Tokyo Tech, School and Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology

International Training Program (ITP) Asia-Europe International Training Program for Young Investigators in Eco-Bio Technology

JSPS International Training Program "ITP" was launched in 2007. It aims to strengthen overseas research and education opportunities for young researchers in Japanese universities. 　Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Tokyo Institute of Technology started this program with JSPS’s support in 2008.

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In the 21st century, we are encountering serious global issues that have never experienced over the history of human beings until now. Those issues involve global warming, energy depletion, and human overpopulation, etc. In order to solve those global issues, we need to develop a new science and technology platform focusing on the harmonization of the eco-system and the life of human beings. Accordingly, we should consider the effective utilization and renewal of limited biological resources on earth, the high-speed and continuous measurements of a variety of changes in the global environment, and the analyses/evaluations of influences of environmental factors on living organisms.
In the Tokyo Institute of Technology, the Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology has five major departments where faculty members and scientists have been conducting education and research in bioscience and biotechnology fields. Our ultimate goal is to integrate our knowledge and expertise produced in the science and technology and to foster human resources to solve the global issues.
“Asia-Europe International Training program for Young Investigators in Eco-Bio Technology” designed by our graduate school has a goal of developing human networks among our graduate school and major universities in European countries (UK, Germany, and Switzerland) and China. Scientifically, we will try to integrate currently disparate research fields, such as Biological, Medical, Pharmaceutical, and Agricultural Sciences and Engineering, to achieve our goal.
In this program, we will prepare education and research programs in the field of “Eco-Bio Technology”. Namely we will develop collaboration research projects in three areas, i.e., (1) effective renewable technology for non-utilized biomass, (2) sensitive measurements for environment, and (3) high-speed analyses of influences of environmental factors on living organisms including human beings. With this respect, we will provide young researchers and graduate students of our graduate school and overseas partner institutes with opportunities to study abroad for a designated term, and thereby promote mutual exchanges of young scientists. Furthermore, we will make joint plans with overseas partner institutes to organize symposia in the field of “Eco-Bio Technology” and to create strong human networks between Asia and Europe.

*	Imperial College London / United Kingdom Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Natural Sciences
*	Swiss Federal Institute of Technology / Switzerland Faculty of Engineering.Faculty of Sciences and Natural Sciences and Mathematics
*	University of Heidelberg / German Cancer Research Center 　/ Biochemistry Center Heidelberg, Institute for Pharmaceutical science and Biotechnology
*	Tsinghua University/ China Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology

Symposium for Eco-environmental and Biological Technology

August 5^th at Wenjin Hotel

Pharmacogenomics Symposium

March 17th and 18th, 2009 at Tokyo Institute of Technology

HITS Biotechnology Symposium (HITS2009)

February 3rd and 4th, 2009 at Tokyo Institute of Technology

HITS Biotechnology Symposium (HITS2008)

April 21st and 22nd, 2008 at Imperial College London

2^ndDebriefing Session of ITP 2009

January 20th, 2010 at Tokyo Institute of Technology

1^stDebriefing Session of ITP 2009

November 2nd, 2009 at Tokyo Institute of Technology

2^ndDebriefing Session of ITP 2008

May 12nd, 2009 at Tokyo Institute of Technology

1^stDebriefing Session of ITP 2008

January 26th, 2009 at Tokyo Institute of Technology

International Training Participants

Hiroshi NAKAGAWA Biomolecular Engineering Assistant Professor
		Host Institute ： University of Heidelberg / German Cancer Research Center
		Visiting period ： 2010/1/5～2010/3/19

Taisuke KOJIMA Biomolecular Engineering M1
	Host Institute： Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
		Visiting period： 2009/9/26～2009/12/31

Naomi TOMIZUKA　Bioengineering M1
	Tsinghua University
		2009/9/26～2010/9/18

Syuji KANAMARU Bioengineering Assistant Professor
		Host Institute： Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
		Visiting period： 2009/7/15～2009/10/14

Ai TAMURA Biomolecular Engineering D3
	Host Institute ： University of Heidelberg / German Cancer Research Center
		Visiting period ： 2009/7/5～2009/9/30

Tetuso KAI Biological Information M1
	Host Institute： Imperial College London
		Visiting period： 2009/6/30～2009/9/26

Yosuke ESAKA Life Science M1
		Host Institute ： Imperial College London
		Visiting period ： 2009/6/30～2009/9/26

Yo HIROSE Bioengineering
		Host Institute ： Tsinghua University
		Visiting period ： 2008/8/25～2009/9/18

Hiromichi OKURA Bioengineering D1
		Host Institute ： Swiss Federal Institute of Technology
		Visiting period ： 2009/1/3～2009/3/31

Yuichi MANAKA Biomolecular Engineering Postdoctoral fellow
		Host Institute ： University of Heidelberg/German Cancer Research Center
		Visiting period ： 2008/10/1～2009/3/31

Takao KUNII Biological Information D2
		Host Institute ： Imperial College London
		Visiting period ： 2008/8/13～2008/11/16

Hiroshi NAKAGAWA Biomolecular Engineering Assistant Professor
		Host Institute ： University of Heidelberg / German Cancer Research Center
		Visiting period ： 2008/7/17～2008/10/14


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