The National Institute of Science and Technology Policy of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology has been awarded the 2017 Nice Step Researcher, which commends researchers who have made remarkable contributions to the progress of science and technology and gave dreams to the people. Eleven people were selected, including Associate Professor Shinpei Kato (35) of the Graduate School of Science and Technology.
At the time of selection, based on the institute's daily research activities and a survey of a network of about 2000 experts, we identified about 480 candidates who are attracting attention for their recent activities.From the viewpoints of excellent research results, active development of research activities in Japan and overseas, return of research results to the real world, expectations for future expansion of activities, etc., an in-house examination committee was held and 11 people were selected.
In addition to Associate Professor Kato, Professor Keiji Nishida (38) of the Graduate School of Science and Technology Innovation, Kobe University, Associate Professor Kim Amami (38) of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Iwate University, and Kyoko Miura of the Graduate School of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University were selected. Associate Professor (37) et al.
Associate Professor Kato has developed the basic software for a fully automatic driving system, Professor Nishida has developed a genome editing technology that does not cut DNA, and Associate Professor Kim has developed a technology to control the hull of a small fishing boat with artificial intelligence.Associate Professor Miura creates induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS cells) from the skin of the naked mole rat, which has a long life span and is less prone to cancer.
Since 2005, the Institute for Science, Technology and Academic Policy has commended researchers who have made achievements in the field of science and technology, and has also selected Nobel Prize-winning professors Shinya Yamanaka and Hiroshi Amano of Nagoya University. It has been.
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Arisa Ema, Specially Appointed Lecturer, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo (33) ▽ Associate Professor Yasushi Takagi, Faculty of Environmental and Social Science and Engineering, The University of Tokyo (43) ▽ Associate Professor Daichi Chiba, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo (39) ▽ Toshihide Hige, Research Fellow, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (36) ▽ Junichiro Yamaguchi, Associate Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University (38) ▽ Le Gar François, Associate Professor, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University (39) ▽ International Applied Systems Yoshihide Wada, Deputy Director of Water Resources Program, Analytical Research Institute (37).
