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About
- Sylff Program
  
  Cultivating leaders of tomorrow in countries worldwide
  
  Mission & Philosophy
  
  The goals of the Sylff Program and the leadership qualities it seeks to nurture
- Message from the Chairman
  
  Promoting peaceful and socially inclusive development
  
  Sylff Association
  
  Platform to bring all Sylff stakeholders closer together
- History
  
  Major milestones since the program's inception in 1987
  
  Contact
  
  Ask questions, offer comments, or come visit us in Tokyo
Institutions
Fellows
Support Programs
- Overview
- Research
  
  Research Grant (SRG)
  
  Up to US$5,000 to support doctoral and post-doc fellows’ academic research activities in their field of expertise.
  
  Research Abroad
  (SRA)
  
  Up to US$5,000 to support research in a foreign country for a doctoral dissertation.
- Social Action
  
  Leadership
  Initiatives (SLI)
  
  Up to US$10,000 for social action projects and conferences/workshops initiated by fellows.
  
  Project Grant (SPG)
  
  Large-scale grants for projects with potential for substantial social impact.
- Networking
  
  Leaders Workshop
  
  Opportunities for intercultural group learning and leadership enhancement.
News & Voices
Administrators
Operation Manual
- Overview
- Conventional Scheme
  
  Guidelines on program and endowment management
- New Scheme
  
  For institutions wishing to focus on program operations
- Administrators Meetings
  
  Learn best practices and meet other Sylff administrators

Fellows Profile

Kensuke Sato*

Keio University

SRG

Interdisciplinary Studies

Fellowahip received in 2021
Academic supervisor: Dr. Arakawa Kazuharu

Academic achievements, social engagement initiatives:
Research Report of the AY 2021 JST Doctoral Program Student Support Project,
Lnest Grant, Taikichiro Mori Memorial Research Fund

Current affiliation: Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio Univ.
Research Center for Drug Discovery Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio Univ.
Graduate School of Media and Governance, Keio univ.

My motivation is to regulate the behavior of immune cell and the gut microbiota for our heath.
My academic research is to analyze the behavior of the gut microbiota and the immune cells induced with the combination of prebiotics and fasting.
By doing so, we expect to enable establish a new method treatment method more effectively.
Currently, I verify the validity of prebiotics during fasting on the gut microbiota and some diseases.

To contact this fellow, email the Sylff Association at sylff[a]tkfd.or.jp (replace [a] with @).