Ayana Oshiro

Ayana Oshiro

2020: Selected for the Osaka University SEEDS Program Engaged in research titled “Development of a sensor for glucose found in saliva that utilizes biological photoprotein,” receiving the Best Performance Prize (highest award) at the research presentation meeting for students taking this course (2021)
2020: Participated in SAKURA Science Camp 2020
Carried out joint research on a mathematical model on the spread of infection with students living in India
2020: Selected for and participated in the Junior Red Cross / Red Cross Youth (JRC/RCY) project
Participated in the JRC/RCY International Meeting
2021: Selected for the Thailand-Japan Students Science Fair (TJ-SSF) 2021
Presented research in two categories: Posters Exhibition Online and Oral Presentation
2021: Participated in SAKURA Science Camp 2021
Carried out joint research on a mathematical model on the spread of infection with students living in in Uzbekistan
2021: Participated Global Science Camp nationwide student research presentation meeting as a representative of Osaka University
2020: Presentation selected for the High School Category Science Farm at the meeting of the Japanese Society for Veterinary Science ; received the Encouragement Prize
2021: Participated in the Suuri no Tsubasa N Seminar 2021
2021: Attended Kyoto University ELCAS Program
2019 – 2021: Selected for the Seventh graduating class of the Yumechikara Cultivation Research Program
Carried out research activities and received the Research Presentation Prize as a cultivation research member
2020 – 2021: Received the Science Colloquium Encouragement Prize
2022: Spoke at the 9th Osaka University SEEDS Lab Café
Interview article published in the Kogai Program Daizen
Interview podcast distributed by the aforementioned organization
Participated as a SEEDS Program student representative in the discussion workshop with the Knowledge
Innovation Award Knowledge Capital prize recipients

I am interested in developing new things that can improve people’s quality of life and have tried to work on various research based on that interest. I am very happy to be selected as a member of the Masason Foundation and happy that this will expand the opportunity for my study.

From now on, I will work on improving the accuracy of the bioluminescent protein salivary glucose sensor that I am developing. In addition, I would like to apply this technology to explore methods of quantifying itchiness, something that is being researched around the world but for which quantification has yet to be achieved.

My goal is that such undertakings and the practical application of the technology will contribute to the achievement of a world that is even more convenient for people and in which people can live in greater good health, and to become a researcher who can create a new world from the perspective of biology.