Japan’s leading comprehensive research institution for the natural

sciences

RIKENRIKEN

Dr. KENJI OEDAExecutive Director

RIKENWako, Japan

理化学研究所（理研）

Crape myrtleIn Summer

RI KEN

Cherry BlossomsIn Spring

GinkoIn Autumn

SnowIn Winter

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The History of RIKEN

2003–RIKEN

Independent Administrative

Institution

1958–RIKENpublic

corporation

1948–Scientific Research

Institute Ltd. (KAKEN)

1917–RIKENprivate

foundation

TAKAMINE Jokichi

SUZUKI Umetaro

NOYORIRyoji

SHIBUSAWAEiichi

NISHINAYoshio

YUKAWAHideki

RIKEN Konzern (Industrial Group)

In 1939, 63 companies and 121 plants

OKOCHIMasatoshi

TOMONAGAShin'ichiro

RIKEN Tsukuba Institute

・ Plant Science Center・ Center for Genomic Medicine・ Research Center for Allergy and Immunology・ Omics Science Center・ Systems Structural Biology Center・ Center of Research Network for Infectious Diseases

RIKEN Yokohama Institute

RIKEN Kobe Institute・ Center for Developmental Biology・ Center for Molecular Imaging Science・ Quantitative Biology Center ・ HPCI Program for Computational Life Sciences

RIKEN Harima Institute

RIKEN Wako Institute

Sendai Facility

Nagoya Facility

RIKEN Institutes and Centers

RIKEN Research Cluster for Innovation

RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science

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・ BioResource Center

・ SPring-8 Center・ SACLA (XFEL)

・ Headquarter・ Advanced Science Institute・ Nishina Center for Accelelator-Based Science・ Brain Science Institute

・ Computational Science Research Program・ Biomass Engineering Program・ Program for Drug Discovery and Medical

Technology Platforms

・” K” computer

Wako

Tsukuba

Yokohama

Harima

Kobe

PresidentNOYORI Ryoji

2001 Nobel Laureate

Institutions with which we’ve concludedcomprehensive cooperation agreements

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1. Chinese Academy of Sciences, China2. Institut Pasteur, France3. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia4. Max-Planck-Gessellshaft, Germany5. Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology, Indonesia6. Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Korea7. Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology, Korea

8. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France9. Strasbourg University, France 10. Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel 11. National Research Council, Canada12. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden13. Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore14. Korea Research Institute of Bioscience & Biotechnology, Korea15. Shanghai Branch, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

16. University of Helsinki, Finland17. Department of Science and Technology, India18. Academia Sinica, Taiwan19. Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China20. ETH Zurich, Switzerland21. Technische Universität München, Germany22. Seoul National University, Korea23. Xian Jiao Tong University, China24. McGill University, Canada25. University of Liverpool, UK

1.CAS1.CAS

15. SHB15. SHB

7.KRIC7.KRICTT

14.KRIBB14.KRIBB

6.KIS6.KISTT

22.SNU22.SNU

23.XJT23.XJTUU 11.NRC11.NRC

24.MU24.MU4.MPG4.MPG

21.TU21.TUMM

10.WIS10.WIS17.DS17.DS

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5.BPPT5.BPPT3.CSIRO3.CSIRO

20.ETHZ20.ETHZ

8.CNR8.CNRSS

2.IP2.IP

16.UH16.UH

25.Uo25.UoLL

12.KI12.KI

19.SJT19.SJTUU 18. AS18. AS

13.A*STA13.A*STARR

9.SU9.SU

Agreement concluded in the Agreement concluded in the 1980s1980s

Agreement concluded in the Agreement concluded in the 1990s1990s

Agreement Agreement concluded in the concluded in the

2000s2000s

Research collaboration agreements: about 400(with more than 330 organizations in 42 countries and regions)

RIKEN-RAL MuonResearch Facility

(UK)

RIKEN Beijing Representative Office

As of March 2012

RIKEN Singapore Representative Office

RIKEN-MIT Center for Neural Circuit Genetics (USA)

RIKEN-BNLResearch Center (USA)

RIKEN-HYU Collaboration Research Center (Korea)

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RIKEN-XJTU Joint Research Center (China)

RIKEN-MPG Joint Research Center

RIKEN-KRIBB Collaboration Research Center (Korea)

RIKEN-USM Joint Research Laboratory (Malaysia)

インドにおける研究協力計画インドにおける究協力計画海外展開

Overseas Facilities

Joint Research Center

Overseas Facilities And International Collaboration

Commissioned projects income 4,588

Government funding for operations

58,076

Government subsidies for facilities 　90

Government subsidies for large-scale facilities（ SPring-8, SACLA,

“K”computer ）　　　　　　26,506

Operational & non-operational income

428

Income from shared use of large-scale facilit

ies 348

Revenue90,036

Million Yen

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Revenues & Expenditures for Fiscal 20128 Yuan ≈ 100 Yen

Expenditure90,036

Million Yen

Internal Funds, Programs for Junior Scientists, etc. 9,224

Tenured Research Personnel and Administration Personnel

9,896

Facilities90

Operation and constructionof large-scale facilities（ SPring-8, SACLA,

“K”computer ）26,854

Research Budget for Centers / Institutes

39,385

Commissionedresearch 4,588

Number of Staff

ASI ,697

BSI,480

RSC,115

CMIS,85

Others,474

BRC,126CGM,83

OSC,96

BASE,139 RCAI,201

CDB,272

SSBC,18

CRNID,5

NGSC,17

AICS,67 　

RNC,180

PDMP,7

ACCC 25

PSC,113

QBiC91

CSRP,22

RIC,44BEP,25

HPCI, 7

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RIKEN personnel

As of March 31, 2012

Non-Japanese Research Personnel

As of October 2012

a. Changes in Personnel b. Non-Japanese Personnel by region

9.5 %10.5 %

12.4 %13.7 % 14.2 % 15.1 %

Japanese Non-JapaneseAfrica 4

Oceania 11

Latin America 9(Brazil 5) China

141

Korea88

Asia 131（ except for China

and Korea ）

North America

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Total 599Employees,

visiting scientists and students

Europe191

RIKEN’s Missions

1. Carry out research of the highest quality and open up new fields of research through further integration.

2. Construct top-quality research infrastructures for the research community and provide opportunities for their use.

3. Take the lead in constructing new systems for research in science and technology and the training of young personnel.

4. Return the results of research to society, and make contributions to improving people’s lives, culture and education.

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Carry out research of the highest quality

RIKEN ranks in the top 1% in 12 fields in Thomson’s Institutions Citation Rankings (as of Mar 2012)

Self-organized retinal tissue from human embryonic stem cells

Self-organized retinal tissue from human embryonic stem cells

March 25, 2012Cell Stem Cell

Formation of optic cyst- and optic cup-like structures from human ESCs

A major step in finding the cause and ways to treat refractory retinal disease

Self-organized retinal tissue from human embryonic stem cells

Self-organized retinal tissue from human embryonic stem cells

November 17, 2010Nature

This brings physicists closer to answering quantum and cosmic questionsThis brings physicists closer to answering quantum and cosmic questions

A drawing of the central section of the ALPHA trap for antiprotons

Antimatter atoms ready for their close-up

Antimatter atoms ready for their close-up

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September 6, 2012Nature

Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of human cells

Comprehensive transcriptome analysis of human cells

The ENCODE project contributed to assigning biochemical functions for 80% of the human genome

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Top-quality research infrastructures

• Spring-8• SACLA (X-ray Free Electron Laser)• BioResource Center• K Computer• RI Beam Factory

Return the results of research to society

130 patents granted in 2011 Implementation income: ¥ 121 million (2011) The RIKEN Ventures (24 companies):

Engineering (8), IT (3), Biology (11), Chemistry (1), Physics (1)

A small sampling of Innovations and Commercial products based on technologies developed at RIKEN

Alkali cellulase process pesticideVAAM

Nishina Homare A new variety of cherry blossoms, "Nishina Otome"

Bio Microplate Reader, "HiTS" (High Throughput Screening)

“RIBA”Nursing care robot

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・ Initiative Research Unit Program for potential leaders in their field.

・ International Program Associates for doctoral students.

RIKEN offers

RIKEN’s Programs for Junior Scientists

Appointing selected young scientists as laboratory heads

Welcoming and educating young scientists and graduate students

Career support for fixed-term scientists and technicians

Creating a comfortable work environment for women

Human resources development 　

2011 Research Report Session

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Presentation session @ get-together

Noyori summer School 2012

・ Foreign Post--doc Researcher Program for young postdoctoral researchers.

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Joint Graduate School Program

38 Domestic Universities38 Domestic Universities 40 Overseas Universities40 Overseas Universities

Saitama UniversityUniversity of TsukubaTokyo University of ScienceToyo UniversityTokyo Institute of TechnologyTohoku UniversityRikkyo UniversityChiba UniversityUniversity of HyogoTokyo Denki UniversityThe University of TokyoYokohama City UniversityKyushu Institute of TechnologyKobe UniversityKyoto UniversityNara Institute of Science and TechnologyToho UniversityKansei Gakuin UniversityTokyo Medical and Dental UniversityNiigata UniversityNagaoka University ofTechnologyOsaka UniversityHokkaido UniversityRitsumeikan UniversityTokyo Metropolitan UniversityWaseda UniversityGunma UniversityShibaura Institute of TechnologyNagoya UniversityKeio UniversityHiroshima UniversityDoshisha UniversityGifu UniversityOkayama University Tokyo University of Agriculture and TechnologyKobe Gakuin UniversityThe University of TokushimaWakayama University

P.R.China: Lanzhou University Peking University Nanjing University University of Science and Technology Beijing Dalian University of Technology Hunan University China Agricultural University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Huazhong University of Science and Technology Xi'an Jiaotong University Fudan University Northeast Forestry University East China University of Science and Technology Jilin University Zhejiang UniversityKorea: Pohang University of Sceince and Technology Sungkyunkwan University Hanyang University Seoul National University Korea UniversityTaiwan: National Tsing Hua University National Chiao Tung University National Yang Ming University Malaysia : Universiti Sains Malaysia India: Indian Institutes of Technology Bombay Indonesia: University of PadjadjaranSingapore: Nanyang Technological UniversityVietnam: Hanoi University of Science Vietnam Academy of Agricultural SciencesRussia: Kazan Federal University (Russia)Lithuania: Vilinus Gediminas Technical UniversitySweden: Karolinska InstitutetU K: The University of LiverpoolFrance: Université de Rennes 1Germany: University of TübingenItaly: University of Rome Tor Vergata Università degli Studidi PalermoSwitzerland: ETH ZürichBrazil : Federal University of CearáMexico: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

380 graduate students

300 RIKEN scientists

assigned as adjunct professors

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