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December

• Dec. 28, 2011
  Tetsuro Toyoda, RIKEN BASE Director, wins NISTEP Researchers Award

• Dec. 16, 2011
  Research by Team Leader Franco Nori is selected as Physics World 2011 Breakthrough of the Year

• Dec. 9, 2011
  Chinese Academy of Sciences Elects RIKEN President Ryoji Noyori as Foreign Member

November

• Nov. 18, 2011
  K computer Research Results Awarded ACM Gordon Bell Prize

• Nov. 16, 2011
  K computer No. 1 in Four Benchmarks at HPC Challenge Awards

• Nov. 15, 2011
  K computer Receives Recognition as Top Supercomputing Achievement with 2011 HPCwire Editors' Choice Award

• Nov. 14, 2011
  K computer Takes Consecutive No. 1 in World Ranking

• Nov. 8, 2011
  Collaborative Research Launched to Explore Novel Drug Targets for Alzheimer's Disease

• Nov. 2, 2011
  K computer Achieves Goal of 10 Petaflops

October

• Oct. 25, 2011
  Kohei Tamao designated Person of Cultural Merit

September

• Sep. 29, 2011
  Invited Senior Scientist Yutaka Arimoto presented with a 9th Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration Contribution Award

• Sep. 27, 2011
  RIKEN OSC and Kitasato University sign joint research agreement

• Sep. 26, 2011
  Opening of USM-RIKEN Joint Laboratory for Bioprobe Discovery

• Sep. 12, 2011
  Group Director Katsumi Midorikawa wins Hattori Hoko Award

August

• Aug. 2, 2011
  RIKEN ASI Chief Scientist Professor Satoshi Kawata wins the 8th Leo Esaki Prize

July

• Jul. 11, 2011
  Hideyuki Arata joins 61st Nobel Laureate Meetings at Lindau

• Jul. 7, 2011
  Shun-ichi Amari receives Award of the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon

• Jul. 4, 2011
  Masashi Kawasaki receives Honda Frontier Award

June

• Jun. 29, 2011
  RIKEN strengthens ties with China

• Jun. 24, 2011
  Opening of KRIBB-RIKEN Collaboration Research Center for Chemical Biology

• Jun. 24, 2011
  Yoshinori Tokura and Takuzo Aida receive 52nd Fujihara Award

• Jun. 20, 2011
  K computer takes first place in world

• Jun. 16, 2011
  Wakana Kubo wins MMS Award of Tanaka Precious Metals Research Grants

• Jun. 14, 2011
  RIKEN OSC offers free environment for genetic analysis to researchers in disaster area

• Jun. 7, 2011
  First X-ray lasing of SACLA

May

• May 11, 2011
  RIKEN Omics Science Center and LEPL-Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University sign agreement for research cooperation

April

• Apr. 28, 2011
  RIKEN and Max Planck Society sign agreement to establish Joint Research Center for Systems Chemical Biology

• Apr. 15, 2011
  101st Japan Academy Prize awarded to Naoyuki Taniguchi

• Apr. 13, 2011
  Commendation for Science and Technology Winners

March

• Mar. 29, 2011
  RIKEN and JASRI unveil "SACLA", Japan's first X-ray Free Electron Laser

• Mar. 22, 2011
  Disaster donation from Professor Heiwan Lee of Hanyang University

• Mar. 15, 2011
  Radiation dosage readings from Wako radiation monitoring posts

• Mar. 11, 2011
  Hideki Hirayama wins Achievement Award at 43rd Ichimura Science Awards

February

• Feb. 3, 2011
  JSPS Prize awarded to Hiroki R. Ueda

January

• Jan. 28, 2011
  RIKEN to hold booth, press event at AAAS Annual Meeting in Washington D.C.

• Jan. 7, 2011
  Visitors from Ministry of Science and Technology of China