Project History
Chronology of the Project
| Prehistory of the NBRP | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | July | The First Science and Technology Basic Plan was decided at the Cabinet. |
| 2001 | January | RIKEN BioResource Center was established in Tsukuba. |
| History of the NBRP | ||
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | April | National BioResource Project (NBRP) was started and led by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) of Japan, as a part of Research Revolution 2002 (RR2002). The first phase of NBRP (22 resources) was composed of the Core Facility Upgrading Program and the Information Center Upgrading Program. |
| 2003 | April | Two resources were added to the Core Facility Upgrading Program. |
| December | The NBRP exhibition was held at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (continued every year). The exhibition was also held in the meetings of other academic societies. | |
| 2006 | June | Publication of “Report for the Bioresources Upgrading Strategy”, prepared by the Working Group on Bioresources Upgrading Strategy of the Life Science Committee. |
| 2007 | April | Beginning of the second phase of NBRP (27 resources). |
| The Genome Information Upgrading Program and the Fundamental Technology Upgrading Program were added to NBRP. | ||
| December | MEXT and the NBRP Promotion Committee visited the implementation organizations of the NBRP with the aim of engaging in discussions with principal investigators and directors of the organizations (“Site Visit”). | |
| 2008 | March | The second phase NBRP Kick-off Symposium, titled “Bioresources that Open the Future of Life Sciences”, was held. |
| 2009 | April | NBRP, which was a MEXT project, began to be operated under the Grant for Promotion of Shared Use of R&D Facilities. |
| August | Submission of the “Report on Database Upgrading and Dissemination of Outcome Information at NBRP” and the “Report on Desired Forms of Provision Fee and Protection of Intellectual Properties at NBRP” by the working group. | |
| 2010 | February | Notification of “Basic Principles for Handling and Shipping Costs at NBRP”. |
| October | The 2nd International Meeting of Asian Network of Research Resource Centers was held in Tsukuba. | |
| 2011 | June | Publication of “Report on Future Vision on Bioresources Upgrading” by the Life Science Committee. |
| August | Following the Great East Japan Earthquake, the “Symposium on Disaster Mitigation on Bioresources” was held. | |
| 2012 | January | The 10th anniversary open symposium to report the achievements of NBRP was held. |
| April | Beginning of the third phase of NBRP (29 resources). | |
| November | The symposium “Challenges in the Third phase of NBRP” was held. | |
| 2013 | October | The 5th International Meeting of Asian Network of Research Resource Centers was held in Hayama. |
| December | Publication of “A Report on Desired Implementation of the Nagoya Protocol” (Ministry of the Environment). | |
| 2015 | January | The open symposium to present about the achievements of NBRP (at the middle of the third phase) was held. |
| April | The Operation of NBRP was transferred from MEXT to the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED). | |
| 2016 | May | The report “Desired Future Bioresource Upgrading” was prepared by the Life Science Committee. |
| October | The 8th International Meeting of Asian Network of Research Resource Centers was held in Kyoto. | |
| 2017 | April | Beginning of the fourth phase of NBRP (30 resources). |
| December | The fourth phase NBRP Kick-off Symposium, titled “Research outcomes in basic and applied research using NBRP bioresources”, was held. | |
| 2019 | December | The open symposium “Forefront of life science research supported by NBRP” to present about the achievements of NBRP (at the middle of the fourth phase) was held. |
| 2020 | June | NBRP has constructed labor-saving and remote monitoring (remote sensing) system in bioresource maintenance to preserved its stable activity even in the face of crises such as COVID-19. |
| 2021 | March | The number of resources increases to 31 with the addition of the Human pathogenic viruses (NBRP fourth phase). |
| April | NBRP is operated again by MEXT. | |
| 2022 | April | Beginning of the fifth phase of NBRP (33 resources). |
Changes in bioresources developed by NBRP and the core facilities
| Bioresource / Subject (Core facility) | 1st Phase FY2002 -2006 |
2nd Phase FY2007 -2011 |
3rd Phase FY2012 -2016 |
4th Phase FY2017 -2021 |
5th Phase FY2022 -2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Animals | |||||
| Mice (RIKEN BRC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Mice: ENU mutagenesis (RIKEN GSC) | ✓ | ||||
| Aged mice (Foundation for Biomedical Research and Innovation at Kobe) | ✓ | ||||
| Rats (Kyoto University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Japanese macaques (National Institute for physiological Sciences) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Japanese macaques (Kyoto University) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Chicken / Quail (Nagoya University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Xenopus tropicalis (Hiroshima University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Clawed frogs / Newts (Hiroshima University) | ✓ | ||||
| Zebrafish (RIKEN CBS : Formerly RIKEN BSI – FY2017) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Medaka (Nagoya University) | ✓ | ||||
| Medaka (National Institute for Basic Biology) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Ciona intestinalis / Oxycomanthus japonicus (University of Tsukuba) | ✓ | ||||
| Ciona intestinalis (University of Tsukuba) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Drosophila (Kyoto Institute of Technology) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Drosophila (National Institute of Genetics) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Silkworms (Kyushu University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| C. elegans (Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bioresource / Subject (Core facility) | 1st Phase FY2002 -2006 |
2nd Phase FY2007 -2011 |
3rd Phase FY2012 -2016 |
4th Phase FY2017 -2021 |
5th Phase FY2022 -2026 |
| Plants | |||||
| Arabidopsis / Cultured plant cells, genes (RIKEN BRC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Rice (National Institute of Genetics) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Wheat (Kyoto University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Barley (Okayama University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Lotus / Glycine (University of Miyazaki) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tomatoes (University of Tsukuba) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Chrysanthemums (Hiroshima University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Morning glories (Kyushu University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Bioresource / Subject (Core facility) | 1st Phase FY2002 -2006 |
2nd Phase FY2007 -2011 |
3rd Phase FY2012 -2016 |
4th Phase FY2017 -2021 |
5th Phase FY2022 -2026 |
| Microbes | |||||
| Algae (National Institute for Environmental Studies) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Paramecium (Yamaguchi University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Cellular slime molds (University of Tsukuba) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Cellular slime molds (RIKEN BDR : Formerly RIKEN QBiC – FY2017) | ✓ | ||||
| Mushrooms (Tottori University) | ✓ | ||||
| Yeast (Osaka Metropolitan University : Formerly Osaka City University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| General microbes (RIKEN BRC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| E.coli (National Institute of Genetics) | ✓ | ||||
| Prokaryotes (E.coli, B.subtilis) (National Institute of Genetics) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Pathogenic microorganisms (Chiba University) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||
| Pathogenic eukaryotic microbes (Chiba University) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Pathogenic bacteria (Gifu University) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Human pathogenic viruses (Nagasaki University) | ✓ FY2020- |
✓ | |||
| Bioresource / Subject (Core facility) | 1st Phase FY2002 -2006 |
2nd Phase FY2007 -2011 |
3rd Phase FY2012 -2016 |
4th Phase FY2017 -2021 |
5th Phase FY2022 -2026 |
| Cells / DNA materials | |||||
| Cord blood stem cells for research (Tokai Univ. FY2012, 13→The Univ. of Tokyo FY2014 -) | ✓ | ||||
| Cord blood cells for research (The University of Tokyo) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Human ES cells (Kyoto University) | ✓ | ✓ | |||
| Human and animal cells (RIKEN BRC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| DNA (Animals and microorganisms) (RIKEN BRC) | ✓ | ||||
| DNA materials (RIKEN BRC) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| Total Number of Bioresources (Animals, Plants, Microbes) | 24 | 27 | 29 | 31 | 33 |
| Information | |||||
| Information center (National Institute of Genetics) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GAIN (Kyoto University)* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| GBIF Japan node (National Museum of Nature and Science)* | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |
| ABS support (National Institute of Genetics)* | ✓ FY2015- |
✓ | ✓ | ||
| Human resource development for external verification (JALAS) | ✓ FY2016- |
✓ | ✓ | ||
| Bioresource / Subject (Core facility) | 1st Phase FY2002 -2006 |
2nd Phase FY2007 -2011 |
3rd Phase FY2012 -2016 |
4th Phase FY2017 -2021 |
5th Phase FY2022 -2026 |
* : Sub-Core Facilities in the Information Center Upgrading Program