Projects
    We carry out research in extensive range of chemistry fields, including both basic and applied research, at the Institute for Chemical Research (ICR) . The following sections describe major research projects at ICR.
    1. Research and Education Funding
    2. Global COE Programs
    3. Other Major Research Projects
    Research and Education Funding (to Top)
    Joint Usage / Research Center : Frontier / Interdisciplinary Research Core in ICR for Deepening Investigation and Promoting Cooperation in Chemistry-Oriented Fields
    Representative from ICR : TOKITOH, Norihiro Term : 2010-2015
    Institute for Chemical Research (ICR) has been functioning from 2010 as the “Joint Usage/Research Center (JURC)” approved by MEXT. On the basis of the frontier research and extensive domestic/ international collaboration so far conducted at ICR, the JURC aims at further developments of cooperative researches and cultivation of active young researchers in the chemistry-oriented fields. 68 research subjects are pursued at JURC in the fiscal year of 2010.
    MEXT Project of Integrated Research on Chemical Synthesis
    Joint Project with CRC (Hokkaido Univ.), RCMS (Nagoya Univ.), and IMCE (Kyushu Univ.)
    Representative from ICR : OZAWA, Fumiyuki

    Term : 2010-2015
    Cutting-edge scientific research is increasingly interdisciplinary. In order to advance and create integrated research on chemical synthesis it is imperative to have coordinated cooperation across various research fields. Our cooperative research initiative is very unique, one of a kind in that it coordinates collaborative research across four different institutions.
    <Laboratories participating from ICR>
    International Research Center for Elements Science, etc
    Global COE Programs (to Top)

    International Center for Integrated Research and Advanced Education in Materials Science
    http://oec.kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp/icr_gcoe/
    http://www.mtl.kyoto-u.ac.jp/gcoe/E/index.html
    Joint Program with Graduate School of Science and Graduate School of Engineering
    Program Leader : SAWAMOTO, Mitsuo (Graduate School of Engineering)

    Representative from ICR : TOKITOH, Norihiro

    Term: 2007-2011

    Based on the recognition that traditionally trained narrow experts can no longer cope with such complex and multifaceted problems as global sustainability and environment, this COE Program sets the following principal objectives: a new paradigm in research and a new breed of scientists via education.

    <Laboratories participating from ICR>
    Organoelement Chemistry, Nanospintronics, Biofunctional Design-Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Organotransition Metal Chemistry, and others
    Center of Excellence for Education and Research on Photonics and Electronics Science and Engineering

    Joint Program with Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of  Informatics
    Program Leader : NODA, Susumu (Graduate School of Engineering)

    Representative from ICR :KANEMITSU, Yoshihiko

    Term: 2007-2011

    In this program, we aim at establishing the COE for “photonics and electronics science and engineering” to investigate and develop innovative technologies, by which an arbitrary manipulation of photons (light) and an ultimate control of electrons will be achieved, as we hold the motto of “challenge the limitations of current technology and create new functionalities”.

    <Laboratory participating from ICR>
    Photonic Elements Science
    The Next Generation of Physics, Spun from Universality & Emergence
    − Developing Independent Researchers to Explore New Frontiers −
    Joint Program with Graduate School of Science (Division of Physics and Astronomy), Kwasan and Hida Observatories, the Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics and Research Center for Low Temperature and Materials Sciences
    Program Leader : KAWAI, Hikaru (Graduate School of Science)
    Representative from ICR : SAKABE, Shuji
    Term: 2008-2012
    In this program, we seek to unite seemingly independent realms by uncovering the fundamental universality extending across their boundaries, while searching for novel and diverse emergent phenomena that could not be predicted by deduction from such laws alone. The objective of this GCOE program is to make progress toward the construction of the next generation of physics, spun from universality and emergence, while developing independent-minded researchers who will be capable of opening new frontiers in the study of natural phenomena.
    <Laboratories participaing from ICR>
    Particle Beam Science, Laser Matter Interaction Science, Group of Atomic and Molecular Physics in Structural Molecular Biology
    Other Major Research Projects (to Top)
    Open Advanced Facilities Initiative for Innovation
    Kyoto-Advanced Nanotechnology Network
    Joint Program with Kyoto University, JAIST and NAIST
    Representative from ICR : SHIMAKAWA, Yuichi Term : 2007-2011
    It is aimed to promote the nanotechnology by offering relevant researchers to use a number of particular equipments under collaboration with academic members in the alliance of three universities; Kyoto University, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, and Nara Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.
    <Laboratories participating from ICR>
    Electron Microscopy and Crystal Chemistry, Advanced Solid State Chemistry
    Grants-in-Aid for Creative Scientific Research

    Strategic State-of-the-Art Solid State Chemistry for New Functional Materials:  Exploring for New Multi-Functional Materials
    Research Leader : SHIMAKAWA, Yuichi Term : 2007-2011

    We are seeking new materials with new functions through a strategic state-of the-art solid state chemistry approach.

    <Laboratories participating from ICR>
    Nanospintronics, Electron Microscopy and Crystal Chemistry, Advanced Solid State Chemistry
    JSPS International Training Program
    International Research and Training Program on Bioinformatics and Systems Biology
    Program Director : MAMITSUKA, Hiroshi Term : 2009-2013
    Collaborating with the partner institutions, we will foster young researchers (including students) who can promote new researches to be internationally renowned with the internship program and international workshops.
    <Laboratory participating from ICR>
    Bioinformatics Center
    Life Science Database Integration Project
    Genome-based Integrated Resource for Diseases, Drugs, and Environmental Substances
    Research Leader : KANEHISA, Minoru Term : 2011-2013
    We develop a new database source for diseases, drugs, and environmental substances integrated with genome-based biological systems information, which would help to bring the genomic revolution to society.
    <Laboratory participating from ICR>
    Bioinformatics Center
    Key Technology Development for Data Integration and Application to Emerging Fields
    Research Leader : GOTO, Susumu Term : 2011-2013
    This project aims at providing a new integrated database framework for extracting biological knowledge from various kinds and massive amounts of information derived from new experimental data such as metagenomes by consolidating link information between database entries as well as chemical and genomic data analysis systems.
    <Laboratory participating from ICR>
    Bioinformatics Center