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Mar.19,2013 The paper of Dr.Keiichi Nakayama,CREST, was carried by the Cancer Cell, “Ablation of Fbxw7 Eliminates Leukemia-Initiating Cells by Preventing Quiescence”
Mar.15,2013 Dr.Ikue Mori,CREST, was awarded the prize of Tokizane Toshihiko.
The CREST Exhibition Symposium(Feb.25,2013 Tokyo)was finished successfully. News
Nov.30,2012 Dr.Keiko Torii,PRESTO, was elected as fellows of AAAS(American Association for the Advancement of ScienceWashington State Academy of Sciences).
Oct.15,2012 The paper of Dr.Mikiko Shiomi,CREST, was carried by the Nature , “Structure and function of Zucchini endoribonuclease in piRNA biogenesis”
Aug.5,2012 Dr.Keiko Torii,PRESTO, was elected as new members of WSAS(Washington State Academy of Sciences) by the Nominations Committee.
Jul.23,2012 The paper of Dr.Kenichi Suzuki,PRESTO, was carried by the Nature Chemical Biology, DOI: 10.1038/nchembio.1028 “Transient GPI-anchored protein homodimers are units for raft organization and function”
Jul.12,2012 The paper of Dr.Hiroshi Kawasaki,PRESTO, was carried by the Cereb Cortex. 2012 Jul 12. "FoxP2 is a Parvocellular-Specific Transcription Factor in the Visual Thalamus of Monkeys and Ferrets."
May.25,2012 The paper of Dr.Takao Kondo,CREST, was carried by The Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol.287, No.22, pp.18030-18035.
May.25,2012 The paper of Dr.Shinya Kuroda,CREST, was carried by "Molecular Cell" http://www.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/press/2012/21.html
April 17, 2012 Shiro Suetsugu,Masamitsu Sato,PREST0 Researchers were awarded the Scientists' Prize on the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Apr.1,2012 Dr. Mikiko C.Siomi promoted to Professor at the Graduate School of Sciences, Tokyo University.
Apr.1,2012 Dr. Masahiro Ueda promoted to Professor at the Graduate School of Sciences, Osaka University.
Apr.4,2012 The paper of Dr.Keiko Torii,PRESTO, was carried by "PNAS" Keiko Torii
Mar.14,2012 The paper of Dr.Shinya Kuroda,CREST, was carried by "Nature communications" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20120314/index.html
Fed 27 2012 The 6th CREST progress meeting was held in Osaka Bioscience Inst. 4 study representatives reported the progress of research and the plan of this year. News
Jan.11,2012 The paper of Dr.Keiko Torii,PRESTO, was carried by "Gene & Development" Keiko Torii
Dec.9,2011 The paper of Dr.Hisao Moriya,PRESTO, was carried by "Molecular System Biology" Hisao Moriya
The 11th PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held at the Koshiba-Hall in Tokyo Univ. on Dec.7,2011. The superviser,advisers and PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.News
We held the research report meeting of Sakigake Researchers(the Third) at the Koshiba-Hall in Tokyo Univ. on Dec.6,2011.News
Oct.16,2011 Dr. Kiyoshi Nakahara promoted to Associate Professor at the Center for Transdisciplinary Research,Niigata University.
Sep.30,2011 The paper of Dr.Keiko Torii,PRESTO, was carried by "Plant Cell" Keiko Torii
Sep.26,2011 The paper of Dr.Tadashi Uemura,CREST, was carried by "Genes dev." http://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/25/18/1982.abstract.html
Sep.7,2011 The paper of Dr.Keiichi Nakayama,CREST, was carried by "Cell Metabolism" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20110907/index.html
Sep.7,2011 The paper of Dr.Hideo Iwasaki,PRESTO, was carried by "PNAS" Hideo Iwasaki http://www.waseda.jp/jp/news11/110906_clockgene.html
Sep.2,2011 The paper of Dr.Keiichi Nakayama,CREST, was carried by "Cell Stem cell" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20110902/index.html
Jun.27,2011 The paper of Dr.Ikue Mori,CREST, was carried by "Nature Neuroscience" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20110627/index.html
Jun.16,2011 Dr.Keiko Torii, PRESTO,is among 15 of the “nation’s most innovative plant scientists” selected to share $75 million for fundamental plant science research, according to an announcement June 16 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/boost-for-plant-scientists-including-uw-prof-comes-at-critical-time
Jun.15,2011 The paper of Dr.Ikue Mori,CREST, was carried by "Nature Communication" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20110615/index.html
Jun.15,2011 Dr.Takao Kondo,CREST,was awarded the "shijuhousyou" Prize.
Jun. 10, 2011 Professor Toshio Hirano,Adviser, was picked as a president candidate of Osaka Univ.The term of office is four years from August 26, 2011 to August 25, 2015.
Jun. 6-8, 2011 The 10th PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held in Fukuoka. The superviser,advisers and PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.We had Dr.Nakayama's lab-tour of Kyusyu Univ.News
May.30,2011 The paper of Dr.Hiroshi Hamada ,CREST, was carried by "Nature Cell Biology" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20110530/index.html
Apr.16,2011 Dr. Kenichi Suzuki promoted to Associate Professor at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences, Kyoto University.
Jun.25-30,2011 Dr.Shiro Suetsugu,Presto,is awarded the FEBS letters young group leader award at the 36th of FEBS congress .http://www.febs2011.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45&Itemid=33
Apr.7,2011 The paper of Dr.Ikue Mori,CREST, was carried by "The EMBO Journal : Bidirectional regulation of thermotaxis by glutamate transmissions in Caenorhabditis elegans."
Mar 4 2011 The 5th CREST progress meeting was held in Osaka Bioscience Inst. Seven study representatives reported the progress of research and the plan of this year. News
Feb.22-23, 2011 Dr.Shigetada Nakanishi,Reearch Supervisor,had the Invitation Lecture by Korea Institute of Science and Technology.He visited Dr.Keiko Tanaka.News
Feb.8,2011 The paper of Dr.Kenichi Suzuki,Presto Researcher, was carried by "Journal of Cell Biology" http://www.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp/common/doc/pr/110208_NR_Kasai+Kusumi_JCB_j.pdf
Jan.25,2011 Dr.Toshio Hirano,Adviser,was awarded the Japan Prize.http://www.japanprize.jp/index.html
Dec.24,2010 The paper of Dr.Kenya Honda,Presto Researcher, was carried by "Science" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20101224-2/index.html
We held the research report meeting of Sakigake Researchers(the Second) at the Ichizyo-Hall in Tokyo Univ. on Dec.20,2010.
Dec.2,2010 The paper of Dr.Keiichi Nakayama,CREST, was carried by "Journal of Clinical Investigation:Fbxw7 regulates lipid metabolism and cell fate decisions in the mouse liver" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20101202/index.html
Dec.1,2010 The paper of Dr.Kotaro Kimura,Presto Researcher, was carried by "Journal of Neuroscience" http://www.jneurosci.org/cgi/content/abstract/30/48/16365
Nov.27,2010 The paper of Dr.Takao Kondo,CREST, was carried by "The EMBO Journal:Tracking and Visualizing the Circadian Ticking of the Cyanobacterial Clock Protein KaiC in Solution" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20101127/index.html
Nov.1,2010 Dr. Masaki Tanaka promoted from Associate Professor to Professor at Graduate school of Medicine, Hokkaido University.
Oct.4,2010 The paper of Dr.Kenichi Suzuki,Presto Researcher, was carried by "Nature Method" http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nmeth.f.314.html
Sep. 7-8, 2010 The 8th PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held in Kobe. The superviser,advisers and PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.We had lab-tour of REKEN(CDB).News
Aug.19-20,2010 International Symposium :"New Horizons for Modern Science:Biology and Medicine at the Crossroads" was held by Dr.Keiichi Nakayama.http://www.jst.go.jp/report/2010/100903.html
Aug.1,2010 Dr. Makoto Sugita promoted from Lecturer to Professor at Graduate school of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University.
Aug.8,2010 The paper of Dr.Kazuki Horikawa,Presto Researcher, was carried by "Nature Method" http://www.nature.com/nmeth/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nmeth.1488.html
Jul.28,2010 The paper of Dr.Shinya Kuroda,CREST, was carried by "Science Signaling" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20100728/index.html
Jun.15,2010 The paper of Dr.Masahiro Ueda,CREST, and Dr.Tatsuo Shibata,CREST, was carried by "PNAS" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20100615/index.html
We held the 1st CREST symposium on June 1. There were many guests. Thank you for active discussion.News
Apr 16, 2010 The 5th 3 Research Aera's meeting was held in Kyoto Terusa. News
April 6, 2010 Miho Ohsugi,Tokitaka Oyama,Tatsuo Shibata,PREST0 Researchers were awarded the Scientists' Prize on the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
Mar 1 2010 The 4th CREST progress meeting was held in Osaka Bioscience Inst. Nine study representatives reported the progress of research and the plan of this year. News
Feb.24,2010 The paper of Dr.Hiroshi Kawasaki,Presto Researcher, was carried by "Journal of Neuroscience" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20100224-2/index.html
Jan.27, 2010 Dr.Tetsuya Higashiyama and Dr.Yukiko Goto were awarded the JSPS PRIZE in FY2009.http://www.jsps.go.jp/jsps-prize/ichiran_6th.html
Jan.26,2010 The paper of Dr.Yuko Fukata,Presto Researcher, was carried by "PNAS" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20100126/index.html
Jan.25,2010 The paper of Dr.Hiroshi Hamada ,CREST, was carried by "Nature Cell Biology" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20100125/index.html
Dec. 22, 2009 The final presentation of the 1st PRESTO Researchers was held in Ochanomizu,Tokyo.News
Dec. 20-21, 2009 The 7th PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held in Tokyo. The superviser,advisers and PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.We had lab-tour of the Hongo campus in Univ. of Tokyo.News
Dec.15, 2009 Dr.Shigetada Nakanishi was awarded the menbership of the Japan Academy.Dr.Shigetada Nakanishi
Dec.14, 2009 Dr.Tadashi Uemura was awarded the Inoue Prize for Science .Dr.Tadashi Uemura
Oct.24,2009 The paper of Dr.Toshiro Ito,Presto Researcher, was carried by "PLoS Biology" Toshiro Ito
Oct.16,2009 The paper of Dr.Kenya Honda,Presto Researcher, was carried by "Cell" Kenya Honda
Oct. 8,2009 The paper of Dr.Kimiko Siomi,CREST, was carried by "Nature" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20091008/index.html
Sep 24-25, 2009 The 6th PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held in Okinawa. The superviser,advisers and PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.We had lab-tour of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology.News
Sep 14, 2009 The paper of Tohru Minamino et al,PRESTO researcher, was carried by Molecular Microbiology 1365-2958.2009 Tohru Minamino
Sep 3, 2009 The paper of Toshiro Ito et al,PRESTO researcher, was carried by Genes & Development 23: 1791-1804 2009. Toshiro Ito
Aug 1,2009 Dr.Shigeru Kondo,Adviser,moved from Nagoya University in Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences,Osaka University.Shigeru Kondo
Aug 20, 2009 The paper of Yuji Ikegaya et al,PRESTO researcher, was carried by Neurosci. Res., 64:240-242, 2009. Yuji Ikegaya
Jul.1. 2009 Dr. Shiro Suetsugu promoted from lecturer to Associete Professor at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, University of Tokyo.Shiro Suetsugu
Jun 5, 2009 Dr. Shigetada Nakanishi,Research Superviser,visited Dr.Keiko U Torii at the Univ. of Washington.News
May 23, 2009 Dr.Mikiko Siomi was awarded the Saruhashi Prize .Dr.Siomi
April 14, 2009 Yuko Fukata,Yutaka Komura,PREST0 Researchers, and Yoshiki Sasai,Adviser,were awarded the Scientists' Prize on the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.topics Dr.Komura Dr.Fukata
Mar 19,2009 The paper of Dr.Tetsuya Higashiyama,PRESTO, was carried by "Nature" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20090319/index.html
Mar 10,16 2009 The 3rd CREST progress meeting was held in Osaka Bioscience Inst. Nine study representatives reported the progress of research and the plan of this year. News
Mar 10,2009 The paper of Dr.Kei-ichi Nakayama,CREST, was carried by "PNAS" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20090310/index.html
Feb.3, 2009 Keiko Torii、PREST0 Researcher, was awarded the Fifth (FY 2008) JSPS PRIZE.
Feb 1,2009 Hisao Moriya,PRESTO Researcher,moved from the Japanese Foundation for Cancer Research in Research Core for Interdisciplinary Science(RCIS),Okayama University .
Jan 19,2009 The paper of Dr.Kei-ichi Nakayama,CREST, was carried by "Nature Cell Biology" http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/announce/20090119/index.html
Jan 15,2009 Dr.Toshio Hirano,Reaserch Adviser, was awarded the 2009 Crafoord Prize by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.http://www.kva.se/KVA_Root/eng/awards/international/crafoord/index.asp?br=ns&ver=6up  
Jan 10-11, 2009 The 5th PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held in Toyohashi. The superviser,advisers and PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.We had lab-tour of the Toyohashi Univ. of Technology.News
Jan 1,2009 Kotaro Kimura,PRESTO Researcher,moved from National Institute of Genetics,ROIS in Graduate School of Science,Osaka University .
Nov.16. 2008 Dr. Taishin Akiyama promoted from lecturer to Associete Professor at the Institute of medican Science, University of Tokyo.Taishin Akiyama
Aug. 2008 The paper of Keiko Tanaka et al,PRESTO researcher,was carried by Neuron, 59issue.Keiko Tanaka
Sep.18, 2008 The paper of Taishin Akiyama et al,PRESTO researcher,was carried by Journal of Immunity,online with the Web.Taishin Akiyama
Sep 5,2008 The new "Sakigake" researchers participated in a guidance meeting and reception.News
Aug 27,2008 The 13 new "Sakigake"researchers were adopted and became 38 researchers in total. http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/info/info551/index.html
Aug 27-28, 2008 The 4th PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held in Sendai. The superviser,advisers and PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.News
June 18, 2008 The 2nd CREST progress meeting was held in Osaka Bioscience Inst. Nine study representatives reported the progress of research and the plan of this year. News
April 15, 2008 Yuji Ikegaya,Hideo Iwasaki and Masaki Tanaka、PREST0 Researchers, were awarded the Young Scientists' Prize on the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.Masaki Tanaka, Hideo Iwasaki, Yuji Ikegaya
Apr 11,2008 The paper of Dr.Ikue Mori,CREST, was carried by "Science"Mori team
Mar. 2008 The paper of Kimiko Yamamoto et al,PRESTO researcher,was carried by Journal of Biotechnology 133issue.Kimiko Yamamoto
Mar. 1,2008 Dr. Makoto Sugita promoted from a Research Associate to lecturer at Graduate school of Biomedical Sciences, Hiroshima University.
Jan 9-10, 2008 The 3rd PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held in Osaka. The superviser,advisers and PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.News
December 11, 2007 The paper of Masaki Tanaka et al,PRESTO researcher,was carried by Journal of Neuroscience October 31 issue.Masaki Tanaka
Oct.29,2007 The paper of Dr.Takao Kondo ,CREST, was carried by "Nature structure & molecular biology Vol14,No11.November 2007.Kondo team
Nov 8,2007 The paper of Dr.Hiroshi Hamada ,CREST, was carried by "Nature" Nov.8 2007 issue.hamada team
Nov 4,2007 Dr.Nakanishi,Research Superviser, was awarded the 2007 Gruber Prize,and had the Peter and Patricia Gruber lecture at Society for Neuroscience 2007 (in San Diego)News
Sep 6,2007 The 4 new CREST research theme were adopted and became 9 theme in total.http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/info/info426/index.html
Sep 4-5, 2007 The 2nd PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held in Atami. The superviser,advisers and 15 PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.News
Sep 3,2007 The new "Sakigake" researchers participated in a guidance meeting and reception.News
Aug 31,2007 The 10 new "Sakigake"researchers were adopted and became 25 researchers in total. http://www.jst.go.jp/pr/info/info420/index.html
Aug 1,2007 Dr. Yuji Ikegaya promoted from a lecturer to an associate professor at Graduate school of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo.
June 28,2007 Dr. Shigetada Nakanishi,Research Superviser, will award receive the 2007 Gruber Prize for Neuroscience on Nov.4,2007 at the Society for Neuroscience annual meeting in San Diego,California.
June 25,2007 The paper of Ryoichiro Kageyama,CREST team leader, and researchers of Kyoto univ., were carried by Journal of "Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA " in press. Ryoichiro Kageyama
May 19,2007 The paper of Shiro Suetsugu,PRESTO researcher, and researchers of Riken,Tokyo univ., were carried by Journal of "Cell" May 18 issue.Shiro Suetsugu
May 7,2007 Office of Basic Research moved from Kawaguchi in Tokyo. This office moved to the second floor of the building. Sanbancho Office
April 16,2007 Kamon Sanada,PRESTO Researcher,moved from Graduate School of Science,Tokyo University in Graduate School of Medicine,Osaka University .
April 10, 2007 Kyoko Shinya and Kazuki Horikawa、PREST0 Researchers, were awarded the Young Scientists' Prize on the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.Kazuki Horikawa
April 1,2007 Hiroto Tanaka,PRESTO Researcher,moved from Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences,Osaka University in Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials,Tokoku University .
April 1,2007 Tomoyuki Kosaka,PRESTO Researcher,moved from Marine Biotechnology Institute Co.,Ltd. in Institute for Biological Resources and Functions,AIST.
March 1,2007 Hiroto Tanaka,PRESTO Researcher,gave the lecture in The Tenth US-Japan Cellular and Gene Therapy Conference on Nanobiotechnology. Hiroto Tanaka
March 5, 2007 The 1st CREST progress meeting was held in Osaka Bioscience Inst. Five study representatives reported the progress of research and the plan of this year. News
February 5, 2007 Dr.Ikue Mori,CREST study representative, was awarded the prize of Inoue Foundation for Sciences and attended at the award ceremony on February 5. Mori Team
February 1, 2007 The paper of T.Sasaki,N.Matsuki and Yuji Ikegaya,PRESTO researcher, was carried by Journal of Neuroscience January 17 issue.Yuji Ikegaya
January 23-24, 2007 The 1st PRESTO Meeting of Research Area was held in Kyoto. The superviser,advisers and 15 PRESTO researchers discussed earnestly.News
January 1, 2007 Shiro Suetugu,PRESTO researcher, took office as Lecture,Dept.of Cell Biology,Institute of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience,The University of Tokyo
December 10, 2006 Kazuki Horikawa, PRESTO researcher, took office as Asociate professor,The Nikon Imaging Center, Research Institute for Electronic Science,Hokkaido University
November 6, 2006 Dr. Shigetada Nakanishi,Research Superviser, was awarded persons of cultural merits.
November 1, 2006 Kiyoshi Nakahara, PRESTO researcher, took office as Manager,model animal Development Division, National Institute of Neuroscience,NCNP
October 1, 2006 We started " Biological System" Research Program and, in the first year, the projects of five CREST study representatives and 15 PRESTO researchers started.