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DDBJ – DNA Data Bank of Japan
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Experimental Technique (by Laboratories)
-Genome Evolution • Kurokawa Group
Fast and accurate taxonomic assignment tool of metagenomic data
(
VITCOMIC2
)
Latent environment allocation of microbial community data
(
LEA
)
Ultra-fast amino acid sequence similarity search server against public metagenomes
(
PZLAST
)
-Genome Diversity • Mori Group
Ultra-fast amino acid sequence similarity search server against public metagenomes
(
PZLAST
)
-Genome Informatics • Nakamura Group
‘one-click’ identification of causative on web
(
Mudi
)
Prokaryotic genome annotation pipeline for data submission to DDBJ
(
DFAST
)
-Brain Function • Hirata Group
Neuronal birthdate tagging method
“NeuroGT Database”, a brain atlas of neurogenic tagging CreER drivers
(
NeuroGT
)
-Molecular and Developmental Biology • Kawakami Group
Seeing the visual world in the brain in real time
Simple and efficient multiple sgRNA expression system in zebrafish
Zebrafish optogenetics illuminates an ALS mystery
(
Review
) * Collaboration with Tokyo Medical University
Virtual reality system to analyze neural activity and behavior in adult zebrafish
-Mouse Genomics Resource • Koide Group
Genome editing in wild mouse strains
Development of a freeware that enables automatic characterization of social behavior in mice
(
DuoMouse
)
-Microbial Physiology • Niki Group
High efficient cloning technology using iVEC method
-Plant Cytogenetics • Nonomura Group
Visualization of autophagy
3D analysis of complex structures in living things
(
Research paper
)(
You can see the 3D images of several organisms.
)
-Mammalian Development • Saga Group *Professor Saga retired in April 2022.
Simple non-arbitrary method to quantify fluorescent images
Genetics without making mouse lines
-Model Fish Genetics • Sakai Group
Differentiation of zebrafish spermatogonial stem cells to functional sperm in culture.
-Multicellular Organization Laboratory • Sawa Group
Method for rapid protein depletion in nematode individuals using an improved auxin-inducible degron (AID2) system
-Mammalian Genetics • Shiroishi Group *Now operated at RIKEN BRC
User-friendly NIG mouse genome database
(
NIG_MoG
)
Release of an upgraded NIG-Mouse Genome Database, “NIG_MoG2”, to the public
(
NIG_MoG2
)
-DNA Data Analysis • Ikeo Group
One-stop platform for NGS data analysis
(
Maser
)
-Human Genetics • Inoue Group
Systematic identification of regulatory elements derived from human endogenous retroviruses
(
dbHERV-REs
)
Comprehensive discovery of CRISPR-targeted terminally redundant sequences
-Molecular Cell Engineering • Kanemaki Group
AID2 (an improved AID system) enables rapid target degradation in yeast, mammalian cells, and mice
(
protocol
)(
review
)
Method for rapid protein depletion in nematode individuals using an improved auxin-inducible degron (AID2) system
Simple method for generation of yeast conditional mutants by use of the AID technology
New toolkit for tagging and a degradation inhibitor for the AID system
-Genome Dynamics • Maeshima Group
Development of a New Method for Synthesis of Tandem Hairpin Pyrrole (
Cultured cell
) (
Tissue section
)
Method for telomere-specific chromatin capture
-Bioinformation and DDBJ Center
Metabolome databases for analyzing sample-specific unknown metabolites
(
FoodMR
)(
PlantMR
)(
ThingMR
)
Database Center for Life Science (DBCLS)
CRISPRdirect — Rational design of CRISPR/Cas target
*
Reference expression dataset -40 organs dataset, 4 different methods, with BodyParts 3D
*
*These tools are developed jointly with the National Bioscience Database Center (NBDC) of JST.
NIG Collaboration Grants