Open Day 2016 Guide
About distribution of lottery tickets and numbered event tickets
Lottery tickets (events marked in pink)
・One lottery ticket per person for each event, distributed at the indicated time and location
・Line up when lottery begins. There is no need to line up before the scheduled lottery time since selection is not on a first-come, first-served basis
・Each lottery takes about 10 minutes
・Separate lotteries are held for separate events
Numbered event tickets (events marked in blue)
・One ticket per person will be distributed at the scheduled time and location until capacity is reached.
・Distribution is on a first-come, first-served basis
・Ticket distribution will stop as soon as capacity is reached
Please note that lottery ticket and numbered event ticket distribution times and locations are subject to change depending on Open Day crowds.
Advanced reservation (events marked in green)
Requires advanced online reservation.
Hands on EventsNo.

Center7

DNA Beads Club

8

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory
Name

Core for Genomic Medicine

Title

Location

RoomDNA Beads: Learn molecular structures through science beads!

Main Office Building 2F

Conference RoomCan you drink alcohol or not? Learn the relationship between genes and alcohol
tolerance with an alcohol patch test

Main Office Building 4F

Multi-Purpose Hall

What do tissue cells look like under the microscope?

North Research Building 3F

Lounge (N301Ca)

Laboratory for Tissue Dynamics
9Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
Laboratory for Lymphocyte Differentiation

10

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Human Disease Models

Find the differences between white blood cells and blood cancer!

North Research Building 3F

Discussion Room (N302A)

11

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for ImmunotherapyLet's enjoy an experiment on cancer immunotherapy

North Research Building 6F

Lounge (N601Ca)

12

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Integrated Bioinformatics

MetaQuizNorth Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

13

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Developmental Genetics

View mouse fetuses under the microscope

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

14

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Innate Immune systems

Let's learn how to identify blood types!

North Research Building 6F

15Structural Biology Laboratory

Structural Biology Laboratory

Let's make protein crystals!

East Research Building 2F

E215/217

16

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Genotyping Development

DNA test: Try to find the suspect through a scientific criminal investigation

East Research Building 3F

E316

17

Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Plant Productivity Systems Research Group

Make a key ring with model plants!

East Research Building 7F

E717-Ｅ719

18

Center for Life Science Technologies

RIKEN Center for Life Science Technologies

CLST quiz rally

Central Research Building 2F

C206 (Reception）

19

Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Synthetic Genomics Research group, Biomass Engineering
Program Cooperation Division

What plant seed is this?

Central Research Building 2F

C210-21220Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Environmental Metabolic Analysis Research Team

Biomass in Wonderland

Central Research Building 2F

21Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Gene Discovery Research Group/
Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit/
Cell Function Research Team/ Signaling Pathway Research Unit/
Regulatory Network Research Unit/ Plant Symbiosis Research Team

Exploring the small world of organisms by various microscopes

Central Research Building 2F

C214-218

22

Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Plant Genomic Network Research Team

Let’s try tanemaki (planting seeds) !

Central Research Building 2F

C214-218

23

Quantitative Biology Center

Laboratory for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

What's inside a cell?

Central Research Building 2F

C215-217

24

Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Plant Immunity Research Group/ Plant Proteomics Research Unit/Metabolomics Research Group/ Metabolic Systems Research Team/ MetabolomeInformatics Research Team/ Integrated Genome Informatics Research Unit

Let's extract DNA from broccoli

Central NMR Complex

Room 125

Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Genomic Technologies

Collect gene regulation trading cards and science capsule toys

West Research Building 1F

26Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Structural and Synthetic Biology

Let's eat a cold marshmallow at -196℃!

West Research Building 1F

Entrance Hall

27

Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Structural and Synthetic Biology

Make protein and DNA structures with a molecular model!

West Research Building 1F

W118-W122

28

Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Genomic Technologies

Talk with foreign researchers!

West Research Building 1F

W118-122

29

Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Structural and Synthetic Biology

Have your photo taken with an NMR machine in one of the world's largest NMR facilities!

West NMR Complex

N304 Maple

30

Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Structural and Synthetic Biology

Protein structure and function: Let's make slime that glows like fireflies!

West NMR Complex

N203 Cherry

31

Safety Center

Behind the scenes of an ultra-cold world!

Cryogenic Facility

32

Yokohama City University

Fold an origami virus!

Lecture Building 1F

Structural Epigenetics Laboratory

・Metagenome jigsaw puzzle ・Lottery

Conference Room (N603A)

C210-212

Elevator Hall

Lecture Room 1

No.

CenterLaboratory
Name

Title

Location

Room

33

Yokohama City University

YCU Science Association

Elementary science

Lecture Building 1F

Lecture Room 2

34

Yokohama City University

Functional Structure Laboratory 2

Neural circuit stamp-rally

Laboratory Building 1F

In front of Room B103

35

Yokohama City University

Computational Life Science Laboratory

Take a quiz challenge to become a biomolecule expert

Laboratory Building 2F

Computer Study Room36

Yokohama City University

Cellular and Molecular Epigenetics Laboratory

Make soap with various oils !

Laboratory Building 3F

3F Room B311

37

Yokohama City University

Functional Structure Biology

Make your own slime!

Laboratory Building 3F

Student hall 3 East

38

Yokohama City University

Division of Macromolecular Crystallography

Make the light of a firefly

Laboratory Building 4F

Student hall 4 East

39

Yokohama City University

Proteome Science Laboratory

An amazing polarization filter, magic and science

Laboratory Building 5F

In front of Room B502

40

Yokohama City University

Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory/Molecular Medical
Bioscience Laboratory/Proteome Science Laboratory

Know your body !

Laboratory Building 5F

Room B508

113

Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science

Special Program "Let's study Element 113!"

Main Office Building 4F

Multi-Purpose Hall

Facility Tours
No.

CenterLaboratory
Name

Title

Location

Room41

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences/
Riken Genesis

Laboratory for Genotyping Development/
RIKEN GENESIS CO., LTD.

How to find the difference between you and me

East Research Building 3F

E309-311、E312-316

42Center for Sustainable Resource ScienceCellulose Production Research Team/Cell Factory ResearchTeam

Biomass engineering lab tour

East Research Building 8F

Around E805

43

Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit

Plant science lab tour
(for families and students)

Central Research Building 6F

44Center for Sustainable Resource Science

Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit

Plant science lab tour
(for students and adults)

Central Research Building 6F

45Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Genomic Technologies

Lab tour of Genome Analysis Facilities

South Research Building

Genome Analysis zone

46

Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Structural and Synthetic Biology

Have a look at the NMR machines in one of the world's largest NMR facilities

West NMR Complex

N201 Pine47

Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Structural and Synthetic Biology

Observe molecular structures through NMR

West NMR Complex

N202 Plum48

Yokohama City University

Computational Life Science Laboratory

The Tsurumi Campus supercomputer

Lecture Building 2F

Computing Room49

Yokohama City University

Computational Life Science Laboratory

Looking into proteins with Computers

Laboratory Building 4F

In front of Room B406

50

Yokohama City University

Functional Structure Biology

Look and see - High-field NMR instruments to analyze biomolecular structuresYCU NMR ComplexYCU NMR Complex

51

Yokohama City University

Division of Macromolecular Crystallography

X-ray diffractometer for protein structure analysis

Laboratory Building 1F

X-ray Laboratory 2 (Room B105)

No.

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Laboratory
NameTitle

Location

Room52Administrative Division, Yokohama Branch

An introduction to RIKEN around Japan-Learn about the research at other RIKEN locations around Japan-Main Office Building 4F

Multi-Purpose Hall

53

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Inflammatory Regulation

Controlling inflammatory responses

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

54

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Cell Signaling

How does the immune response start?

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

55

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Immunotherapy

Development of a novel cancer vaccine: artificial adjuvant vector cells

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

56

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

YCI Laboratory for Immune regeneration

How are lymphocytes developed?

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

57

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Identification of the molecular mechanisms in hepatic insulin resistanceNorth Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

58

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Natural helper cells in innate immunity

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

59

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Developmental Genetics

Applications of iPS technology in NKT cell-mediated tumor immunotherapy

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

60Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Drug Discovery Antibody Platform Unit

Antibody drug discovery

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

61

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Transcriptional Regulation

Differentiation of T lymphocytes in the thymus

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

62

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Integrative GenomicsAn integrative and hierarchical analysis of life

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

63

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Developmental Genetics

Epigenetics

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

64

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Metabolomics

Lipid quality in health and disease

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

C611
C615
C616
C617
C611
C615
C616
C617

Posters

Laboratory for Innate Immune systems

No.

CenterLaboratoryName

65

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Skin Homeostasis

66

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Cytokine Regulation

67

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

68

Title

Location

Room

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

How do flu vaccines prevent infection?

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

Laboratory for Developmental Genetics

What are chimeric mice?: Until the day we can make transgenic mice

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Developmental Genetics

Is there any way to prevent the development of atopic dermatitis? What we know frommouse studies

North Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

69

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Medical Science Mathematics

Big data genomic analysis accelerates disease researchNorth Research Building 6F

Lobby (N603B)

70

RIKEN Structural Biology Laboratory

Incorporating non-natural amino acids into proteins

East Research Building 2F

E215/217

71

RIKEN Structural Biology Laboratory

Platform for Drug Discovery, Informatics, and Structural Life Science

East Research Building 2F

E215/217

72

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Genotyping Development

Development of key technologies for large scale genomic analysis

East Research Building 3F

Elevator Hall

73

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases

The genetics of allergy

East Research Building 3F

Elevator Hall74

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Pharmacogenomics

Genetic analysis for prediction of drug efficacy and adverse reactions

East Research Building 3F

Elevator Hall

75

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Laboratory for Cardiovascular Diseases

Cardiovascular diseases and genes

East Research Building 3F

Elevator Hall

76

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Labgoratory for Autoimmune Diseases

Autoimmunity and genes

East Research Building 3F

Elevator Hall

77

Center for Sustainable Resource Science

CSRS
Planning Office

An introduction to Center for Sustainable Resource Science projects

East Research Building 7F

E717/719

78

Center for Life Science TechnologiesDivision of Bio-Function Dynamics Imaging

An introduction to the Division of Bio-Function Dynamics Imaging at CLST

Central Research Building 2F

In front of C202

79

Quantitative Biology Center

Laboratory for Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics

Explore the nature of life by considering the cell as a system

Central Research Building 2F

C215/217

80

Yokohama City University

Project Research Group

Open NMR Facility

Laboratory Building, NMR Facilities, YCU 1F

A114/115

81

Yokohama City University

Bioanalytical Sciences Laboratory

Biomass in environmental ecosystems

Laboratory Building, YCU 3F

In front of Room B308

82

Yokohama City University

Immunobiology Laboratory

Basic studies related to mucosal immunity and gut microbiota

Laboratory Building, YCU 4F

In front of B409

83

Yokohama City University

Drug Design Laboratory

Let's make crystals

Laboratory Building, YCU 4F

In front of B409

84

Yokohama City University

Molecular and Cellular Biology Laboratory

Let's look at various creatures!

Laboratory Building, YCU 5F

In front of A509

No.

CenterLaboratory
Name

Title

Location

Room

85

Center for Life Science Technologies

Division of Genomic Technologies

The Central Dogmain 3D

West Research Building 2F

Elevator Hall

Laboratory
Name

Title

Location

RoomInvestigating the mysteries of molecular mechanisms for skin corneal barrier generation

VideosSatellite programs
No.

Center Name

86

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences

Briefing session for IMS Joint Graduate School Program

North Research Building 2F

Discussion Room87

Yokohama City University

Consultations about attending Yokohama City University

Lecture Building 2F

Seminar Room 3

88

Yokohama Science Frontier High School

Presentations by Yokohama Science Frontier High School students

Lecture Building 2F

Library

Lectures
No.

CenterTime

Speaker

Title

Room1

Nishina Center for Accelerator-Based Science
Strangeness Nuclear Physics Laboratory

10:30 - 11:20

Hiyama, Emiko / Associate Chief Scientist

Individual and Group in the Microscopic World

Lecture Hall, Main Office Building

2Center for Life Science Technologies
Division of Structural and Synthetic Biology
NMR Facility

11:40 - 12:30

Masato Takahashi / Senior Scientist

An Introduction to High-temperature Superconducting
Magnet NMR and the Development of the World's
Highest Magnetic Field NMR

Lecture Hall, Main Office Building

No.

CenterLaboratory
Name

Title

Location

Room3

Yokohama City University, Graduate School ofMedical Life Science

13:30 - 14:20

Mitsunori Ikeguchi / Professor

Biomolecular Work and Drug Design Investigations Using
Supercomputer Simulations

Lecture Hall, Main Office Building

4Laboratory for Metabolomics, RIKEN Center for
Integrative Medical Sciences

14:40 - 15:30

Makoto Arita / Team Leader

Fatty Acid Metabolism and Regulation of Inflammation

Lecture Hall, Main Office Building

No.

CenterTime

Speaker

Title

Room

NMR Platform （MEXT's Opening Advanced
Research Facilities and Forming Platforms
Initiative）

Takanori Kigawa / RIKEN representative

5

11:00 - 12:00

The NMR Shared-Use Platform: From efforts in theshared use of facilities to deep discussion of researchachievements

Lecture Building 2F, Library

Yoshifumi Nishimura / YCU representativeCenter for Life Science Technologies

15:30 - 16:30

Shigehiro Kuraku / Unit Leader

What distinguishes humans from other animals?: Theevolution of life viewed through the lens of genomicsSeminars

6

Lecture Building 2F, Library