Labs｜RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center

Cell Dynamics Research Core Core Director Toshio Yanagida

Lab Name	Lab Head		Place	Lab website
Laboratory for Cell Dynamics Observation	Group Director	Toshio Yanagida	Osaka
Laboratory for Cell Signaling Dynamics	Group Director	Masahiro Ueda	Osaka
Laboratory for Comprehensive Bioimaging	Team Leader	Tomonobu Watanabe	Osaka
Laboratory for Nano-Bio Probes	Team Leader	Takashi Jin	Osaka
Laboratory for Single Cell Mass Spectrometry	Team Leader	Toshio Yanagida	Osaka
Laboratory for Developmental Dynamics	Team Leader	Shuichi Onami	Kobe
Laboratory for Cell Polarity Regulation	Team Leader	Yasushi Okada	Osaka
Laboratory for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics	Team Leader	Takanori Kigawa	Yokohama
Laboratory for Single Cell Gene Dynamics	Unit Leader	Yuichi Taniguchi	Osaka
Laboratory for Cell Field Structure	Unit Leader	Atsuko Iwane	Hiroshima
Laboratory for Reconstitutive Developmental Biology	Unit Leader	Miki Ebisuya	Kobe
Laboratory for Integrative Omics	Unit Leader	Katsuyuki Shiroguchi	Osaka

Computational Biology Research Core Core Director Makoto Taiji

Lab Name	Lab Head		Place	Lab website
Laboratory for Computational Molecular Design	Group Director	Makoto Taiji	Osaka
Laboratory for Biomolecular Function Simulation	Team Leader	Yuji Sugita	Kobe
Laboratory for Biochemical Simulation	Team Leader	Koichi Takahashi	Osaka
Laboratory for Multiscale Biosystem Dynamics	Team Leader	Chikara Furusawa	Osaka
Laboratory for Physical Biology	Team Leader	Tatsuo Shibata	Kobe
Drug Discovery Molecular Simulation Platform Unit	Unit Leader	Makoto Taiji	Osaka
Laboratory for Developmental Morphogeometry	Unit Leader	Yoshihiro Morishita	Kobe

Cell Design Research Core Core Director Hiroki Ueda

Lab Name	Lab Head		Place	Lab website
Laboratory for Synthetic Biology	Group Director	Hiroki Ueda	Osaka
Laboratory for Cell-Free Protein Synthesis	Unit Leader	Yoshihiro Shimizu	Osaka
Laboratory for Integrated Biodevice	Unit Leader	Yo Tanaka	Osaka
Laboratory for Mouse Genetic Engineering	Unit Leader	Kenta Sumiyama	Osaka

Research and Development Project of Special Purpose Supercomputers for Drug Design Project Leader Makoto Taiji

Dynamic Biological Systems Collaborations Program

Lab Name	Lab Head		Place	Lab website
Office for Multicellular Dynamics Research Collaboration	Head	Tatsuo Shibata	Kobe
Office for Supramolecular System Dynamics Research Collaboration	Head	Keiichi Namba	Osaka
Office for Cellular Structural Biology Research Collaboration	Head	Takanori Kigawa	Yokohama

Former Principal Investigators

Lab Name	Lab Head	Present Position
Frey Initiative Research Unit (2011.4 ~ 2016.3)	Urs Frey	ETH Zurich
Laboratory for MetaSystems Research (2011.4 ~ 2013.3)	Todd Taylor	RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
Laboratory for Cardiovascular Molecular Dynamics (2011.4 ~ 2014.3)	Atsuo Kawahara	Prof. @ Univ. of Yamanashi, Faculty of Medicine