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Strong hope for the nurturing of young personnel and the formation of a world-class education/research foothold
It was broadcasted in June 2007 that the collaborative research of Akita and Gunma Universities titled “the comprehensive study on biological regulation signals” was adopted in the Global COE project. Akita University received this wonderful news with a “sigh of relief.”
Akita University espouses “the coexistence with the environments” as the fundamental ethos for education and research. “The coexistence with the environments” includes activities in various fields, including natural science and social science. Especially, bioscience and resources & materials can be said to be the two major subjects of education and research based on our university’s achievements and tradition. Akita University has Bioscience Education Research Center (BERC; established in 2004) and Venture Business Laboratory (VBL; established in 2001; the project specializing in “resource recycling focused on trace elements” is in operation), as interdisciplinary research assistance facilities involving Faculty of Education and Human Studies (reorganized from Faculty of Education in 1998), Faculty of Medicine, and Faculty of Engineering and Resource Science (reorganized from Department of Mining Engineering in 1998). BERC supplies the latest analyzers in the life science field, offers bio-related experiment services, produces genetically-modified animals, and keeps experimental animals. BERC has worked as the research assistance facility for supporting the Global COE substantively. “The comprehensive study on biological regulation signals” was adopted, because the excellent works of professors participating in the project were highly evaluated and also the interdisciplinary and strategic attitudes toward education and research in both universities were highly evaluated.
By the way, under the Third Basic Program for Science and Technology, we are required to take a variety of new measures for promoting fundamental research, concentrating on state-of-the-art technology, or returning outcome to society, and develop a foothold based on inter-university networks beyond the existing framework. The objective of the present project titled “the comprehensive study on biological regulation signals” is to form a world-class research stronghold through complementary cooperation between Gunma University, which is excellent in the research into the nervous and endocrine systems, and Akita University, which is strong at the immune system research. This project can be highly evaluated as the attempt of the inter-university collaboration for education and research. On the other hand, important missions in education and research include the training of young researchers. In this project, it is planned to exchange teaching staff and students, hold complementary lectures and degree examinations, etc., while taking into account the plan of forming the long-term foothold for expanding the scope of personnel of the next generation. Although the project has not been started, we are looking forward to seeing how young teachers and students in both universities will grow in 5 years.
We strongly hope that the collaborative project of Akita and Gunma Universities titled “the comprehensive study on biological regulation signals” will actualize the world-class foothold based on the inter-university cooperation, and lead to splendid research results.
