FIGHTING VIRAL INFECTIONS FOR AGRICULTURE AND MEDICINE

摘要

Okayama University was established as a national comprehensive university in 1949 and is located in western Japan, midway between Osaka and Hiroshima on Japan's main island. With 1,600 faculty and more than 13,000 students, the university has grown considerably from a small institute called the Medical Training Place founded in 1870. The university has a long history of conducting research in the areas of plant and medical science. In 2013 and 2014, it won several highly competitive government grants, including assistance under three high-profile programmes of the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), namely the Program for Promoting the Enhancement of Research Universities, the Translational Research Network Program and the Top Global University Project. This funding will support more international travel among students and researchers and enhance the international profile of the university by improving its research development.