RIKEN Brain Science Institute
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RIKEN Brain Science Institute, often abbreviated as RIKEN-BSI, is a non-profit research institute focusing on neuroscience located in Wakō city, Saitama Prefecture in the greater Tokyo area, Japan. It was established to lead the field of neuroscience in 1997 as one of the institutes in RIKEN. The current director is Susumu Tonegawa (joint appointment with Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Contents
- 1 Overview
- 2 Laboratories
- 2.1 Mind and Intelligence Research Core
- 2.2 Neural Circuit Function Research Core
- 2.3 Disease Mechanism Research Core
- 2.4 Advanced Technology Development Core
- 2.5 Research Resource Center
- 2.6 RIKEN BSI-Olympus Collaboration Center
- 2.7 RIKEN BSI-Toyota Collaboration Center
- 2.8 Neuroinformatics Japan Center
- 2.9 Information Center
- 3 External links
Overview
Masao Ito, formerly a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of Tokyo University, joined RIKEN as the second director of the (former) International Frontier System and initiated the neuroscience research in RIKEN in 1989 after his retirement. It was first major move towards biological science in RIKEN, which had been dominated by physics and chemistry. In 1997, it was expanded to become BSI and Ito became the first director. Subsequently, it was led by the second director, Shun'ichi Amari and interim director Keiji Tanaka, and then currently by 1987 Nobel laureate Susumu Tonegawa (2009-). The associate directors are Keiji Tanaka, Hitoshi Okamoto, Atsushi Miyawaki, Katsuhiko Mikoshiba and Shin Ohkochi.
Aiming at an interdisciplinary understanding of the brain, its research target ranges from molecular and cell biology to cognitive and computational neuroscience. About 500 researchers in 50 laboratories belong to BSI and about 20% them are non-Japanese.
Laboratories
The research organization is roughly divided into four cores and five centers. Principal Investigators are termed Senior Team Leader, Team Leader, and Unit Leader.
Mind and Intelligence Research Core
Neural Circuit Function Research Core
Disease Mechanism Research Core
Advanced Technology Development Core
Research Resource Center
RIKEN BSI-Olympus Collaboration Center
RIKEN BSI-Toyota Collaboration Center
Neuroinformatics Japan Center
Information Center
External links
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