A new biomarker for the aging brain

Toshihiko Aso (Lab for Brain Connectomics Imaging) and collaborators found that natural age-related enlargement of the ventricles was associated with a lag in blood drainage from a specific deep region of the brain.

Finding more chromosome structures by assuming less

A more general analytic technique for looking for structures in chromosomes uncovers new interactions.

New staining technique visualizes whole organs and bodies

A team led by Etsuo Susaki and Hiroki Ueda (Lab for Synthetic Biology) established a fine-tuned, versatile 3D tissue-staining/imaging method, which they named CUBIC-HistoVIsion.

Scientists publish data on COVID-19-related proteins

A group led by Teruki Honma (Lab for Structure-Based Molecular Design) has performed ab initio quantum chemical calculations based on the crystal structures using the fragment molecule orbital method.

RIKEN group leads world in single-cell transcriptome profiling

An international study comparing 13 commonly used single-cell RNA sequencing protocols found the Quartz-seq2 method, developed by BDR Lab for Bioinformatics Research, was particularly accurate, scoring high on the benchmark.

Masatoshi Takeichi to receive Canada Gairdner International Award

Exploring the molecular dynamics of the new coronavirus

Makoto Taiji and his team (Lab for Computational Molecular Design) used the MDGRAPE-4A dedicated drug discovery supercomputer to analyze the structural dynamics of the main protease of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes the new coronavirus disease, COVID-19.