The University of Tsukuba

&
Industry-University
Collaboration Activities
University of Tsukuba
International Industry-University
Collaborative Headquarters
 Overview
of the University of Tsukuba
Where is Tsukuba?

Tsukuba city

Tokyo
Mt. Fuji Narita

45min by train (Tsukuba Express)

from downtown Tokyo to Tsukuba
＆
50min by car from Narita Airport
(Metropolitan Inter-City Expressway)
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Center of Research and Development
Tsukuba is the largest science city in Japan
32 national research institutes,
( = 30% of all national institutes)
more than 200 private Institutes.
1 out of 10 residents of Tsukuba city is a researcher.

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2nd Largest Campus in Japan
Tsukuba
（258ha） West UCLA
New York Michigan (170ha)
Central Park （344ha)

Harvard Oxford Beijing

MIT

Harvard

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44+101 Years of Unique History
145 years of History and Tradition
Funded as Higher Normal School (1872) Dr. TOMONAGA
→Tokyo University of Education (1949) Sin-Ichiro
→University of Tsukuba (1973) (Physics, 1965)

3 Nobel Laureates
Dr. Esaki Leo Dr. SHIRAKAWA Hideki
(Physics, 1973) (Chemistry, 2000)
63 Medals in Olympic Games Silver Medalists at
London Olympics 2012
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Number of Students and Staff
2,326 International
students from
Administrators
1,941 106 countries
Faculty
2,061
Total Undergraduate
Students

8 Graduate schools 20,423 9,909

 Education Graduate as of May, 2014
9 Undergraduate Schools
 Humanities and Social Sciences Students  Humanities and Culture
 Social and International Studies
 Business Sciences
 Pure and Applied Sciences
6,560  Human Sciences
 Systems and Information Engineering  Life and Environmental Sciences

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 Life and Environmental Sciences  Sciences and Engineering
 Comprehensive Human Sciences Integrative School  Informatics
 Library, Information and Media  School of Integrative and Global  Medicine and Medical Sciences
Studies Majors (SIGMA)  Health and Physical Education
 Art and Design

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13 Overseas Offices in 12 Countries
Bordeaux Office (France)
Beijing Office (China)
Bonn Office (Germany)
Shanghai Office (China)
Irvine Office (United States)

Taiwan Office (Taiwan)

Ho Chi Minh Office (Vietnam)

Tunis Office (Tunisia)

Kuala Lumpur Office (Malaysia) São Paulo Office (Brazil)

Tashkent Office (Uzbekistan) Jakarta Office (Indonesia)

Almaty Office (Kazakhstan)

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Subject Jukebox for Students of Partners
CAMPUS-IN-CAMPUS for promoting Global Mobility
of Students and Researchers

Students University of
California, Irvine
University of
Bordeaux

National Taiwan
Students
University
University of Subject Jukebox Students
Tsukuba for students of partners
More Universities
Students

Joint Degree Program Dual Degree Program

~ Separate Diplomas ~ ~Coordinated Single Diploma~
Transnational Leaders

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 University of Tsukuba Hospital
Mission: advanced medical care and medical research

• Opened 1978
• 34 clinical Departments
• 800 beds
• 1,782 staffs
category number
Teaching Staff 294
Residents and Fellows 279
Clinical Assistant Professor 67
Nurses and Maternity Nurses 774
Pharmacists 49
Other Paramedical Staff 368
MRI operating room Angiography operating room
As of Apr. 2014

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RU11: Top Research Universities in Japan
RU11 is a consortium, established in 2009, consisting
of 11 of the top Research Universities in Japan.

/ 781* Universities
*2014 School Basic Survey (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan)

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 Research Centers for Innovation
Nationwide joint-use institutes Research centers
• Center for Computational Sciences • Life Science Center of Tsukuba
• Shimoda Marine Research Center Advanced Research Alliance (TARA)
• Gene Research Center • Alliance for Research on North Africa
• Plasma Research Center • Cybernics Research
• Center for Isotopes and
Environmental Dynamics (CRiED)
Research cores • Tsukuba Research Center for
• International Institute for Integrative Interdisciplinary Materials Sciences
Sleep Medicine (IIIS) • Agricultural and Forestry Research
• Core Laboratory for Algal Biomass Center
and Energy System • Proton Medical Research Center
• Innovation Medical Research
Institute

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Industry-University Collaboration
at the University of Tsukuba
OUR MISSIONS
social and econom ic innovations
facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research fi nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;

universityspin-offs
University sp in-offs
sup p orting university sp in-offs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;
The University of Tsukuba
International
Industry-University
technolog y transfer Collaborative Headquarters

p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises

as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;
OUR ROLE
intellectual p rop erties
ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop erties
b y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science City & Region

p rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;
OUR MISSIONS
social and econom ic innovations
facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research fi nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;

universityspin-offs
University sp in-offs
sup p orting university sp in-offs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;
The University of Tsukuba
International
Industry-University
technolog y transfer Collaborative Headquarters

p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises

as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;
OUR ROLE
intellectual p rop erties
ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop erties
b y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science City & Region

p rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;
Strengths of the University of Tsukuba
in Industry-University Collaboration

Interdisciplinary International
Strong interaction between Faculties: # of foreign students,
Humanities, Social, Life Sciences, courses given using foreign languages
Medical, Engineering, Informatics, → 2nd highest in Japan
Art, Phys. Ed.

Entrepreneurship Location
# of university startups: 2nd highest At the center of the largest
in Japan (2009), e.g., Cyberdyne Inc. science city in Japan, with
founded by Professor Sankai 15,000 researchers
Interdisciplinary Research for Emerging Society Needs
Faculty Structure optimized for Interdisciplinary Research,
including Art, Sports and Medicine.
Unique Research System Interdisciplinary Research Areas

Conventional U. of Tsukuba ●Integrative Sleep Medicine

Professor Chair System Research Group System

Professor Group Ａ Group Ｂ

Associat. ●Research Center for
Professor
Associat. Prof. Advanced & Interdisciplinary
Prof.
Assist.
Life Sciences【TARA Center】
Assist. Assist. Assist.
Prof. Prof.
Prof. Prof. ●Robot Suit HAL
●Boron Neutron Capture
Therapy(BNCT)
⇒ Easy to create interdisciplinary ●Center for Computational
research projects Sciences

⇒ Young researchers can easily ●Health,

Physical Ed. &
start new research themes
Sport Sciences
 Mapping U. Tsukuba’s Research Potential
onto Industry Areas

Faculties of U. of Tsukuba
Engineering, Pure & Appl Health,
Medicine Life, Environ. Humanities Art, Design
Info., Sys. Sci Sport

Pharma

Medical devices

Health
Industrial Areas

Transportation

Energy, Environm

ＩＴ

Materials, Insrum

Food

Sports

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 Concept for Social & Economic Innovations
by Interdisciplinary Research at U. Tsukuba
Macro trend of Global Society Economic Innovation Faculty of University of Tsukuba
Distributed, sharing
and circulation society Service for Human Life Humanities & Social Science

The expansion of EPA & FTA Healthy quality of life Business Science
The Growth of Emerging countries Next Society System
Pure & Applied Science
Compact City
Changes of Global Market
Engineering, Information & Systems
IT/Cloud
Solution

Toward Sustainable Society Life & Environmental Sciences

AI/Robotics
Securing Water Resources, Energy, Food
IoT/IoE Human Sciences
Sophistication of Transportation System
Cyber Security
IoE: Internet of Everything Health & Sports Sciences
Aging Infrastructure System Upgrading
Products Art & Design
Low birthrate & Aging Society Measures
Hydrogen Mobility Medicine
Reduction of CO2
Clean Energy
Promotion of Resource Recycling Industrial Internet Library Information & Media Science
OUR MISSIONS
social and econom ic innovations
facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research fi nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;

universityspin-offs
University sp in-offs
sup p orting university sp in-offs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;
The University of Tsukuba
International
Industry-University
technolog y transfer Collaborative Headquarters

p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises

as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;
OUR ROLE
intellectual p rop erties
ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop erties
b y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science City & Region

p rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;
2nd in the Growth of Industry-University collaboration
among Japanese universities
Average budget growth-rate of Budget Increase of Industry-
Industry-sponsored collaborative sponsored collaborative research
research between 2010-2015 from 2014 to 2015
Budget Increase
University Growth ratio (%) University in 2015
(Million ¥)
1 Yamagata Univ. 52.7 3 Tohoku Univ. 561
2 Univ. of Tsukuba 35.2 2 Univ. of Tsukuba 560
3 Tohoku Univ. 17.2 6 Hokkaido Univ. 391
4 Nagoya Inst. of Tech. 16.2 1 Yamagata Univ. 348
5 Nagasaki Univ. 15.6 5 Tokyo Univ. 226
6 Hokkaido Univ. 14.3 6 Nagoya Univ. 216
7 Waseda Univ. 13.4 7 Osaka Univ. 207
8 Chiba Univ. 13.1 8 Keio Univ. 204
9 Toyohashi Univ. of Tech. 12.6 9 Chiba Inst. of Tech. 188
10 Shinshu Univ. 11.6 10 Tokyo Univ. of Scirnce 124

MEXT Report for Industry-University Collaborative Activities in 2015

Why? <Ranking 2nd>

In 2015, the industry-sponsored collaborative research budget

increased by 2-fold compared to 2014.

1,200 Budget
1044
Industry-Sponsored Collaborative

1,000
Collaborative Research Numbers
Research Budget (Million ¥)

800

600 484
383 373
400 289 282 319
276 291 320
200 233 212 223 246

0
2009
H21 2010
H22 2011
H23 2012
H24 2013
H25 2014
H26 2015
H27

Industry-Sponsored Collaborative Research Budget of the University of Tsukuba

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Why? <2 fold increase in only one year>

1. Made a platform for interdisciplinary

industry-university co-creation

2. Innovated headquarters management structure

of Industry-University Collaboration

3. Changed the strategy toward initiating large-

scale collaborative research
1. Platform for Interdisciplinary industry-university co-creation

2. Innovation of headquarters management structure

Ｉｎｄｕｓｉｔｒｙ－Ｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ Dep.
Ｉｎｔｅｒｎａｔｉｏｎａｌ Ｉｎｄｕｓｉｔｒｙ－Ｕｎｉｖｅｒｓｉｔｙ
Ｃｏｌｌａｂｏｒａｔｉｖｅ Ｈｅａｄｑｕａｒｔｅｒ Technology Transfer Cheam
（2014 April）
R&D Center（2015 July）

3. Large scale collaborative research creation program

①M2B2A type collaborative research（2014 Aug）
特別共同研究事業制度 M2B2A型共同研究
②Special collaborative research Project （2014 Dec.）
③Global Matching Program(2014 Aug.）
④Tsukuba Industry-University Collab. Boost Pj.（2015 April）

3. Promotion of industry-univ. collaboration and talent placement

①Innovation Medical Research Institute (2015 Aug.）

②Tsukuba Clinical R&D Organization （T-CReDO） (2015 May)

③Life Innovation Degree Program (2015 Nov.）

④Center for Artificial Intelligence Research (2017 April）

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 2. Industry-University Collaboration Structure
International Industry-
Industry-University Collaboration
University Collaborative Department
産学連携部（事務組織）
Headquarters Industry-University Collaboration Department
・Intellectual property
（Support Staff）
・National fund
(Established in April. 2014) ・Research Collaboration contracts

Technology Transfer Team

・11 Technology Transfer Managers
Dr. Kanaho(Executive Officer) Dr. Uchida(Professor)
Deputy Vice
General
Director Director
manager
General General
Research & Development Center
(established in July 2015)
Committee for
University- <First R&D Center>
industry
Collaboration R&D Center for Algal Biomass
Energy System
Strategic plans to strengthen industry collaborations

U.Tsukuba Strategies for Industry-University Collaboration

Ｉ “R&D Center” framework July, 2015

December,
ＩＩ Special Collaborative Research Projects 2014

Market-to-Business-to-Academia
ＩＩＩ Collaboration Process
Aug, 2014

ＩV Expand international collaborations Aug, 2014

V Innovation Medical Research Institute Aug, 2015

Ｉ “R&D Center” framework July, 2015

Missions of University of Tsukuba

Social Contributions Research Education

Research
Centers Schools
R&D Centers
Innovative Organization operated by external funds
Objective Management
Create innovation Promote industry-univ. collaboration in
research areas with high social demands
Participation of industry personnel
5 years duration
Speed up research (with a possibility to extend)

Cultivate industry-directed culture Will be abolished when external funding

& entrepreneurial talents is no longer available
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First R&D Center started in Aug. 2015
R&D Center for Algal Biomass Energy System
Securing Energy Source ; A vital problem for Japan
Hydrocarbon Producing Algae Botryococcus braunii produces 118 t oil
ha/year

Aurantiochytrium has a high-growth rate,

Prof. Makoto Watanabe
with a high content of the hydrocarbon
called squalene.

The oil product is shown

by yellow spheres.
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Second R&D Center started in Jan. 2017
R&D Center for Precision Medicine
Japan's first $1000 genome analysis center
Current Status: Precious genome information of the
Japanese population is outflowing toward overseas.
All-Japan genome analysis scheme
Region No. Location of $1000 genome analysis center

Japan ０
System Operation Service User
Samples
Alabama (1), California (2), New York (1), <Consortium>
USA ５
Missouri (1) ・Nation Reserch
GB (3), Iceland (1), DE (1), Austria (1), Univ. of Tsukuba Insititutes
EU ７
Sweden (1) (Coordinator) ・Medical Institutes
Korea １ Seoul（１） Bio Companies results ・Pharm. Companies
Clinical Res. Companies
China ２ Beijing（１）、Shanghai（１）
Middle
１ Qatar（１）
East

5～１０ systems connected for 1000$ genome analysis

Innovation Medical Research Building Next-generation super high-throughput DNA sequencer

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Collaborative research under one-roof between industry and U. of Tsukuba

to promote social implementation of research outputs
Mutual understanding of what to be solved to achieve a business goal
U. of Tsukuba Industry
Special Collaborative Research
・Funding,
・Under one-roof at the U. of Tsukuba
including salaries of
・Duration from 2 to 5 years its personnel
・Employ industry researchers as professors temporarily employed
・Researcher
by U. Tsukuba as
・Facilities Professors Professors professors
Associate Professors Associate Prof.
postdocs Researchers ・Researcher
undergraduates
・Materials

① Industry & University researchers both participate to accelerate future business

② Industry researchers participate in education at the University
 Example of a Full-scale university-industry research collaboration :
Special Collaborative Research PJ with an Automobile Company
“Advanced research for realization of smart accessible society”
To pursue how the social system will be transformed in the next generation,
interdisciplinary research spanning diverse fields is necessary.

Automaker’s Needs for Solutions U.Tsukuba’s Research Potential

toward the coming Society
Faculty Structure optimized
“Accessible society system”
for Interdisciplinary Research
・ Public transportation system Sharing Psychology F. Human Sci.
・ Human behavior science problems Cultural anthrop. F. Media Sci.
Economics F. Business Sci.
・ Urban structure
with smart accessibility F. Soc. Sci.
Law
F. Life & Environ.
・ City design Risk Eng.
F. Engineering
Policy Sciences
・ Human friendly functions F. Pure&Appl. Sci.
Innovative Service Eng.
・ Economic system F. Art & Design
research Design
F. Sport
・ Legal framework theme Ergonomics F. Medicine

Started in November, 2015 Create new discipline in academic research

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Market-to-Business-to-Academia
ＩＩＩ Collaboration Process
Aug, 2014

Conventional collaboration Tries to transfer technologies & IPs

developed at universities

Academia to Business to Market (A2B2M)

Academia Business Market

Seeds Social & Economic
Value Chain Innovation
IPs

A new strategy for expanding

Exploits University’s research potential to
industry collaboration realize future business plan of the Industry
Market to Business to Academia (M2B2A)

Academia Business Market

Research Needs for future
Value Chain
Potential Society & Economy

Research Potential such as: facility, science network, academic knowledge,

educational environment, clinical environment, technical seeds & IPs etc.
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Market-to-Business-to-Academia
ＩＩＩ Collaboration Process
Aug, 2014

Management of M2B2A System in the University of Tsukuba

Industry University

Construction Humanities
Future business problems

Food Customized Research groups Social Sci.

Human Sci.
Textle
Future business problems
Life, Environ. Sci.
Customized Research groups
Chemicals
Sci. & Engineering
Future business problems
Steel
Customized Research groups Informatics

Electronics
Medical
Future business problems
Transportation Customized Research groups Sports, Phys. Ed

Commerce Arts, Design

Strategy Staff

■Candidate Corporations ■Internal activities

Nikkei 225, World TOP20 pharma, Analyze research potential
regional corporations ⇒industry vs research ＤＢ & mapping
 ＩV Expand international collaborations Aug, 2014

Plans for large-scale collaborative research

Focusing to global top 20 pharma
(Global pharma Ranking in 2013)
Domestic pharmas with ongoing collaborative research

(16) (18) (20)

Started in 2015

(5) (16)
(15)

Negotiating to start in 2016

(1) (9)
 Collaborative Research Funding from Foreign Companies

Ranking of Collaborative Research

Funding from Foreign Companies U. Tsukuba’s Collaborative Research
( FY2016, million yen) Funding from Foreign Companies

University Fee Number 180

1 Tohoku Univ. 245 19 160 154

140 129
2 Univ. of Tsukuba 130 7

Million Yen
120
3 Nagoya Univ. 123 7
100
4 Univ. of Tokyo 122 23
80
5 Tokyo Inst. of Tech. 95 12 60
6 Kyoto Univ. 80 14 40
7 Jap. Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Tech. 20
43 7
(北陸先端科学技術大学院大学)
0
8 Osaka Univ. 37 9
2013 2014 2015 2016
FY
9 Waseda Univ. 35 3

10 Tokyo Univ. of Marine Sci. & 35

27 4
Tech. (東京海洋大学)
V Innovation Medical Research Institute Aug, 2015

To develop revolutionary medical therapy that insures healthy

quality of life toward the age of super-aging Japanese society

Research Focus: Proactive P4 Medicine

Predictive, Preventive,
Professor, Kanaho
Personalized , Participatory

Total floor capacity 6000 m2 University of Tsukuba

Kasuga Campus
Innovation Medical Research Institute Tsukuba Station

MEXT ‘s Project for Innovation by Industry-Academia Collaboration（2012）

「地域資源等を活用した産学連携による国際科学イノベーション拠点整備事業」

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V Innovation Medical Research Institute Aug, 2015

Industry-University collaboration under one-roof

5th Floor R&D of Efficient Medical Drugs

（Pharma & Startup companies）

MEXT Center of Innovation Program

Health promotion by Food ＊COI Stream “Food & Excersice
4th Floor and Exercise Expert” Satellite
(Fuji Film, Tanita, Renaissance, NIPPN,
Kyowa-Hakko-Bio)

Revolutionary clinical
2nd, 3rd Floor diagnostic technologies
＊Prof. Sato： Shimadzu Co. Fellow &
Director of Shimadzu Life Science Laboratory

Entrance Hall
1st Floor Industry-University
Collaboration
Department
3-1 OUR MISSIONS

social and econom ic innovations

facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research fi nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;

University
universityspin-offs
sp in-offs
sup p orting university sp in-offs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;

The University of Tsukuba

International
Industry-University
technolog y transfer Collaborative Headquarters

OUR ROLE
p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises
as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;

intellectual p rop erties

ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop erties
b y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science City

p rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;
University Startups support

Industry-University Collaboration PJ
・Rents rooms for startup companies

・Awards incubation funds to startups

20 startup room
ILC (Industrial Liaison and Cooperative Research Center)

University Ranking 5
University Ranking 2
150
91 98 99 101 110
102
100 77 82 85
65 72
Startup 57
32 44
Numbers 50 26
0
H14 H15 H16 2005
2002 2010H23 H24 H25 H26 2015
H17 H18 H19 H20 H21 H22 H27
University of Tsukuba Spin-offs Making a Global Impact
Prof. Sankai
A university venture company
Cyberdyne
Established in 2004
by Prof. Yoshiyuki Sankai
at ILC center.

• HAL is the World’s first cyborg-type robot

• HAL detects electrical signals from the
nerves & physical movements of muscles
• A leading Spin-off in Japan (IPO company)
• Market capitalization ＝350 billion yen
Listed in 2014/3/26

Towards a society with elderly and physically-challenged people having daily life
as safely and as independently as possible.
University of Tsukuba Spin-offs from ILC
Laughwell CO., LTD R-body Project CO., LTD SoftEther CO., LTD

Keiko Hayashi, Ph.D (Medical,1999)

Takeshi Suzuki, Ph.D(Sports Medicine, Daiyu Npbori (PhD Student)
2008)

http://www.r-body.com/trainers/index.html
Visiting Nursing Care; The world’s 2nd company in
Prevention of life-style- “Virtual Private Network “
related disease with laugh Training, Exercise,
Education with 50 trainers

Founded 2003
Founded 2006 Founded 2004

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OUR MISSIONS
social and econom ic innovations
facilitating technolog y transfer w hich lead s to social and econom ic innovations
to m ake a social contrib ution throug h research fi nd ing s of the University of Tsukub a;

universityspin-offs
University sp in-offs
sup p orting university sp in-offs b y facilitating technolog ical incub ation and transfer;
The University of Tsukuba
International
Industry-University
technolog y transfer Collaborative Headquarters

p rom oting coop erative researches w ith p rivate enterp rises

as one of the m ost im p ortant m eans of technolog y transfer;
OUR ROLE
intellectual p rop erties
ob taining m ore international utilization of intellectual p rop erties
b y m aking im p rovem ents of their assessm ent

Tsukub a Science City & Region

p rom oting university-ind ustry-g overnm ental institutes coop eration
w ithin Tsukub a Science City and streng thening com m unity relationship s
w ith local p ub lic org anizations such as Ib araki Prefecture, Tsukub a City and so forth;
TSUKUBA SCIENCE CITY
In
InTsu ku b a, there
Tsukuba, th ere are
are 15
32 rech erch
public cen tercenters
research or R& Dand
cen R&D
ter. centers.

Over
Over 15,000 reserch ers wwork
15,000 researchers ork in
in Tsu ku b a
Tsukuba
in clu d in g 8,000 w h o h ave Ph d .
including 8,000 Ph.D.’s

TSUKUBA SCIENCE CITY

Collaboration with National Institutes in Tsukuba

AIST & Tsukuba Matching funds

「Awasewaza funds」 in 2014
67 applicaions in 2014. Funds awarded to 9 projects

AIST & Tsukuba Univ. each contributes 10 M¥ to

the fund to support collaborative research projects
An example
【U. of Tsukuba】 【AIST】

Observation technique
Kinetics analysis of
Applied Research Basic Research using a Super-Resolution
factors that stimulate
Fluorescent Microsope
mitochondria for
(equivalent to 2014
energy metabolism
m ake Innovations! Nobel prize)
Observe live cells and
proteins with nano
resolution

from Physical
Biology of the
活性

不活性 Cell, 2nd ed.

Video observation of
mitochondria- ・therapy for mitochondria disease
stimulating factor ・anti-aging preventive medicine
*Awasewaza: Combining Difference Technology. Etymology Judo MAF
Collaboration with National Institutes in Tsukuba

Expanded to all Tsukuba area

“Tsukuba Collaboration-Boost PJ” in 2015

21 projects are ongoing, which were selected out of 102 applications
AIST: National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
National Institute for Materials Science
RIKEN: Institute of Physical and Chemical Research In Tsu ku b a, th ere are 15 rech erch cen ter or R& D cen ter.
NABIO: National Institute of Biomedical Innovation,

Over 15,000 reserch ers w ork in Tsu ku b a

in clu d in g 8,000 w h o h ave Ph d .

Ｔｓｕｋｕｂａ
Ｃｏｌｌａｂｏｒａｔｉｏｎ
-Boost PJ

AIST： 17 projects
NIMS； 2 projects
RIKEN： 1 project
NIBIO ： 1 project

Target: Industry Collabo.

共同産学連携へ

Industry Transport Electronics Materials Chemical Medical Service 45

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The University of Tsukuba
&
Industry-University
Collaboration Activities
University of Tsukuba
International Industry-University
Collaborative Headquarters