History

April
Dr. Del Carpio Munoz Carlos Adriel appointed to Foreign Researcher, DGRC
Akihiro Kondo appointed to Professor by Special Appointment, GRED

March
PBac{DsRed} insertion strains(414 stocks) added
Number of stocks
 Collection:2,329 Total:2,329 Provision:17,140

July
DGRC-Leica Imaging Center opened

May
DrosDel deficiency collection (486 stocks), PBac{DsRed} insertion strains(1,852 stocks) start to distribute

April
Masahiko Kitayama appointed to Professor by Special Appointment, GRED

March
Dr. Beatriz Goni appointed to Foreign Researcher, DGRC
Number of stocks
 Collection:2,943 Total:22,759 Provision:12,333

August
GS lines rearranged and started to distribute (-2,006 duplicate stocks and +4,207 new stocks)

April
Prof. Masa-Toshi Yamamoto reappointed as the Director of DGRC
National BioResource Project started

March
Number of stocks
 Collection:3,829 Total:19,430 Provision:11,938

February
Kohji Kusano appointed to Professor by Special Appointment, GRED

January
Hiroshi Matsubayashi appointed to Associate Professor by Special Appointment, GRED

August
NP lines(about 2000 stocks) added

July
FRT-lethalstart(X chromosome) to distribute(231 stocks)

April
The new system of stock fee started

March
Opening Ceremony of Gakudo Hall held
FRT-lethalstart(autosome) to distribute(635 stocks)
Number of stocks
 Collection:208 Total:17,143 (Top of the World) Provision:9,880

April
Prof. Masa-Toshi Yamamoto reappointed as the Director of DGRC

March
Number of stocks
 Collection:208 Total:17,143 (Top of the World) Provision:9,880

October
LA lines start to distribute

March
Number of stocks
 Collection:1,583 Total:16,240 Provision:3,040

September
Collection at about 15,000 stocks

August
DGRC stock list released to Fly base as Stock Center Kyoto.

July
DGRC officially announced its role as an International Drosophila Stock Distribution Facility at the Satellite Conference “Drosophila”, International Congress of Genetics (Australia)
DGRC began worldwide distribution of the Drosophila stocks
Collection exceeded 10,000 stocks

May
Dr. Ian A. Boussy (Loyola University, USA) appointed to Foreign Researcher, DGRC

April
Prof. Masa-Toshi Yamamoto appointed as the Director of DGRC for the third term

December
Acquisition of replicate Dosophila stocks from Tokyo Metropolitan University started

November
Acquisition of replicate Drosophila stocks from Indiana University started

July
DGRC hosted Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Japan – France Joint Seminar "Biology of Drosophila and Evolution towards the Post-Genomic Era"
DGRC officially recognized as the core-institute of National Bio-Resource Project "Drosophila"

December
Transfer of Drosophila stocks from the National Institute of Genetics started

October
Acquisition of replicate Drosophila stocks from the European Stock Center started

April
Prof. Masa-Toshi Yamamoto appointed as the Director of DGRC for the second term

March
Completion Ceremony of DGRC building held


Transfer of Drosophila stocks from Department of Applied Biology, Kyoto Institute of Technology, completed

December
Construction of DGRC building completed and installation of facilities started

September
Dr. Timothy L. Karr (University of Bath, UK) appointed to Foreign researcher, DGRC

April
Construction of DGRC building started

Prof. Masa-Toshi Yamamoto appointed as the director of DGRC

March
Masatoshi Tomaru (Shiraki) appointed to Research Assistant, DGRC
Yoshihiro H. Inoue appointed to Lecturer, DGRC

July
Masa-Toshi Yamamoto appointed to Professor, DGRC

April
Prof. Takao K. Watanabe appointed as the first director of DGRC
DGRC officially established at Kyoto Institute of Technology

January
Preparatory committee for DGRC established (Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)