19 January 2012
Joint Research Project
Project Title: Evaluation of a novel human transmission-blocking vaccine using rodent parasites bearing Plasmodium vivax Pvs25 protein
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Shigeto Yoshida, Laboratory of Vaccinology, School of Pharmacy, Kanazawa University
UK Counterpart: Dr. Andrew Blagborough, Division of Cell and Molecular Biology, Department of Life Sciences, Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College London
Project Duration: April 2009 to 2011
21 December 2011
Joint Research Project
Project Title: The Impact of New Public Management Policies and Perspectives on Professional Social Work: a comparison of British and Japanese experiences
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Akira Namae, Faculty of Healthcare and Business Management, Nihon Fukushi University
UK Counterpart: Dr. Iain Ferguson, Department of Applied Social Sciences, University of Sterling
Project Duration: September 2010 to March 2011
05 December 2011
Joint Research Project
Project title: Dynamics of Amino Acid Molecules on Solid Surfaces
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Masatoshi Tanaka, Department of Physics, Faculty of Engineering, Yokohama National University
UK Counterpart: Professor Peter Weightman, Physics Department and Surface Science Research Centre, University of Liverpool
Project Duration: April 2011 to 2013
Joint Research Project
Project title: Collaborative analysis in exploring molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal regeneration
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Hiroshi Kiyama, Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Osaka City University
Professor Gennadij Raivich, Centre for Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, University College London
Project Duration: April 2009 to 2011
25 November 2011
Joint Research Project
Project title: Development on Electron Beam Size Monitor Using Laser Wire
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Junji Urakawa, Accelerator Laboratory, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK)
UK Counterpart: Professor Grahame Blair, Department of Physics, Royal Holloway, University of London
Project Duration: April 2007 to 2009
24 November 2011
Joint Research Project
Project title: The Studies of Strategies of Social Change using the Method of Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA)
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Daishiro Nomiya, Faculty of Foreign Studies, Sophia University
UK Counterpart: Dr Wendy Olsen, Institute of Development Policy and Management, University of Manchester
Project Duration: April 2008 to 2010
18 November 2011
Joint Research Project
Project title: Brane-world Gravity and Cosmology
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Kei-Ichi Maeda School of Science and Technology, Waseda University
UK Counterpart: Professor David Wands Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation, University of Portsmouth
Project Duration: 2005 to 2007
Joint Research Project
Project title: The Painleve Equations and Monodromy Problems
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Yousuke Ohyama, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
UK Counterpart: Professor Lionel Mason Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford
Project Duration: September 2006
15 November 2011
Joint Seminar
Seminar title: Dual-use bioethics at university-level: education at university-level for individual life scientists through to nation states
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Tsutomu Takeuchi, School of Medicine, Keio University
UK Counterpart: Dr Judi Sture, Head of the Graduate School, Bradford University
Seminar Period: 2 days in July 2010 and 2 days in January 2011
14 November 2011
Joint Research Project
Project title: Distributed generation capacity choice under competition, uncertainty, and operational flexibility
Japanese Lead Scientist: Professor Ryuta Takashima, Faculty of Social Science, Chiba Institute of Technology
UK Counterpart: Afzal Saeed Siddiqui, Department of Statistical Science, University College London
Project Duration: 2010 to 2011