Joint Research: South Africa–Japan

Based on the agreement between Japan's MEXT and South Africa's DST, Japan and South Africa have supported researcher exchange programme under the JSPS-NRF scheme and joint researches in the field of life science under the JST-NRF scheme.


2024


2023

  • JSPS-NRF 2023-2025
    • Development of minimally invasive cancer therapy using biocompatible graphene-gold nanorods-porphyrin conjugates for dual phototherapy using NIR light with controlled surface cooling
      POR-GO金ナノロッドと近赤外線光を用いた複合伝熱による低侵襲癌治療法の開発

      Prof Atsuki Komiya, Institute of Fluid Science, Tohoku University

      Prof Oluwatobi Samuel Oluwafemi, Department of Applied Chemistry, University of Johannesburg

    • Nano-phytosomes as delivery system of honeybush anti-allergic and anti-inflammatory bioactives
      生体利用性の高い抗アレルギー・抗炎症ハニーブッシュ由来ナノファイトソームの開発

      Prof Yutaka Miura, Department of Applied Biological Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

      Dr Mariska Lilly, Applied Microbial and Health Biotechnology Institute, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

    • Mechanistic studies of HIV-integrase inhibition by the combination of advanced quantum and atomistic calculations
      量子化学と先端シミュレーションの融合によるHIVインテグラーゼ阻害剤作用機序解明

      Prof Akio Kitao, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology

      Prof Hendrik Gerhardus Kruger, School of Health Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal

    • Equipping Pre-service Teachers with Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge: A Comparative Study between South Africa and Japan
      南アフリカと日本における教授工学の知識を備えた教員養成の比較研究

      Dr Takayoshi Maki, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University

      Prof Agnes Chigona, Faculty of Education, Cape Peninsula University of Technology

  • Africa-Japan Collaborative Research (AJ-CORE) in the fields of “Environmental Science”
    • Geo-spatial Risk Index Tool (GSRIT) to Monitor Human-Nature Conflicts in South Africa, Kenya and Botswana (GSRIT)
      南アフリカ、ケニア、ボツワナにおける人間と自然の対立を監視する地理空間リスク指数ツール

      Japan: Ram AVTAR, Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University

      South Africa: Michael GEBRESLASIE, Associate Professor, School of Agriculture, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Kwazulu-Natal

      Botswana: Kabo DIRADITSILE, Senior Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Botswana Open University

      Kenya: Joseph MUKEKA, Principle Research Scientist, Wildlife Research and Training Institute

    • Advancing Sustainable Soybean Protection and Resilience to Drought Stress in Africa through Holistic Engineering of Host-Microbe Interactions (MICRO-DRI)
      宿主―微生物相互作用のホリスティックエンジニアリングによるアフリカにおける持続可能なダイズ保護と干ばつストレスに対する回復力の向上

      Japan: David ARMITAGE, Assistant Professor, Integrative Community Ecology Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University

      South Africa: Itumeleng MOROENYANE, Senior Lecturer, Department of Botany and Zoology, Stellenbosch University

      Kenya: Stephen Kamau WANJIRU, Lecturer, Department of Natural Sciences, Catholic University of East Africa

    • Fire Safe African Homes on the Wildland Urban Interface (AfriWUIFire)
      アフリカのWUI地域における火災安全に関する研究

      Japan: SUZUKI Sayaka, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology

      South Africa: Richard WALLS, Professor, Fire Engineering Research Unit, Stellenbosch University

      Botswana: Rejoice TSHEKO, Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Botswana University of Agriculture and Natural Resources

    • Sustainable Climate Change Mitigation in African Smallholder Cropping Systems: Greenhouse Gas Reduction together with Soil Carbon Sequestration (SMART)
      アフリカの小規模農家における持続可能な気候変動緩和:土壌炭素貯留と温室効果ガス削減

      Japan: HOMMA Koki, Professor, Crop Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University

      South Africa: Lindumusa MYENI, Researcher, Natural Resources and Engineering, Agricultural Research Council

      Botswana: Piet Kebuang KENABATHO, Associate Professor, Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, University of Botswana

    • IoT Based Intelligent Intermixed Biogas and Photovoltaic System (3IPs)
      IoTベース知能混合バイオガス太陽光発電システム

      Japan: Lin MENG, Associate Professor, Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, College of Science and Engineering, Ritsumeikan University

      South Africa: Zenghui WANG, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa

      Zimbabwe: Liston MATINDIFE, Lecturer, Electronics Department, National University of Science and Technology


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