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Research

Research

BDR researchers coming from diverse research fields are working together to achieve higher goals.

Seminars & Symposia

Seminars & Symposia

BDR hosts annual symposium and regular seminars inviting international scientists in life science.

Careers & Study

Careers & Study

BDR embraces people from diverse backgrounds, and strives to create an open and supportive setting for research.

Outreach

Outreach

BDR communicates the appeal and significance of our research to society through the use of various media and activities.

News

News

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About Us

About Us

Exploring the scientific foundations of life through interdisciplinary approaches to address society’s problems.

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ResearchLaboratories

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Masaya Hagiwara

Human Biomimetic System RIKEN Hakubi Research Team

Shigeo Hayashi

Morphogenetic Signaling
[Closed Mar. 2025]

Takuya Hayashi

Brain Connectomics Imaging

Ichiro Hiratani

Developmental Epigenetics

Teruki Honma

Drug Discovery Computational Chemistry Platform Unit
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Teruki Honma

Structure-Based Molecular Design
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Takamitsu Hosoya

Chemical Biology
[Closed Mar. 2025]

Yoshitaka Ishii

Advanced NMR Application and Development
[Closed Mar. 2025]

Takuhiro Ito

Translation Structural Biology
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Ryoichiro Kageyama

Advanced General Intelligence for Science Collaboration Team

Ryoichiro Kageyama

Structural Life Science and Cell Biology Collaboration Team

Ryoichiro Kageyama

Neural Stem Cell Research

Ryoichiro Kageyama

RIKEN BDR-Otsuka Pharmaceutical Collaboration Center

Ryoichiro Kageyama

Ultrastructural Research

Kyogo Kawaguchi

Nonequilibrium Physics of Living Matter RIKEN Hakubi Research Team
[Appointed as Chief Scientist at RIKEN PRI in Apr. 2025]

Wataru Kimura

Heart Regeneration

Tomoya Kitajima

Chromosome Segregation

Hiroshi Kiyonari

Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering

Ryosuke Kojima

Multimodal AI Framework

Yumi Konagaya

Quantitative Biology of Cell Fate Decision

Takefumi Kondo

Developmental Genome System

Hidetoshi Masumoto

iPS cell-based Cardiovascular Medical Research
[Closed Mar. 2025]

Kazunari Miyamichi

Comparative Connectomics

Makito Miyazaki

Bottom-up Cell Biology
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Mitsuru Morimoto

Lung Development and Regeneration

Yoshihiro Morishita

Developmental Morphogeometry

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Ai Niitsu

Dynamic Biomolecule Design
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Itoshi Nikaido

Bioinformatics Research
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN TRIP-AGIS in April 2025]

Eisuke Nishida

Molecular Biology of Aging
[Closed Mar. 2025]

Fumiaki Obata

Nutritional Biology

Masayuki Oginuma

Chrono-Developmental Biology RIKEN ECL Research Team

Yasushi Okada

Cell Polarity Regulation

Shuichi Onami

Developmental Dynamics

Haruka Ozaki

AI Biology

Li-Kun Phng

Vascular Morphogenesis

Hideya Sakaguchi

Neural Organogenesis Research (Special Program)

Shun-ichi Sekine

Transcription Structural Biology
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Shun-ichi Sekine

Cryo-EM Operation Team
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Tatsuo Shibata

Physical Biology

Hiroki Shibuya

Gametogenesis

Ichio Shimada

NMR Operation Team
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Ichio Shimada

Dynamic Structure of Biomolecules
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Yoshihiro Shimizu

Cell-Free Protein Synthesis

Katsuyuki Shiroguchi

Prediction of Cell Systems Dynamics

Mikako Shirouzu

Drug Discovery Structural Biology Platform Unit
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Mikako Shirouzu

Protein Functional and Structural Biology
[Affiliation has changed to RIKEN IMS in April 2025]

Douglas Sipp

Stem Cells and Society

Yuji Sugita

Biomolecular Function Simulation
[Concurrent appointment to BDR ended in March 2025.]

Genshiro A. Sunagawa

Hibernation Biology

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