Research Grants
1. Name: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Funding body: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Project title: Fabrication of artificial muscles from biomolecular motors and DNA origami nanostructures
Role: Principal Investigator
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2. Name: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (Transformative Research Areas (A))
Funding body: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Project title: Development of molecular actuation systems for a minimal artificial brain
Role: Co-Investigator
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3. Name: The 7th Research Grant
Funding body: Hirose Foundation
Project title: Study on the role of the osmolytes derived from deep-sea organisms in improving
the thermal stability of biomolecular motors
Role: Principal Investigator
4. Name: The 5th Research Grant
Funding body: Hirose Foundation
Project title: Study on regulation of mechanical properties of microtubules by microtubule-
associated proteins
Role: Principal Investigator
5. Name: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Funding body: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Title: Compression stress-induced deformation of microtubule on an elastic medium
Role: Principal Investigator
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1. Award for encouragement of research in polymer science,
The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, 2016.
Title of the research project: Development of a methodology for studying the mechano- responsiveness of microtubules and its applications
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2. Gold medal in BIOMOD 2015, Harvard University, USA, November 2015.
Title of the research project: Controlling group behavior of a self-propelled active matter
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3. Silver medal in BIOMOD 2014, Harvard University, USA, November 2014.
Title of the research project: Fabrication of artificial muscles from a biomolecular motor
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4. Silver medal in BIOMOD 2013, Harvard University, USA, November 2013.
Title of the research project: An ATP generation system for nanotechnological applications
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1. Monbukagakusho (MEXT) scholarship from the ministry of education, culture, sports, science,
 and technology of Japan.
Affiliation: Doctoral Course Student, Division of Biological Sciences, Hokkaido University
Laboratory: Laboratory of Soft and Wet Matter
Host Professor: Dr. Jian Ping Gong
Scholarship period: October 2009- September 2012