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Grants for Japanese Researchers

The Danone Institute of Japan awards grants to promising research projects on nutrition and health in Japan.

Winners of the 2010 DIJ Research Grant

Six winners of the 2010 research grant have been selected in the Board Meeting on December 11, 2009. The 2010 grant totals 11 million yen (\11,000,000).



Dr. Yasutomi Kamei
Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical & Dental University
gA basic research project for prevention of metabolic syndrome by modifying DNA methylation via food components for babies and mothersh

Prof. Makoto Iwata
Tokushima Bunri University, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Kagawa Campus
gEffect of nutritional elements on the development of the intestinal immune system through regulation of dendritic cell differentiationh

Dr. Ken-ichi Mizutani
Brain Development and Aging Research Center, Faculty of Life and Medical Sciences, Doshisha University
gEffect of Maternal Dietary Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid on Neocortical Neurogenesis and Neural Circuit Developmenth

Prof. Toshinao Goda
School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, University of Shizuoka
gSuppression of postprandial hyperglycemia through a diet-induced regulation of the expressions of digestion/absorption-related genes and its applicationh

Dr. Taiho Kambe
Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University
gElucidation of the molecular mechanism of zinc absorption in the intestinal epithelial cells -Prevention of zinc deficiency in infants and children-h

Dr. Megumi Haruna
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
gThe relationship between oxidized LDL and folate, vitamin B12, vitamin C, vitamin E during pregnancy: Research in the prevention of Pregnancy Induced Hypertensionh


The past Awardees of DIJ Research Grants

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