Common Research Facilities
Contact
Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University
3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8582, JAPAN
TEL +81-92-642-6814
FAX +81-92-642-6246

Public call for collaborative research and research meeting for FY 2025 (Start of the public call: December 2024)

Having been recognized as a Joint Usage/Research Center for the Multi-Stratified Host Defense System since April 1, 2010, the Medical Institute of Bioregulation (MIB), Kyushu University has been promoting collaborative research with researchers involved in host-defense studies.

We publicly call for research proposals for fiscal year 2025.

Guidelines for Applicants

Collaborative research

We call for collaborative research proposals on the following four research fields. The available facilities and research support service for each field are listed (Attachment). For information on facilitators, please see the following link (Laboratory List):
https://www.bioreg.kyushu-u.ac.jp/mib/labo_list_e.html

Research FieldProject typeDownload
(1) Genome Science
(Genomics, Epigenomics, Transcriptomics, Informatics Analysis)
(1) Instrument usage type project
(Research expenses are distributed to cover the instrument usage fee, travel expenses and so on.)
(2) Collaborative research type project
(Only travel and accommodation expenses are granted.)
Application Form (research)
(2) Spatial Omics
(Spatial transcriptomics, Spatial proteomics, Spatial metabolomics)
(3) Structural Biology
(4) Embryonic and Genetic Engineering

Research meetings

We publicly call for proposals for meetings focusing on information exchange and presentation of research results among researchers involved in host-defense studies, or meetings for planning collaborative research among such researchers.

Eligibility for Applicants

Researchers belong to universities, national or public institutions, or equivalent institutions

Period of Research

From April 1, 2025 to March 31, 2026

How to Apply

Please fill out the application form and send it to the address (see "Contact" below) by post or e-mail. You MUST discuss the details of the collaboration with the facilitator of the MIB, before sending your completed application form.

Application Deadline

February 25, 2025

*Each research group is not allowed to apply two or more collaborative research projects per year, and the same application title must not be used more than 2 years.

*We may accept your application even after the application deadline. Please contact the facilitator of the MIB or the contact person (see "Contact" below) in advance. In case that we stop accepting applications, we will notify in the MIB HP.

Screening Results

Once the review committee has made a decision to either accept or reject the application, applicants will be informed of the result as soon as possible.

Report of the Research Results

Please submit a report describing the progress and results of the research once the study has been completed. If you are going to publish a paper based on the results of the study, please acknowledge the facilities of our institute that you have used. The sentence is as follows:

“This work was partly performed in the Cooperative Research Project Program of the Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University.”

In addition, please submit a copy of the reprint of the paper.

Research Expenses

Research expenses are allocated on the basis of screening results.

  1. A. Collaborative research
    1. A maximum budget of 500,000 yen, as travel and accommodation expenses, is provided. Travel expenses can be provided to research collaborators as well within the budget. In the case of instrument usage type project, research expenses are distributed as well. However, they can only cover the service fees of the institute, and cannot be allocated to personal consumable supplies and materials.
  2. B. Research meetings
    1. The meeting, travel, and accommodation expenses are granted.
      International academic meetings: up to 1,500,000 yen
      The other meetings: up to 500,000 yen

Handling of Intellectual Properties

Intellectual properties are handled in accordance with the Intellectual Property Handling Rules of Kyushu University.

Others

  1. MIB is not responsible for any injuries or accidents during collaborative research / research meeting.
  2. By laws and ordinances, you MUST receive an appropriate education and training or an ethical approval from either internal or external committee to meet the required ethical standards, for researches that contain genetic modifications and animal experiments, ethical issues such as human genomic information and materials, or other restricted activities.

Contact

Noda Tomomi / Miho Ohta (contact person)

General Affairs Section, Academic Research Cooperation Division,
Administrative Office (Medical Sciences, Dental Science and Pharmaceutical Sciences),
Kyushu University

Mail: kyoudouriyou@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
Tel: +81-92-642-6672; Fax: +81-92-642-6776