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Technology Partnership of Nagoya University, Inc, (NU Tech) promotes tech transfer and research collaboration between US partners and Nagoya University, mainly focusing on Life Sicence and Biotech in Research Triangle Park in North Carolina.

 

Nagoya University: Home to Four Nobel Prizes

Nagoya University is one of seven prestigious "Imperial" universities in Japan. As the primary education hub in the Central Japan, NU has 13 Graduate Schools and 9 Schools, plus 3 Research Institutions and 18 Research Centers. 16,000 full time students study and work with 2,000 full time faculty members and 2,000 support staff. NU enrolls 1,200 international students from all over the world.

 

 

 

 

Featured Technologies

Gene Technology Enhancing a Number of Panicles (B-15)

Researchers of Nagoya University have identified and isolated the alleles that increase the number of primary branches per panicle. The allele, OsSPL14 (Squamosa Promoter Binding Protein-Like 14) also known as IPA1, is expressed highly in the reproductive stage and promotes panicle branching and higher yield in rice. . By transforming OsSPL14 into a typical japonica rice variety, the researchers also have succeeded to increase almost 80% in the number of branches.

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ADAMTS-4: Therapeutics to functionally recover the injured spinal cord (A42)

Researchers in Nagoya University uniquely focused on the enzyme, ADAMTS-4, which degrades the core protein of Proteoglycans. With the addition of ADAMTS-4, Cerebellar granule neurons cultured with CSPG showed dramatic improvement in the axon stretch growth. The direct injection of ADAMTS-4 into rats’ injured spinal cords also led the significant improvements of their hindlimb movements. Its efficacy was almost as strong as that of Chondroitinase ABC (C-ABC), which inactivates C S P G b y d e g r a d i n g i t s C S - c h a i n .

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Gene Technology Increasing Crop Size (B17)

Researchers of Nagoya University have identified and isolated the alleles that enlarges the crop size. By controlling the expression of this gene, the size of rice can be changed larger or smaller than usual size. With the gene-over-expression, the crop size in length is increased by almost 30%. On the other hand, with the gene-suppressed-expression, the length was decreased by almost 30%.

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