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Project
Development of vectorologist with KITASATO One Health in West Africa
Chosen for funding under Asia and Africa Science Platform Program, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science’s Core-to-core Program
Professor Toshi Tsuji has been serving as the coordinator for projects centered on cooperating with researchers from Japan and various countries in Asia and Africa since 2020.
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Research funds (Principal Investigator)
| 1. Title of research funding program/ Research funds/grants (funding agency) | 2. Title of research project | 3. PI | 4.Research period |
| Japan Science and Technology Agency A-STEP (Adaptable and Seamless Technology Transfer Program through Target-Driven R&D) | Innovation for Kitasato antiparasitic drug discovery and development | Naotoshi Tsuji | 2022～2024 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas | Parasitomimetics: Identification and application of highly functional factors of parasites | Takeshi Hatta | 2022～2024 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Transformative Research Areas | Saliva of hematophagous arthropods -Pharmacological analysis for the drug discovery- | Takeshi Hatta | 2022～2024 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) | Evaluation of the role of the tick saliva molecule HlSG-g22 in the modulation of the host immune response | Hayato Kawada | 2022～2025 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (General) | Study on the saliva-assistted pathogen transmission mechanism of tick vector | Takeshi Hatta | 2020 ～ 2023 |
| Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow | Elucidation of the acaricide-resistance mechanisms in the tick to develop a diagnostic tools | Toshi Tsuji | 2020 ～ 2022 |
| Core-to-Core Program Asia-Africa Science Platforms (The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) | Development of vectorologist with KITASATO One Health in West Africa | Toshi Tsuji | 2020 ～ 2022 |
| Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Research Fellow | Development of a sustainable vector control technology for the elucidation of nutrient metabolism in ticks | Takeshi Hatta | 2019 ～ 2021 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (General) | Longistatin secretion in tick feeding process and application to disease control | Takeshi Hatta | 2017 ～ 2019 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (Overseas Academic Research) | nternational survey for the acaricide-resistant ticks in Kenya and Uganda and development of a rapid diagnostic test | Takeshi Hatta | 2017 ～ 2019 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research | Studies on mechanism of schizont formation of gut parasitic coccidian protozoa | Toshi Tsuji | 2014 ～ 2015 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) (General) | Elucidation of hypoxia-responsive mechanism of ticks and development of anti-tick drugs | Toshi Tsuji | 2013 ～ 2016 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B) | Studies on Babesia transcriptome associated with the transition of asexual form developing in the host into tick vector stage | Takeshi Hatta | 2014 ～ 2016 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research | Studies on mechanisms of heme-sewage managements in the tick midgut | Toshi Tsuji | 2012 ～ 2013 |
| Funding collabrative research: Meiji Seika Pharma Co., Ltd | Transcriptome analysis of the chicken red mite | Toshi Tsuji | 2012 ～ 2013 |
| A contract research of the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS) | Development of comprehensive prevention controls against bovine diseases caused by blood-sucking arthropods in Africa | Toshi Tsuji | 2012 ～ 2013 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (General) | Role of Babesiacidal protein possessed by ticks and development of therapeutic agents for babesiosis | Toshi Tsuji | 2009 ～ 2012 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research | Studies on regulatory mechanism of pathogen transmission based on hemoglobin digestive cascade in ticks | Toshi Tsuji | 2010 ～ 2011 |
| A contract research (Avian influenza and Zoonosis) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) | Development of effective control methods for mosquitoes and ticks that mediate flaviviruses such as West Nile virus | Toshi Tsuji | 2008 ～ 2012 |
| High imapact research of the Agricultural and Food Industry Research Organization (NARO) | Research and functional elucidation of angiogenesis-suppressing molecule (anticancer drug) in tick salivary glands | Toshi Tsuji | 2008 |
| Priority research of the Agricultural and Food Industry Research Organization (NARO) | Study on functional analysis of the larval stage molting enzyme As22 | Toshi Tsuji | 2006 |
| Contract research (Avian influenza and Zoonosis) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) | Elucidation of pathogen transmission mechanism of zoonotic and parasitic ticks | Toshi Tsuji | 2005 ～ 2007 |
| Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) (General) | Development of control methods for tick and tick-borne diseases by functional analyses of midgut tick bioactive molecules | Toshi Tsuji | 2004 ～ 2007 |
| Basic research and development program for the creation of new agro-related techniques and industriescontract research of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) | Study on the innate immunity of the tick and the cross-talks between tick and transmitted-protozoa | Toshi Tsuji | 2004 ～ 2008 |
| Contract research (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy and Zoonosis) of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) | Development of control methods based on elucidation of the persistent infection mechanism of zoonotic parasites | Toshi Tsuji | 2003 ～ 2007 |
| Basic research and development program for the creation of new agro-related techniques and industries contract research of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) | evelopment of Ascaris preventive vaccine with transgenic feed crops | Toshi Tsuji | 2000 ～ 2003 |
| Pioneer research of the Agricultural and Food Industry Research Organization (NARO) | Study on molecular properties of parasite surface proteins | Toshi Tsuji | 1999 ～ 2001 |