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December	26	RIKEN Yokohama Institute and the Board of Education of Yokohama have today concluded a collaboration agreement to contribute to the development of education, science, and technology by nurturing future scientists through an innovative curriculum to be taught at Yokohama Science Frontier High School (YSFH) that will be established in 2009.
December	26	Current pulses make the switch Massive boost in data storage now a possibility with nanowires
December	21	Brain branches have Knots and Cuts
December	19	The pairing habits of electrons Novel means devised to study riddle of superconductivity
December	18	RIKEN will host the 'Next Generation Living Organisms Integrated Simulation Research Developmental Project Symposium 2007' on December 25, 2007 at MY PLAZA Hall.
December	17	A mystery of the cadherin-actin interaction resolved ^*
December	17	Regulating antibody production Unscrambling B-cell signals
December	17	Getting at the 'heart' of Kawasaki disease
December	14	RIKEN BSI, Toyota tie up for smarter cars
December	14	An international joint team from six countries including Japan, the USA, Germany, and the UK has succeeded in decoding the genome of Physcomitrella patens, a kind of moss.
December	13	The Molecular Imaging Center of the National Institute of Radiological Sciences and BSI of RIKEN have signed an agreement on research collaboration to make the best use of both institutes' research and development capabilities and human resources for brain science research.
December	13	RIKEN, Hokkaido University to set up research center to study 'molecular-informational life science'
December	12	Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, in collaboration with Tokyo Institute of Technology and RIKEN, has firstly developed new-generation transistors realizing drastically high voltage operation, in which AlGaN-based super-wide-band-gap heterostructures are utilized as current channels.
December	11	RIKEN, city of Kawasaki to cooperate in R&D
December	10	New study released on plant metabolism
December	6	Gene library constructed for cassava plant
December	4	Sizing up plants Dwarf plant provides insights into cellular development
December	3	Atomic Vibrations of an Impossible "Pentagonal" Solid ^*
December	3	Gene's role in immunological response is new lead for allergy treatment
November	30	The National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo, and RIKEN Yokohama Institute will hold a NEWS exhibition 'Beyond DNA: The Past and Future of Decoding the Genome, the Code of Life' from Tuesday December 4, 2007 to Sunday March 2, 2008.
November	30	Good housekeeping Np95, enabler of epigenetic inheritance ^*
November	27	How plants resist attack by disease Dissecting the mechanism of plant immunity
November	26	Helping pollen out of its coat Shedding new light on pollen development
November	20	Plant's defense against disease shares ancient strategy with animal world
November	16	Getting inside invagination ^*
November	16	The National Institute for Physiological Sciences and the Japan Science and Technology Agency, in collaboration with RIKEN and Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.'s Central Research Laboratory, have learned that after one to three months of rehabilitation training consisting of repetitively picking things up, Japanese macaque monkeys that had lost movement in their fingertips due to spinal injury start to move their fingertips as they did before the injury. The research also pinpointed the changes that occur during this process in the area of the brain related to the recovery.
November	16	Forgetful mice show the way to treating Alzheimer's Untangling Alzheimer's disease
November	15	The Plant Science Center, in cooperation with Nara Institute of Science and Technology and Kobe University, will host an international symposium titled "Plant Science Research on the Effective Utilization of African Plant Resources" on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 at the Yokohama Institute.
November	15	No loose ends Nano production techniques applied to gene-switching RNA
November	13	Mechanism for controlling the replication initiation of DNA ^*
November	13	Seeking schizophrenia genes A Candidate Gene for a Biological Marker of Schizophrenia in Mice ^*
November	12	Three students in Shizuoka University Faculty of Education have discovered two new asteroids, with the support of the Japan Association for Hands-On Universe (JAHOU; President, Toshikazu Ebisuzaki).
November	9	New study illuminates ability of hot-water bacteria to survive cold shock
November	1	Link between fertilization and tumor formation in phospholipase C zeta ^*
November	1	'Virtual' reality check for superconductors Dr. T. Hanaguri and Dr. H. Takagi of the DRI's Magnetic Materials Laboratory have successfully demonstrated a visualized electron wave in a state of high-temperature superconduction and provided evidence by use of this technique that an electron wave propagating towards a particular direction does not contribute to superconduction in the case of materials with relatively low transition temperature.
November	1	RIKEN has authorized 'RIKEN Genesis Inc.' as a RIKEN venture company on Oct. 25, 2007, established to disseminate the Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) typing technology and related research achievements of the SNP Research Center to improve medical care and welfare.
October	31	'Nishina Zao,' a yellow sakura cherry tree born in the RIBF
October	30	RIKEN, JST, and the Institute of Medical Science of the University of Tokyo have announced open access to the SNP frequency data on the website of the JSNP database from Oct. 31, 2007. This records more than 500,000 SNP locations on the basis of a careful diagnosis of the genomes of 934 ordinary Japanese people.
October	30	RIKEN has made the final decision on external users for the GSC's NMR three-dimensional structure analysis pipeline, which enables performing systematized analytical procedures from the preparation of protein samples to the determination of three dimensional structures.
October	26	Damage to a specific brain area impairs the decision process
October	25	RIKEN is planning to host three special science seminars in November 2007 and January and March 2008 at Academyhills, in which scientists, novelists, and other participants discuss science to better understand the scientific mind.
October	25	Tackling cancer by fishing for trouble Profiling chemically-tagged DNA switches
October	24	Structure and mechanism of antibiotic-degrading enzyme in which zinc is crucial ^*
October	24	RIKEN, in association with the International Mammalian Genome Society, will host the 21st International Mammalian Genome Conference (IMGC2007) organized under the leadership of Yoshihide Hayashizaki, the Project Director of the GSC's Genome Exploration Research Group.
October	23	On the road to a vaccine against tumors Unmasking and killing resistant tumors
October	23	Regulating a regulator Cell messaging comes into focus
October	22	How light can scramble time Scientists unwind circadian clocks at cell level
October	22	Understanding cancer in mice and men Research points the way for custom cures of intractable diseases
October	22	Poor transport cuts to the bone Mutant mice provide clues on cause of cleft palates, other severe deformities in humans
October	19	The GSC's Genome Exploration Research Group is to take part in the new ENCODE project, organized on a worldwide scale by the US National Institute of Health, in which the research target is limited to clarifying the genome functions of human beings.
October	17	Taming intolerance in bone marrow transplantation
October	17	New research sheds light on how allergic response changes with age
October	15	Neural architecture High-resolution brain mapping taken to next level
October	12	Nuclear transport of proteins by a nuclear transport receptor ^*
October	12	RIKEN, Toppan, RIKEN Venture Capital tie up in joint venture for SNP genotyping technology
October	10	RIKEN has authorized 'NanoMembrane Technologies, Inc.' as a RIKEN venture company. It has been established to commercialize new products based on the highly-refined nanomembrane techniques of the FRS's Topochemical Design Laboratory.
October	9	Robotic surgeon's assistant could be the solution to nurse shortages
October	5	Study clarifies how gamma rays generated in thunderclouds
October	4	Lasing on the spot RIKEN, NEC, and JST Successfully Demonstrate Laser Emission From Artificial Atom/Superconducting Qubit
October	2	CDB Publication Honored with JaGRA Prize ^*
October	2	Researchers link gene to common spinal disease
October	1	Discovery of a characteristic chemical bonding on high endurance to polarization fatigue for lead-free FRAM material ^*
September	26	The DRI's Cosmic Radiation Laboratory has carried out the largest yet systematic observation of "gravitational lenses", and has provided new evidence, acquired through unique methods, that the universe is full of unknown "dark energy".
September	14	RIKEN has made the final decisions on the system architecture for the Next-Generation Supercomputer, which will have a processing speed of 10 petaflops. The system development will be carried out by RIKEN, Fujitsu, NEC, and Hitachi.
September	10	The Genome Sciences Center will present a 10th anniversary commemorative lecture on Sep. 26 on the theme, "A Decade of GSC and 'New Challenges' of Genome Science."
September	6	All Ears for Nobel Winner ^*
September	4	The FRS Teraherz Quantum Device Laboratory, in collaboration with Saitama University, has successfully developed for practical use a new LED that emits a deep ultra-violet ray with the shortest wavelength ever known.
September	4	Instructing neuronal connections The BSI Laboratory for Behavioral Genetics has elucidated an elemental part of the information transmission pathway of the brain in which a pair of two proteins governs the entire neural circuits in the manner of a donor-acceptor relationship.
September	3	RIKEN, in association with MEXT, the National Institute of Informatics, and the Institute for Molecular Science, will host the "Next Generation Supercomputing Symposium 2007" to be held Oct. 3-4.
August	31	Hidden surface chemistry revealed The Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory of DRI has developed a "fourth-order nonlinear Raman spectroscopy," a new laser spectroscopy that enables the depiction of a specific boundary surface buried between dense materials.
August	30	Protocadherin in neural pathways ^*
August	30	The Functional Genomics Research Group of GSI in collaboration with the Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases of SNPRC has developed a new disease model mouse that shows severe osteoarthritic syndromes soon after birth.
August	29	Both the Cell and the Microbiology Divisions of BRC received the ISO 9001 Certificate of Approval.
August	25	Hopping mad for the nervous system The Laboratory for Behavioral Genetics of the Advanced Technology Development Group in BSI has elucidated the mechanism which prevents the entanglement of the right and left side neural circuits of the limbs' motions through the first production of a mutant mouse which cannot place its feet alternately, and the identification of the causative genes.
August	23	The Genome Sciences Center has launched the open use of NMR equipment and the NMR three-dimensional structure analysis pipeline at Yokohama Institute to general applicants and corporate researchers.
August	22	The Theoretical Physics Laboratory in the Sub Nuclear System Research Division of the Nishina Center for Accelerator Based Science, in association with Nagoya University and Cornell University of the US, has succeeded in a one-trillionth refinement of the accuracy of calculation of a number expressing the magnetism of the electron known as the g-factor.
August	21	Soaking up ammonium The Plant Nutrition and Basal Metabolism Research Team of PSC, in collaboration with the University of Hohenheim of Germany, has clarified the role of an ammonia transporter that functions in the plant assimilation of ammonia as a nutrient source of nitrogen from soil.
August	16	Globins coordinate: Bet globin co-transcription in primitive hematopoiesis ^*
August	16	School of Science ^*
August	9	In August, Kazusa DNA Research Institute and RCAI launched a joint research program to identify the genes which cause congenital immuno-deficiency syndrome and elucidate the mechanisms of its pathology.
August	3	Brain Science Institute, Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., and Fujitsu Japan, in collaboration with Japan Shogi Association, launched a joint research project in order to understand the intuitive thinking mechanism characteristic to human beings by elucidating the neural information processing network in the Shogi game through detailed analysis of how Shogi players judge the current situation and determine the next move.
August	2	Getting to the root of a developmental mystery Plant Gene Expression Research Team of PSC clarified that the CPC gene which produces root hair of Thales cress had been transformed via the evolutional process involving the WER gene, suppressing the growth of root hairs.
August	1	RIKEN-TRI Collaboration Center for Human-Interactive Robot Research Established ^*
August	1	Thinking outside the cell Protein Research Group of GSC succeeded in the mechanistic elucidation of the inhibition process through the reproduction of the entire process in a test tube, in which "micro-RNA" with strands as short as 21 to 22 nucleotides inhibited protein synthesis.
July	30	Dr. Mahathir bin Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, has been selected to be the second RIKEN Honorary Fellow. The fellowship program aims to motivate RIKEN's researchers and to improve its international character.
July	27	How eating cell 'corpses' reduces inflammation Laboratory for Innate Cellular Immunity of RCAI elucidated a new mechanism inducing immunologic tolerance, an acquired immunity that is induced through phagocytosis of dead cells.
July	24	Silencing allergic inflammation Laboratory for Transcriptional Regulation of RCAI discovered that a transcription factor, Runx, regulates the production of IL-4, a substance associated with the body's allergic response.
July	23	A new way to tackle tumors Chemical Genetics Laboratory of DRI, in collaboration with University of Tokyo and Astellas Pharma Inc., found that spliceostatin A, a potent anti-cancer drug, inhibited the pre-mRNA splicing process.
July	17	Stem cell precursors of ovarian support cells Gene Engineering Division of BRC, in association with Kyoto University, succeeded in the world's first separation and culturing of capsular stem cells which generate sex hormones in the mouse ovary.
July	16	Solid facts to understanding shock Structural Biophysics of SPring-8 Center in collaboration with Brigham and Women's Hospital of Harvard Medical School of the US determined the three-dimensional structure of a protein causing production of inflammagens for the first time in the world.
July	13	Sweet synthesis to aid understanding of bacteria Synthetic Cellular Chemistry Laboratory of DRI achieved the first synthesis of cis-N-acetyl-D-glycosamine, an amino saccharide that exhibits potent anti-Helicobacter pylori properties.
July	12	Research Center for Allergy and Immunology (RCAI), in association with Japanese Society for Immunology (JSI), will jointly host the "RCAI-JSI International Symposium on Immunology 2007" at Pacifico Yokohama on July 26 - 27.
July	6	RIKEN established a new title, RIKEN Fellow, to honor scientists who have made a great contribution to the development of science on a global scale, and whose research results and insights are exemplary. The first recipient of the title is Prof. Susumu Tonegawa of MIT.
July	4	Feasibility of developing a novel type of display material from soap molecules and rare-earth metal ions ^*
July	3	Core structures Biometal Science Laboratory of SPring-8 Center in collaboration with Toyama Prefectural University clarified the three-dimensional structure of cytochrome p450StaP, a key enzyme that is involved in the biosynthesis of indrocarbazole, an anti-cancer agent.
June	30	First MSC pathway revealed ^*
June	29	Chemical reaction singled out Surface Chemistry Laboratory of DRI, in association with University of Illinois at Chicago, succeeded in the regulation of reversible electrical conductivity between an organic single molecule and a metallic electrode for the first time in the world.
June	28	Tracing the steps toward germline reprogramming ^*
June	26	Bioresource Information Division and Experimental Plant Division of BRC launched open access to SABRE, a database using thale cress as a backbone to unite four plant genome resources.
June	19	clockwork orange keeps flies on time ^* Laboratory for System Biology of CDB, in collaboration with Kyushu University, National Institute of Genetics, and Texas A&M University of US, identified the "clockwork orange" gene, which plays a key role in the body's circadian clock.
June	15	How MIG-17 shows the way ^*
June	14	X-rays in full color Coherent X-Ray Optics Laboratory of SPring-8 Center detected a novel non-linear optic phenomenon in the X-ray region with high sensitivity, emerging by at a 10^-11 probability, for the first time in the world.
June	14	Genome Structure Exploration Team of GSC has contributed to the ENCODE plan of the US through unique technology of its own.
June	13	Tokyo Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Low Temperature Physics Laboratory of RIKEN's DRI, found that a compound of caustic lime and alumina, 12CaO·7Al₂O₃, shows superconducting properties.
June	11	Ridge analysis: Function of the carapacial ridge in the development of the turtle shell ^*
June	6	Nishina Center for Accelerator Based Science succeeded in synthesis of a new isotope with RIBF, revealing the high potentiality of RI producibility.
June	6	Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases and Laboratory for Statistical Analysis of SNP Research Center, in international collaboration with University of Oxford of UK and Nanjing University of China, found that the effect of asporin, a component expressed by a gene causing osteoarthritis, is not limited by race, but that its efficacy is associated with racial difference.
June	1	Getting out of a jam with jellies Eco-Soft Material Research Unit of DRI in collaboration with Shinwakako Inc. succeeded in isolation of a new type of valuable glyco-proteins, mucins, from Echizen and water jellyfishes.
May	31	BSI and Olympus Corporation have established the "BSI-Olympus joint research and development center" for the promotion of bio-imaging research.
May	30	A new route to programmed cell death: Enteric neurons follow non-canonical apoptotic pathway ^*
May	30	On the scent of how a sense of smell develops Neurobiology of Synapse of BSI identified a gene essential for the development of the neural linkage between nasal olfactory neurons and the brain.
May	30	Towards a treatment for epilepsy Neurogenetics of BSI provided evidence for the localized expression of an abnormal protein in the suppressive nerve cell axon of intractable epilepsy.
May	29	Putting a STOP to acid stress Experimental Plant Division of BRC identified a new plant gene involved in a plant's tolerance to acidic soil.
May	28	Structure and function of the protein controlling cell development, proliferation and differentiation ^*
May	28	Genome Exploration Research Group of GSC in collaboration with Singapore's University Hospital has launched a feasibility study on the clinical application of SMAP for point-of-care diagnosis of drug efficacy.
May	28	ROCK-blocked human ES cells thrive ^* Laboratory for Organogenesis and Neurogenesis of CDB succeeded in massive cell generation and the production of cerebral neural cells according to the development of a unique protocol for culturing cells from human embryonic stem cells.
May	24	Cell fusion may create niche for immune cell education Discovery of dendritic cell precursors which are important to the ripening of B-cells generating antigens
May	23	Role of Sox2 in the maintenance of pluripotency pinpointed ^*
May	22	Announcement on the "Symposium for Centennial Celebration of Hideki Yukawa - Dr. Yukawa and Nuclear Physics -"
May	19	Wrapping up a cell biology riddle Protein Research Group of GSC, in collaboration with SPring-8 Center, University of Tokyo, and JST, elucidated an endocytosis mechanism, the process in which extra-cellular substances are internalized through the cellular membrane.
May	18	Advanced NMR Metabomics Research Unit of PSC has launched metabolome analysis utilizing the world's largest multi-dimensional NMR facility.
May	14	Identification of a novel cellular messenger Laboratory for Cytokine Signaling of RCAI in collaboration with Osaka University discovered that zinc has a role as a secondary intracellular messenger.
May	11	Laser light switches molecular bonds The Structural Materials Science Laboratory at the Spring-8 Center, in collaboration with JASRI, the University of Tsukuba, and JST has made a breakthrough in the development of novel optically functional materials by revealing fast optical switching phenomena.
May	8	A new type of fluctuation behind the metal-nonmetal transition in fluid mercury ^* Kyoto University in collaboration with Hiroshima University, RIKEN, and JASRI has reported the world's first detection of specific medium-range fluctuations in the metal-nonmetal transition state of expanded fluid mercury.
May	8	Layering and positioning neurons The Developmental Neurology Team has discovered an enzyme that plays a critical role in the formation of the layered structure of the cerebral cortex.
May	8	The Laboratory for Cell Signaling of RCAI has elucidated a new activation mechanism for innate immunity, the frontier of biological defense system studies.
May	7	Key to quiescence? New role for cell-cycle regulators in inhibiting proliferation of uncommitted cells ^*
May	4	NEC, JST, and RIKEN Successfully Demonstrate World's First Controllably Coupled Qubits ^*
May	4	Population and Quantitative Genomics Team of GSC developed model mouse lines expressing either depression or schizophrenia by single-base-pair mutations in the same gene.
May	1	Information about briefing session on BSI 10th anniversary events
April	30	Halting the inflammation overload Laboratory for Host Defense of RCAI clarified a new regulatory mechanism of innate and adaptive immunity.
April	25	Wnt Amp: XTsh3 enhances Wnt signaling in Xenopus axis determination ^*
April	25	A very sociable brain Laboratory for Symbolic Cognitive Development of BSI clarified that intrapariental neuron switch functions are respondent to changes in the social environment.
April	23	Laboratory for Cognitive Brain Mapping of BSI elucidated a neuronal mechanism by which the brain learns correctness/incorrectness.
April	16	A better way to make a muscle? Bioarchitect Research Group and Biomolecular Characterization Team in DRI produced contractile myofiber cells from myofibroblast by making use of intracellular stress.
April	12	Quantum Nano Scale Magnetics Laboratory of FRS succeeded in the world's first electric detection of the spin Hall effect, the phenomenon in which an external electric field induces a transverse spin current.
April	11	Stimulating retinal repair The Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration of CDB in collaboration with University of Kyoto has developed a new method for the regeneration of injured retinas with drugs, without transplantation.
April	11	Tokyo Institute of Technology, in collaboration with Osaka Prefecture University, JASRI, and RIKEN developed a method for transformation of cements into metals.
April	10	Vegetable matters Metabolic Systems Research Unit of PSC and Kazusa DNA Research Institute identified a key gene that regulates the biosynthesis of glucosinolate, a cancer-preventive substance found in vegetables such as broccoli.
April	6	Cold proof: Cadherin-8 in neural circuitry and cold sensation. ^*
April	4	Plant Immunity Research Group of PSC and the Sainsbury Laboratory, Norwich, UK developed a massive-scale purification protocol for ubiquitinized proteins and an exhaustive analytical method for them.
April	3	Playing tag highlights genetic disorder Okamoto Initiative Research Unit developed a new method for the detection of methylated DNAs, which regulate homeostasis of replication, in one to three hours.
March	29	Electrons on the edge are fractal Condensed Matter Theory Laboratory of DRI provided evidence for the existence of conformal invariance in irregular electronic systems (the metal insulator phase change point, for example) and elucidated its relation to multifractal systems by performing large-scale numerical calculations.
March	28	Tracing bloodlines: Cell tagging shows an extraembryonic source of hematopoietic cells. ^*
March	28	RIKEN decided on Kobe as the best location for the next generation super computer facility.
March	27	RIKEN Computer Center has installed one of the largest special-purpose computers in Japan and will use it for molecular dynamics simulations.
March	26	Genetic polymorphism a potential grind for arthritis patients Joint research conducted by Laboratory for Bone and Joint Diseases of RIKEN SNP Research Center and Nanjing University of China identified a new gene, growth differentiation factor 5 (GDF5), causative to osteoarthritis.
March	24	Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science announced that RIBF succeeded in the acceleration of the uranium ion for the first time in Japan.
March	23	Boosting the harmonics of light-matter interaction Laser Technology Laboratory of DRI succeeded in the world's first detection of the electron movement during a moment of 690 atoseconds by focusing an extremely short-pulsed laser on gaseous atoms and/or molecules.
March	23	Molecular Neurogenesis of BSI disclosed that gene impairment in CADPS2, which regulates the secretion of neurotrophic factor for neuronal growth and differentiation, was highly associated with autism onset in mice.
March	20	Working shifts could aid disease detection Okamoto Initiative Research Unit and colleagues developed a refined SNP detection methodology using a newly developed dye, "prodan," that was satisfactorily alerting the SNP site of DNA in a prototype system.
March	20	Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory provided key evidence that supported the concerted mechanism, and not the step-wise, in the mechanistic controversy for the double proton transfer reaction.
March	19	Genetic stress relief Gene Discovery Research Team of PSC identified the cellular signal transduction pathway mediated by a plant hormone, jasmonate, and a new protein kinase cascade MKK3-MPK6 that played a critical role in a defense-responding mechanism through jasmonate signaling.
March	19	Hagfish first: Elusive organism sheds light on the emergence of the neural crest ^*
March	16	Artificial lymph nodes induce strong immune response Research Unit for Immune Surveillance in RCAI has succeeded in the induction of a strong immune response to severe combined immunodeficient mice by using advanced artificial lymph nodes and identified the same functional capacity as innate lymph nodes.
March	15	Joint research conducted by the Protein Research Group of RIKEN GSC and Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e.V. succeeded in the characterization of the complex formation site and binding mechanism between mRNA bases associated with the initiation of protein biosynthesis and the smaller subunit of ribosome through three dimensional structure determination.
March	15	Neuronal Circuit Development Team of BSI elucidated that the presence of appropriate numbers of inhibitory receptors on neuronal cell membranes was fundamentally involved in the critical period of neuronal circuit development.
March	12	Joint research conducted by the Protein Research Group of RIKEN GSC and the University of Tokyo determined the three dimensional structure of a ternary complex of phosphoseryl tRNA synthase (SepRS) with phosphorylated serine and tRNA for cystein, in which SepRS was supposedly a major enzyme catalyzing the formation of aminoacyl tRNAs during an evolutionally ancient age on the basis of genetic codes, and, thus, contributed to provide a better understanding of the evolutional process of genetic codes.
March	10	Joint research conducted by Protein Research Group of RIKEN GSC and Charite University Medicine Berlin of Germany elucidated that translation elongation factor EF-G became an activated form firstly by interaction with ribosome.
March	9	Frequent illicit use of taxi coupons for private use by RIKEN personnel was uncovered.
February	23	Beta version: New role for cortical WRM-1 in asymmetric cell division ^*
February	22	Honing in on plant 'flavor' The PSC Metabolome Analysis Research Team has identified the enzyme gene that determine flavonoid pattern for major anti-oxidants in plants.
February	21	Dr. Tadaharu Tsumoto of RIKEN BSI and JST (Japan Science Technology Agency) has developed a new in vivo functional technique which enables simultaneous observation of both inhibitory and excitatory neurons in cerebral cortex of transgenic mice, thereby, revealing a large difference in response to visual cortex stimulation between these neurons.
February	20	New suspected causes of schizophrenia Joint research between Molecular Psychiatry of BSI and the RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center has identified genes causative to schizophrenia
February	20	New source of oocytes for SCNT? ^*
February	19	Catenin cleft: Calpain-mediated cleavage of β-catenin in novel signaling pathway ^*
February	19	RIKEN and the Institute of Statistical Mathematics concluded an agreement for cooperation in promoting next-generation computational research.
February	19	The joint research group formed between Genome Exploration Research Group of GSC and Danaform, a RIKEN venture enterprise, has developed a process called SMAP (SMart Amplification Process), which enables to diagnose drug efficacy any secondary effects, requiring only 30 minutes and a single drop of blood.
February	15	Insights into regulation of tumor suppression Joint research conducted by the Protein Research Group of GSC and The University of Tokyo has determined the three-dimensional structure of a protein complex between a substrate protein, Gankyrin, provided by hepatic carcinoma gene and its catabolic enzyme, identifying the recognition site of the enzyme and the mechanism of the complex formation.
February	8	RIKEN is looking for a partner enterprise who can provide a variety of services and practical business for producing and supplying chimera and/or transgenic mouse for users.
February	8	'Lonely guy' helps crops to flourish Joint research conducted by the Plant Productivity Systems Research Group of PSC and The University of Tokyo found a novel gene that activates a hormone regulating rice crop growth.
January	26	Researchers at GSC and Saitama Medical University found a novel enzyme essential to fatty-acid metabolism.
January	24	Biology:Neurons transmit signals in reverse. Joint research between BSI and the RIKEN-MIT Neuroscience Research Center has proven that a reverse neuronal signal pathway exists via a protein named Neuroligin.
January	24	Researchers at the Kondo Research Unit of BSI have revealed that a certain DNA sequence called "boundary" controls other gene expressions on the same chromosome.
January	18	PSC research teams found a novel enzyme that diminishes plants in size.
January	16	Adding Notch to the tally of olfactory neuronal patterning determinants ^*
January	16	RIKEN Molecular Imaging Research Program was initiated in Kobe with three laboratories.
January	10	Protecting pigs with modified maize. The Plant & Microbial Metabolic Engineering Research Unit of DRI has succeeded in producing a transgenic maize line that detoxifies zearalenone, a mycotoxin produced by the Fusarium species.
January	9	Timing is everything. The Laboratory for Developmental Gene Regulation of BSI found that two different species of neurons in zebrafish are responsible for the left-right difference in the brain's habenular structures.