RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS)
Director: Kazuki Saito (Ph.D.)
RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science leads in creating a future world where the humanity can live healthy and prosperous lives through research oriented towards “problem-solving” and contributing to a sustainable society based on the concept of developing manufacturing methods with less impact on the environment.
Using as guides the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on achieving zero greenhouse gas emissions, CSRS promotes six flagship projects; "Innovative Plant Biotechnology", “Integrative Symbiological Solutions”, "Metabolic Genome Engineering", "Innovative Catalysts", "Leading-edge Polymers" and "Advanced Research and Technology Platforms" with the aim of establishing new research field of “sustainable resource science” that contributes to solving environmental problems and food-related issues.
CSRS aims to further advance basic research in the efficient creation, exploration, and use of beneficial substances from natural resources, sustainable food production, and bioproduction that CSRS has been undertaking in the past. In addition, CSRS will move beyond the boundaries of research fields and develop manufacturing methods with less impact on the environment using AI and data science.
Deputy Director, CSRS: Ken Shirasu (Ph.D.), Zhaomin Hou (D.Eng.), Mikiko Sodeoka (D.Phar.), Akihiko Kondo (Ph.D.)
Organization
- Plant Immunity Research Group
- Ken Shirasu (Ph.D.)
- Metabolomics Research Group
- Kazuki Saito (Ph.D.)
- Advanced Catalysis Research Group
- Zhaomin Hou (D.Eng.)
- Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
- Mikiko Sodeoka (D.Phar.)
- Chemical Genomics Research Group
- Minoru Yoshida (D.Agr.)
- Synthetic Genomics Research Group
- Minami Matsui (D.Sc.)
- Metabolic Systems Research Team
- Masami Hirai (Ph.D.)
- Metabolome Informatics Research Team
- Masanori Arita (D.Sc.)
- Environmental Metabolic Analysis Research Team
- Jun Kikuchi (Ph.D.)
- Plant Genomic Network Research Team
- Motoaki Seki (Ph.D.)
- Cell Function Research Team
- Keiko Sugimoto (Ph.D.)
- Plant Symbiosis Research Team
- Makoto Hayashi (Ph.D.)
- Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team
- Laurean Ilies (Ph.D.)
- Green Nanocatalysis Research Team
- Yoichi Yamada (D.Phar.)
- Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
- Ryuhei Nakamura (D.Sc.)
- Molecular Ligand Target Research Team
- Charles Boone (Ph.D.)
- Bioproductivity Informatics Research Team
- Keiichi Mochida (Ph.D.)
- Biomacromolecules Research Team
- Keiji Numata (Ph.D.)
- Bioplastic Research Team
- Hideki Abe (Ph.D.)
- Cell Factory Research Team
- Akihiko Kondo (Ph.D.)
- Molecular Bioregulation Research Team
- Shinya Hagihara (Ph.D.)
- Plant Lipid Research Team
- Yuki Nakamura (D.Sc.)
- Plant Chemical Genetics Research Team
- Masanori Okamoto (D.Sc.)
- Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team
- Takayoshi Awakawa (Ph.D.)
- Natural Product Biosynthesis Research Unit
- Shunji Takahashi (D.Sc.)
- Drug Discovery Platforms Cooperation Division
- Minoru Yoshida (D.Agr.)
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- Drug Discovery Chemical Bank Unit
- Hiroyuki Osada (D.Agr.)
- Drug Discovery Seed Compounds Exploratory Unit
- Minoru Yoshida (D.Agr.)
- Drug Discovery Chemistry Platform Unit
- Hiroo Koyama (Ph.D.)
- Technology Platform Division
- Mikiko Sodeoka (D.Phar.)
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- Molecular Structure Characterization Unit
- Hiroyuki Koshino (D.Agr.)
- Biomolecular Characterization Unit
- Naoshi Dohmae (Ph.D.)
- Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit
- Masami Hirai (Ph.D.)
- Chemical Resource Development Research Unit
- Hiroyuki Osada (D.Agr.)
Recent Research Results
Dec. 20, 2022
Ethanol preps rice and wheat for drought
Sep. 30, 2022
Ethanol helps plants better tolerate heat stress
Jun. 28, 2022
Nature’s own assembly line
Jun. 24, 2022
Cracking green hydrogen energy
Publications
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Contact Information
1-7-22 Suehiro-cho, Tsurumi-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045, Japan
Email: csrs [at] riken.jp