INSTITUTE FOR GLOBAL PROMINENT RESEARCH

Reaching New Horizon

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Welcome to the fourth issue of CHIBA Research, a publication that showcases the diverse and innovative work being undertaken at the Institute for Global Prominent Research (IGPR), Chiba University. The institute was established in 2016, with the ambitious goal of becoming a global hub for top-class research in fields as far-reaching as neutrino astronomy, the science of plant-based medicine, three-dimensional holography, and the creation of a fair, egalitarian society.

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MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGYAND ALLERGYTHERAPEUTICS Fighting pathogens at their point of entry	06
INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR HADRON ASTROPHYSICS Revealing hidden messages from the cosmos	08
CHIRAL MATERIALS SCIENCE Using light to establish a new field of chiral materials	10
CHIBA STUDIES ON GLOBAL FAIR SOCIETY Forging a fairer world	14
SMALL AREA ESTIMATION AND ITS APPLICATION Improving datasets using small area estimation	15
TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY Cognitive behavioural theraphy comes of age in Japan	16
MIGRATION AND REFUGEE STUDIES Living with people with foreign backgrounds	17
NEXT-GENERATION 3D DISPLAY AND MEASUREMENT Future images — more than meets the eye	20
MULTIMODAL MEDICAL ENGINEERING Toward image-based disease diagnostics	21
CENTER FOR INNOVATIVE MICROWAVE REMOTE SENSING The next wave in remote sensing	22
IMAGING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR MATERIAL APPEARANCE AND AFFECT Affect and realness in digital images	23
INSECTS-INSPIRED BIG INNOVATION Looking to nature to revolutionize flight	24
SOFT MOLECULAR ACTIVATION FOR INTELLIGENT MATERIALS Catalyzing the future of smart materials	25
ADVANCED BONE-CONDUCTION COMMUNICATION Bone-conduction technology beyond hearing aid	26
LYMPHEDEMA MONITOR Making invisible lymphedema visible	27
PHYTOCHEMICAL PLANT MOLECULAR SCIENCES Unlocking the potential of phytochemicals	30
CANCER EPIGENOME CENTER A different approach to fighting cancer	31
MEDICAL MYCOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER Manipulating microbes for human health	32
MEDICINE FOR IMMUNE RELATED RARE DISEASES Innovative approach offers hope for intractable problems	33
GLYCOMEDICINE RESEARCH CENTER Sugar science's immunotherapy play	34
LABORATORY OF DDS DESIGN AND DRUG DISPOSITION Big hopes for nanotechnology based drug delivery sysyems	35
INTERNATIONAL HUB FOR METALLOMICS RESEARCH Understanding the function of biometals for human and environmental health	36