OSHIMA Yuki, a first-year master’s student in the Applied Chemistry Program at the Graduate School of Science and Technology (academic advisor: AIZAWA Mamoru), was selected for the Shiraishi Foundation of Science Development’s Academic Year 2025 Grant for Fostering of Engineers and Researchers.
The Laboratory of Biomaterials (Professor AIZAWA Mamoru) focuses on hydroxyapatite, which is the inorganic main component of biological bone and teeth, and is promoting basic and applied research on biomaterials that can be applied to artificial bones. This research aims to fabricate boron-containing apatite by introducing boric acid groups (BO2 groups) into hydroxyapatite and to apply it to adoptive immunotherapy, a minimally invasive cancer treatment.
Shiraishi Foundation of Science Development was established by the Shiraishi Group which is led by Shiraishi Kogyo Kaisha, Ltd., and aims to promote research into the advanced use of calcium and calcium compounds, as well as the science and engineering related to them. This Grant for Fostering of Engineers and Researchers, which OSHIMA was selected for this time, is for first-year master’s students, or students who are recognized as being equivalent to this, and grants (JPY 300,000/year) are awarded to foster young engineers and researchers involved in calcium-related scientific and engineering research.
This research was also carried out as part of the research at the Meiji University International Institute for Materials with Life Functions.
Name of award: Academic Year 2025 Grant for Fostering of Engineers and Researchers, Shiraishi Foundation of Science Development
Subject of research: Fabrication of boron-containing apatite ceramics by reaction sintering method and elucidation of the mechanism of its immune function expression
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