- Events with no time listed are accessible at any time during open hours.
- There may be age restrictions for some events.
- Admission tickets may be required for some events and will be distributed
at the East Research Building 1F ticketing counter.

Solving the mystery of
stratum corneum barrier function

Introduction to the lab's research on skin homeostasis. How are we trying to solve the mystery of stratum corneum barrier function?
4F Lounge,North Research BuildingAll ages
<Up to 5 people per session>
10:30-11:30, 11:45-12:45, 13:30-14:30, 14:45-15:45, 16:00-17:00

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences:Laboratory for Skin Homeostasis


How to find the difference between you and me
This is a system which looks at genetic differences between individual humans. Let's see how it works.
3F Room E316,314,312,311,309, East Research BuildingAll ages
10:00-17:00 (Anytime)

Center for Integrative Medical Sciences
RIKEN Genesis Co., Ltd.


Plant science lab tour (parent-child course)

A guided tour of our laboratories.
6F Room C618-C616, C617-C615, C611-C609, Central Research BuildingFamilies
(children in middle school or below and a guardian)
<Up to 4 families per session>
10:30-, 11:30-, 12:30-, 13:30-, 14:30- (20 minutes)

Center for Sustainable Resource Science:Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit

Plant science lab tour (for adults)

A guided tour of our laboratories.
6F Room C618-C616, C617-C615, C611-C609, Central Research BuildingJunior high students or up
<Up to 10 people per session>
11:00-, 12:00-, 13:00-, 14:00-, 15:00- (20 minutes)

Center for Sustainable Resource Science:Dormancy and Adaptation Research Unit


Let's take a look at NMR machines in
one of the world's largest NMR facilities!
Introduction to our high performance NMR machines (equipped with high-field superconducting magnets) and related research activities.
West NMR Complex N201 PineAll ages
10:00-17:00 (Anytime)

Center for Life Science Technologies:Division of Structural and Synthetic Biology


Next-generation DNA sequencing facility tour

A guided tour of the Next-generation DNA sequencing facility and introduction to our research by a scientist from Division of Genomic Technologies.
South Research BuildingAll ages
<Up to 20 people per session>
10:30-, 11:00-, 11:30-, 13:00-, 13:30-, 14:00-, 14:30-, 15:00-, 15:30- (30 minutes)

Center for Life Science Technologies:Division of Genomic Technologies

Look and see - High Field NMR instruments
to analyze biomolecular structures
Open viewing of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) instruments.
NMR FacilitiesAll ages
10:00-17:00 (Anytime)

Functional Structure Biology Laboratory

X-ray diffractometer for protein structure analysis
Introduction to X-ray diffractometers.
1F X-ray laboratory 2 B105, Experiment BuildingAll ages
10:00-17:00 (Anytime)

Structural Biology Laboratory

Tsurumi Campus Supercomputer
Open viewing of the Cray XE6 supercomputer.
2F Computing Room, Lecture BuildingAll ages
10:00-17:00 (Anytime)

Computational Life Science Laboratory


How is mass spectrometry done?
Demonstration of MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry.
2F Experiment Preparation Room, Experiment BuildingAll ages
<Up to 15 people per session>
13:30-13:50, 15:00-15:20

Structural Epigentics Laboratory


Looking at the world of proteins
through computers
An explanation of the lab's research on proteins using computers.
4F in front of Room B406, Experiment BuildingAll ages
10:00-17:00 (Anytime)

Computational Life Science Laboratory
