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10-Dec-2014

"Startup Guide to Master 100 Biological Databases and Web Tools (written in Japanese)," Special Issue of Experimental Medicine, edited by Yuki Naito of DBCLS, is published

A practical guide that outlines and describes how to use over 100 useful databases and web tools in many fields of life science research. The contents are ingeniously compiled so that readers can find and immediately try the web tools necessary for their research work, including various genome databases, sequence analysis tools, gene expression databases, chemical compound databases, and protein databases. Other DBCLS members, including Hidemasa Bono, Project Associate Professor, and Toshiaki Katayama, Project Assistant Professor, also contributed to the authorship.

Special Issue of Experimental Medicine. Vol. 32, No. 20
"Startup Guide to Master 100 Biological Databases and Web Tools," edited by Yuki Naito, list price 5,400 yen + tax, published in December 2014, size B5
248 pages, ISBN: 978-4-7581-0343-5

07-Oct-2014

Yuko Tanaka, Project Researcher, wins the Incentive Award for the Social Sciences Division of the 13th Docomo Mobile Science Award.

On October 3, 2014, the 13th (for 2014) Docomo Mobile Science Award (non-profit organization, Mobile Communication Fund) winners were selected, and Yuko Tanaka Project Researcher received the Incentive Award for the Social Sciences Division.

Submission: "Cognitive Scientific Study of ICT design utilizing crowd critical thinking"
Docomo Mobile Science Award: http://www.mcfund.or.jp/docomo_science/latest_activity.html

07-Oct-2014

Professor Isao Echizen (NII) wins the Award for Excellence in the Advanced Technology Division of the 13th Docomo Mobile Science Award.

On October 3, 2014, the 13th (2014) Docomo Mobile Science Award (non-profit organization Mobile Communication Fund) winners were selected, and Professor Isao Echizen (National Institute of Informatics) won the Award for Excellence in the Advanced Technology Division of the 13th Docomo Mobile Science Award.

Submission: "Research and development of security and privacy protection technology at the boundary of the cyber and physical environments.”
Docomo Mobile Science Award: http://www.mcfund.or.jp/docomo_science/latest_activity.html

22-Aug-2014

Symposium "GRRM opens a New Frontier for Chemistry"

In this lecture session, the latest studies that apply a new technique for the realization of global reaction route mapping, the "GRRM method," will be introduced. Hiroko Sato, Project Director, will deliver an introductory lecture titled "Exploration of unknown molecules."

Date: Sunday, November 30, 2014, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Place: Gakushi Kaikan (3-28 Kandanishiki-cho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Sponsor: Institute for Quantum Chemical Exploration, Non Profitable Organization
Co-sponsors: The Chemical Society of Japan, Kinki Chemical Society of Japan, Surface Science Society of Japan, Catalysis Society of Japan, Society of Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Japan, and Japan Society of Molecular Science

22-Aug-2014

The chemical reaction route visualization and analysis tool, "RMapViewer," was released in July.

Released in July 2014, "RMapViewer" provides visualization and analytical functions for global reaction route maps. Download from here (for Mac and Windows). Nine guide videos that briefly demonstrate how to use "RMapViewer" are available on the "RMapViewer wiki" page.

07-May-2014

Research results investigating the puzzling phenomenon "missing heritability" released

Genetic mapping that uses congenic mouse strains is one of the most powerful methods available to show the existence of QTLs in the genomic regions substituted into recipient strains. In this case, genetic mapping can be conducted by making a series of congenic strains that cover genomic regions that partially overlap with the adjacent congenic strains...

25-Apr-2014

New development of freeware that allows automatic characterization of social behavior in mice

Notwithstanding the importance of effective approaches to analyze social interaction between animals in experimental settings, the methods that are currently available to do this rely predominantly on human observation. This makes large-scale studies of social interaction behavior difficult...

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