Center for Integrative Biosciences

The Center for Integrative Biosciences (Bio-Center) was established in 2003 as a facility for performing genetic and animal experiments by merging the Gene Research Center (established in 1989), Research Center for Experimental Biology (established in 1994), and Radioisotope Research Center (established in 2001). In 2011, the Radioisotope Division was separated from the Bio-Center and renamed as the Radiation Research and Management Center. The new Bio-Center consists of 5 sections: Gene Experiments, Experimental Biology, Protein Informatics, Genome Informatics, and RNA Informatics. The Gene Experiments and Experimental Biology sections mainly 1) provide education, training, and safety management on recombinant DNA and experimental animals, 2) provide technical support and maintenance of the core equipment, and 3) maintain the animal and plant facilities. The main mission of the sections of Protein Informatics, Genome Informatics, and RNA Informatics is to perform leading-edge bioinformatics research on proteins, DNA, and RNA in the post-s equencing era.

Center for Integrative Biosciences Organization chart

Animal Facilities

  1. Maintain and manage animal facilities
  2. Provide equipment for animal experiments
  3. Facilitate higher research and education

In tha facilities, we house rabbit, guinea pig, mouse, rat,
freshwater organisms such as zebrafish, medaka, and Xenopus frog, and
seawater organisms such as puffer fish and starfish.
We also provide services for mouse germ cell operations such as in vitro fertilization,
embryo/sperm freezing, transplantation.

Center appearance

In vitro fertilization of mice

mouse

Freshwater organisms

jellyfish

Seawater organisms

Safety Management

  1. Provides safety management and education for recombinant DNA experiments at the Tokyo Institute of Technology
  2. Provides equipment for molecular biology experiments
  3. Provides innovative technologies for genetic research
  4. Provides research and education of proteins and genes using computer simulation

Core Equipment Service

  • Microscope systems(confocal microscopes, light microscopes, zoom microscopes etc. )
  • Electron microscope
  • Scanning electron microscope
  • Cryostat
  • Spectrophotofluorometer etc.

microscope

Related Website

http://www.grc.bio.titech.ac.jp/english/

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