15 May 2019
Core to Core Programme
Project title: International research network for virus infections and host responses
Japanese scientific lead: Professor Keizo Tomonaga, Department of Virus Research, Kyoto University
UK Counterpart: Professor Charles Bangham, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London
Project Duration: April 2014 to 2019
Core to Core Programme
Project title: Foundation for a global research cooperative centre in mathematics focused on number theory and geometry
Japanese scientific lead: Professor Masato Kurihara, Department of Mathematics, Keio University
UK Counterpart: Professor Jürgen Berndt, Department of Mathematics, King’s College London
Project Duration: April 2014 to 2019
11 July 2018
Core-to-Core Programme
Project title: International Research Collaboration Network for Developing Highly Functional Sensing Devices for Health, Safety and Security
Japanese scientific lead: Professor Kazuhiko Matsumoto, Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN), Osaka University
UK Counterpart: Professor Sonia Antoranz Contera, Department of Physics, University of Oxford
Project Duration: April 2013 to 2018
05 July 2018
Core-to-Core Programme
Project title: Establishment of Gravitational Waves Astronomy
Japanese scientific lead: Professor Seiji Kawamura, KAGRA Observatory, Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, University of Tokyo
UK Counterpart: Professor Sheila Rowan, School of Physics and Astonomy, University of Glasgow
Project Duration: April 2013 to 2018
15 May 2017
Core-to-Core Programme
Project title: Global Project for developing therapeutic targets and biomarkers
Japanese scientific lead: Prof. Hiroshi Takeshima, Graduate School and Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University
UK Counterpart: Professor Rebecca Sitsapesan, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford
Project Duration: April 2012 to Mar 2017
12 May 2014
Core-to-Core Programme
Project title: Collaborative Research Centre on Ultrahigh-Speed Optical Communication
Japanese scientific lead: Prof. Masataka Nakazawa, Research Institute of Electrical Communication,Tohoku University
UK Counterpart: Professor David Richardson, Optoelectronics Research Centre, University of Southampton
Project Duration: April 2009 to 2013
15 August 2013
Core-to-Core Programme
Research Theme: Advanced Particle Handling Science
Japanese Scientific Lead: Professor Ko Higashitani, Graduate School of Engineering, Kyoto University
UK Counterpart: Professor Simon Biggs, Faculty of Engineering, University of Leeds
Project Duration: April 2006 to 2011
17 April 2013
Core-to-Core Programme
Project title: Center for Magnetic Resonance Molecular Imaging of In Vivo Redox System
Japanese scientific lead: Professor Hideo Utsumi (to 2010) and Professor Keiji Yasukawa (from 2010), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences,Kyushu University
UK Counterpart: Professor David Lurie, School of Medical Sciences, University of Aberdeen
Project Duration: April 2009 to 2012
09 April 2013
Core-to-Core Programme
Project title: Studies on Ecological Interaction Networks that Promote Biodiversity―From Gene to Ecosystem
Japanese scientific lead: Professor Junji Takabayashi, Center for Ecological Research,
Kyoto University
UK Counterpart: Professor John Pickett, Biological Chemistry Department, Rothamsted Research
Project duration: April 2010 to 2013
10 November 2011
Core-to-Core Programme
Project title: Primate Origins of Human Evolution (HOPE)
Japanese Lead Scientist: Prof. Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Inuyama
UK Counterpart: Professor William McGrew Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies, Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Cambridge
Project Duration: 2004 to 2009