Itoshi Nikaido Unit Leader Bioinformatics Research Unit RIKEN Advanced Center for Computing and Communication How did you join RIKEN, and what kind of support did RIKEN provide? During my master’s degree, I participated in a project to decipher complementary DNA, and at the same time I studied bioinformatics by myself. Then, I met Hidemasa Bono from Yoshihide Hayashizaki’s Genome Exploration Resea