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11.28, 2024

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director and Dr. Takayuki Tohge, Senior Visiting Scientist has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers2024

Highly Cited Researchers 2024
11.30, 2023

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director and Dr. Takayuki Tohge, Visiting Scientist has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers2023

Highly Cited Researchers 2023
10.3, 2023

Dr. Amit Rai, Researcher was featured in "RIKEN People".
6.6, 2023

RIKEN researchers decode the genome of medicinal licorice
5.24, 2023

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Director of the CSRS, received " "Knight in the Order of Léopold" from King of the Belgians
5.19, 2023

RIKEN blogThoughts on the genetics of medicinal licorice
4.1, 2023

A video featuring Mr. Makoto Kobayashi, Technical Staff appeared has been published. "Unsung Heroes in RIKEN CSRS -Technical Staff-"

Unsung Heroes in RIKEN CSRS
12.8, 2022

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director, received "Shimadzu Award 2022"
11.21, 2022

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director and Dr. Takayuki Tohge, Visiting Scientist has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers2022

Highly Cited Researchers 2022
9.1, 2022

Dr. Ryo Nakabayashi, Visiting Scientist, Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director and Dr. Tetsuya Mori, Expert Technician received "Japanese Society for Plant Biotechnology (The JSPB Awards in 2022), The JSPB Excellent Paper Award"
11.19, 2021

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director and Dr. Takayuki Tohge, Visiting Scientist has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers2021

Highly Cited Researchers 2021
8.11, 2021

Press releaseA blood pressure-lowering effect of asparagus
6.15, 2021

Press releaseWhy are some Glycyrrhiza species not sweet?
2.26, 2021

Press releasePotato toxin, α-solanine, was evolutionally diverged from a bitter-taste constituent of tomato
1.18, 2021

Press releaseHighly accurate whole genome sequence was revealed for Ophiorrhiza pumila, a plant producing anti-cancer substance
12.1, 2020

Press releaseHow plants produce seed-protective neolignans
11.19, 2020

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers2020

Highly Cited Researchers 2020
9.7, 2020

Press releaseMechanism of energy metabolism for fruit setting in tomato
8.5, 2020

Press releaseThe mechanism of tuberous root formation revealed in cassava
4.23, 2020

Press releaseDevelopment of metabolome analysis method targeting alkaloids
4.1, 2020

Dr. Kazuki Saito was inaugurated as the director of RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS).
2.28, 2020

Press releaseA shadow commander for flavonoid biosynthesis
2.17, 2020

Press releaseA key enzyme for nitrogen assimilation is found to be essential for chloroplast development in roots
11.19, 2019

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers2019

Highly Cited Researchers 2019
6.21, 2019

RIKEN ResearchFinding potential drugs from natural resources (P.21)
3.29, 2019

Press releaseWhat’s in this plant? The best automated system for finding potential drugs
11.29, 2018

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers 2018
11.2, 2018

Dr. Kazuki Saito, CSRS Deputy Director, awarded "Medal with Purple Ribbon"
8.7, 2018

Press releaseDiscovery of biosynthetic gene for a medicinal component of ashwagandha
7.6, 2018

Press releaseSummer fun: how plants beat the heat
7.2, 2018

Dr. Kazuki Saito, CSRS Deputy Director, received "The International Metabolomics Society Lifetime Honorary Fellow"
11.27, 2017

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers 2017
6.27, 2017

Press releaseVinegar: a cheap and simple way to help plants fight drought
5.31, 2017

A paper of Dr. Kazuki Saito, Deputy Center Director, and Drs. Shigehiko Kanaya and Mami Yamazaki, Senior Visiting Scientist, has been selected as" The Japanese Society of Pharmacognosy Paper Award" and also selected as one of the "World-changing Aticles of Springer Nature"

paper
4.4, 2017

Press releaseNew rice fights off drought
3.6, 2017

Press releaseA new metabolome analysis approach for nitrogen (N)-containing metabolites
1.16, 2017

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers 2016
12.9, 2016

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director has been selected for 'The Pharmaceutical Society of Japan Award '17'
11.4, 2016

Our research was featured at RIKEN News & Media.
'Scientists decode the genome of Chinese licorice'
8.23, 2016

Press releaseNew flavonoids protect plants from damaging UV rays
7.26, 2016

Press releaseNon-poisonous potatoes
6.24, 2016

Press releasePlant alkaloid productivity from convergent evolution of metabolizing enzymes
2.15, 2016

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers 2015
2.15, 2016

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director received the "Winners of 2016 JSPP Awards".
12.24, 2015

RIKEN ResearchAsparagus lowers blood pressure (P.8)
12.1, 2015

A paper by Dr. Ryo Nakabayashi has been selected as Most cited papers from The Plant Journal. "Enhancement of oxidative and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis by overaccumulation of antioxidant flavonoids."
8.20, 2015

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director and Dr. Takayuki Tohge, Visiting Scientist have been selected for ASPB TOP AUTHORS
8.17, 2015

Our research was featured at RIKEN News & Media.
'New ACE-inhibiting molecule found in the asparagus'
8.12, 2015

Dr. Yozo Okazaki, Research Scientist of the Metabolomics Research Group, received the "Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology Award for Young Scientists"
4.1, 2015

The new laboratory; Mass Spectrometry and Microscopy Unit has started.
3.24, 2015

RIKEN Metabolomics Group's 10 th Anniversary Party (3.18, 2015)
3.4, 2015

Dr. Satoru Sawai, Research Scientist of the Metabolomics Research Group, received RIKEN Research Incentive Awards (internal web site)
11.21, 2014

RIKEN ResearchCutting cholesterol for safer potatoes
10.28, 2014

Press releaseGenome-wide association study on all metabolites from 175 Japanese rice cultivars
9.16, 2014

Our research was featured at RIKEN News & Media.
'Cutting cholesterol to make a safer potato'
9.13, 2014

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director of the Metabolomics Research Group, received "The PSJ Award"
6.17, 2014

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director has been selected for Highly Cited Researchers 2014
6.16, 2014

Dr. Yozo Okazaki, Research Scientist of the Metabolomics Research Group, received "RIKEN Research Incentive Awards" (internal web site)
5.28, 2014

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director and Dr. Shigehiko Kanaya, Senior Visiting Scientist of the Metabolomics Research Group, received the "JSPP Plant and Cell Physiology Award for the Paper of Excellence"

Paper
11.15, 2013

RIKEN ResearchModifying one cell factor alters many others
9.27, 2013

Dr. Kazuki Saito, Group Director's interview article is published in a web site, JOHN INNES SVC.
9.17, 2013

RIKEN CSRS Workshop: Metabolomics to Better Understand Plant Specialized Metabolism (This Workshop is finished.)
8.1, 2013

Interview with Group Director Kazuki Saito was published in MetaboNEWS.
8.1, 2013

Dr. Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara and Ayuko Kuwahara technical staff translated "My life as a Plant” into Japanese.
7.19, 2013

RIKEN Research A new tool for engineering crop tolerance
7.16, 2013

Press releaseDiscovery of the Regulator of Bioplastic Production in Cyanobacteria
4.26, 2013

RIKEN ResearchUnearthing onions' sulfurous secrets
4.1, 2013

Our group has changed its name to Metabolomics Research Group.
7.13, 2012

RIKEN ResearchSeeking a splice for better rice
3.9, 2012

RIKEN ResearchPlant enzymes reveal complex secrets
2.8, 2012

Press releaseNew study sheds light on genetics of rice metabolism
11.26, 2011

RIKEN ResearchInside a plant's pharma factory

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10.12, 2011

Press releaseGlycosyltransferase Genes Found to Be Involved in Plant Pigment Accumulation
9.6, 2011

Kazuki Saito Group Director won the JSPCMB Award for Distinguished Research 2011.
9.6, 2011

Press releaseNew technique elucidates dynamics of plant cell metabolites
5.31, 2011

The article on "UV-B metabolic response analysis" by Dr. Miyako Kusano was published in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.
5.13, 2011

RIKEN ResearchKnow your tomatoes
2.17, 2011

Press releaseChemical Diversity in Genetically Modified Tomatoes Using Metabolomics for Objective Substantial Equivalence Assessment
2. 7, 2011

Press releaseMetabolomics Data Reveal a Crucial Role of Cytosolic Glutamine Synthetase 1;1 in Coordinating Metabolic Balance in Rice
10.20, 2010

Press releaseMetabolome analysis reveals flavor and aroma components in 'Dadacha-mame'
4.14, 2010

Commendation for Science and Technology by MEST awarded to Prof. Kazuki Saito, Deputy Director
4.1, 2010

Our group has changed its name to Metabolomic Function Research Group.
3.12, 2010

RIKEN ResearchDetails uncovered of site-specific secondary metabolite biosynthesis by plants
6.12, 2009

RIKEN ResearchAll in the timing
4.7, 2009

RIKEN ResearchElucidating the close relationship between plant circadian clock and mitochondrial functions: Body clock regulation holds the key to the production of stress-tolerant plants and plants that produce useful substances
3.13, 2009

Press releaseNew gene involved in sulfo-lipid biosynthesis discovered through lipid metabolome analysis, revealing new possibilities for the production, by means of the regulation of sulfo-lipid biosynthesis, of plants tolerant to phospher-deficiency and plants that produce useful substances
12.12, 2008

RIKEN ResearchFrom genes to plant metabolism
11.14, 2008

RIKEN ResearchPreparing a spectral library of tandem mass spectroscopy for plant secondary metabolites, collecting more than ten thousands spectra with Arabidopsis thaliana as a model plant
9.9, 2008

RIKEN ResearchIdentifying an emzymic gene for synthase that synthesizes a component of a natural low-calorie sweetner
9.2, 2008

RIKEN ResearchEstablishment of a new synthetic route to a plant anti-oxidative flavonoid
6.10, 2008

A paper from Metabolomics Research Group was selected as a FAST BREAKING PAPER - 2008.
4.29, 2008

RIKEN ResearchElucidating the mechanism of plants' tolerance of their own anti-tumor substance
12.10, 2007

Press releaseNew study released on plant metabolism
9.26, 2007

A research paper from the Metabolomics Research Group and the Plant Nutrition and Basal Metabolism Research Team has been ranked as the top cited paper in the field of Plant Biotechnology for 2006
5.25, 2007

RIKEN ResearchHoning in on plant ‘flavor’