RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology (CDB)
Director
Masatoshi TAKEICHI (Ph.D.)
CDB is an international institute directed by Masatoshi Takeichi, and promotes experimental studies in various fields of developmental biology including embryology, developmental cell biology, neural developmental biology, stem cell and tissue regeneration research, evolutional biology, and post-genome project research with the aim at creating new paradigms in these disciplines. Equal emphasis will be placed on basic research for developing advanced cell and tissue engineering to bring about breakthroughs in the medical fields.
| Core Program | |||
| Laboratory for Vertebrate Body Plan | Shinichi AIZAWA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Cell Asymmetry | Fumio MATSUZAKI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Cell Adhesion and Tissue Patterning | Masatoshi TAKEICHI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Evolutionary Morphology | Shigeru KURATANI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Morphogenetic Signaling | Shigeo HAYASHI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Stem Cell Biology | Shin-Ichi NISHIKAWA (M.D., Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Organogenesis and Neurogenesis | Yoshiki SASAI (M.D., Ph.D.) | ||
| Creative Research Promoting Program | |||
| Laboratory for Embryonic Induction | Hiroshi SASAKI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Early Embryogenesis | Guojun SHENG (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Cell Fate Decision | Hitoshi SAWA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Germline Development | Akira NAKAMURA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Neocortical Development | Carina HANASHIMA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Sensory Development | Raj LADHER (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Sensory Circuit Formation | Takeshi IMAI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Developmental Genomics | Asako SUGIMOTO (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Growth Control Signaling | Takashi NISHIMURA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Genomic Reprogramming | Teruhiko WAKAYAMA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Mammalian Epigenetic Studies | Masaki OKANO (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Chromatin Dynamics | Jun-ichi NAKAYAMA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Cell Lineage Modulation | Toru KONDO (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Neuronal Differentiation and Regeneration | Hideki ENOMOTO (M.D.,Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Retinal Regeneration | Masayo TAKAHASHI (M.D.,Ph.D.) | ||
| Supporting Laboratories | |||
| Laboratory for Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering | Shinichi AIZAWA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Animal Resource Unit | Kazuki NAKAO | ||
| Genetic Engineering Unit | Shinichi AIZAWA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Electron Microscope Laboratory | Shigenobu YONEMURA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Bio-imaging Laboratory | Shigeo HAYASHI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Optical Image Analysis Unit | Yuko MIMORI-KIYOSUE (Ph.D.) | ||
| Genomics Laboratory | Fumio MATSUZAKI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Genome Resource and Analysis Unit | Hiroshi TARUI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Functional Genomics Unit | Hiroki R.UEDA (M.D.,Ph.D.) | ||
| Proteomics Laboratory | Shigeo HAYASHI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Mass Spectrometry Analysis Unit | Akira NAKAMURA (Ph.D.) | ||
| Division of Human Stem Cell Technology | Yoshiki SASAI (M.D.,Ph.D.) | ||
| Human Stem Cell Technology Unit | Yoshiki SASAI (M.D.,Ph.D.) | ||
| Four-Dimensional Tissue Analysis Unit | Yoshiki SASAI (M.D.,Ph.D.) | ||
| Science Policy and Ethics Studies Unit | Douglas SIPP | ||
| Center Director's Strategic Program | Masatoshi TAKEICHI (Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Systems Biology | Hiroki R. UEDA (M.D.,Ph.D.) | ||
| Laboratory for Pluripotent Stem Cell Studies | Hitoshi NIWA (M.D.,Ph.D.) | ||