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Research

Research

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

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Seminars & Symposia

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

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Careers & Study

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

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Outreach

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

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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

List by Principal Investigator List by Laboratory List by Category

Laboratories Technology Platform Division RIKEN ECL Teams RIKEN DMP Collaboration Center Collaboration Teams

Laboratories

Satoko Arakawa

Ultrastructural Research

Hironobu Fujiwara

Tissue Microenvironment

Chikara Furusawa

Multiscale Biosystem Dynamics

Masaya Hagiwara

Human Biomimetic System

Takuya Hayashi

Brain Connectomics Imaging

Ichiro Hiratani

Developmental Epigenetics

Ryoichiro Kageyama

Neural Stem Cell Research

Wataru Kimura

Heart Regeneration

Tomoya Kitajima

Chromosome Segregation

Hiroshi Kiyonari

Genetic Engineering Technology

Ryosuke Kojima

Multimodal AI Framework

Yumi Konagaya

Quantitative Biology of Cell Fate Decision

Takefumi Kondo

Developmental Genome System

Kazunari Miyamichi

Comparative Connectomics

Mitsuru Morimoto

Lung Development and Regeneration

Yoshihiro Morishita

Developmental Morphogeometry

Fumiaki Obata

Nutritional Biology

Yasushi Okada

Cell Polarity Regulation

Hideyuki Okano

Brain Organoid

Shuichi Onami

Developmental Dynamics

Haruka Ozaki

AI Biology

Li-Kun Phng

Vascular Morphogenesis

Tatsuo Shibata

Physical Biology

Hiroki Shibuya

Gametogenesis

Yoshihiro Shimizu

Cell-Free Protein Synthesis

Katsuyuki Shiroguchi

Prediction of Cell Systems Dynamics

Douglas Sipp

Stem Cells and Society

Genshiro A. Sunagawa

Hibernation Biology

Makoto Taiji

Computational Molecular Design

Koichi Takahashi

Biologically Inspired Computing

Minoru Takasato

Human Organogenesis

Yu-Chiun Wang

Epithelial Morphogenesis

Tomonobu Watanabe

Comprehensive Bioimaging

Sa Kan Yoo

Homeodynamics

Technology Platform Division

Satoko Arakawa

Electron Microscopy Imaging Support Team

Hiroshi Kiyonari

Animal Resources Core Team

Takefumi Kondo

Genomics Research and Analysis Support Team

Yasushi Okada

Super-Resolution Bioimaging Support Team

Shuichi Onami

Data Management Team

Yoshihiro Shimizu

Mass Spectrometry Analysis Team

Koichi Takahashi

Laboratory Robotics Operations Team

Tomonobu Watanabe

Optical Microscopy and Engineering Support Team

RIKEN ECL Teams

Masayuki Oginuma

Chrono-Developmental Biology RIKEN ECL Research Team

Chisako Sakuma

Metabolic and Behavioral Physiology RIKEN ECL Research Team

RIKEN Program for Drug Discovery and Medical Technology Platforms (DMP)

Makoto Taiji

Drug Discovery Molecular Simulation Platform Unit

Collaboration Center

Ryoichiro Kageyama

RIKEN BDR-Otsuka Pharmaceutical Collaboration Center

Collaboration Teams

Ryoichiro Kageyama

Advanced General Intelligence for Science Collaboration Team

Ryoichiro Kageyama

Structural Life Science and Cell Biology Collaboration Team

List of former BDR laboratories