History
Bioproduction Research Institute (BPRI) was established in AIST Hokkaido in 2010 as one of research institutes in National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST).
- 2001
- Research Institute of Biological Resources (predecessor institute) was established in connection with the re-organization of new AIST. The first director was Dr. Tatsuo Katsura. The institute consisted of 7 research groups.
- 2002
- The institute established a collaborative chair in Graduate School of Agriculture, Hokkaido University.
The institute was reorganized and named Research Institute for Biological Resources and Functions. - 2003
- Dr. Hiroshi Kuriyama was appointed to the second director.
The institute established a collaborative chair in Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University. - 2004
- Reseach Institute of Genome-based Biofactory (RIGB) was established by the division of Research Institute for Biological Resources and Functions. BPRI consisted of 8 research groups at the initial phase. Dr. Fumio Mizutani was appointed to the third director.
- 2006
- Dr. Yoichi Kamagata was appointed to the fourth director. One group (Gene regulation research group) in the AIST Tsukuba center merged with the institute.
- 2007
- Three groups in the institute were merged to form two new groups.
- 2008
- Biology and Ecophysiology Research Team was inaugurated.
- 2009
- Teams of Synthetic Glycocojugate Research and Bio Photo Imaging Research were inaugurated.
Symbiotic Evolution and Biological Functions Research Group was inaugurated - 2010
- Bioproduction Research Institute was established by the combining of research groups in Reseach Institute of Genome-based Biofactory, Institute for Biological Resources and Functions, and Research Institute for Cell Engineering.
- 2012
- Synthetic Bioengineering Research Group, Environmental Biofunction Research Group, Bio-Design Research Group, Plant Gene Regulation Research Group, Advanced Glycoscience Research Group, and Antifreeze Research Team were inaugurated.
- 2014
- Dr. Tomohiro Tamura is appointed to the fifth director.
- 2015
- Applied Molecular Microbioloty Research Group, new Synthetic Bioengneering Research Group, and Molecular Systems Bioengineering Research Team were inaugurated.
- 2016
- Molecular and Biological Technology Research Group and Bio-material Engineering Research Group are merged.
- 2018
- Functional Food Materials Research Team was inaugurated.
- 2019
- Dr. Kaoru Suzuki is appointed to the sixth director.
