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Application Guidelines for NIG Postdoctoral Fellows 2025
2024/04/24
New
Unveiling the mysteries of cell division in embryos with timelapse photography
2024/04/08
New
Identifying a new functions of UHRF1 to maintain DNA methylation
2024/04/04
Press release
New
Establishment of a zebrafish inbred strain, M-AB, capable of regular breeding and genetic manipulation
-Novel zebrafish bioresource from NIG-
2024/03/18
Second record of
Macrobrachium ustulatum
from Japan
2024/03/13
Press release
Academic publishing requires linguistically inclusive policies
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2024/04/26
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Guideline for Additional Application for 2024 NIG-JOINT(Joint Researchi-(A)) (Application deadline: noon(12:00pm) on Friday, May 31st, 2024)
2024/04/01
New
A new laboratory established in the Center for Frontier Research
2024/04/01
New
Three new faculty have joined NIG as of April 1, 2024
2024/03/04
Award
Professor Masato Kanemaki awarded the 23rd Yamazaki-Teiichi Prize
2024/03/01
Recruitment
Application Guidelines for NIG Postdoctoral Fellows 2025
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2023/11/09
End
NIG International Symposium 2023 “Toward understanding the mechanism of human diseases: challenges with model organisms”
2023/05/31
End
Towards the Wise Use of Bioresources
-From Basic Science to Industrial Application-
2022/11/16
End
ABS Seminar “ABS for culture collections of microorganisms”
2022/11/11
End
NIG International Symposium 2022「Chromosome Replication in the New Era; Old and New Questions in Life Science」
2021/12/17
End
International Bioresource Workshop 2021: ABS in the field of plant genetic resources ~The case of Centre for Genetic Resources, the Netherlands
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