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The latest issue of Chiba Research has been published in March 2021.

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.

Table of Contents

                        
Title page

MUCOSAL IMMUNOLOGYAND ALLERGYTHERAPEUTICS
Fighting pathogens at their point of entry

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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
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TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH PROGRAM OF PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY
Cognitive behavioural theraphy comes of age in Japan
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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
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