Searching for methods that weave together the story of life from the genome, which shows us in a concrete form the essence of life in commonality, diversity, layers, and history, one notices taxonomy, in which a wide range of living creatures were classified during the age of natural history, and anatomy, which attempts to understand the human body.     In Talk, Dr. Sakai gives us a real sense of the inability to put into words that which the body tells us. In Research, we see that the points common to extermination and symbiosisﾑcomplete opposites, at a glanceﾑshare the key to evolution. Scientist Library profiles its first non-Japanese in Arthur Kornberg. He is still active today at age 86, after winning a Nobel Prize. He continues his research into enzymes, a subject that captivates him. It is regrettable there are fewer people like him today.     As an attempt at expression, the staircase of the BRH, which can be considered the symbol of the facility, makes its appearance on the Web. I value the sense of time I obtain from my fatigue at climbing the stairs, but the searching that is possible only on the Web is also interesting.     One more feature is Saibo-kun, the computer graphic that tries to achieve the form of the cell. The molecules which are active in the cell are shown. We welcome comments. Then there was the pending question of the English cards. We will make every effort to periodically present them in the future. Finally, our new character, Haigyo-kun (lung fish), also sends its regards. (Keiko Nakamura)

Dialogue - Making the concept of Biohistory more concrete through dialogue  The history of anatomy The difficulty of both the human body and genome to narrate  Tatsuo Sakai, Professor Juntendo University School of Medicine Keiko Nakamura, Gneral Director, JT Biohistory Research Hall  Through Research - Biohistory through the latest research  Narrative based science Sever mass extinction - Accelerator of evolution  Yukio Isozaki, Professor of Department of General Systems Studies at the University of Tokyo Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Mechanism of symbiosis - Gene network made up of plants and soil microbes  Makoto Hayashi, Specializing in Biotechnology in the Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering  ART in BIOHISTORY  [Living creatures in Japanese culture] Observation and expression   Scientist Library - Biohistory through people Fell in love with enzymes  Arthur Kornberg, Professor Emeritus, Department of Biochemistry at the Stanford University School of Medicine << Back Next >>