Director	Shigetada Nakanishi
	Director Emeritus	Osamu Hayaishi

Systems Biology Director Shigetada Nakanishi Cell Biology Kazuo Emoto, Ph.D. Research Head Yoshihiro Urade, Ph.D. Research Dept. Head Through the study of the regulatory mechanisms of sleep and awakening, the most fundamental phenomena of living organisms, contributing to the development of sleep-modifying substances that can correct sleeping disorders with no side effects. Functional neuroscience Reiko Kobayakawa, Ph.D. Laboratory Head Takahisa Furukawa, M.D., Ph.D. Research Dept. Head Working to develop treatments for sight loss by clarifying the mechanism of retina development.