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Apr. 14, 2023 Research

How mouse embryos determine left from right

Resolution of a two-decade debate enhances our understanding of how embryos develop differences between their left and right sides

Apr. 14, 2023 BDR News

New team leaders join BDR

The RIKEN BDR is pleased to welcome four new team leaders to the Center as of April 1, 2023.

Apr. 12, 2023 BDR News

Meetings

Joint Symposium between RIKEN BDR and Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University

Apr. 11, 2023 Research

Simple but revolutionary modular organoids

Apr. 6, 2023 Research

Phosphate tags on brain enzyme govern sleep dynamics in mice

Adornments made to a critical sleep-promoting protein mediate the onset and duration of slumber in mice

Apr. 5, 2023 BDR News

Meetings

Organoid Symposium convenes in Kobe

Mar. 27, 2023 Research

How an early mutation in the COVID-19 virus helped it spread so fast

Molecular modeling suggests structural consequences of an early protein mutation that promoted viral transmission

Mar. 16, 2023 Research

A nifty trick to help plants thrive in iron-poor soils

Efforts to develop fertilizers that help plants gather iron from widespread alkaline soils are set to benefit from insights into molecular structure

Mar. 2, 2023 BDR News

Dive into BDR's intriguing research

Taking on the world with a unique computer

Yousuke Ohno, Senior Technical Scientist

Feb. 7, 2023 BDR News

Public Events

Taking part in the Science Fair in Hyogo

Feb. 2, 2023 BDR News

Meetings

International Meeting on Left-Right Asymmetry hosted at RIKEN BDR

Dec. 23, 2022 Research

Opossum hearts hint at new ways of fighting cardiovascular disease

RIKEN English Channel - Note: When you access the link, the video will autoplay with sound.

Dec. 21, 2022 Research

The next milestones in generating artificial organs

RIKEN’s Organoid Project tackles the latest challenges in this highly promising field for regenerative medicine and drug discovery, says Minoru Takasato.

Dec. 14, 2022 Research

An experimental strategy for recreating organ formation in the lab

Organ development has been modeled in the lab by selectively activating signaling pathways in the embryo

Dec. 9, 2022 BDR News

RIKEN BDR welcomes Genshiro A. Sunagawa as team leader of the new Laboratory for Hibernation Biology

Nov. 18, 2022 Research

Inducing hibernation-like state in mice can protect organs during heart surgery

Nov. 17, 2022 Research

Gene-reading enzyme razes and rebuilds DNA-winding structures in its path

During DNA transcription, an enzyme takes apart nucleosomes and then puts them back together again

Nov. 15, 2022 BDR News

Public Events

RIKEN Open Days welcome visitors back onsite

Oct. 27, 2022 BDR News

RIKEN People

Growing kidney organoids

Olena Trush, Research Scientist

Oct. 25, 2022 Research

A cell death find changes the gut paradigm

A new and unexpected cell death mechanism found in fly guts opens up big questions about how the digestive system really maintains its balance.