Host Universities, Depts, and Labs
The following UK universities host Japan–UK ASPIRE SYNERGY researchers from Science Tokyo:
- Prof. Oscar Ces, Dept. of Chemistry – Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London
- Prof. Lorenzo Di Michele, Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge
2025 ASPIRE Dispatch Participants
- Name: Haruka NISHIGAKI
- Status / Affiliation: 2nd-year master’s student, School of Life Science and Technology
- Host institutions: University of Bristol, and Imperial College London
- Secondment period: 17 June 2025 to 3 July 2025
- Research Title: Investigation into the Improvement of Reproducibility in Ribosome Display Reactions
- Name: Dr. Wancheng ZHANG
- Status / Affiliation: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Future Initiatives
- Host institution: Imperial College London
- Secondment period: 6 June 2025 to 12 September 2025
- Research Title: Engineering of energy-convertible systems toward artificial cell creation
- Name: Naoki YOSHIDA
- Status / Affiliation: 3rd-year doctoral student, School of Life Science and Technology
- Host institution: University of Cambridge
- Secondment period: 16 July 2025 to 14 September 2025
- Research Title: ATP-responsive liquid-liquid phase separation droplets of DNA nanostructures
- Name: Dr. Natsumi NODA
- Status / Affiliation: Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Future Initiatives
- Host intuitions: University of Cambridge, Medical Research Council, and University College London
- Secondment period: 1 December 2025 to 13 December 2025
- Research Title: Freeze-thaw experiments to explore construction environments of protocell system