Promoting two efforts that support the community
“Advanced Bioimaging Support” and “JISEDAI-NOU” Project
Advanced Research Support promotes the following projects as part of its mission for the National Institute for Physiological Sciences.
●Advanced Bioimaging Support (ABiS)
The Advanced Research Support is operating the administrative office of the Advanced Bioimaging Support (ABiS), which is newly launched in 2022 as a project of FY2022-2027 Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas ― Platforms for Advanced Technologies and Research Resources. ABiS is a framework for supporting cutting-edge imaging techniques (observation of samples and data analysis) using various types of microscopes and MRI, where the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS) and the National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB) work as the core organizations. Through the collaborative research that these institutes promote, ABiS is forming a network with domestic partner organizations to provide custom-made support for bioimaging techniques.
●JISEDAI-NOU Project
●Multidisciplinary Frontier Brain and Neuroscience Discoveries (Brain/MINDS 2.0)
From FY2023, the National Institute for Physiological Sciences (NIPS) has been adopted as the core organization of the newly launched AMED program, the Multidisciplinary Frontier Brain and Neuroscience Discoveries. (Brain/MINDS 2.0) This program will strengthen collaboration between basic and clinical medicine and between academia and industry, and utilize innovative technologies and research results to elucidate brain mechanisms and promote research into breakthrough diagnosis, treatment, and drug discovery seeds for dementia and other neurological disorders. The Advanced Research Support will be responsible for tasks related to international correspondence in brain science research and the construction of a human brain imaging database.
●Frontier of Spin Life Sciences (Spin-L)
In FY2023, the Frontier of Spin Life Sciences (Spin-L), one of the "MEXT Promotion of Development of a Joint Usage/ Research System Project: Coalition of Universities for Research Excellence Program (CURE)" was launched. This project aims to establish a center to advance life sciences research using spin science, creating a next-generation field that integrates molecular, biological, and physiological sciences. The Advanced Research Support will serve as the administrative office in close collaboration with the Institute for Molecular Science and The Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS).
