Bamboo-mimetic optimal cylindrical structure with light-weight, high-strength and member saving properties

PI: Hiroyuki Shima (Univ. Yamanashi, Professor)

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Mechanism of growth stress generation in trees elucidated byhygrothermal recovery
PI: Miyuki Matsuo-Ueda(Nagoya Univ., Lecturer)
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CI: Ryo Tabata (Nagoya Univ., Designated Lecturer)

CI: Minako Ueda (Tohoku Univ.,  Professor)

CI: Kenichi Kurotani (Nagoya Univ., Project Lecturer)

CI: Yaichi Kawakatsu (Nagoya Univ., Researcher)

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Mechanical balances in cells and tissues of leaves, and their roles in the reversible leaf deformation in relation to water availability

PI: Yusuke Onoda (Kyoto Univ., Assoc. Professor)

CI: Tetsuo Oya (Keio Univ., Assistant Professor)

Optimum design methodology for large-scale spatial structures based on gravitational response and survival strategy of plants
PI: Jingyao Zhang (Kyoto Univ., Assoc. Professor）

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Laser writing of functional patterns for sensing of mechanical optimization in plants

PI: Akira Watanabe (Tohoku Univ., Assoc. Professor)

CI: Rie Yamada (Tohoku Electronic Industrial Co., President)

CI: Mariko Takahashi (Tohoku Electronic Industrial Co., Chief)

Analysis of the effect of mechanical forces on floral development

PI: Akitoshi Iwamoto (Kanagawa Univ., Professor)

CI: Masaaki Iwamoto (Kyushu  Univ., Asst. Professor / Qualified Architect of the First Class)

CI: Mika Araki (Mika Araki Structural Engineers / Qualified Architect of the First Class ) 

Construction mechanisms and mechanical properties of soft, strong, and flexible pollen exine 3D structures

PI: Sumie Ishiguro (Nagoya Univ., Assoc. Professor)

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Analysis of mechanical properties of trichrome involved in the plant immune response 

PI: Mika Nomoto (Nagoya Univ., Asst. Professor)

CI: Yasuomi Tada (Nagoya Univ., Professor)

CI: Masatsugu Toyota (Saitama Univ., Assoc. Professor)

CI: Shigeyuki  Betsuyaku (Ryukoku  Univ., Assoc. Professor)

CI: Takeo  Matsumoto (Nagoya Univ., Professor)

CI: Naomi Nakayama (Imperial College London, Department of Bioengineering, Senior Lecturer)

CI: Tomoko Suzuki (Japan Women's Univ., Asst. Professor)

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The plastic monocoque structure of plant apical growth cells involving cellular tensegrity

PI: Yoshikatsu Sato (Nagoya Univ., WPI-ITbM・Designed Associate Professor)

CI: Shohei Saito (Kyoto Univ., Assoc. Professor)

CI: Masayasu Taki (Nagoya Univ., WPI-ITbM, Designed Associate Professor)

CI: Toshinori Morisaku (Tokyo Univ. Science, Asst. Professor)

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Development of a microstructural analysis method for plants using a clinical MRI system 

PI: Ryusuke Nakai (Kyoto Univ., Program-Specific Senior Lecturer)

Mechanistic optimization mechanism of cytoskeletal mechano-network working in the tensegrity structures

PI: Junichiro Yajima (Tokyo Univ., Assoc. Professor)

CI: Yutaka Kodama (Utsunomiya Univ., Assoc. Professor)

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A sustainable building system learning from the egg-shaped architecture of the testate amoeba

PI: Mami Nomura (Tsukuba Univ., Specially Appointed Asst. Professor)

CI: Masatoshi Ichikawa (Kyoto Univ., Senior Lecturer)

CI: Yukinori Nishigami (Hokkaido Univ., Asst. Professor)

Dynamic characterization of the pollen tube cell wall

PI: Hirokazu Tanimoto (Yokohama City Univ., Assoc. Professor)

CI: Daichi Susaki (Yokohama City Univ., JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow)

CI: Daisuke Maruyama (Yokohama City Univ., Asst. Professor)

Design of an electrochemical sensor for detection of biomass derived polysaccharides (H31/R1)

PI: Yasuhito Sugano (Shinshu Univ., Specially Appointed Asst.

Professor)

Strategy of mechanical optimization of plants learned from lodging resistance mechanism of rice

PI: Kazuya Ishikawa (Iwate Biotechnorogy Research Center, Researcher)

CI: Akira Abe (Iwate Biotechnorogy Research Center, Chief)

CI: Takumi Takeda (Iwate Biotechnorogy Research Center, Chief)

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Mechanical optimization of cell surface structures during cell differentiation (H31)

PI: Yoshihisa Oda (National Institute of Genetics, Professor)

CI: Yuta Simamoto (National Institute of Genetics, Assoc. Professor)

CI: Satoshi Fujita (National Institute of Genetics, Postdoctoral researcher)

CI: Takema Sasaki (National Institute of Genetics, Asst. Professor)

CI: Yuki Sugiyama (National Institute of Genetics, Postdoctoral Researcher)

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