of a joint-international R&D Hub

Project title: International Consortium Program for High-speed Bio-AFM

Term: October 1, 2008 - March 31, 2013; Budget: 41,673,000 JPY; Role: PI  

11.

MEXT Regional Innovation Cluster Program, Toyama / Ishikawa Region: Hokuriku Innovation Cluster for Health Science

Development of imaging diagnosis instruments

Project title: Development of high-speed microscopy capable of capturing fine structures of live cells

Term: October 1, 2008 - March 31, 2013; Budget: 301,456,000 JPY; Role: PI  

12.

KAKENHI Basic Research (S) #20221006

Project title: Innovative high-speed AFM for elucidating vital phenomena

Term: April1, 2008 - March 31, 2012; Budget:  149,800,000 JP; Role: PI

13.

JST/CREST

Research Area: Novel Measuring and Analytical Technology Contributions to the Elucidation and Application of Life Phenomena

Project title:  Development of High-speed Imaging Apparatus for Studying Nanometer Scale Dynamic Behavior of Proteins

Term: October 1, 2004 - March 31, 2010; Budget: 248,289,000 JPY (Total budget for the whole project: 505,524,000 JPY); Project members: T. Ando, Kanazawa Univ., T. Ogura, Kumamoto Univ,, Y. Sugawara, Osaka Univ., K. Morikawa, Osaka Univ.; Role: Project leader

14.

JST/Development of Systems and Technology for Advanced Measurement and Analysis

Project title: Development of instrument for 3D high-resolution dynamics analysis of biological molecules

Trem: October 1, 2004 - March 31, 2010; Budget: 77,200,000 JPY; Role: Collaborator

15.

KAKENHI Basic Research (S) #15101005

Project title: Development of a highest-speed atomic force microscope and elucidation of the nano-structural dynamics of biological Molecular motors

Term: April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2008; Budget: 70,200,000 JPY; Role: PI