The Future Beyond Automation

Dr. Atsushi Shibai, who studied at the National Institute of Technology (KOSEN) before coming to BDR, introduced me to a fellow KOSEN graduate Dr. Nobuyuki Tanaka. I had met Dr. Tanaka on a different occasion when he had shown me a device to measure “wettability”. As soon as I arrived at his office this time, he said to me, “Let’s go to the microfabrication cleanroom.”

Laboratory for Neural Stem Cell Research

Team Director Ryoichiro Kageyama, who heads the Laboratory for Neural Stem Cell Research which moved from RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in April 2025, also leads the Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) as the Center’s second Director.