Director: Minoru Koh (Professor, School of Medicine)
Main Campus: Shinanomachi
Center Overview
This center aims to establish and entrench a support system for building the career paths of young researchers in the medical and life sciences fields. It leverages the know-how gained from two MEXT programs under the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology's Program for Reforming the Young Researcher Development System—the "Program for Promoting the Establishment of Independent Research Environments for Young Researchers: 'Fostering Young Researchers to Lead Basic Research in Cells and Metabolism'" and the "Program for Fostering Young Human Resources for Innovation Creation: 'Fostering Dynamic PhDs in Medical Science.'" It also operates under MEXT's Program for Promoting and Establishing the Tenure-Track System, funded by the Subsidy for Developing Science and Technology Human Resources.
Specifically, it aims to (1) explore the optimal tenure-track system mechanism for this university and (2) establish a system for placing non-physicians into the business world.
Keywords and Main Research Themes
Tenure-track system
2015 Business Plan
■ Ongoing Activities from the Previous Fiscal Year: Background, Rationale, and Goals
Tenure Track: We will continue to explore the optimal tenure-track system mechanism for this university by fostering young researchers through The Sakaguchi Laboratory Tenure-Track Program (funded by the MEXT Subsidy for Developing Science and Technology Human Resources).
Career Development: We will continue to support the career development of young researchers. By continuing to collaborate with the career advisors who participated in the MEXT project, we will create a system to provide on-demand career counseling.
■ New Activity Goals, Content, and Background for Fiscal Year 2015
None
Fiscal Year 2014 Business Report
■ Implementation Details, Research Outcomes, and Degree of Achievement Relative to the Fiscal Year Business Plan
In fiscal year 2014, a total of four tenure-track faculty members (two tenure-track lecturers and two tenure-track assistant professors) advanced their research at the School of Medicine and The Sakaguchi Laboratory at the School of Medicine. Through public subsidies, we continued to maintain a system that allows these tenure-track faculty members to concentrate on their research and achieve sufficient results by providing them with research space, research funds, and administrative support such as accounting. In March, we will hold a public seminar that will also serve as an evaluation of the tenure-track faculty.
■ Number of Published Papers (count and names of major journals), Number of Conference Presentations (domestic and international), and Achievements in Social Contribution, such as Events (date, location)
Takubo et al. Blood. 2014 May 1;123(18):2897-9.
Takubo et al. J Biol Chem. 2014 May 30;289(22):15776-87.
Takubo et al. Dev Dyn. 2014 Jun;243(6):844-51.
Takubo et al. Blood. 2014 Apr 17;123(16):2540-9.
Takubo et al. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2014 Nov 14;454(2):353-7. and others
■ Notable Achievements Through Center Activities
The coexistence of a tenure-track system funded by the School of Medicine's operating budget and one supported by subsidies, as well as the parallel existence of a system design for the entire School of Medicine and one for a specific department within it, allowed us to conduct a multifaceted review of the tenure-track system.
Project Members
Principal Investigator
Hideyuki Okano
ProfessorPhysiologyKeiichi Fukuda
ProfessorInternal Medicine (Cardiology)