Research & Innovation Bridge Center

NIG INNOVATION

Aiming at sharing our research findings with society and cre-ating new innovations, we are vigorously promoting active col-laboration with industries through joint research and technology transfer.
We are dedicated to managing the intellectual property aris-ing from our research by patenting, maintaining, and licensing in a strategic and efficient way.
We also work to strengthen connections with local commu-nities, ensuring our knowledge benefits society.

Active promotion at the exhibition booth

RYOMOTO, Yuka
Director

ABS Support Office

Following the enactment of the Convention on Biological Di-versity and the Nagoya Protocol, users of genetic resources now need to comply with ABS regulations. The ABS Support Office pro-vides assistance to ensure appropriate access to and use of genetic resources at universities and research institutes across the country,

including NIG.

  1. Support for ABS compliance
  2. Support for activities related to international conventions involv-ing genetic resources
  3. Support for risk management and promotion of genetic re-source utilization
  4. Other support relevant to ethical, legal and social issues involv-ing genetic resources

SUZUKI, Mutsuaki
Director

ISHIDA, Takahide
Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Office for Research Development

“To maximize and further develop the potentials of those involved in research” With this motto, Office for Research Development (ORD)promotes missions: Strengthening of research activity and IR.

  • Strengthening of Research Activity:
    Our activities include organizing workshops, mediating collabora-tive research, discussion and advice on manuscripts and scientific pre-sentations, and grant-application support. Synergizing with the superb research environment and the interactive atmosphere of NIG, we aim to play an instrumental role in strengthening of research activity of the sci-entific community.
  • Institutional Research (IR)
    We collect and analyze various quantitative and qualitative data related to research and institute activities. The data are used for the man-agement of the institute

KURUSU, Mitsuhiko
Director

Public Relations Office

We have established two policies in public relations activities.The first is to show the uniqueness of NIG activities and to show the process of discovery of research activities. The target of science communication and public relations activities is diverse including the general public, research community, and public institutions. By considering what content is most appropriate for each recipient,we disseminate the best information through events, booklets,press releases, and website/SNS. In addition, we publish an annual NIG guidebook (YORAN) that has continued since 1949.

KURUSU, Mitsuhiko
Director