News

  • Dec. 11, 2024
  • Dec. 06, 2024
  • Dec. 04, 2024
    Dr. Tilman Schneider-Poetsch, Senior Research Scientist of the Chemical Genomics Research Group, received "The Journal of Antibiotics Ōmura Award for Excellence"
  • Dec. 01, 2024
    Holobiont and Resilience Research Team (Team Leader: Yasunori Ichihashi) has been launched
  • Nov. 29, 2024
    Ms. Harumi Aono, Technical Staff of the Chemical Resource Development Research Unit, received "APSMM 2024 Excellent Presentation Award"
  • Nov. 21, 2024
    Dr. Shuang Kong, Research Scientist of the Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, received "Innovators Under 35 Japan"
  • Nov. 21, 2024
    Dr. Takayoshi Awakawa, Team Leader of the Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team, received "Sumiki-Umezawa Memorial Award"
  • Oct. 21, 2024
    Dr. Shuang Kong, Research Scientist of the Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, received "Excellent Post Award of the 7th International Symposium on Solar Fuels and Solar Cells"
  • Oct. 10, 2024
    RIKEN Research published "Controlling plant growth"; an introduction of Dr. Jekson Robertlee, Special Postdoctoral Researcher of the Molecular Bioregulation Research Team
  • Oct. 03, 2024
    Research News - Research Highlight published "What goes up, must come down for complex organic synthesis"; an overview of recently published research by the Catalysis and Integrated Research Group
  • Oct. 01, 2024
    Cambial Stem Cell System RIKEN ECL Research Unit (RIKEN ECL Unit Leader: Dongbo Shi) has been launched
  • Oct. 01, 2024
    Dr. Xin Tong, Special Postdoctoral Researcher of the Cell Function Research Team (at the time, current affiliation is Metabolome Informatics Research Team) , received "Presentation Award for Young Scientists and Presentation Award for Women Scientists in XXVII International Congress of Entomology (ICE2024)"
  • Sep. 20, 2024
    Dr. Tabeta Hiromitsu, Special Postdoctoral Researcher of the Metabolic Systems Research Team, received "Scientific committee and organizers of the 3rd Plant and Human sulfur meeting Poster Prize"
  • Sep. 17, 2024
    Dr. Takayoshi Awakawa, Team Leader of the Chemical Biology and Biosynthesis Research Team, received "The PSJ Award for Scientific Contributions"
  • Sep. 13, 2024
    Dr. Keiji Numata, Team Leader of the Biomacromolecules Research Team, has been selected as "An exemplary contributor to the journal in the celebration of 25 years of publishing the highest quality biopolymer research of American Chemical Society Publications"
  • Sep. 09, 2024
    Dr. Naoyuki Umemoto, Senior Scientist, Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director, and Dr. Toshiya Muranaka, Senior Visiting Scientist, of the Metabolomics Research Group, received "The JSPB Excellent Paper Award"
  • Sep. 05, 2024
    Research News - Research Highlight published "Making valuable molecules from the air"; an overview of recently published research by the Advanced Catalysis Research Group
  • Sep. 02, 2024
    Reproductive System RIKEN ECL Research Team (RIKEN ECL Team Leader: Reina Komiya) and Molecular Photocatalysis RIKEN ECL Research Unit (RIKEN ECL Unit Leader: Kei Murata) have been launched
  • Jul. 17, 2024
    Dr. Chen Chen, Special Postdoctoral Researcher of the Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, received "IUPAB2024 Student and Early Career Researcher Poster Award"
  • Jun. 11, 2024
    Dr. Ryuhei Nakamura, Team Leader of the Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, received "the 56th Ichimura Prize in Science against Global Warming for Distinguished Achievement"
  • May 30, 2024
    Dr. Kota Koike, Postdoctoral Researcher of the Catalysis and Integrated Research Group, received "Poster Award at the 18th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society for Chemical Biology"
  • May 28, 2024
  • May 27, 2024
    Dr. Sumito Kumagai, Technical Scientist of the Bioplastic Research Team, received "Korea-Japan Symposium on Chemistry with AI for Carbon Neutrality, Excellent Paper Presentation Award"
  • May 20, 2024
    Dr. Mikiko Sodeoka, Deputy Director of the CSRS, awarded "Medal with Purple Ribbon"
  • May 10, 2024
    Mr. Mingjun Chi, International Program Associate of the Advanced Catalysis Research Group, received "CSJ Student Presentation Award 2024"
  • May 09, 2024
    Dr. Yoko Chiba, Senior Scientist, Ms. Nao Tsunematsu, Technical Staff, and Mr. Tomoyuki Wakashima, Junior Research Associate, of the Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team, received "Hot Topics Award at Annual Meeting of Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry"
  • May 08, 2024
    Ms. Saaya Sekine (Student Trainee *at the time), Dr. Minoru Yoshida (Group Director) and Dr. Akihiro Ito (Senior Visiting Scientist) of the Chemical Genomics Research Group, Ms. Yasue Ichikawa (Technical Staff) and Dr. Kenji Ogawa (Senior Visiting Scientist) of the Drug Discovery Seed Compounds Exploratory Unit, Dr. Yasumitsu Kondo (Senior Research Scientist *at the time) and Dr. Hiroyuki Osada (Unit Leader) of the Chemical Resource Development Research Unit received "Vol.87(2023)The Excellent Paper Award Published in B.B.B., Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry"
  • Apr. 22, 2024
    Research News - Press Release published "Energy-friendly ammonia production for fertilizers and alternative fuel"; an overview of recently published research by the Advanced Catalysis Research Group
  • Apr. 15, 2024
    Dr. Hitoshi Sakakibara, Senior Visiting Scientist, Dr. Mikiko Kojima, Expert Technician, and Ms Yumiko Takebayashi, Technical Staff, of the Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, received "JSPP Plant and Cell Plant Cell Physiology/Best Paper Award"
  • Apr. 01, 2024
    RIKEN-Cambridge Joint Crop Symbiosis Research Team (Team Leader: Dr. Uta Paszkowski) has been launched
  • Mar. 26, 2024
    Dr. Setsuko Shimada, Research Scientist (at the time) and Dr. Yuki Yanagawa, Reseach Scientist (at the time) of the Synthetic Genomics Research Group, received "The SEB-Wiley-TPJ Outstanding Paper Award 2022 in the Resource Article category"
  • Mar. 15, 2024
    Dr. Nunthaphan Vikromvarasiri, Postdoctoral Researcher of the Cell Factory Research Team, received "Third Prize for Poster Presentation of general biotechnology Theme in the 35th Annual Meeting of the Thai Society of Biotechnology and International Conference (TSB2023)"
  • Mar. 14, 2024
  • Mar. 12, 2024
    Dr. Ryosuke Fujiwara, Special Postdoctoral Researcher of the Cell Factory Research Team, received "Second Prize for Poster Presentation of the General Biotechnology Theme of general biotechnology Theme in the 35th Annual Meeting of the Thai Society of Biotechnology and International Conference (TSB2023)"
  • Mar. 08, 2024
    Ms. Yong Ya Fen, International Program Associate of the Natural Product Biosynthesis Research Unit, received "1st Prize for Best Prezentation of the USM-RIKEN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON ADVANCED SCIENCES 2024 (URICAS 2024)"
  • Mar. 08, 2024
    Dr. Keiji Numata, Team Leader of the Biomacromolecules Research Team, received "20th JSPS Prize"
  • Feb. 21, 2024
    The borylated SpiroBipyridine "roof" ligand used for meta-selective borylation of arenes, published by the Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team in 2022, has been commercialized.
    Online catalog of commercial products
  • Jan. 19, 2024
    Research News - Research Highlight published "Making useful compounds directly from nitrogen in the air"; an overview of recently published research by the Advanced Catalysis Research Group
  • Dec. 20, 2023
  • Dec. 20, 2023
    Ms. Risa Naka, Student Trainee of the Biomacromolecules Research Team, received "CSJ Poster Presentation Award 2023 for Excellent Research"
  • Dec. 19, 2023
    Mr. Haoran Zhang, International Program Associate of the Advanced Catalysis Research Group, received "Outstanding APO2023 Poster Presentation"
  • Dec. 13, 2023
    Research News - Research Highlight published "Simple relation for optimizing enzyme reaction rates"; an overview of recently published research by the Biofunctional Catalyst Research Team
  • Dec. 06, 2023
    Dr. Yoshihiro Sohtome, Senior Research Scientist of the Catalysis and Integrated Research Group, and Dr. Sobi Asako, Senior Scientist of the Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team, received "Asian Core Program Lectureship Award of the The 16th International Conference on Cutting-Edge Organic Chemistry in Asia (ICCEOCA-16)"
  • Dec. 05, 2023
    Dr. Yuki Nakamura, Team Leader of the Plant Lipid Research Team, received "Service Medal, Executive Yuan, Republic of China"
  • Dec. 01, 2023
  • Nov. 03, 2023
  • Oct. 31, 2023
    Dr. Sumito Kumagai, Technical Scientist of the Bioplastic Research Team, received "The Society of Polymer Science, Japan Symposium on Macromolecules Poster Award 2023"
  • Oct. 26, 2023
    Mr. Ya Fen Yong, International Program Associate of the Natural Product Biosynthesis Research Unit, received "Excellent Poster Presentation Award, The 5th KRIBB-RIKEN Chemical Biology Joint Symposium"
  • Oct. 04, 2023
    Mr. Ya Fen Yong, International Program Associate of the Natural Product Biosynthesis Research Unit, received "Ruckpaul Award, The 23rd International Conference on Cytochrome P450"
  • Sep. 15, 2023
    Dr. Kazuki Saito, Director of the CSRS, received "The Journal of Natural Medicines Award of The Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy"
  • Sep. 06, 2023
    Dr. Kiminori Toyooka (Senior Technical Scientist), Ms. Kei Hashimoto (Technical Staff), Dr. Mayuko Sato (Technical Scientist), Ms. Yumi Goto (Technical Staff), Ms. Mayumi Wakazaki (Technical Staff) and Dr. Masami HIrai (Unit Leader) of the Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit received "28th Japanese Society of Plant Morphology Hirase Award"
  • Sep. 06, 2023
    Dr. Haoran Zhang, International Program Associate of the Advanced Catalysis Research Group, received "IPC2023 Young Scientist Poster Award"
  • Sep. 05, 2023
    Dr. Mikiko Sodeoka, Group Director of the Catalysis and Integrated Research Group, received "IUPAC 2023 Distinguished Women in Chemistry or Chemical Engineering"
  • Jul. 19, 2023
    Research News - Research Highlight published "Lipid making in plants involves the cooperation of two organelles"; an overview of recently published research by the Plant Lipid Research Team
  • Jul. 11, 2023
    Dr. Mayuko Sato, Technical Scientist of the Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit, received "The 24th Young Scientist Award of The Japanese Society of Electron Microscopy"
  • May. 25, 2023
    Dr. Kazuki Saito, Director of the CSRS, received "Knight in the Order of Léopold" from King of the Belgians"
  • May. 24, 2023
    The paper of the Metabolic Systems Research Team (Team Leader: Dr. Masami Hirai) was selected for "EDITOR'S CHOICE ARTICLES" of the metabolites, MDPI
  • May. 19, 2023
  • Mar. 24, 2023
    Dr. Zhaomin Hou, Deputy Director of the CSRS, has been selected as "The Chemistry Society of Japan Award for Honorary Membership"
  • Mar. 24, 2023
    Dr. Sobi Asako, Senior Scientist of the Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team, received "The Chemical Society of Japan Award for Young Chemists"
  • Mar. 15, 2023
    Dr. Kazuo Shinozaki, Senior Advisor of the CSRS, received "Japan Academy Prize"
  • Feb. 17, 2023
    Dr. Keiji Numata, Team Leader of the Biomacromolecules Research Team, received "5th Japan Innovation Prize (JOIP) Minister of Science and Technology Policy Award"
  • Feb. 06, 2023
    Dr. Sobi Asako, Senior Scientist of the Advanced Organic Synthesis Research Team, received "Thieme Chemistry Journals Award"
  • Feb. 01, 2023