Activity

2022

Symposiums & Seminars

4/26 “Biology of intracellular environments” The first meeting was held. (Organized by Iwasaki, Ito group)

Newspaper articles & Press releases

6/21 RIKEN press release “Function of post-translational modifications occurring on ribosomal proteins – regulating the rate of codon reading and synthesizing high quality proteins”[Collaboration] (Iwasaki group, Ito group)

Others

4/20 Awarded the commendation for science and technology by the minister of education, culture, sports, science and technology (Research Category). Yuji Sugita, “Theoretical study of biomolecular dynamic structures in intracellular environments” (Sugita group)

2021

Symposiums & Seminars

2/18(2022) RIKEN symposium “Mechanistic insights into neurodegenerative disorders ~” Online(Tanaka group)68 participants
11/18-19 Workshop”Symposium on computer simulations and cryo-ET/EM of complex biomolecular systems” Online, Organized by Song, Chen (Peking University), Shoji Takada (Kyoto University), Yuji Sugita (RIKEN)(Sugita group)

Newspaper articles & Press releases

3/18(2022) RIKEN press release “Elucidation of metabolites in plant cells during division – Contents of cells captured with high precision by single-cell analysis” (Matsui group)
2/18(2022) RIKEN/Tokyo Institute of Technology press release “Elucidating the disaggregation mechanism of amyloid – The disaggregation mechanism dependent on amyloid structure revealed”(Tanaka group)
2/18(2022) RIKEN press release “Elucidating the mechanism of amyloid disaggregation”[Collaboration] (Tanaka group, Sako group)
2/10(2022) RIKEN press release “Elucidation of the phosphorylation mechanism that causes ‘bias’ in signal transduction” (Sako group)
1/21(2022) RIKEN press release “Origin of diverse cellular responses through signal transduction” (Sako group)
1/19(2022) RIKEN press release “The stability of mRNA depends on the combination of genetic code codons. The cause is ‘ribosomal deceleration'” (Iwasaki group)
12/7 RIKEN press release “A sophisticated mechanism by which cells regulate glucose metabolism: elucidation of a new regulatory mechanism of enzyme activity dependent on cellular ATP concentration” (Kigawa group)
12/7 RIKEN Press Release “Elucidation of the cellular stress response mechanism induced by viruses”[Collaboration] (Ito group, Iwasaki group)
11/17 RIKEN press release “Discovering the role of the ribosomal ‘tunnel’ that ensures continuous protein synthesis – Regulation of synthesis instability depending on the length and size of newly created proteins -“(Iwasaki group)
11/10 RIKEN press release, “Proteins involved in designated intractable diseases promote lipid bilayer dynamics” (Sako Group)
11/10 Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun “Proteins involved in intractable diseases and lipid movement in cell membranes: RIKEN elucidates the mechanism” (Sako group)
9/28 RIKEN press release “Elucidating the molecular mechanism of calcium ion transport in biological membranes – New findings on the ATP-mediated protein transport mechanism -” (Sugita group)
9/14 RIKEN press release, “Stresses induced by abnormal intron-derived proteins – Elucidation of anti-cancer mechanisms by splicing regulatory compounds -” (Iwasaki group)
8/30 Yakuji Nippo “Smart cell growth factors rationally designed from DNA by the University of Tokyo and RIKEN Group” (Sako group)
8/2 RIKEN Press Release “Successful development of smart artificial cell growth factors that precisely controls cell signals” (Sako group)
7/9 RIKEN press release “How do drugs work in crowded cells? – Simulation of the binding of enzymes and inhibitors taking into account the in vivo environment -“[Collaboration] (Sugita group, Shirouzu group)
7/6 RIKEN press release “Elucidation of the mechanism of translation initiation from atypical initiation codons – Expectations for the development of treatments for cancer and other diseases -” (Iwasaki group)
6/30 RIKEN press release “Small RNAs in plants stop the movement of a giant protein synthesizer – How they work and their unexpected role -” (Iwasaki group)
6/4 National Institute for Basic Biology press release “Mobile and immobile molecules cooperate to rapidly produce stable positional information” (Sako group)
4/19 RIKEN press release “Discovery of selectivity of mRNA degradation by autophagy – A new function of autophagy in gene expression -” (Iwasaki group)

Others

3/23(2022) Received “RIKEN Eiho Award”. Yuji Sugita, Jaewoon Jung, Chigusa Kobayashi, Takaharu Mori, Kiyoshi Yagi, Hisham Mohammed Mohammed Dokainish, Taku Ojima,”Development and publication of GENESIS optimized for ‘Fugaku’ and MD simulations of SARS-Cov-2 spike protein”(Sugita group)
10/8 Young and Collaborative Projects(2021-2022), project by Atsushi Yamagata(Shirouzu group)& Setsuko Shimada(Matsui group)「Structural analysis for DUC, a dual orange/far-red and blue light photoreceptor from an oceanic green picoplankton」
7/21 Received the Saburo Kakinouchi Memorial Encouragement Research Award (Japan Biochemical Society). Shintaro Iwasaki “Comprehensive understanding of mitochondrial translation using a modified ribosome profiling method” (Iwasaki group)

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