ORGANIZATION OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR BASIC BIOLOGYThe National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB) wasfounded in 1977 as one of the Inter-University ResearchInstitutes designated to promote and stimulate the study ofbiology both in Japan and internationally. NIBB conducts
first-rate research on-site as well as in cooperation withnational, public, and private universities and research organizations. NIBB attempts to elucidate the general and fundamental mechanisms underlying various biological phenomena throughout a wide variety of biological fields, such as cellbiology, developmental biology, neurobiology, evolutionary
biology, environmental biology, and theoretical biology.

NIBB Buildings in the Myodaiji area (left) and Yamate area (right).

NIBB and four other national institutes, the National
Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), the National
Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), the National Institutefor Physiological Sciences (NIPS), and the Institute for
Molecular Science (IMS), constitute the National Institutesof Natural Sciences (NINS), which is one of the four InterUniversity Research Institute Corporations. NIBB’s activities
are supported by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,
Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan.

Policy, Decision Making, and Administration

The Director General oversees the operation of NIBB andis assisted by the Advisory Committee for Programmingand Management. The Advisory Committee, comprised ofeleven professors within NIBB and ten leading biologists■ Members in NIBBTechnicla Assistantsand Admin Support
Staff

Graduate andUndergraduate Students(2 are undergraduates)

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Research and Research Support

NIBB’s research programs are conducted in research units
called divisions and laboratories. Each research unit forms
an independent project team. The NIBB Core Research
Facilities and NIBB BioResource Center were launched in2010 to support research at NIBB and also to act as an intellectual hub to promote collaboration among the researchersof NIBB and other institutions. The NIBB Center of theInter-University Bio-Backup Project (IBBP Center) wasfounded in 2012 to prevent the loss of invaluable biologicalresources. The Center for the Development of New Model
Organisms was founded in 2013 to promote the developmentof new model organisms and research that uses them. The
Technical Division manages the activities of the technicalstaff and helps to promote the activities of each research
unit and research support facility to maintain the common
resources of NIBB and NINS.
The Astrobiology Center (ABC) was established in 2015as a NINS research center. Additionally, the Exploratory
Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS)
was founded in 2018. Several NIBB researchers are alsoaffiliated with ABC and ExCELLS.

■ Financial Configuration of NIBB
Director General 1Professors(including specially-appointed) 15

Indirect Costs in Grants

50
40

70

28

External
Competitive
Fund

Assistant Professors(incl. sp. app. RMC)

Postdoctoral Fellows

Technical Staff

297 in total(as of 1st April, 2022)

183

Other Grants

Associate Professors(incl. sp. app. RMC) 1410544

from outside of it, advises the Director General on importantmatters such as planning collaborative research programs aswell as on the scientific activities of NIBB.
The Research Enhancement Strategy Office was foundedin 2013 and aims to support researchers to improve NIBB’sabilities as a collaborative research institution.
Administration of NIBB is undertaken by the Okazaki
Administration Center under the direct auspices of theAdministration Office of NINS.

974

Grant-in-Aidfor ScientificResearch(settled forApril 2021-March 2022)
numbers are in million yen

Personnel798

511

Grants forCommissioned Research210491,333Research
Collaboration

Self-Income 3

Management Expenses
Grant for SOKENDAIManagement
Expenses Grantfor NIBB

129404Donations

17Other 22,375 million yenin total

■ Organization

National Institute of
Natural Sciences(NINS)

National Institute for Basic Biology (NIBB)
As of March 31, 2021

President
KOMORI, Akio

Research Units

National Astronomical
Observatory of Japan (NAOJ )National Institute for
Fusion Science (NIFS)

National Institute for
Basic Biology (NIBB)

Director General
AGATA, Kiyokazu
Vice-Director General
HASEBE, Mitsuyasu

National Institute forPhysiological Sciences (NIPS)
Institute for
Molecular Science (IMS)
Three Institutes in Okazaki
Center for Novel Science Initiatives■Frontier Photonic Science■Plasmabio Science
Astrobiology Center■Division of Cellular Dynamics

Cell Biology■Division of Quantitative Biology*■Division of Chromatin Regulation

Advisory
CommitteeforProgrammingandManagement■Laboratory of Neuronal Cell Biology*■Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology■Laboratory of Organelle Regulation

Developmental Biology■Division of Morphogenesis■Division of Molecular and DevelopmentalBiology*■Division of Embryology■Division of Germ Cell Biology■Laboratory of Regeneration Biology

ResearchEnhancement
StrategyOffice■ Evaluation and■Division of Behavioral Neurobiology*

Neurobiology■Laboratory of Neurophysiology

Evolutionary Biology
and Biodiversity

Information GroupPromotion Group■ Collaborative

Exploratory Research Center onLife and Living Systems (ExCELLS)

Innovation Group■Laboratory of Biological Diversity

Environmental Biology■Division of Environmental Photobiology

Theoretical Biology■Laboratory of Genome Informatics

Imaging Science■Laboratory for Spatiotemporal Regulations*■Division of Plant Environmental Responses■Laboratory for Biothermology

Research Support Facilities■Section for Exploration of Life in
Research units of NIBB with an asterisk on theright panel also function as research groups ofExCELLS.

Biology■Laboratory of Morphodiversity■Department of Creative Research

Extreme Environments■Division of Evolutionary Developmental■Laboratory of Bioresources■ Liaison and■ Gender Equality■Division of Symbiotic Systems■Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics■ Public Relations GroupCoordinaton Group■ CollaborativeResearch Group■ Young ResearcherSupport Group■Division of Evolutionary Biology

NIBB Core Research Facilities■Functional Genomics Facility■Spectrography and Bioimaging Facility■Data Integration and Analysis Facility■Model Animal Research Facility

International Research
Collaboration Center (IRCC)NIBB BioResource Center

Okazaki Research Facilities

NIBB Center of the Interuniversity Bio-Backup Project(IBBP Center)

Center for Radioisotope Facilities
Center for Animal Resources and Collaborative Study■■Model Plant Research Facility■Cell Biology Research Facility

Center for the Development of New Model Organisms

Research Center for Computational Science

Technical Division

Research Facilities run jointly by
NIBB and NIPS

Section of Health and Safety Management

Electron Microscopy Room
Waste Management Room
Instrument Design RoomOkazaki Administration Center3■ Members of the Advisory Committee for Programming and Management (terms of April 2021 to March 2023)

External committee

Internal committee# Chairperson## Vice-Chair

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KITANO, Jun
KYOZUKA, Junko
KUROIWA, AsatoSATAKE, Akiko
SIOMI, Mikiko C.
NIWA, Hitoshi
HANASHIMA, Carina
HIGASHIYAMA,Tetsuya
FUKUI, Manabu ##YOSHIMURA, Takashi
UEDA, Takashi
MORITA, Miyo T.
KAWAGUCHI, Masayoshi
TAKADA, Shinji
NIIMI, Teruyuki
HASEBE, Mitsuyasu
HIGASHIJIMA, Shin-ichi
FUJIMORI, Toshihiko
MINAGAWA, Jun #YOSHIDA, Shosei

Professor, National Institute of Genetics
Professor, Tohoku University
Professor, Hokkaido University
Professor, Kyushu University
Professor, Tokyo University
Professor, Kumamoto University
Associate Professor, Waseda University
Professor, Tokyo University
Professor, Hokkaido University
Professor, Nagoya University
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology
Professor, National Institute for Basic Biology