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In collaboration w/ 国立遺伝学研究所, BDR's Kazunari Kaizu & 高橋恒一 developed "Repli-Histo labeling" to mark euchromatin and heterochomatin based on DNA replication timing in live cells and reveal they exhibit different motion dynamics. Science Advances doi.org/10.1126/sciadv…

📢#RIKEN Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR) Program application deadline extended! Many BDR labs can host SPDRs, so contact the lab you wish to work in ASAP to see if they can host you. Deadline to register basic info: 17:00, Apr 10, 2025 (JST) 👇 riken.jp/en/careers/pro…

🌸This week RIKEN BDR is hosting researchers from Bangalore Life Science Research Cluster (BLiSC), which includes National Centre for Biological Sciences, iBRIC-inStem & Tata Institute for Genetics and Society, India. We are holding a joint meeting to further strengthen ties between BDR and BLiSC. To the BLiSC delegation, welcome to Kobe!

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom this week in Kobe🌸 With weather forecasts calling for rain🌧️ over the next few days, this is likely the last of the cherry blossoms this year. 📸See snapshots of cherry blossoms against backdrops of the buildings housing BDR labs. #rikenbdr

Meet the lab of Li-Kun Phng, based RIKEN BDR, Kobe, Japan. The lab is interested in vascular #morphogenesis, in particular, endothelial cell mechanobiology in #zebrafish🐟 Find out more about the lab and what it's like working at RIKEN BDR: thenode.biologists.com/lab-meeting-wi…

📢The BDR Women and Future in Science Seminar will be held Monday, April 21, 2025, from 13:00 (JST). 🗣️Speakers 🔹Dr. Midori Ohta, OIST 🔹Dr. Sayaka Deguchi, Science Tokyo (Institute of Science Tokyo) For details and to register to attend online (deadline: 9:00am, Apr.21)👇 www2.bdr.riken.jp/bdrdiversity/s…

RIKEN BDR’s Keiko Masuda, Yoshihiro Shimizu & UTokyo | 東京大学 developed a self-reproducible artificial system that can regenerate all 20 aminoacyl-transfer RNA synthetases, making advances in the challenges in bottom-up synthetic biology. Science Advances doi.org/10.1126/sciadv…

🗣️The BDR Women and Future in Science Seminar will be held Monday, April 21, 2025, from 13:00 (JST). Speakers 🔹Dr. Midori Ohta, OIST 🔹Dr. Sayaka Deguchi, Science Tokyo (Institute of Science Tokyo) Register by 9:00am, April 21 to attend the seminar online!👇 www2.bdr.riken.jp/bdrdiversity/s… #WomenInSTEM

Read the News & Views in Nature Metabolism written by RIKEN BDR's Chisako Sakuma and @fumiaki1984 (Lab for Nutritional Biology) on a recent publication by Ahrentløv, N. et al. (doi.org/10.1038/s42255…) in the same journal. 👇

"Training course for human iPS cells" FY2025 (Deadline for application :June 6, 2025) web.brc.riken.jp/en/training/pa… #RikenBRC #BRC

🥼BDR's Lab for Chromosome Segregation led by Tomoya Kitajima has an opening for a Research Scientist or Postdoctoral Researcher. The lab studies #chromosome segregation in mammalian #oocytes at different life stages & early embryos. See job ad👇 riken.jp/en/careers/res…

Hiroki Shibuya RIKEN BDR reviews meiotic #chromosome movements, highlighting #telomere and nuclear membrane modifications crucial for accurate sexual reproduction. hubs.la/Q03jnGXn0 #Meiosis #CellDivision #Development

From April 2025, RIKEN BDR welcomed a new director, Dr. Ryoichiro Kageyama, to lead and guide the Center under RIKEN’s new Fifth Mid- to Long-term Plan. bdr.riken.jp/en/news/bdr-ne… #rikenbdr #riken

📢Closing soon! We are recruiting an indefinite-term Team Director (PI) to serve in a leadership role in the organoid life sciences. Applications welcome from scientists across a broad spectrum of #organoid & #stemcell fields. Deadline: May 2, 2025(JST) riken.jp/en/careers/res…

🎉A belated congratulations to Dr. Shigeru Kuratani, RIKEN Honorary Scientist & former BDR Team Leader, for receiving the Japan Academy Prize for his research in developmental studies looking at mechanisms of morphological evolution in vertebrates. bdr.riken.jp/en/news/bdr-ne…

Mammal spines follow Hox gene rules, but birds and amphibians break the pattern phys.org/news/2025-05-m… via Phys.org

👩‍🔬The BDR Diversity Working Group organized an event in April titled, "Inspiring Women in Science," featuring talks by three leading international women scientists on their career paths followed by a panel discussion. Read more about the event👇 bdr.riken.jp/en/news/bdr-ne…

🆕 Chikara Furusawa's team & UTokyo School of Science group succeeded in accelerating evolution of bacterial genome size and rearrangements driven by activated insertion sequences in the lab, comparable to decades-long evolution of wildtype strains. In Nucleic Acids Res doi.org/10.1093/nar/gk…

Of genes and vertebrae. #developmentalbiology #riken #hoxgenes RIKEN BDR kyogo kawaguchi doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2… riken.jp/en/news_pubs/r…

#RIKEN is calling for applications from early career researchers interested in heading their own lab under the Early Career Leaders Program. Preregistration website opens Jun 3, 2025. Deadline to register basic info: Aug 7, 2025 See more program details👇 riken.jp/en/careers/pro…