Invitation toAIST Hokkaido

Aims of AIST Hokkaido
The Hokkaido Center of National Institute ofAdvanced Industrial Science and Technology(AIST Hokkaido) aims to contribute to society as aresearch and development center in Hokkaido. Weat AIST Hokkaido are working to enhance ourresearch and development capabilities in collaboration with industry, academia, and government.
Our two research laboratories, the Bioproduction
Research Institute and the Methane Hydrate
Project Unit, are responsible for research anddevelopment functions in AIST Hokkaido. TheBioproduction Research Institute is advancing thedevelopment of bio-processes to produce valueadded organic materials. The Methane Hydrate
Project Unit is conducting research on methane
hydrate and developing technology for producing
natural gas as a future energy resource.
In order to work together with industry, academia,and government, AIST Hokkaido provides acollaborative research space called the Open Space
Laboratory. In addition, a technical site opened
in Sapporo (Odori site) is providing technicalinformation and support throughout Hokkaido incooperation with the Hokkaido Intelligent Network
Terminal (HiNT), of which many major organizationsin Hokkaido are members.
Furthermore, to offer support of AIST’s entire
network of research laboratories, AIST Hokkaido isactively working to dispatch AIST technology seeds,and also to find and understand the technologicalneeds of the local area. AIST activities cover a wide
variety of research areas: Energy and Environment,Life Science and Biotechnology, Information
Technology and Human Factors, Materials andChemistry, Electronics and Manufacturing, Geological Survey, Metrology Standards. The variety ofresearch activities in AIST is sure to bring progress
to many technical issues in these industries.
AIST Hokkaido will function as a substantial
research center capable of world-class researchachievement. We will make a continuing effort tocontribute to society, both regionally and globally,
as a core research institute of AIST in Hokkaido.
We hope that collaboration with AIST Hokkaido
will bring many advantages to you.

AIST Hokkaido"Biomanufacturing" to build a new industrial infrastructure
Innova�on HubResearch
Base

Department of Life Science and Biology
Bioproduc�on Research Ins�tuteTsukuba(31 researchers, 21 technical staﬀ)

Department of Energy and Environment
Methane Hydrate Project UnitTsukuba(4 researchers, 13 technical staﬀ)

Collabora�onBaseCollabora�on Aﬀairs Oﬃce
General Aﬀairs Oﬃce

(2018.10.1)

As Cu�ng-edge Research Center
World Leading Research& Development

Responding toRegional Needs

State-of-the-art Technologies for Produc�onof Pharmaceu�cals in Transgenic Plants

Coopera�on withHokkaido Food Complex

Development of Large-scale Material Produc�onTechnologies U�lizing Transgenic Plants

Evalua�ng Biological Func�on of Hokkaido
Agricultural Products and Processed Foods

Closed-type transgenic plant production system

Plants cultivated infully-controled environment

Large-scale productionof a pharmaceutical toprevent canine periodontal disease intransgenic strawberryBioproduc�on of hydroxyvitamin D3 bynisin-treated Rhodococcus erythropolis cells
Highly eﬃcient hydroxylated
Vitamin D3 produc�on system

Nisin-treated Rhodococcus erythropolis cells
expressing the highly active Vdh mutant

Development ofNew Natural Gas Resources
Technologies to Produce Natural Gas

Top:The world’s largest
Taking natural core production and testing The world’s firstsamples on deep- apparatus, Bottom:
visualizing pressea survey vessel
Crystal structure model surized core 3-D
testing apparatus“Chikyu”
of methane hydrate

Active Substance (Ligand)

Test food products to determine if substances that interactwith nuclear receptors are present in those samples.
We perform commissioned analysis of various food samples
in collaboration with NOASTEC Foundation

Microorganisms-based Systems
Tailored to Regional Envionments

Development of Technologies U�lizing
Biomass such as Agricultural Products andAgricultural Waste Materials

Development of water treatment technologies
for agricultural waste in Hokkaido

Ini�a�ves with Other AIST Research Bases
Whole-Perimeter 3-D Shape Measurement Systems
for Farm and Marine Product Processing

This technology was developed in collaboration withIntelligent System Research Institute and AIST Kansai.

AIST
AIST Hokkaido’s
Hokkaido’s Industry-Academia-Government
Industry-Academia-Government
Collabora�onCollabora�on Ini�a�ves
Ini�a�ves

Nationwide Joint Research
Number of Joint
Research Topics (2016)
Overseas
Small and Medium
Enterprises
114

Large
Enterprises

7

Total
56

India
State-owned Enterprise(1)Enterprise(1)University(9)Public Research Organiza�on(2)Founda�on(6)Hokuriku(Ishikawa)
University(1)University

Hokkaido(Sapporo, Kitahiroshima, Ebetsu,Hakodate, Otaru, Kuriyama)

Kansai(Osaka, Hyogo, Shiga)

Kanto(Tokyo, Chiba,Ibaraki, Saitama)

Enterprise(2)University(2)Public Research Organiza�on(1)2014
Public ResearchOrganiza�on or Founda�on

Joint Research within
Hokkaido Region: 50%

Enterprise(6)University(6)Public Research Organiza�on(4)Founda�on(1)Tokai(Shizuoka, Aichi)

Enterprise(2)University(1)Numbers of Joint Research Project withAIST Hokkaido (Current as of April 1, 2016)

Hub for Regional Collaboration
Enhanced effectiveness as a regional
research hub through the partnership
between Odori Site and R&B Park
Sapporo Odori Satellite (HiNT)

Construc�on of Open Innova�on Hub to Support
Hokkaido “Biomanufacturing” Industries

HiNT annual visitors: 2,817
HiNT annual consulta�ons: 174We conduct a series of seminars“AIST Hokkaido Lectures” forintroducing technologies to regional
companies and ins�tutes.
(in 2017)

Partnership with Universities /Human Resource DevelopmentCollabora�ve Graduate School in Hokkaido University (in 2017)
Graduate School of Agriculture 4 guest professors, 4 guest associate professors
Graduate School of Life Science 2 guest professors, 2 guest associate professors
In 2017fy, 40 people accepted (including 13 voca�onal students)
Technical training for voca�onal school students, “Biotechnician Development Program”,
has been carried out in coopera�on with a research unit.Industry-Academia-Government
Industry-Academia-Government Collabora�onCollabora�onCapabili�esCapabili�es inin AIST
AIST Hokkaido
Hokkaido
Collaboration Aﬀairs Oﬃce
1 Technical Consultation

We provide consulta�ons to solve speciﬁctechnological challenges.

2 Commissioned Research

We accept contracts for commissioned researchwith corpora�ons, groups, and public researchorganiza�ons.

3 Joint Research

We cooperate with corpora�ons, groups, andpublic research organiza�ons in research oncommon topics.

4 AIST Start-ups

We support to create startup companies throughour “Support System for AIST Start-ups” when
they intend to commercialize products by using
AIST technology or joint research with AIST.

facilitate the transfer of our intellectual property
5 Use of Intellectual Property We
to commercialize AIST-developed technologies.

6Laboratory Tours

Laboratory tours are available 09:00- 17:00
weekdays, by reserva�on only.

Hokkaido OSL
Hokkaido Open Space Laboratory
Research base for joint research andAIST Start-ups in AIST Hokkaido

Consultation Oﬃce

Sapporo Odori SiteOﬃce operated in the partnership between AISTand R&B Park Sapporo Odori Satellite (HiNT)
Our site provides comprehensive access to informa�on on all AIST, as well as variety of organiza�onsthroughout Hokkaido

AIST Hokkaido
Odori SitePartnership

We provide consulta�ons of various topics[HiNT Member Organiza�ons]
5 Universi�es, 4 technical colleges, 3 public research organiza�ons,
7 various types of founda�ons and economic organiza�ons, 3 government organiza�ons (a total of 22 organiza�ons; current as of Oct. 1, 2018)

R&BP Sapporo Odori Satellite(HiNT)AIST Hokkaido
National Institute of Advanced
Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2-17-2-1 Tsukisamu-Higashi, Toyohira-ku,
Sapporo 062-8517, Japan
Phone:+81-11-857-8400[For Enquiry Regarding Laboratory Tours]
Collaboration Affairs Office
Phone:+81-11-857-8406
Fax:+81-11-857-8901
http://www.aist.go.jp/hokkaido/
We also accept enquiries through our website[For Enquiry Regarding Technological Consulta�on,Commissioned Research, Joint Research,
AIST Start-ups, Use of Intellectual Property, etc]
Sapporo Odori Site
Showa Building 1F, Odori Nishi 5-8, Chuo-ku,
Sapporo 060-0042, Japan
Phone:+81-11-219-3359
Fax:+81-11-219-3351(2018.10)