8 groups were selected for the FY2021 ASHBi Fusion Research Grant
ASHBi Fusion Research Grant was established to strength fusion research between mathematics-biology, bioethics-biology and biology-biology. The grant aims to support new collaboration projects among ASHBi groups to elucidate new aspects of human biology.
| Project Title | Category | Representative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Statistical inference of the causality with polarity among brain regions associated with recovery from spinal cord injury | Math-Bio | Reona Yamaguchi (Assistant Professor) |
| 2 | Functional dissection of primate striatal structure using viral vectors guided by genome informatics | Bio-Bio | Harumi Saito (Assistant Professor) |
| 3 | The research use of fresh postmortem tissues: From a regulatory and ethical perspective | Ethics-Bio | Go Okui (Program Specific Researcher) |
| 4 | Spatial transcriptome analysis of human axial development in vitro | Bio-Bio | Yoshihiro Yamanaka (Program Specific Researcher) |
| 5 | Genome-wide dynamics of oscillatory transcriptional regulation during human in vitro somitogenesis | Bio-Bio | Haruka Higashi (Program Specific Researcher) |
| 6 | Reconstruct hematopoiesis using in vivo paired daughter cell assay combined with mathematical integration | Math-Bio | Tania Afroj (Program Specific Researcher) |
| 7 | Reconstruction and analysis of peri & post-implantation non-human primate development | Bio-Bio | Sofiane Hamidi (Program Specific Researcher) |
| 8 | Deciphering regulatory heterogeneity of human hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells | Bio-Bio | Shruti Bhagat (Program Specific Researcher) |