Title list by research areas [Research Profiles 2023]
Life science
- Elucidation of mechanism of autoimmune diseases and drug development targeting neo-self (Laboratory of Immunochemistry, Immunology Frontier Research Center, Professor Hisashi Arase; Department of Immunochemistry, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Assistant Professor Hui Jin)
- Elucidation of antibody recognition mechanism by quantum chemical calculations (Quantum Life Science and Bioinformatics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Professor Kaori Fukuzawa)
- The image quality of deep-learning image reconstruction of chest CT images on a mediastinal window setting (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Akinori Hata)
- Elucidation of the mechanism of liver cancer progression focusing on tumor microenvironment and its clinical application (Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Medicine, Associate Professor Hayato Hikita; Professor Tetsuo Takehara)
- Analysis of endocytosis using synthetic membrane protein (Institute for Protein Research, Professor Hironobu Hojo)
- Development of CAR-T cell therapy targeting cancer-specific antigen structures formed by post-translational changes (Department of Hematology and Oncology, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Naoki Hosen)
- Understanding the fundamental principles of aging and cancer for development of the preemptive medicine (Department of Homeostatic Regulation, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Professor Tohru Ishitani)
- Novel therapeutic strategy for NMO: RGMa-mAb found effective against CNS inflammation (Neuro-Medical Science, Molecular Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Specially Appointed Associate Professor Takahide Itokazu; Molecular Neuroscience, Neuro-Medical Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Toshihide Yamashita)
- Development of a novel LCMV vector capable of controlling foreign gene expression (Laboratory of Emerging Viral Diseases, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Specially Appointed Associate Professor Masaharu Iwasaki)
- Establishment of nuclear medicine targeting LAT1, cancer type amino acid transporter (MS-CORE, FRC, Graduate School of Science, Professor Kazuko Kaneda-Nakashima)
- Co-precipitation of single atoms of element 104 rutherfordium with samarium hydroxide (Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Professor Yoshitaka Kasamatsu)
- Peripheral T cell receptor repertoire features predict durable responses to anti-PD-1 inhibitor monotherapy in advanced renal cell carcinoma (Department of Urology, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Taigo Kato; Professor Norio Nonomura)
- Our body recognizes left-handed RNAs as non-self (Department of RNA Biology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Yukio Kawahara; Assistant Professor Taisuke Nakahama)
- Development of therapeutic strategy for ulcerative colitis by targeting microbiota-derived metabolite (Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies, Associate Professor Hisako Kayama; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Kiyoshi Takeda)
- Development of oligonucleotide aptamer therapy for achondroplasia (Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Takeshi Kimura; Associate Professor Takuo Kubota; Professor Keiichi Ozono)
- Plasma cell-free DNA analysis clarifies novel mechanism of autoimmune neurological disease (Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Specially Appointed Lecturer Makoto Kinoshita; Professor Hideki Mochizuki)
- Investigation of novel mechanisms in the sarcomagenesis and hematogenous metastasis of uterine leiomyosarcoman (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Michiko Kodama; Professor Tadashi Kimura)
- Structural study and structure-based engineering of photosynthetic electron transfer in cyanobacteria (Institute for Protein Research, Professor Genji Kurisu; Assistant Professor Akihiro Kawamoto)
- Decoding glycocode using synthetic glycans (Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Assistant Professor Yoshiyuki Manabe; Professor Koichi Fukase)
- Development of blood brain barrier models with open networks (Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor Michiya Matsusaki)
- Membrane voltage-dependent activation mechanism of the bacterial flagellar protein export apparatus (Graduate school of Frontier Biosciences, Associate Professor Tohru Minamino)
- Development of novel administration method to improve regenerative capacity of cell therapy in peripheral artery disease (Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Keisuke Miyake; Professor Shigeru Miyagawa)
- The meiosis-specific cohesion component stromal antigen 3 promoted cell migration and chemoresistance in colorectal cancer (Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Norikatsu Miyoshi; Professor Hidetoshi Eguchi)
- Niche cells essential for hematopoietic stem cell maintenance and hematopoiesis and adipo-osteogenesis in bone marrow (Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences / Graduate School of Medicine / Immunology Frontier Research Center (WPI-IFReC), Distinguished Professor Takashi Nagasawa; Associated professor Yoshiki Omatsu)
- Flippase and scramblase (WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Specially Appointed Professor Shigekazu Nagata)
- SARS-CoV-2-induced humoral immunity through B cell epitope analysis in COVID-19 infected individuals (Department of Health Development and Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Hironori Nakagami)
- Promotion of RNA-targeted small molecule drug discovery (Department of Regulatory Bioorganic Chemistry, SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Science), Professor Kazuhiko Nakatani)
- The novel strategy targeting tumor vessels in any types of cancer (Surgical Center, Osaka University Hospital, Associate Professor Takehiro Noda; Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Associate Professor Shogo Kobayashi; Professor Hidetoshi Eguchi)
- Hepatitis C virus modulates signal peptide peptidase to alter host protein processing (Institute for Advanced Co-Creation Studies, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Professor Toru Okamoto)
- Adipose GRP78, a significant host factor for COVID-19 and the association with older age, obesity, and diabetes (Department of Diabetes Care Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Jihoon Shin; Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Iichiro Shimomura)
- Dysbiosis of gut microbiome is associated with rupture of cerebral aneurysm (Department of Neurosurgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Masatoshi Takagaki; Professor Haruhiko Kishima)
- Elucidation of molecular mechanisms of immune cell migration and their application to medicine (Department of Respiratory Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Assistant Professor Hyota Takamatsu; Professor Atsushi Kumanogoh)
- Kinetics of conformational change of multiple helical polysaccharides (Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Professor Ken Terao)
- Osteoblast-derived vesicles induce a switch from bone-formation to bone-resorption (Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Maki Uenaka; Department of Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine and Frontier Biosciences, Associate Professor Junichi Kikuta; Professor Masaru Ishii)
- Comprehensive genomic profiling of neuroendocrine carcinomas of the gastrointestinal system (Department of Cancer Genome Informatics, Graduate School of Medicine, Professor Shinichi Yachida)
Telecommunications
Nanotechnologies / Materials
- 3D printing of TiAl turbine blades for aircraft engine applications (Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Ken Cho; Professor Hiroyuki Yasuda; Takayoshi Nakano)
- Ultra-highly oriented thin-film coating based on rodlike-preaggregate formation of π-conjugated polymer in solution (Division of Electrical, Electronic and Infocommunications Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Akihiko Fujii)
- Visualization of the temperature distribution on carbon nanotube bundles (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Postdoctoral Researcher Hiromu Hamasaki; Associate Professor Kaori Hirahara)
- Development of marine biodegradable bioplastics based on starch (Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Yu-I Hsu; Professor Hiroshi Uyama)
- Exploration of innovative functional quantum materials by high-pressure synthesis (Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Professor Shintaro Ishiwata)
- Novel mesoscopic photo-responses achieved by combining photochemical reactions and radiation pressure (Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Associate Professor Syoji Ito; Professor Hiroshi Miyasaka)
- Construction of new π-stacked polymers based on precise polymerization reactions (Department of Macromolecular Science, Graduate School of Science, Assistant Professor Naoya Kanbayashi)
- Development of advanced catalytic technology for utilization of carbon dioxide using light energy (Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Yasutaka Kuwahara; Professor Hiromi Yamashita)
- Development of Ma-Wang model for solid-state bonding mechanism of cold spray additive manufacturing (Joining and Welding Research Institute, Professor Ninshu Ma; Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Qian Wang)
- Development and application of data-driven simulation techniques for interface chemical processes (Department of Precision Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor Yoshitada Morikawa)
- Next-generation alloy nanoparticle catalyst with high activity, high temperature resistance, and high durability (Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Kohsuke Mori)
- Terahertz ellipsometry with high precision for 6g materials and wide bandgap semiconductors (Institute of Laser Engineering, Associate Professor Makoto Nakajima)
- Anisotropic control of shape and material properties via metal 3D printing
~ A new axis in the creation of high performance metallic devices ~ (Division of Materials & Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor Takayoshi Nakano; Specially Appointed Professor Takuya Ishimoto; Associate Professor Aire Matsugaki; Assistant Professor Ryosuke Ozasa)
- Development of dynamic metasurfaces for highly-efficient terahertz chiral sensing (Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Associate Professor Yosuke Nakata)
- Sulfur-directed site-selective functionalization of indole derivatives (Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Yuji Nishii; Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (OTRI), Specially Appointed Professor Masahiro Miura)
- Development of environmental catalysts for effective decomposition of harmful organic compounds (Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Assistant Professor Naoyoshi Nunotani)
- Exploration of thermoelectric and thermomagnetic materials hosting relativistic quasi-particles (Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, Associate Professor Hideaki Sakai)
- Development of organic molecules with bright circularly polarized luminescence based on cyclodextrins (Division of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Hajime Shigemitsu; Professor Toshiyuki Kida)
- Synthesis and elucidation of physical properties of a hydrocarbon molecule with a triplet ground state (Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Associate Professor Akihiro Shimizu; Professor Ryo Shintani)
- Hysteretic control of near-infrared transparency using stable radical cation (Department of Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Associate Professor Shuichi Suzuki; Professor Takeshi Naota)
- Development of a rapid testing platform for infectious diseases (Department of Bio-Nanotechnology, SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Science), Professor Masateru Taniguchi)
- Adsorption, separation, and storage of gas molecules through the development of organic porous materials that can be shape-controlled and surface-modified (Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor Norimitsu Tohnai; Assistant Professor Kouki Oka)
- Single-molecule measurements for single-cell multiomics analyses (Department of Bio-Nanotechnology, SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Science), Associate Professor Makusu Tsutsui)
- Synthesis and functionalization of colloidal quantum dots (Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Taro Uematsu)
- High-precision electrical characteristics control for flexible organic electronic circuits (Department of Advanced Electron Devices, SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Science), Specially Appointed Associate Professor Takafumi Uemura; Professor Tsuyoshi Sekitani)
- Synthesis of high-crystallinity randomly stacked graphene macrostructures (Department of Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, PhD course student Zizhao Xu; Assistant Professor Taiki Inoue; Professor Yoshihiro Kobayashi)
- Crystallography of liquid crystalline cholesteric blue phases for electro-optic applications (Division of Electrical, Electronic and Infocommunications Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Lecturer Hiroyuki Yoshida; Professor Masanori Ozaki)
Energy
- Tackling for ultimate low-power consumption calculation by skyrmion Brownian motion (Department of Materials Engineering Science, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Assistant Professor Minori Goto)
- Multiscale design of CO2 electrolysis systems (Research Center for Solar Energy Chemistry, Graduate School of Science, Associate Professor Kazuhide Kamiya)
- Multi-aspect efficiency measurement of multi-objective energy planning model dealing with uncertainties (Department of Information and Physical Sciences, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Professor Hiroshi Morita; Postdoctoral Researcher Sudlop Ratanakuakangwan)
- Energy management technology for smart building (Department of Information Systems Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Associate Professor Ittetsu Taniguchi)
- Design of new liquid electrolyte materials for next-generation rechargeable batteries (Department of Energy and Environmental Materials, SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research), Professor Yuki Yamada)
- Energy demand modeling and decarbonization of residential and commercial building stock (Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Yohei Yamaguchi)
Manufacturing technologies
- Development of power module thermal evaluation and structural reliability evaluation system using SiC heater chip (Flexible 3D System Integration Laboratory, SANKEN (The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Science), Specially Appointed Associate Professor Chuantong Chen; Specially Appointed Professor Katsuaki Suganuma)
- Microstructural control of a joint by linear friction welding and its application (Joining and Welding Research Institute, Professor Hidetoshi Fujii)
- Development of a bioplastic production system using waste activated sludge as biocatalyst (Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Daisuke Inoue)
- Carbon–fluorine bond scission & reconstruction: new synthetic method for organofluorine compounds by insertion reaction of C1 unit into C–F bond (Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering / Innovative Catalysis Science Division, Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives (ICS-OTRI), Associate Professor Yoshihiro Nishimoto; Professor Makoto Yasuda)
- Burn-through prediction and weld depth estimation by deep learning model monitoring the molten pool in gas metal arc welding with gap fluctuation (Division of Materials and Manufacturing Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Kazufumi Nomura)
- Direct observations of tribological behavior in cutting with textured cutting tools (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Associate Professor Tatsuya Sugihara)
Social innovation
- Shape and albedo recovery by your phone using stereoscopic flash and no-flash photography (Multimedia Engineering, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Xu Cao; Professor Yasuyuki Matsushita)
- SONIC: A longitudinal study based on the framework of gerontology considering the super-aging society (Graduate School of Human Sciences, Professor Yasuyuki Gondo)
- Determinants of world news coverage (Osaka School of International Public Policy (OSIPP), Professor Virgil Hawkins)
- ELSI Co-creation research utilizing knowledge from the humanities and social sciences (Research Center on Ethical, Legal and Social Issues, Director Atsuo Kishimoto)
- How can we increase employment rates? How can we raise work incentives? (Osaka School of International Public Policy, Professor Miki Kohara)
- Wireless and batteryless MEMS resonator sensors (Division of Precision Engineering and Applied Physics, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor Hirotsugu Ogi)
- Human factors research on visual information presentation using augmented reality (Graduate School of Human Sciences, Professor Kazumitsu Shinohara)
- Environmental systemic risk governance (Division of Sustainable Energy and Environmental Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, Professor Akihiro Tokai; Assistant Professor Lisa Ito)
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