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To achieve the study goals of the center, researchers with various careers and backgrounds are recruited, and cooperative interaction is strongly promoted. Here, unrestricted individual studies and interests are respected and guaranteed to the fullest. A research system consisting of two programs, the Core Program and the Creative Research Promoting Program, has been set up. Moreover, an external evaluation system has been adopted.
 
Director,CDB
Masatoshi Takeichi Ph.D.
Deputy Directors,CDB
Advisory Council
Austin Smith
(University of Cambridge, UK)
Christopher Wylie
(Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, USA)
Margaret Buckingham
(Institut Pasteur, France)
Patrick Tam
(University of Sydney, Australia)
Stephen Cohen
(Temasek Life Sciences Laboratory, Singapore)
Haifan Lin
(Yale university, USA)
Toshio Suda
(Keio University, Japan)
Yoshimi Takai
(Kobe University, Japan)
Ryoichiro Kageyama
(Kyoto University, Japan)
Hiroshi Hamada
(Osaka University, Japan)
Core Program

Vertebrate Body Plan (Shinichi AIZAWA Ph.D.)
Cell Asymmetry (Fumio MATSUZAKI Ph.D.)
Cell Adhesion and Tissue Patterning (Masatoshi TAKEICHI Ph.D.)
Evolutionary Morphology (Shigeru KURATANI Ph.D.)
Morphogenetic Signaling (Shigeo HAYASHI Ph.D.)
Stem Cell Biology (Shin-Ichi NISHIKAWA M.D., Ph.D.)
Organogenesis and Neurogenesis (Yoshiki SASAI M.D., Ph.D.)
Creative Research Promoting Program
Early Embryogenesis (Guojun SHENG Ph.D.)
Germline Development (Akira NAKAMURA Ph.D.)
Chromosome Segregation(Tomoya KITAJIMA Ph.D.)
Neocortical Development(Carina HANASHIMA Ph.D.)
Sensory Development (Raj LADHER Ph.D.)
Sensory Circuit Formation (Takeshi IMAI Ph.D.)
Histogenetic Dynamics (Erina KURANAGA Ph.D.)
Growth Control Signaling (Takashi NISHIMURA Ph.D.)
Genomic Reprogramming (Teruhiko WAKAYAMA Ph.D.)
Mammalian Epigenetic Studies (Masaki OKANO Ph.D.)
Chromatin Dynamics (Jun-ichi NAKAYAMA Ph.D.)
Neuronal Differentiation and Regeneration (Hideki ENOMOTO M.D., Ph.D.)
Retinal Regeneration (Masayo TAKAHASHI M.D., Ph.D.)
Supporting Laboratories
Animal Resources and Genetic Engineering (Shinichi AIZAWA Ph.D.)
>> Animal Resource Unit (Kazuki NAKAO Ph.D.)
>> Genetic Engineering Unit (Shinichi AIZAWA Ph.D.)
Electron Microscope (Shigenobu YONEMURA Ph.D.)
Bio-imaging Laboratory(Shigeo HAYASHI Ph.D.)
>> Optical Image Analysis Unit (Yuko MIMORI-KIYOSUE)
Genomics (Fumio MATSUZAKI Ph.D.)
>> Genome Resource and Analysis Unit (Fumio MATSUZAKI Ph.D.)
>> Functional Genomics Unit (Hiroki R. UEDA M.D., Ph.D.)
Proteomics (Shigeo HAYASHI Ph.D.)
>> Mass Spectrometry Analysis Unit (Akira NAKAMURA Ph.D.)
Division of Human Stem Cell Technology (Yoshiki SASAI M.D., Ph.D.)
>> Human Stem Cell Technology Unit (Yoshiki SASAI M.D., Ph.D.)
>> Four-Dimensional Tissue Analysis Unit (Yoshiki SASAI M.D., Ph.D.)
>> Science Policy and Ethics Studies Unit (Douglas Sipp)
Center Director's Strategic Program
  sQuantitative Development Dynamics Programt
Systems Biology (Hiroki R. UEDA M.D., Ph.D.)
Physical Biology (Tatsuo SHIBATA Ph.D.)
Developmental Morphogeometry (Yoshihiro Morishita Ph.D.)
sStem Cell Dynamics Programt
Pluripotent Stem Cell Studies (Hitoshi NIWA M.D., Ph.D.)