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Funding

Awarded support helps us turn biological questions into experiments—from stem-cell-based models to connected organ-on-chip systems. We gratefully acknowledge the institutions, funding agencies, and collaborators who make this work possible.

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Updated October 2026 · Awarded research support

Current & recent support

Support for our research directions.

A selection of current and recent awarded projects. Roles shown below refer to Ken-ichiro Kamei; collaborative awards support work with partner investigators.

NYU Abu Dhabi

Rebuilding living functions

Connecting stem cell biology with micro- and nanoengineering to recreate selected functions of living systems in the laboratory.

Faculty Research Funding · Annual Research Support
Reverse Bioengineering to recapitulate living systems in vitro

September 2022 – August 2027Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

Award ID: 22-0249

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Engineering early-development models

Combining cell biology with tiny engineered structures to study early development. The long-term aim is knowledge relevant to infertility research, not a clinical treatment.

Scientific Research (A)
Formation of artificial human blastocysts using origami engineering and microfabrication techniques for infertility treatment applications

April 2025 – March 2029Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

Grant record: 25H00826 →

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Connecting the brain, gut, and liver

Building connected laboratory models of the brain, gut, and liver to investigate how fatty liver disease may affect other organs.

Scientific Research (A)
Brain–Gut–Liver-on-a-Chip to investigate the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in NAFLD patients

April 2024 – March 2027Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

Grant record: 24H00797 →

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Understanding implantation in the laboratory

Developing stem-cell-based models to investigate selected events in implantation under controlled laboratory conditions.

Challenging Research (Pioneering)
In vitro implantation with the use of blastoids generated from human pluripotent stem cells

Started June 2023Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

Grant record: 23K17345 →

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)

Tracking metabolism in gut–liver models

Combining gut–liver models with temperature sensing to investigate the links between tissue metabolism and disease. This is our contribution within a collaborative award.

Scientific Research (A)
Gut–Liver-on-a-Chip with real-time thermal monitoring to investigate the progression mechanisms of non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases

April 2023 – March 2027Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

Grant record: 23H00260 →

Completed support

The foundations we build on.

Earlier awarded grants, institutional support, and industrial collaborations, grouped by their starting year. Select a year to view the projects.

20251 record

  • 1st MENA Conference on Living Therapeutics: Innovations, Challenges, and Future Directions

    NYU Abu Dhabi
    NYUAD Institute Conference Support

    2025Kamei’s role: Principal investigator
20221 record

  • Reverse Bioengineering to recapitulate living systems in vitro

    NYU Abu Dhabi
    Faculty Research Funding · Startup

    September 2022 – August 2025Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Award ID: 22-0249

20215 records

  • Gut–Liver-on-a-Chip to investigate the progression mechanisms of non-alcoholic fatty liver diseases

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Scientific Research (B)

    April 2021 – March 2024Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Award ID: 21H01728

  • Biological pump/probe system for visualization of intracellular nitric oxide behavior during vasodilation

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Challenging Research (Exploratory)

    October 2021 – March 2024Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

  • Raptor-on-a-Chip by integrating iPSC technology and micro/nanoengineering

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Scientific Research (B)

    April 2021 – March 2024Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

  • Nanofiber matrix for mass production of stem cells for industrial applications

    Kyoto University
    GAP Fund

    January – December 2021Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Award ID: 207020

  • Development of Muscle-on-a-Chip

    Meiji Corp. (Japan)
    Industrial collaboration

    February 2021 – August 2023Kamei’s role: Principal investigator
20203 records

  • Breeding promotion strategy for domestic rare animals based on genome and cell information

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Scientific Research (A)

    April 2020 – March 2023Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

    Award ID: 20H00420

  • Human pluripotent stem cell-derived blinking cornea on a chip: proof of a product concept

    Kyoto University
    GAP Fund

    August 2020 – July 2021Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Award ID: 207010

  • Development of Eye-on-a-Chip

    Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. (Japan)
    Industrial collaboration

    July 2020 – July 2023Kamei’s role: Principal investigator
20192 records

  • Body on a Chip to recapitulate the rhythms in living systems

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Scientific Research (B)

    April 2019 – March 2022Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

    Award ID: 19H02572

  • Japanese–German joint research on real-time monitoring technology of cellular metabolism in an in vitro model device

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Fostering Joint International Research (B)

    April 2019 – March 2022Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

    Award ID: 18KK0306

20174 records

  • Development of multi-organs-on-a-chip systems to recapitulate physiological conditions in vitro

    Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)
    Technology development for industrialization of regenerative medicine

    September 2017 – March 2022Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

  • Advanced 3D tissue engineering with microfluidic technology

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Scientific Research (B)

    April 2017 – March 2020Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Award ID: 17H02083

  • Molecular and dynamic basis of axon guidance by mechanical stimulation

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Challenging Research (Exploratory)

    June 2017 – March 2019Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

    Award ID: 17K19453

  • Development of Organs-on-a-Chip

    Ushio Inc. (Japan)
    Industrial collaboration

    August 2017 – August 2023Kamei’s role: Principal investigator
20161 record

  • Body on a Chip as an in vitro model of endangered animals

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Challenging Exploratory Research

    April 2016 – March 2018Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Grant record: 16K14660 →

20141 record

  • Heart tissue engineering: integration of microfabrication technology and THz waves

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Challenging Exploratory Research

    April 2014 – March 2017Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Award ID: 26560209

20122 records

  • Body on a Chip: in vitro living model using human pluripotent stem cells

    Terumo Life Science Foundation
    Specific Research Area in Combined Devices

    December 2012 – November 2015Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

  • Body on a Chip: in vitro living model using human pluripotent stem cells

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Challenging Exploratory Research

    April 2012 – March 2014Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Award ID: 24656502

20113 records

  • In vitro artificial extracellular microenvironments to investigate the mechanisms of cell regulation

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Young Scientists (A)

    April 2011 – March 2013Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Award ID: 23681028

  • Microfluidic platforms integrated with nanotechnology approaches for studying microenvironmental cues controlling human stem cell fate

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Japan–France Integrated Action Program (SAKURA)

    April 2011 – March 2013Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

  • High-throughput microfluidic screening to generate transplantable human pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons

    iCeMS, Kyoto University
    Exploratory Grants for Junior Investigators

    June 2011 – March 2012Kamei’s role: Principal investigator
20103 records

  • A microfluidic platform to control and characterize human pluripotent stem cell behavior

    iCeMS, Kyoto University
    Exploratory Grants for Junior Investigators

    June 2010 – March 2011Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

  • Development of evaluation platforms for practical applications of human stem cells

    New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO)
    Platform technology development for industrial applications of human stem cells

    April 2010 – March 2016Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

    Award ID: 11100210

  • Neural chips using stem-cell-derived neurons and nanofibers to study neural networks in vitro

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    Scientific Research (B)

    April 2010 – March 2013Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

    Grant record: 22350104 →

20081 record

  • Microfluidic platform for screening chemically defined conditions that facilitate clonal expansion of human pluripotent stem cells

    California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM)
    Tools and Technologies Grants

    December 2008 – December 2010Kamei’s role: Co-investigator

    Award ID: RT1-01022-1

20001 record

  • Multi-channel nitric oxide sensor to monitor 2D intercellular networks

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
    JSPS Fellows

    April 2000 – March 2003Kamei’s role: Principal investigator

    Award ID: 00J10224

From support to contribution

Thank you for making discovery possible.

Research support creates space to ask difficult questions, develop methods, and train the next generation of researchers. Our goal is to turn that opportunity into reliable knowledge that others can use.

This page lists awarded support documented in the October 2026 CV, with established historical entries retained from the earlier Funding page. Research aims describe the questions being investigated, not completed treatments or guaranteed outcomes.

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