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