AIST REPORT 2012

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In technology research associations each member provides researchers, research funds and equipment in order to jointly research and develop technologies used in individual activities. As a member, AIST leads in some associations through planning and implementation of research projects or utilization of their results. AIST will contribute to the promotion of open innovation, particularly by making its people and organization available for association activities and thereby serving as a center for innovation and creation where different organizations and individuals interact with each other and their knowledge is shared through association activities.People from AIST have participated in association activities as researchers, project leaders and directors. AIST defines itself as a place where researchers from the member industries and universities conduct research intensively, and makes its facilities and equipment available to them.●Association participation (FY2011)●AIST joined 17 associations (Total number of members: 248 companies, 35 organizations, 9 universities)●12 associations conducted intensive research at AIST●AIST researchers played the role of project leaders for 6 associations and took on the responsibility for general project managemnet●AIST’s staff worked as directors or executive directors for 13 associations●AIST provided technical guidance and support and know-how on the use of equipment to loaned researchers from member companiesResearch Association for Next-generation Natural Products Chemistry (established on April 21, 2011)Number of members: 8 companies and 2 organizations(Astellas Pharma Inc., OP BIO Factory Co., Godo Shusei Ltd., Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Daiichi Sankyo RD Novare Co., Ltd., Nippon Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd., MicroBiopharm Japan Co., Ltd., Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd., Japan Biological Informatics Consortium, AIST)The purpose of this association is to implement projects to improve the technological level of the members and achieve commercialization by conducting the NEDO project “Development of Technology for Stable Production of Useful Natural Compounds” and research on the commercialization of a natural compound library through its shared use. An AIST researcher plays the role of the project leader. AIST has developed a natural product library to gather the natural products of the members at AIST Tokyo Waterfront and contributed to the shared use of the library by the members.●An example of a technology research associationParticipation in Technology Research AssociationsAIST participating Technology Research Associations (March 31, 2012)1234567891011121314151617Stereo Fabric Research Association (SFRA)Photovoltaic Power Generation Technology Research Association (PVTEC)Bio Electoro-mechanical Autonomous Nano Systems Laboratory Technology Research Association (BEANS)Lithium Ion Battery Technology and Evaluation Center (LIBTEC)Fuel Cell Cutting-Edge Center Technology Research Association (FC-Cubic)Advanced Laser and Process Technology Research Association (ALPROT)R&D Partnership for Future Power Electronics Technology (FUPET)Technology Research Association for Single Wall Carbon Nanotubes (TASC)Epigenomics Technology Research AssociationInternational Standard Innovation Technology Research Association (IS-INOTEK)Stem Cell Evaluation Technology Research AssociationPhotonics Electronics Technology Research Association (PETRA)Chemical Materials Evaluation and Research Base (CEREBA)Advanced Printed Electronics Technology Research Association (JAPERA)Technology Research Association for Next-generation Natural Products ChemistryNMEMS Technology Research Organization Technology Research Association (NMEMS)Control System Security Center (CSSC)Technology Research AssociationAIST Tokyo WaterfrontOpen Innovation|23Obtain a biosynthetic gene cluster.World's largest-class natural product library (about 300,000 samples)Shared use by companies and use by startups and academiaIntroduce the cluster into a heterologous host.Compound production by the heterologous hostDevelopment of technology for stable production of useful natural compoundsApplication of the natural product library to the screening

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