Research outcome Programme for the Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities supported by MEXT, Japan
The Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre received a research grant for the “Strategic Research Foundation at Private Universities”, which was organised by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan, from 2011 to 2015. The Centre carried out advanced research on the “Development of innovative biomedical and environmental devices based on bio-nano hybrid structures” and obtained a number of outstanding results. The outcome of the research project is summarised below.Please read the final reportfor the details.
Title of the research project:
Development of innovative biomedical and environmental devices based on bio-nano hybrid structures
Period of the project:
1st April 2011 – 31st March 2016
Objectives:
Creation of a new field of science “Bio-nano fusion science”
Development of visualisation technologies of bio-nano hybrid structures
Development of biomedical and environmental sensors and devices
Industrial development of biomedical and environmental sensors and devices
Final report on the outcome of the project:
Final report on the outcome of the project [PDF file/34.32MB]
Metric indices:
Number of international papers: 180
Mean impact factor of a journal: 3.169
Number of citations: 1134 (31st March 2016)
Number of plenary / invited talks: 50
Number of papers presented at international conferences / symposia: 185
Number of awards / prizes: 16
Number of cover pages of international journals: 8
Subsidiary outcome:
Number of patent applications: 22
Number of doctors created: 17 (MEXT-sponsored foreign students: 13)
Number of masters created: 42 (MEXT-sponsored foreign student: 1)
Research and educational collaboration with overseas universities:
Conclusion of Ph.D Double Degree Programmes:
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), France
Université de Nantes, France
Conclusion of a Ph.D Dual Certificate Programme:
University of Brighton, UK
Academic Internship Programmes carried out for students from overseas universities:
University of Oxford, UK
University of Brighton, UK
Université de Nantes, France
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (Paris 6), France
Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
James Cook University, Australia
Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India
Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, India
Sultan Qaboos University, Oman
Academia-industry collaboration:
Principal investigator of the “Biomedical Device Project” organised by Saitama Prefecture
Research collaboration with 3 Japanese companies
Research collaboration with 2 overseas companies
Organisation of international symposia etc.:
Number of international symposia: 10
Number of international seminars: 12
Number of international seminars for young researchers: 17
Academia-industry collaborative seminars: 19
External review committee:
The external review committee was held on 17th March 2012, 27th July 2013 and 26th November 2015. The Centre’s international research and educational activities were in particular highly rated by the committee.
External evaluators: 11 researchers (Universities: 4, Research institutes: 2, Companies: 5)
Final report on the outcome of the project [PDF file/34.32MB]
Bio-Nano Electronics Research Centre
http://bionano.toyo.ac.jp/JPN/indexpage.html