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Reorganization

Overview of Reorganization

Organization Chart

New Challenges

Support for Young Researchers

Overview of Reorganization

The Center for Advanced Marine Core Research reorganized its structure and renamed ourselves as Marine Core Research Institute (MaCRI) in FY2023 in order to achieve Kochi University’s motto, “From Regionality to Globality and from Globality to Regionality.” Under this reorganization, we aim to enhance our international presence of as the hub research facility based on the following activities:

1) Promoting MaCRI’s joint use program internationally
2) Strengthening education system for young researchers
3) Building networks with other academic communities
4) Maintaining solid partnership with JAMSTEC to broaden research capacity
5) Promoting international research projects mainly on Drilling Earth Science

Organization Chart

Newly created “Unit for Drilling Earth Science Research” and “Unit for International Joint Research Promotion” will work for broadening international research capacity with related academic communities and other faculty of Kochi University. Under this new structure, we will have excellent faculty members, associate faculty members, and visiting lecturers from Kochi JAMSTEC.

■Newly Created Units

●Unit for Drilling Earth Science Research●
Unit leader: Prof. Yukari UJIIE
Deputy unit leader: Prof. Masao IWAI
●Unit for International Joint Research Promotion●
Unit leader: Prof. Minoru IKEHARA
Deputy unit leader: Prof. Yuhji YAMAMOTO
---Core Analysis Support Section:
Prof. Minoru IKEHARA, Dr. Yuji KATO, Prof. Yusuke KUBO, and Prof. Toshio HISAMITSU
---Academic-Based Core Repository Section: Prof. Minoru IKEHARA
---Advanced Analytical Instruments and Techinical Support Section:
Prof. Yuhji YAMAMOTO and Mr. Takuya MATSUZAKI
---Core DX Promotion Section:
Prof. Minoru IKEHARA

New Challenges

■Collaborative Core Projects

MaCRI has initiated prioritized promotion of collaborative core projects focusing on scientific research topics such as "climate change," "earthquakes and tsunamis," and "Earth-Life Science." We will advance Kochi University's core research on resources and regional collaboration in partnership with relevant communities and all faculties.

For more details on the project

■Launching Repository Core Re-Discovery Program

Kochi University and JAMSTEC have launched a collaborative program known as the Repository Core Re-Discovery Program (ReCoRD) with Japan Drilling Earth Science Consortium (J-DESC).ReCoRD will oversee several research projects under the theme of the Earth System Variations, such as climate change, natural hazards, or biological evolution proposed by researchers. It will involve sampling and digitally archiving repository cores for reanalyzing these samples. ReCoRD is expected to become a new open science platform collaborating with international science communities.

For more details on ReCoRD

Support for Young Researchers

We have updated regarding the joint use and joint research: introducing quota system for young researchers to strengthen support system for them.
We have also launched two new support sysytems for students working at the MaCRI which are "MaCRI-RED" for Ph.D. students and "MaCRI-RSG" for all of graduate students.

Joint Use/Research Program MaCRI-RED MaCRI-RSG

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