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News 2016

December

Dec. 19, 2016
RIKEN enters partnership to develop diagnostic medical technology
Dec. 13, 2016
Work by RIKEN AICS researchers wins “Best Paper” award at SC16 supercomputing conference
Dec. 8, 2016
The geometry of consciousness is a multi-dimensional math trip

November

Nov. 30, 2016
Element 113 has an official name! The name is nihonium, and the chemical symbol Nh
Nov. 28, 2016
Baelz Prize awarded to researchers at RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
Nov. 16, 2016
K computer takes first place on HPCG benchmark
Nov. 4, 2016
RIKEN and the University of Strasbourg celebrate two decades of collaboration
Nov. 4, 2016
Scientists decode the genome of Chinese licorice

October

Oct. 28, 2016
Kazuo Shinozaki designated Person of Cultural Merit
Oct. 13, 2016
Fifth Global Summit of Research Institute Leaders

September

Sep. 12, 2016
G7 health ministers visit Kobe campuses

August

Aug. 30, 2016
Piero Carninci chosen as “MICE ambassador”
Aug. 26, 2016
New compound targets colorectal cancer stem cells

July

Jul. 20, 2016
Cesium 137 and strontium 90 can be transmuted into more easily managed isotopes
Jul. 19, 2016
Researchers gain access to microorganisms from ancient tumuli

June

Jun. 22, 2016
RIKEN is home to the world’s two greenest supercomputers
Jun. 17, 2016
Official mirror of the UCSC Genome Browser Database in Japan
Jun. 15, 2016
RIKEN enters collaboration with Grace Science Foundation for research on NGLY1
Jun. 14, 2016
NIH Director visits RIKEN's Yokohama Campus
Jun. 8, 2016
IUPAC begins Public Review of nihonium and Nh, the proposed name and symbol for the new element 113

May

May 23, 2016
RIKEN forges comprehensive research agreement with Kazan Federal University
May 9, 2016
Upgraded SACLA beamline provides soft-x-ray free-electron laser

April

Apr. 27, 2016
5th RIKEN-MPG Joint Symposium on Chemical Biology held in Berlin
Apr. 8, 2016
Upcoming symposium on quantitative cell profiling

March

Mar. 25, 2016
K computer provides new insights into fullerenes
Mar. 16, 2016
Kosuke Morita awarded Japan Academy Prize
Mar. 10, 2016
Symposium to focus on immune homeostasis and diseases
Mar. 4, 2016
Celebrating 25 years of muon research at the RIKEN RAL Muon Facility

February

Feb. 25, 2016
Delegation from USM visits RIKEN
Feb. 24, 2016
Yuko Kiyosue awarded for best paper in Science journal

January

Jan. 29, 2016
Growing a functioning pituitary gland