Japan Partnering Award to Promote Synergies in Chromatin Research

Lead Research Organisation: University of Leicester
Department Name: Molecular and Cell Biology

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Publications

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Description This meeting on chromatin structure and function has brought together a research community from the UK and Japan that was disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This included researchers at all career levels from MSc students to established senior researchers. The presentation of unpublished material in seminars and posters has led to new collaborations and has significantly increased the visibility of the University of Leicester as a HUB for chromatin research.
Exploitation Route This conference has led to the establishment of new personal contacts, which will lead to new collaborations between these researchers in the future. The conference will also serve as a template of a successful event that will likely be repeated in the future.
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Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology

URL https://chromatin2022.le.ac.uk
 
Description Directed evolution of a highly specific binder to determine the role of histone H3 lysine 14 ubiquitination in genomes and organisms
Amount £100,000 (GBP)
Organisation Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) 
Sector Public
Country United Kingdom
Start 06/2022 
End 03/2023
 
Description Colaboration with Hiroshi Kimura and Hitoshi Kurumizaka 
Organisation Tokyo Institute of Technology
Country Japan 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We are running the Japan-UK Regulation through Chromatin Conference in Leicester as the main organizers.
Collaborator Contribution Our Japanese organizing partner is Hitoshi Kurumizaka from the University of Tokyo, who contributes time to organize the Japanese delegation. Hiroshi Kimura from the Tokyo Institute of Technology has provided his own grant money to sponsor 5 Japanese delegates who will come to Leicester.
Impact Seminar of Thomas Schalch at the University of Tokyo. The conference has been delayed massively by the Covid-19 pandemic. We managed to organize it very successfully in August 2022,.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Colaboration with Hiroshi Kimura and Hitoshi Kurumizaka 
Organisation University of Tokyo
Country Japan 
Sector Academic/University 
PI Contribution We are running the Japan-UK Regulation through Chromatin Conference in Leicester as the main organizers.
Collaborator Contribution Our Japanese organizing partner is Hitoshi Kurumizaka from the University of Tokyo, who contributes time to organize the Japanese delegation. Hiroshi Kimura from the Tokyo Institute of Technology has provided his own grant money to sponsor 5 Japanese delegates who will come to Leicester.
Impact Seminar of Thomas Schalch at the University of Tokyo. The conference has been delayed massively by the Covid-19 pandemic. We managed to organize it very successfully in August 2022,.
Start Year 2019
 
Description Jun-ichi Nakayama 
Organisation Ministry of the Environment
Department National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)
Country Japan 
Sector Public 
PI Contribution We are collaborating on understanding the regulation of the H3K9 methyltransferase Clr4 in heterochromatin formation.
Collaborator Contribution JN has provided us with vital biochemical information that we are now pursuing using structural approaches.
Impact No outputs yet.
Start Year 2022
 
Description Abstracts booklet Japan-UK Regulation through Chromatin Conference 2022 
Form Of Engagement Activity A magazine, newsletter or online publication
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Conference booklet containing abstracts and other helpful information about the conference for the participants and University.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2022
URL https://chromatin2022.le.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Abstracts_JP-UK_Chromatin-1.pdf
 
Description Global Discussion Camp, Tokyo Metropolitan University 
Form Of Engagement Activity Participation in an activity, workshop or similar
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach International
Primary Audience Undergraduate students
Results and Impact Thomas Schalch was part of a delegation from the University of Leicester with undergraduate students and colleagues, which visited Tokyo Metropolitan University (TMU) for a week-long workshop with TMU undergraduate students and professors. Thomas gave a lecture covering topics of the BBSRC grants. This activity sparked many new contacts and will likely lead to further exchanges between TMU and the Univeristy of Leicester.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019
 
Description Seminar Thomas Schalch The University of Tokyo 
Form Of Engagement Activity A talk or presentation
Part Of Official Scheme? No
Geographic Reach Local
Primary Audience Professional Practitioners
Results and Impact Thomas Schalch presented a research seminar at the University of Tokyo hosted by Hitoshi Kurumizaka. During this meeting, Thomas Schalch met with various researchers and faculty from other Japanese Universities. This visit also further consolidated the collaboration of Thomas Schalch with Hitoshi Kurumizaka on the Chromatin conference we are organizing in Leicester, which is supported by our BBSRC Japan Partnering Award. The visit further provided an opportunity to explore opportunities for future collaborations.
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity 2019