Open Innovation base to be opened by Professor of Nobel Prize in the Nobel Prize, Professor To University of the University of Tokyo, will it be a new collaboration model of industry -academia and government?

As industry -academia -government collaboration in which universities and companies are conducting research together is increasing, there are few bases in which both are conducting research in the same place.Professor Makoto Fujita of the University of Tokyo, who is a candidate for the Nobel Prize, will promote new research activities in April at the first open innovation base in the field of molecular structure analysis established by Mitsui Fudosan and the University of Tokyo.Academia and corporate research may be a new Japanese industry -academia -government collaboration in one -stop.(Mamiko Iida)

To date, Mr. Fujita and his colleagues have been conducting joint research with about 20 companies through social collaboration courses to apply the "Crystal Sponge Law" that can analyze structures with any molecule.In that activity, there are cases in which companies have been able to use technical development and have led to the development of new products, which has contributed to society.

Mr. Fujita emphasizes that the results of basic science research at universities will be linked to applied research and product development with companies and others.However, he argues that it is not only a company that understands the results at university, and it is necessary to have a mechanism to apply it with value to the results.

The realization was that there were all the equipment necessary for the research, and we needed a space where universities and corporate researchers can research and chat in the same space.Mr. Fujita will show a move toward realization at a new base after the retirement age of next year.

Mr. Fujita and his colleagues, "FS Creation", were named "FLAGSHIP SCIENCE" and the initials of Professor Sota Sato, a professor of the University of Tokyo, led by Mr. Fujita.It is said that the logo mark imagines a mountain made by pinching a cloth, and means that leading basic science upwards to expand the technology that becomes a base.

The base was developed by Mitsui Fudosan, but the design on the floor was also added by Mr. Fujita.One of them is a shared space where you can easily talk with anyone and give lectures.In addition, by eliminating the walls and making the entire glass, it is a mechanism that allows you to see the experiment even from the rest space.Many universities are studying in a closed space, and there are few places to share information.Feel free to absorb the ideas and opinions unique to universities and companies, which is likely to expand your field of view.

In addition, Nippon Electronics, Rigaku (Akishima -shi, Tokyo), and Shimadzu Seisakusho's three major analyzed equipment manufacturers at the same base, and a floor with several devices that each company proud of was lined up.There are several devices that cost more than hundreds of millions per unit, and the seriousness to establish as an open innovation base is transmitted.

Professor Sato, Professor Sato, who is promoting a social collaboration course with Mr. Fujita, said his enthusiasm, "I want to further active research on molecular structural analysis in the world -leading industry -academia collaboration."

Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun February 18, 2022