Researchers and departments involved in exchange activities

Kyoto University Funding Program
Funded Applicants and Reports

FY 2023 General Program

Project Title
KU Coordinator	UZH Coordinator	Report

Intensive Workshop: “The Political Uses of Myth in Japan”
Fernando Gustavo Wirtz （Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Letters）	Raji Steineck （Professor, Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences）
A Regulatory Framework for Artificial Intelligence
Tatsuhiko Inatani （Professor, Graduate School of Law）	1.Florent Thouvenin （Professor, Faculty of Law） 2.Peter Georg Picht （Professor, Faculty of Law）
Modelling Sustainable Finance
Chiaki Hara （Professor, Institute of Economic Research）	Thorsten Hens （Professor, Department of Banking and Finance, Economics, Business and Informatics）
Co-creation of an integrated transcription therapeutic approach to regulate allergic immune response
Ganesh Pandian Namasivayam （Junior Associate Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell Material Sciences (iCeMS)）	Cezmi Akdis （Director and Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Swiss Institute of Allergy and Asthma Research, Christine Kühne-Center for Allergy）

 

FY 2023 ECR Program

Project Title
Applicant	Host Researcher	Supported ECR	Report

Pushing the technical boundaries of environmental microbiology by connecting the two “pilot lakes”
Yusuke Okazaki （Assistant Professor, Institute for Chemical Research）	Adrian-Stefan Andrei （Group Leader, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology）	Same as applicant
Collaborative neuroscience research for developing new drugs targeting GPR55 with the goal of treating neuropathic pain
Adam T. Guy  （Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies）	Esther Stoeckli （Professor, Department of Molecular Life Sciences）	Linchi Chen （Graduate School of Biostudies (KU), PhD Student）
Programmable DNA-based tools to detect inflammation markers
Ganesh Pandian Namasivayam （Junior Associate Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell Material Sciences (iCeMS)）	Marie-Charlotte Brüggen （Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology (University Hospital Zurich), Faculty of Medicine (UZH), Christine Kühne Foundation of Allergy Research and Education (CK CARE)）	Mahima Kumar （Graduate School of Biostudies (KU), PhD Student）

FY 2022 General Program

Project Title
KU Coordinator	UZH Coordinator	Report

Establishment of cell purification method for the next-generation cell therapy
Hirohide Saito （Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA)	Simon Philipp Hoerstrup （Professor, Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM)）
Synergistic joint research to regulate mitochondrial function and control inflammation associated with aging of skin cells
Ganesh Pandian Namasivayam （Junior Associate Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell Material Sciences (iCeMS)）	Marie-Charlotte Brüggen （Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology (University Hospital Zurich), Faculty of Medicine (UZH), Christine Kühne Foundation of Allergy Research and Education (CK CARE)）

FY 2022 ECR Program

Project Title
Applicant	Host Researcher	Supported ECR	Report

High-dimensional, low-sample-size data analysis in machine learning
Yugo Nakayama　 （Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Informatics）	Manuel Günther  （Assistant Professor, Department of Informatics）	Same as applicant

 

Funding within the strategic partnership between
Kyoto University (KU) and the University of Zurich (UZH)

FY2021 General Program

Project Title
KU Coordinator	UZH Coordinator	Report

Joint Workshop on Legal Responses to Doping
Kanako Takayama （Professor, Graduate School of Law	Gian Ege （Senior Teaching and Research Assistant, Faculty of Law）
Zurich-Kyoto Future Medicine Cluster: Creating Multilingual Medical AI Solutions
Koji Fujimoto （Program-Specific Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine）	Michael Krauthammer （Professor, Department Quantitative Biomedicine (UZH), Chair of Medical Informatics (USZ)）
Recent developments in fundamental and applied plant molecular biology
Shuhei Nasuda （Professor, Graduate School of Agriculture）	Kentaro K. Shimizu （Full professor, Faculty of Science, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies）
Exploiting the power of the emerging plant model Marchantia polymorpha for evolutionary and functional studies
Takayuki Kohchi （Professor, Graduate School of Biostudies）	Ueli Grossniklaus （Professor, Department of Plant and Microbial Biology）
Towards a universal solution: Editing iPSCs for stroke therapy
Akitsu Hotta （Associate Professor, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA)）	Christian Tackenberg （Group Leader and Scientific Head of Stem Cell Research, Institute for Regenerative Medicine (IREM)）
Positioning Japan in Transpacific Histories of Labour, Migration and Environmental Change
Kjell David Ericson （Program-Specific Assistant Professor, Center for the Promotion of Interdisciplinary Education and Research）	Martin Dusinberre （Professor and Chair for Global History, Department of History）
Technology integration to achieve artificial regulation of white adipose tissue inflammation in obesity using SMART genetic switches
Ganesh Pandian Namasivayam （Junior Associate Professor, Institute for Integrated Cell Material Sciences (iCeMS)）	Marie-Charlotte Brüggen （Assistant Professor, Department of Dermatology (University Hospital Zurich), Faculty of Medicine (UZH), Christine Kühne Foundation of Allergy Research and Education (CK CARE)）

 

FY 2021 ECR Program

Project Title
Applicant	Host Researcher	Supported ECR	Report

Covariation of the skull and pelvic morphologies in primates as a mechanism to explain encephalization and bipedality in humans
Naoki Morimoto （Associate Professor, Graduate School of Science）	Christoph Zollikofer （Professor, Anthropological Institute and Museum, Department of Anthropology）	Yuma Tomizawa （Graduate School of Science (KU), PhD Student）

 

Participants’ Departments* of the Liaison Meeting for Strategic Partnership with University of Zurich