FoodEnergyLife Science

Interdisciplinary Fields
Challenge to the global problems of "food" and "energy"-Fuchu Campus

JR Yamanote

Institute of Global Innovation ResearchJR Chuo Line

Tokyo Monorall

Haneda Airport

Fuchu

Keio Line

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Tokyo

Fuchu Campus

Narita Express

Hamamatsu-cho

Koganei Campus

Shinjuku

Higashi-Koganei

Musashi-Koganei

Kokubunji

2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo 184-8588□Take the JR Chuo Line from Tokyo Station (rapid train) to
Higashi-Koganei Station: 40 minutes. Walk about 8 minutes
to campus.
□Take the JR Chuo line to Musashi-Koganei Station.
Walk about 20 minutes to campus.

JR Musashino Line

Kita-Fuchu-Koganei Campus

NaritaAirportNishi Kokubunji

3-5-8 Saiwai-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8509□By JR Chuo line, Kokubunji Station
Take the Keio bus (Fuchu Station via Meisei Gakuen,Tera No91) from bus terminal no. 2 boarding area ofKokubunji Station south exit and get off Harumicho
bus stop. About 10 minutes bus ride.
□By Keio line, Fuchu Station
Take the Keio bus (Kokubunji Station south exit via
Meisei Gakuen, Tera No91) from bus terminal no. 2of boarding area of Fuchu Station north exit and get off
Harumicho bus stop. About 7 minutes bus ride.
□By JR Musashino line, Kita-Fuchu Station
Walk about 12 minutes to campus.

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3-8-1 Harumi-cho, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo 183-8538 TEL: +81-42-367-5646

Institute of Global Innovation Research Website
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Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
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Institute of Global Innovation Research

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Institute of Global Innovation ResearchMessage

President

Prof. Hiroyuki Ohno

TUAT is a university with distinctiveemphasis/focus on education and research in
the respective and interdisciplinary fields ofagriculture and engineering, which form thefoundation of industry nowadays. Under our third
medium-term objectives/plan, “to achieve
competitive research capabilities on a globallevel”, we aim to play a major role to lead Japanto the world.
We believe our distinctive strengths will enable
us to create unique and new forms ofknowledge, as well as driving globalization of ourcutting edge research in the both fields.

In 2016, to strengthen our role “toachieve competitive research capabilities
on a global level” , TUAT reorganized theGlobal Innovation Research Organization
into the Institute of Global Innovation
Research (GIR). We facilitate
international collaborative research in thethree priority area of “Food” , “Energy”
and “Life Science” and endeavor toGIR Deanenhance the further globalization ofProf. Hidehiro Kamiya
younger researchers.
We will make further contribution to fortify
the university's capability and to build thefoundation for the university system
reform.

Institute of Global Innovation - Field Group・Strategic Research Team・Strategic Research Initiative for Interdisciplinary Field

FoodEnergy issues should be considered to be a great challenge
facing humanity. “Energy” as a priority theme addresses energy
problems according to the application of capacitors, LED, ionicliquids, and smart green mobility.

■Research in advanced utilization of plant biomass■Development of energy technologies for energy conservation and low

Food Group

Dr. Funada

Dr. John Ralph Dr. Hisashi Koiwa

Dr. Peter Kitin■Research and development for increasing yields of rice, soybean and vegetables
using advanced biofertilizer technology and their genome information

Dr. Yokoyama

Dr. Gary Stacey

Makoto Shibutani TeamDr. Sung-Hwan Dr. Rowan F. SageYun■Elucidation of biological functions aimed at maintaining health · overcoming

various diseases and searching for control methods

Dr. Richard J.
Simpson

Hideshige Takada TeamDr. Hirohito
Yamaguchi

Dr. Yasuyuki
Arakane■Impact Assessment of Microplastics in Marine Ecosystems

GIR Vice-Dean
Tsutomu Arie

GIR Vice-Dean
Masafumi Yohda

Dr. Takada

Dr. RichardThompson

Energy Groupcarbon societies

Tadashi Yokoyama TeamDr. Shibutani

GIR Vice-DeanChisato Miyaura

EnergyFood is one of the critical challenges that the international community iscurrently facing. Particularly, food shortages afflict many people living
mainly in the Asia-Pacific region. “Food” as a priority theme encompasses
both food production and environmental science to solve these issue

Dr. David Crews Dr. Andrea C. Gore

Takashi Gomi Team

■Research and development of green infrastructure for resilient

rural areas

Dr. Akisawa

Toshio Ogasawara TeamDr. Yannis Korkolis

Yoichi Tominaga Team

Dr. FlorianGrundler

Dr. Chris Bowler

signaling mechanism

Dr. SamCoppietersdevicesDr. Tominaga Dr. Michel Armand Dr. Jusef Hassoun Dr. Suwabun
Chirachanchai

Akihiko Terada Team■A new nitrogen management system in water/wastewater treatment

Dr. Barth F. Smets

Dr. Hideaki Nagase■Interdisciplinary research initiative of optical science for clarifying in-vivo■Development of polymeric materials for flexible energy conversion/storage

Dr. Terada■Cutting edge research in the field of life science

Kazuhiko Misawa Team

■Development of next generation ultra-light mobility

Dr. FrédéricBarlat

Life Science Group

Dr. Yohda

Dr. Bo Monemar Dr. David Kisailus

Dr. Ogasawara

Life ScienceLife science has a significant impact on our health andwell-being. “Life Science” as a priority theme pushes andprecedes the edge of technical possibility, mainly in protein
synthesis and life science.

Dr. Kartik Dr. Susanne Lackner
Chandran

Strategic Research Initiative for Interdisciplinary Field

Katsuhiko Naoi Team

■Harmony between environment and energy: Energy facilitator leading tothe future society

Dr. Hiroaki
Matsunami

Dr. Misawa

Dr. Xuehua Zhang

Tetsuya Mizutani TeamDr. AtsushiYabushita■Research on emerging viral infectious diseases outbreaks in the nearfuture

Dr. MIzutani

Dr. Shinji Makino

Kenji Ogino Team

Dr. Atsushi
OkumuraDr. Christopher
B. Buck■Development of functional nano-capsules and materials for drug delivery

systems and other applications

Dr. Ogino

Dr. Guanghui Ma

Dr. Aibing Yu

Dr. Sanjay Mathur

Toshihisa Tanaka Team

■Development of AI Technologies for Biomedical Informatics and Its

Applications

Approaches

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT) wasselected by the Japanese government as one of the 12 national
universities rapidly promoting global research in 2014. In exploiting
our advantages in the agriculture and engineering fields, and as aninitiative to enhance our research capabilities, we established theGlobal Innovation Research Organization in June 2014 to furtherour goals as a research university. In 2016, it was reorganized as
the Institute of Global Innovation Research (GIR), a new research
institution at the graduate school.
In 2018, for further enhancement, the GIR has formed a researchgroup in each three key areas and Strategic Research Initiative forInterdisciplinary Fields consisting of researchers who has 3-year
experience in strategic research teams.
At the GIR, we prioritize research in three key areas: "food,""energy," and "life science" which constitute an interdisciplinary
area between agriculture and engineering fields. We aim to boost
the number of international joint research efforts and internationallyco-authored papers, creating advanced innovative results forthemes with a high social demand in the key areas.

Dr. Gomi

Dr. Roy C. Sidle Dr. Jaehak Jeong

Dr. Naoi

Taishi Umezawa Team

■Functional and biochemical interactions between abiotic and biotic

stress responses in plants

Dr. Patrice Simon

Stress Response
植物環境応答in Plants

Dr. Umezawa

Dr. Scott C. Peck

Shinsuke Koike TeamDr. Jeﬀrey
AndersonDr. Vojislava Grbic■Researches on biodiversity-friendly and sustainable natural resource

management in terrestrial ecosystems.

Food

Priority Field 1
Monster Rice &Biofertilizer

Dr. Patrick Rozier

Functional Food
機能性食品

Woody Biomass
木質バイオマスBiodiversity

Green Infrastructure
Marine Plastic
海洋プラスチック汚染
Pollution

Production of Food
Environmental Science

Dr. Bruce Dunn

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Field Group & Strategic research teams in the Three Fields
Strategic Research Initiative for Interdisciplinary Field■ Employment of Worldʼs leading Researchers as core Professors
Green(TenureInfrastructure“Carrier challenge”
Track system) etc- Advancement of international collaboration- Development of young researchers
若手研究者の育成疾患モデル

Dr. Andreas
Zedrosser

Dr. Takuya Iwamura

Disease ModelBiomimetics

Drug Discovery

プロテオスタシス

Proteostasis

Dr. Antonio Ortega Dr. Anh-Huy
PHAN

Priority Field 2

EnergyLED
LED

Li-Ion Battery

Resource/Energy Recovery

GreenManufacturing

Energy Control
Energy efficiency

Life Science

Genetic Disorder
創薬

Dr. Tatsuya Amano

Dr.Andrzej
Cichocki

Institute of Global Innovation ResearchPriority Field 3

Dr. KoikeDr. TanakaProtein Science
Life and Medical Science