CONTENTS
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………… 1
Organization of the National Institute for Basic Biology…………………………………… 2
Goals of the National Institute for Basic Biology……………………………………………… 5
Personnel Changes and Awardees April 2021 to March 2022… …………………………… 7
Selected Publications in 2021AY from NIBB… ………………………………………………… 8Professor Emeritus… …………………………………………………………………………… 10
Cell Biology
Division of Cellular Dynamics… …………………………………………………………… 11
Division of Quantitative Biology……………………………………………………………… 14
Division of Chromatin Regulation…………………………………………………………… 18
Laboratory of Neuronal Cell Biology………………………………………………………… 21
Laboratory of Stem Cell Biology… ………………………………………………………… 24
Laboratory of Organelle Regulation………………………………………………………… 26
Developmental Biology
Division of Morphogenesis…………………………………………………………………… 28
Division of Molecular and Developmental Biology………………………………………… 31
Division of Embryology… …………………………………………………………………… 34
Division of Germ Cell Biology… …………………………………………………………… 37
Labotratory of Regeneration Biology… …………………………………………………… 40
Neurobiology
Division of Behavioral Neurobiology………………………………………………………… 41
Laboratory of Neurophysiology……………………………………………………………… 44
Evolutionary Biology and Biodiversity
Division of Evolutionary Biology… ………………………………………………………… 47
Division of Symbiotic Systems… …………………………………………………………… 50
Division of Evolutionary Developmental Biology… ……………………………………… 53
Laboratory of Evolutionary Genomics……………………………………………………… 56
Laboratory of Bioresources… ……………………………………………………………… 59
Laboratory of Biological Diversity…………………………………………………………… 61
Environmental Biology
Division of Environmental Photobiology… ………………………………………………… 82
Division of Plant Environmental Responses… …………………………………………… 85
Theoretical Biology
Laboratory of Genome Informatics… ……………………………………………………… 88
Imaging Science
Laboratory for Spatiotemporal Regulations………………………………………………… 90
Laboratory for Biothermology… …………………………………………………………… 91
Research Support
NIBB Core Research Facilities……………………………………………………………… 93
NIBB BioResource Center…………………………………………………………………… 98
National BioResource Project… …………………………………………………………… 101
NIBB Center for the Interuniversity Bio-Backup Project… ……………………………… 103
Center for the Development of New Model Organisms…………………………………… 105
Center for Radioisotope Facilities (Okazaki Research Facilities)… …………………… 107
Research Enhancement Strategy Office…………………………………………………… 108
Technical Division… ………………………………………………………………………… 111
Collaboration Programs with Overseas Institutions… …………………………………… 112
Collaborative Activities with Universities and Research Institutes in Japan… ……… 113
The NIBB Genome Informatics Training Course… ………………………………………… 114
The Bio-imaging Data Analysis Training Course… ………………………………………… 116
Advanced Bioimaging Support………………………………………………………………… 116
NIBB Internship Program………………………………………………………………………… 118
Outreach Activities… …………………………………………………………………………… 119
Access to NIBB… ………………………………………………………………… Inside back coverThe cover items are related to and reproduced with modifications from the following papers from the Division ofGerm Cell Biology: “Transient suppression of transplanted spermatogonial stem cell differentiation restores fertility
in mice” (Nakamura et al., Cell Stem Cell 2021, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.stem.2021.03.016) and “A multistate stem
cell dynamics maintains homeostasis in mouse spermatogenesis” (Nakagawa et al., Cell Reports 2021, https://doi.
org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109875). See page 36 for details.