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2024/05/30
GAP Fund Announces Adoption of the 1st Explore Course and Practical Overseas Market Development Course for FY2024
The Greater Tokyo Innovation Ecosystem (GTIE) has selected 8 Explore Courses and 3 Practical Overseas Market Development Courses for the first round of GAP Funds for FY2024 as follows.
List of GTIE GAPFund recipients
FY2024
Overseas Market Development Practice Course (Number of adopted cases: 3)
| Name | Organization | Title | Title of Proposal |
| Weilun Xu | The University of Tokyo | Associate Professor | Solid-state Nanopore Molecule Sequencers |
| Yuriko Joube | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Medical Applications and Commercialization of Novel Genome Editing Technologies |
| Takuya Nagano | Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Assistant Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Development of stereotactic radiotherapy using a novel fixture for early-stage tongue cancer |
Exploratory course (Number of the selected projects: 8)
| Name | Institution | Title | Title of Proposal |
| Yukihide Tomari | The University of Tokyo | Professor, The University of Tokyo | Development of an Innovative Method for Preserving Biomaterials Using Hero Protein, a Naturally Derived Human Stabilizer |
| Manabu Ihara | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Practical Application of the World’s First Large-Capacity Energy Storage System Using CO2 and Carbon |
| Kenji Suzuki | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Development of an Integrated Diagnosis Support System for Rare and Major Diseases Using Small Data AI |
| Yasushi Seio | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Professor, Tokyo Institute of Technology | Development of Disease Therapeutics by Regulation of Extracellular Matrix Remodeling Using Antisense Nucleic Acids |
| Takatoki Yamamoto | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Associate Professor | Commercialization of Microbial AI Sensors Using AI-Driven AC Nanopore Method |
| Takashi Nanada | Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Professor, Tokyo Medical and Dental University | Realization of Therapeutic Agents for Complete Recovery of Brain Functions |
| Hideyuki Maki | Keio University | Professor, Keio University | Healthcare device business with mass-produced graphene and its global expansion |
| Nobuatsu Tanaka | Ibaraki University | Professor, Ibaraki University | Proof-of-concept of digital twin technology for advanced decommissioning process of nuclear power plants and improvement of decontamination and core dismantling technology |
For more information about the recipients, please click here.
Contact : GTIE Secretariat (Tokyo Institute of Technology) gtie.tt.admin@sangaku.titech.ac.jp