From FY 2022
Outline
The Database Integration Coordination Program (hereinafter referred to as "this program") is a program to develop databases ("integrated databases") which collect research data and utilize them in an integrated manner in life science. The research and development specifically include research data collection, standardization, quality control, disclosure, sharing, system construction for stable operation, coordination and integration of other databases, development of interface tools necessary for data usability, etc.
This program aims to establish infrastructure for utilizing public data and contribute to knowledge discovery, solution of scientific questions, and international open science.
Research Supervisor
ITO Takashi
Professor, Department of Basic Medicine, Kyushu University
Research Advisors
| KAMADA Mayumi |
Professor, School of Frontier Engineering, Kitasato University |
| SAKAI Hiroaki |
Leader, Research Center for Advanced Analysis, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization |
| SHIMIZU Kana |
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University |
| SESE Jun |
President ＆ CEO, Humanome Lab., Inc. |
| BAMBA Takeshi |
Professor, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University |
| YAMAMOTO Kazuo |
Visiting Professor, Institute for Human Life Science, Faculty of Science, Ochanomizu University |
| YOSHIDA Tetsuo |
Senior Director, Corporate Development Department, Axcelead, Inc. |
(As of Sep 2024, in order of the Japanese syllabary)
Previous Research Advisors
| IWASAKI Wataru |
Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo (To Mar 2024) |
Funded Projects of this Program
Projects funded in FY 2024-Fostering
Projects funded in FY 2023-Fostering
Projects funded in FY 2023-Full-fledged
Projects funded in FY 2022-Full-fledged
From FY 2017
Outline
To promote integrated utilization of research data, the Database Integration Coordination Program (hereinafter referred to as this Program) targets the databases that collect over a wide scope the research data produced by research in the life sciences in Japan to promote research and development for turning the data into data that is more valuable to a larger and more diverse population of researchers. Specifically, activities include the construction of a system for collection, standardization, quality control, release, sharing and stable operation of research data, coordination and integration of databases developed separately as well as development of the technology necessary to address this, design and development of interfaces to improve research efficiency and development of tools. In implementing these research and development activities, close coordination and cooperation with data providers and users (including researcher communities such as academic societies and associations, and industrial communities such as the food product industry and pharmaceutical industry) are essential.
By implementing this Program, we are aiming to establish an information infrastructure which allows researchers in the life sciences to not only easily browse and refer to the intended scientific knowledge but also to discover useful information in related fields which would be impossible to obtain in a single research project, and find new knowledge through large-scale analysis utilizing the data made available to the public. We hope this contributes as an infrastructure for creating scientific and technological innovations which provide solutions to issues related to food, environment, energy, health and medicine.
Research Supervisor
ITO Takashi
Professor, Department of Basic Medicine, Kyushu University
(From Nov 2019 (From Nov 2019 to Mar 2020, was referred to as the "Deputy Research Director".) )
Previous Research Supervisor
NAGASU Takeshi (Previously worked at Eisai Co., Ltd) (From Apr 2014 to Mar 2020)
Research Advisors
| IWASAKI Wataru |
Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo |
| KAMADA Mayumi |
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University (From Sep 2020) |
| SAKAI Hiroaki |
Leader, Research Center for Advanced Analysis, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (From Dec 2021) |
| SHIMIZU Kana |
Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University (From Jul 2020) |
| SESE Jun |
Representative Director CEO, Humanome Lab Ltd. |
| BAMBA Takeshi |
Professor, Medical Institute of Bioregulation, Kyushu University (From Jun 2020) |
| YAMAMOTO Kazuo |
Project Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University (From Jun 2020) |
| YOSHIDA Tetsuo |
Axcelead,Inc. Technology Evaluation Lead (From Jun 2020) |
(As of May 2022, in order of the Japanese syllabary)
Previous Research Advisors
| ITO Takashi |
Professor, Department of Basic Medicine, Kyushu University (To Oct 2019) |
| ITOH Takeshi |
Leader, Advanced Analysis Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization(From Nov 2017 to Mar 2021) |
| SAKATA Tsuneaki |
Senior Fellow, Shionogi and Co., Ltd. Specially Appointed Professor, Cybermedia Center, Osaka University (To Mar 2020) |
| SHIROUZU Mikako |
Team Leader, Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research/ Laboratory for Protein Functional and Structural Biology, RIKEN (From Jun 2020 to Mar 2022) |
| HARADA Akiko |
Research Associate, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University (To Mar 2020) |
| FUKAMI Kaoru |
Head, Bioresource Information Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, RIKEN (To Aug 2017) |
| MIZUGUCHI Kenji |
Group Leader, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation (Laboratory of Bioinformatics), National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition（To Mar 2020) |
Funded Projects of this Program
Projects funded in FY 2018
Projects funded in FY 2017
FY 2014 to 2017
Outline
This program was established with a goal of maximizing the value of data by enabling easy access and utilization of data for researchers, developers and engineers in many different fields by vigorously promoting the sharing of data and databases in the field of life sciences scattered inside and outside Japan to make them public assets that everyone can utilize freely, and broad integration beyond biological species, individual purposes and projects. In other words, the purpose of this program is to promote innovations in the field of life sciences by thoroughly disseminating the outcomes of life science research in Japan and establishing an environment where the outcomes can be utilized fully through data sharing and integration.
Research Supervisor
NAGASU Takeshi
Previously worked at Eisai Co., Ltd
Research Advisors
| ITO Takashi |
Professor, Department of Basic Medicine, Kyushu University |
| URUSHIHARA Hideko |
Emeritus Professor, University of Tsukuba |
| KANAOKA Masaharu |
President, Sumika Chemical Analysis Services, Ltd. |
| KANO Mitsunobu |
Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University |
| SASAKI Takuji |
Professor, Research Institute, Tokyo University of Agriculture |
| TOH Hiroyuki |
Professor, School of Science and Technology, KWANSEI GAKUIN University |
| FUKAMI Kaoru |
Head, Bioresource Information Division, RIKEN BioResource Center, RIKEN |
(As of March 31, 2017, in order of the Japanese syllabary)
Funded Projects of this Program
Projects funded in FY 2015
Projects funded in FY 2014
FY 2011 to 2014
Outline
In the Database Integration Coordination Program, we strive to address integration of databases by field and purpose, as well as integration of databases that are scattered.
The purpose of this program is to address integration of databases in the field of life sciences that are scattered inside and outside Japan by biological species, field, purpose, and data type. Specifically, we aim to promote integration by organism such as humans, animals, plants and microorganisms, by field or purpose such as diseases, brain, evolution and development, and by omics such as genome, proteome, metabolome, interactome and phenome. By implementing this program, we support the construction of integrated databases which will not only represent Japan but also form the core and base in each field. Therefore a high level of comprehensiveness is required in each field. The individual databases constructed in individual laboratories or organizations are not subject to advancement and integration under this program. In addition, activities for the purpose of producing the data to be incorporated in databases are not subject to this program.
Research Supervisor
TAKAGI Toshihisa
Sub-director, National Bioscience Database Center (At the time)
Research Advisors
| URUSHIHARA Hideko |
Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba |
| KANAOKA Masaharu |
President, Sumika Chemical Analysis Services, Ltd. |
| KURODA Shinya |
Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo (From Jan. 2011 to Mar. 2012) |
| TODA Tatsushi |
Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kobe University |
| NAGAMURA Yoshiaki |
Director of Genome Resource Center, Basic Research area,
National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences |
| MATSUDA Hideo |
Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University |
| MITSUYAMA Toutai |
Head of research team, Computational Biology Research Center,
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology |
| WAKATSUKI Soichi |
Professor and Deputy Director of the Institute of Material Structure Science,
High Energy Accelerator Research Organization |
(As of October 1, 2013, in order of the Japanese syllabary)
Funded Projects of this Program
Projects funded in FY 2012
Projects funded in FY 2011
