November 19, 2014
To: Head of educational institutes and/or research institutes
Yuji Nagayama
The Director
Atomic Bomb Disease Institute
Nagasaki University
〔Official seal omitted〕
2015Call forShared Use and Collaborative Research
The Atomic Bomb Disease Institute, Nagasaki University.Building on this new momentum, we are seeking shared use and/or collaborative research projects, as described below. We hope that you will inform your researchers about this opportunity.
1． Study subjects sought
(A) Priority subjects
(1)Social medicine study (including radiation health risk assessment study, the former Soviet Union field study, and reconstruction assistance study for Kawauchi Village, Fukushima)
(2)Nuclear radiation life science study（including genome repair and genome informatics）
(3)A-bomb survivor and/or hibakusha healthcare study
(B) Other study subjects
2． Qualifications
Regular staff members at universities or research institutes, graduate school students, or personnel who have equivalent qualifications.
If the project includes radiation operations, the personnel must have been registered at the organization as a radiation operator duly in accordance with laws and regulations.If the project includes gene recombination experiments, the personnel must have been registered at the organization as a gene recombination experiment conductor. If the project relates to clinical study, epidemiology study, human genome study, or human stemcell research, the organization must have finished the ethical review.
3． Research duration:
From April 1, 2015 to March 31, 2016
4． Deliverables:
（1）Shared Use/Collaborative ResearchApplication Form（Form 1）
（2）Letter of Acceptance from the organization’s head（Form 2）
Before submitting the documents, an applicant must contact the coordinator of the application process at Nagasaki University for discussion.
5． Deadline:
February27, 2015 (the documents must arrive by this day)
（Applicants may submit via our application coordinator.）
6． Please send your applications to the following address:
Administrative Office
Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
12-4 Sakamoto 1chome, Nagasaki 852−8523 Japan
(On the envelope, please write“Application for shared use and/or collaborative research.”)
7． Adoption
Our governing committee decides adoptions and informs the applicant no later than March 31, 2015.
8． Expenses needed
We bear the expenses,including travel and consumables,which successful applicants will incur for Study Subjects (A) and (B).
9． Report
At the end of the study duration, the lead researcher must submit a Report of Development.
10. Notes
If applicants do genomic, isotope and animal experiments in NagasakiUniversity, they need to submit the application according to theregulation of Nagasaki University. For further information, pleasecontact with administrative office of Nagasaki University.
11． Others
To learn more about our institute,
please visit our website（
Forms can be downloaded from the website
Inquiries:
Emi Kuroda
Administrative Office
Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Tel：095-819-7157 Fax：095-819-7012
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