15:00-15:50, 23 November 2019, Kohn Centre, The Royal Society

EXPERIENCE JAPAN EXHIBITION 2019

Conducting Research

in Japan1. Overview of JSPS activities: YOKOYAMA Fuki, JSPS London

2. JSPS Fellowship Programmes: MATSUMURA Asami, JSPS London

3. Experience of Research in Japan:・ Mr Conor Moloney, Queen Mary University of London・ Prof Anthony Moore, University of Sussex

JSPS London

YOKOYAMA Fuki（横山芙季）International Programme AssociateJSPS London 23.11.2019

Overview of

JSPS activities

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

- Established through an

endowment by Emperor

Showa in 1932

日本学術振興会The Japanese largest funding agency

Introduction of JSPS

JSPS London 3

Who we are

JSPS London 4

Cabinet Council for Science, Technology

and Innovation (CSTI)

Ministry of Economy,

Trade and Industry

(METI)

Ministry of Education, Culture,

Sports, Science and

Technology (MEXT)

NEDOJST

For top-down and mission-oriented research

Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare(MHLW)

Bottom-up researchNo priority area

JSPS TOKYO

JSPS San Francisco Office

JSPS Washington Office

JSPS Beijing

Office

JSPS Bangkok Office

JSPS Cairo Research StationJSPS Nairobi Research Station

JSPS Strasbourg Office

JSPS Bonn Office

JSPS Stockholm OfficeJSPS London Office

Strengthen Japan-UK academic linkagesand advance international collaboration

Established in 1994

JSPS London

JSPS London 5

What we do

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＊Supporting bottom-up researchGrant-in-Aid, “KAKENHI”: £2,000,000,000/80,000 projects

＊Fostering next generationsFellowships: 6,000 Japanese pre-/post-docs.

＊Advancing International

collaborations Mobility by “International programmes”

10,000 researchers in FY2018

＊Supporting research initiativesWPI (World Premier International Research Centre Initiative)

9 centres in Japan with £70,000,000

JSPS London 6

International Collaboration Programmes

INDIVIDUALS

GROUP

TO

GROUP

INSTITUTION

TO

INSTITUTION

-Postdoctoral Fellowships

-Invitation Fellowships

JSPS London 7

Bilateral

Joint Projects / Seminars

Core-to-Core Program

Multilateral

Oceania 92

JSPS London

NorthAmerica

763

Europe1,715

Total4,343

Asia1,567

Foreign Researchers → Japan

Japanese Researchers → Abroad

Total4,680

Oceania 81

North America 401

U.K. (246)

Central / SouthAmerica 61 Middle East 64

Africa 183Africa 114

U.K. (189)

Central / South America 49

Middle East 43

Number of Researchers Exchanged under JSPS Programs （FY2018）

Asia

Europe

8

2,026

1,864

20 Alumni Associations and 8,000 of JSPS fellows join their activities

FRANCE

FINLANDSWEDEN

UKGERMANY EGYPT

KENYA&Eastern Africa

INDIA

BANGLADESH

KOREA

USA

THAILAND

CHINA

JSPS Tokyo Headquarters

PHILIPPINES

MALAYSIA

NEPAL

DENMARK

AUSTRALIA

LATIN AMERICA

CANADA

INDONESIA

JSPS Alumni Association

JSPS London 9

NORWAY

UK - JSPS Alumni Association

Support for maintaining and expanding linkages with Japan

➔ long-lasting collaboration, not “one time visit.”

• 769 members

from PhD students

to senior professors

• Exclusive programmes

for the members

JSPS London

(1) BRIDGE fellowship

(2) Symposium/ Seminar scheme

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Thank you for your kind attention!

Asami MatsumuraInternational Programme AssociateJSPS London

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November 2019

JSPS London

International ProgrammeFellowships

JSPS London

Invitation Fellowships

2 months

Summer Programme

Postdoctoral Fellowships

(Short-Term)14 - 60 days

(Short-term)1 - 12 months

(Standard) 1 - 2 years

(Long-Term)61 days – 10 months

Mid-careerPhDPostdoc

（6 years after PhD） Professor

OverviewJSPS Fellowship Programmes for Overseas Researchers

JSPS London

Invitation Fellowships

2 months

Summer Programme

Postdoctoral Fellowships

(Short-Term)14 - 60 days

(Short-term)1 - 12 months

(Standard) 1 - 2 years

(Long-Term)61 days – 10 months

Mid-careerPhDPostdoc

（6 years after PhD） Professor

OverviewJSPS Fellowship Programmes for Overseas Researchers

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Summer Programme

Who can apply?

・PhD Students at UK universities・UK, US, France, Germany, Canada and Sweden

Research field All fields

Duration 2 months (9th Jun- 19st Aug, 2020)

Programme・1-week orientation・2-month joint research

Allowance

Maintenance allowance 534,000 JPY /2month

(3,560 GBP)

Research support allowance 158,500 JPY /2month

(1,060 GBP)

Round-trip air ticket,Overseas travel accident insurance etc.

Quota 23 (from UK) /approx. 100

JSPS London

Nominationauthority

Application deadline

15th January 2020

Application documents

・Application form (Research plan etc.)・A letter of acceptance from host researcher・A copy of your passport etc.

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(Tokyo)

Find host researcher in Japanese Institution !!

How to Apply -Summer Programme

Nominating Authority JSPS Tokyo

JSPS London

Applicant

JSPS London

Invitation Fellowships

2 months

Summer Programme

Postdoctoral Fellowships

(Short-Term)14 - 60 days

(Short-term)1 - 12 months

(Standard) 1 - 2 years

(Long-Term)61 days – 10 months

Mid-careerPhDPostdoc

（6 years after PhD） Professor

OverviewJSPS Fellowship Programmes for Overseas Researchers

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Post Doctoral Fellowship –Short-term Programme

Who can apply?

•PhD students or post doctorates (within 6 years after PhD)

•Nationals from UK, US, Canada, EU, Switzerland, and Norway(can apply to JSPS London)

Research field All fields

Purpose Cooperative research

Duration 1 - 12 months

Allowance

Maintenance Allowance

362,000JPY/month (PhD holders)

(2,410 GBP)200,000JPY/month (Non-PhD holders)

(1,330 GBP)

Settling-in Allowance 200,000 JPY* (1,330 GBP)

Research Support Allowance 70,000 JPY/month (470 GBP)

Round-trip air ticket, overseas travel insurance, etc.

*Only applicable for fellows with 3 or more months of tenureJSPS London

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Application

deadline

Notification of results

Award start period Nomination

quota

2nd Jan 2019 Early Mar

(TBA)1st May 2020 to 31st Mar 2021

Approx. 20Jun 2020

(TBA)Sep 2020

(TBA)1st Nov 2020 to 31st Mar 2021

JSPS London JSPS TokyoApplicant

1. Apply to JSPS London

How to Apply –Short-term Programme

JSPS London

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How to Apply –Short-term Programme

Application deadline Notification of Results Award Start Period Quota

4th Oct 2019 Middle of Jan 2020 Apr 2020 – Mar 2021 20

17th Jan 2020 Middle of Apr 2020 Aug 2020 – Mar 2021 20

5th Jun 2020 Middle of Sep 2020 Jan 2021 – Mar 2021 20

2. Apply to JSPS Tokyo

Host Researcher JSPS TokyoHost InstitutionApplicant

Who can apply? Postdocs (within 6 years after PhD)

Research field All fields

Purpose Cooperative research

Duration 12 - 24 months

Allowance

Maintenance allowance

362,000 JPY/month(2,413 GBP)

Settling-in allowance

200,000 JPY (1,333GBP)

Research Grant (Grant-In-Aid for Scientific

Research (KAKENHI))

Up to 1,500,000 JPY/year (10,000 GBP)

Round-trip air ticket, overseas travel insurance, etc.

JSPS London

Post Doctoral Fellowship –Standard

How to Apply –Standard Programme

Nominating authority Research field

Application deadline

NominationQuota（FY2019）

Natural and physical sciences

Feb 2020(TBA)

9Humanities and social sciences

Dec 2019(TBA)

Nominating Authorities JSPS TokyoApplicant

1. Apply to nominating authorities

JSPS London

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How to Apply –Standard Programme-

Application deadline

Notification of results

Award startperiod

NominationQuota

（FY2020）

6th Sep 2019 Late Dec 2019 Apr – Sep 2020 115

8th May 2020 Middle of Aug2020

Sep – Nov 2020 115

2. Apply to JSPS Tokyo

Host researcher JSPS TokyoHost institution

JSPS London

Applicant

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How to Find Japanese Researchers

https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/index/

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Make sure your research plan is..

-Well prepared

-Beneficial for bothapplicant and your host

-Feasible JSPS London

Key Points When You Apply

Email: enquire@jsps.org

Tel: 020 7255 4660

For more information

http://www.jsps.org

We look forward

to hearing from you!

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Thank you for your attention!

JSPS Postgraduate Fellowship - from a social sciences perspectiveResearching the Tokyo 2020 Games Volunteer Programme

Conor Moloney c.moloney@qmul.ac.uk @conormoloSchool of Geography, Queen Mary University of London

1. Experience as a JSPS postgraduate fellow

1. Experience as a JSPS postgraduate fellow

2. Plans for follow-on collaborative work

3. Enjoyable and most difficult aspects of living in Japan

4. Making contact and networking with Japanese researchers

5. My tips

JSPS Postgraduate Fellowship - from a social sciences perspectiveResearching the Tokyo 2020 Games Volunteer Programme

Conor Moloney c.moloney@qmul.ac.uk @conormoloSchool of Geography, Queen Mary University of London

Japan Society for the Promotion of

Science

FY2013 JSPS Invitation Fellowship Program for

Research in Japan

Prof. Tony MooreSchool of Life Sciences

University of Sussex

Aug 2013

The Project

• Structure – function of the alternative

oxidase in plants and parasites

• How did it start??• Institutions involved:

University of Niigata

Faculty of Medicine

Prof. N. Minagawa

University of Iwate

Dept of Agriculture

Prof. K. Ito

University of Tokyo

Graduate School of Medicine

Prof.K. Kita

Funding

• ¥2350

• British Council £42000

PMI2

AOX Crystal Structure 2013

1. Williams B.A.P., Elliot C., Burri L., Kido Y., Kita K., Moore A.L. And Keeling P. J. (2010) Plos Pathogens 6: 2 e1000761 “Widedistribution of the mitochondrial alternative oxidase in microsporidia parasites

2. Kido, Y., Shiba, T., Inaoka, D.K., Sakamoto, K., Nara, T., Aoki, T., Honma, T., Tanaka, A., Inoue, M., Matsuoka, S., Moore, A.,Harada, S. & Kita, K. (2010) Acta. Crystallogr. Sect. F Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun., 66, 275-278 “Crystallization andpreliminary crystallographic analysis of cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase from Trypanosoma brucei brucei”

3. Kido, Y., Sakamoto, K., Nakamura, K., Harada, M., Suzuki, T., Yabu, Y., Saimoto, H., Yamakura, F., Ohmori, D., Moore, A.,Harada, S. & Kita, K. (2010) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1797, 443-450. “Purification and kinetic characterisation of recombinantalternative oxidase from Trypanosoma brucei brucei”

4. Ito, K., Ogata,T., Kakizaki, Y., Elliott, C., Albury, M. S. & Moore, A. L. (2011) Plant Physiol. 157, 1721-1732 “Molecular,expression and functional analyses of genes encoding the mitochondrial alternative oxidase in Arum maculatum”

5. Kakizaki, Y., Moore, A.L. & Ito K. (2012) Biochem J. 445, 237–246 “Different molecular bases underlie the mitochondrialrespiratory activity in the homoeothermic spadices of Symplocarpus renifolius and transiently-thermogenic appendices ofArum maculatum”

6. Shiba, T., Kido, Y., Inaoka, D. K., Balogun, E. O., Sakamoto, K., Nara, T., Aoki, T., Honma, T., Tanaka, A., Inoue, M., Matsuoka,S., Saimoto, H., Moore, A., Harada, S. & Kita, K. (2013) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 110, 4580-85. “The structure of thetrypanosomal cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase”

7. Moore, A. L. Shiba, T. Young, L. Harada, S., Kita, K. & Ito K. (2013) Annu Rev. Plant Biol. 64, 637-663 “Unraveling the heater:New insights into the structure of the alternative oxidase”

8. Young, L., Shiba, T., Harada, S., Kita, K., Albury, M.S. & Moore, A. L. (2013) Biochem. Soc. Trans. 41, 1305-1311 “Thealternative oxidases: simple oxidoreductase proteins with complex functions”

9. Young L., May B., Pendlebury-Watt A., Shearman J., Elliott C., Albury M.S., Shiba T., Inaoka D.K., Harada S., Kita K. and MooreA.L. (2014) Biochim.Biophys. Acta 1837, 1229-1235 "Probing the ubiquinol-binding site of recombinant Sauromatumguttatum alternative oxidase expressed in E. colimembranes through site-directed mutagenesis.“

10. Young, L., Inaoka, D., Shiba, T., Harada, S., Kita, K., Albury, M.S. & Moore, A. L. (2016) In Cytochromes and CytochromeComplexes (eds. Kallas, T. & Cramer, W.), Advances in Photosynthesis and Respiration Series (Series Editors, Govindjee andSharkey) Springer. pp 375-394. “Structure and mechanism of action of the alternative quinol oxidases”

11. Miyazaki, Y., Inaoka, D. K., Shiba, T., Saimoto, H., Sakura T., Amallia, E., Kido, Y., Sakai, C., Nakamura, M., Moore, A. L.,Harada, S. & Kita, K. (2018) 9, 1-13 Frontiers in Pharmacology, Pharmacology of Anti-Cancer Drugs. “Selective cytotoxicity ofdihydroorotate dehydrogenase inhibitors to human cancer cells under hypoxia and nutrient-deprived conditions”

12. Shiba, T., Inaoka, D.K., Takahashi, G., Tsuge, C., Kido, Y., Young, L., Ueda, S., Balogun, E.O., Nara, T., Honma, T., Tanaka, A.,Inoue, M., Saimoto, H., Harada, S., Moore, A.L. and Kita, K. (2019) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 1860 375-382. “Insights into theubiquinol/dioxygen binding and proton relay pathways of “the alternative oxidase”.

13. Balogun, E.O., Inaoka, D.K., Shiba, T., Tsuge, C., May, B., Sato, T., Kido, Y., Nara, T., Aoki, T., Honma, T., Tanaka, A., Inoue, M.,Matsuoka, S., Michels, P.A.M., Watanabe, Y., Moore, A.L., Harada, S. and Kita, K. (2019) FASEB J. In press. “Discovery oftrypanocidal coumarins with dual inhibition of both the glycerol kinase and alternative oxidase of Trypanosoma bruceibrucei”

Publications arising prior to (red) and following (blue)

the Fellowship

Thank you for your attention!