Basic science interdisciplinary research projects are spanning diverse areas of scientific endeavor with the objective of forging new research fields that will nurture the seeds for future practical applications. These projects must be of approximately five years duration; and involve cooperation among several laboratories representing various fields. It is also desired that topics will be selected that will evolve into a new Advanced Science Insutitute research department which will become the primary center within Japan in the field.
This interdisciplinary research project is aiming to understand exquisite behaviors of the biological systems and molecular-based materials (conductors, magnets, ...etc.) in terms of the non-covalent interactions and their changes at atomic and molecular levels.
Using unique processing technologies developed in RIKEN, the research group promotes an establishment of fabrication technologies for creating key parts and infrastructure technology development.
The origin of matter in universe as well as elements on the earth is one of major subjects in pure physics, and the knowledge obtained leads to intellectual properties for general public. This Research Group is aiming to understand the origin at each level of matter and also in a unique collaboration scheme.
One of outstanding features of the Universe is spontaneous evolutions toward extreme conditions, including the formation of black holes from normal stars, and the production of extremely energetic cosmic rays.
Lipids are emerging as the last target of post-genome era. Accumulating evidence indicates the importance of lipids in most of the biological phenomena. However, their study has been hampered by the lack of appropriate techniques.
The cell is a fundamental unit of life. The goal of our research project is to understand the architecture, dynamics and information processing of the cell as a whole system. Toward this ambitious goal, we combine multidisciplinary approaches.