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News 2013

December

Dec. 26, 2013
RIKEN selected to develop exascale supercomputer
Dec. 20, 2013
RIKEN scientists win NISTEP Researchers Award
Dec. 19, 2013
Dr. Ishikawa receives a prize in recognition of his work on leukemia
Dec. 11, 2013
Researchers glimpse the first explosive moments of a nova
Dec. 6, 2013
Hepatitis C virus protease enhances liver fibrosis by mimicking growth factor

November

Nov. 29, 2013
Argonne and AICS sign MOU in support of petascale computing
Nov. 28, 2013
Obituary – Dr Kazuo Moriwaki
Nov. 19, 2013
RIKEN signs MoU with Tsinghua University
Nov. 13, 2013
Joint Symposium with Chinese Institutions
Nov. 13, 2013
Top female scientist receives Tsukahara Award 2013 for research excellence
Nov. 8, 2013
RIKEN Symposium on Tools for Science Communication
Nov. 8, 2013
QBiC Director Toshio Yanagida named Person of Cultural Merit
Nov. 6, 2013
The QBiC newsletter is out!

October

Oct. 29, 2013
RIKEN holds booth at Biopolis 10th anniversary celebration
Oct. 17, 2013
Kick-off symposium for the Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Oct. 4, 2013
Yuichi Sugiyama receives R.T. Williams Distinguished Scientific Achievement Award
Oct. 2, 2013
Inventor in the making

September

Sep. 26, 2013
A better view of the clouds
Sep. 19, 2013
Ruthenium oxide nanoparticles improve lithium-oxygen battery efficiency
Sep. 14, 2013
Genome-wide regulation of transcription mapped in zebrafish
Sep. 13, 2013
Web-based database of 10,000 cassava SNPs
Sep. 13, 2013
RIKEN-Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Workshop
Sep. 11, 2013
RIKEN signs MOU with Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Sep. 7, 2013
A new compact neutron source for a safer society
Sep. 6, 2013
The Noyori summer school has started!
Sep. 4, 2013
Possible leak of information from RIKEN
Sep. 3, 2013
Young visitors on the Wako campus

August

Aug. 26, 2013
Ultra-thin insulation coating makes superconducting wires thinner, more efficient
Aug. 14, 2013
From High School to the Nishina Center
Aug. 2, 2013
Summer Shutdown (August 19-21)

July

Jul. 27, 2013
Real-time lithium-oxigen reaction process visualized for the first time
Jul. 24, 2013
Large germ-cell specific hypomethylated DNA sequences discovered in mouse genome
Jul. 24, 2013
Nagoya and Sendai Open Days
Jul. 19, 2013
RIKEN and UoL celebrate relationship with joint symposium, honorary degree
Jul. 4, 2013
Viruses discovered on RIKEN software mirroring site
Jul. 4, 2013
RIKEN scientists clone mouse from drop of blood
Jul. 2, 2013
RIKEN and McGill University hold joint workshop on biomedical fields

June

Jun. 28, 2013
Key regulatory hurdle cleared in planned iPS cell clinical research
Jun. 25, 2013
RIKEN scientist leads collaboration to test matter-antimatter symmetry
Jun. 21, 2013
Sad music induces pleasant emotions
Jun. 14, 2013
Treating donor pancreatic cells improves diabetes therapy
Jun. 10, 2013
Katsuhiko Mikoshiba delivers prestigious Rodbell Lecture
Jun. 8, 2013
Spemann's organizer controls embryo scaling
Jun. 7, 2013
Babies and birds learn the same way
Jun. 5, 2013
Sam Aronson named Director of RIKEN BNL Research Center
Jun. 3, 2013
Dr. Noyori receives honorary degree from St Petersburg State University

May

May 28, 2013
Women in Science forum
May 27, 2013
High-performance lithium-iodine battery developed
May 23, 2013
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister visits RIKEN’s Yokohama Campus
May 21, 2013
RIKEN Day Joint Workshop with INSA in France
May 16, 2013
RNA sequencing technique sheds light on mechanisms of cellular heterogeneity
May 14, 2013
Upgraded database of plant genetic resources
May 13, 2013
Structure of Sec synthase SelA revealed

April

Apr. 30, 2013
Aiichiro Inoue awarded Purple Ribbon Medal
Apr. 26, 2013
Emiko Hiyama receives Saruhashi Award
Apr. 26, 2013
Yoshihide Hayashizaki receives Chen Award
Apr. 26, 2013
Towards high thermoelectric performance
Apr. 22, 2013
Foreign Postdoctoral Researcher positions now open
Apr. 22, 2013
Mitotic cell rounding as a driver of morphogenesis
Apr. 20, 2013
RIKEN Scientists gain evidence for existence of black holes
Apr. 17, 2013
2nd symposium of the RIKEN-Max Planck Joint Research Center
Apr. 16, 2013
Science and Technology award winners
Apr. 15, 2013
RIKEN enters a new phase
Apr. 12, 2013
New method generates higher affinity aptamers
Apr. 11, 2013
Decoy insulin receptor controls Drosophila body size
Apr. 4, 2013
The Making of a Vertebrate
Apr. 1, 2013
Statement on the start of RIKEN's third 5-year term
Apr. 1, 2013
RIKEN's new website
Apr. 1, 2013
Fathers less responsive to pup pheromones
Apr. 1, 2013
Innovative method to treat Alzheimer's in mice
Apr. 1, 2013
RIKEN Open Day 2013

March

Mar. 26, 2013
FY 2012 Significant Achievement Award
Mar. 15, 2013
SACLA awarded 42nd Japan Industrial Grand Prix
Mar. 15, 2013
Japan Academy Prize and Imperial Prize awarded to Dr. Yoshinori Tokura
Mar. 12, 2013
General agreement for cooperation with Amazonas State University

February

Feb. 1, 2013
International Summer School on HPC Challenges in Computational Sciences

January

Jan. 31, 2013
RIKEN and Chinese Academy of Science sign MoU on research collaboration
Jan. 11, 2013
Prime Minister Abe visits K computer and Kobe Institute
Jan. 9, 2013
RIKEN Nishina Center and ECT* sign MoU on research collaboration