Evolutionary Informatics of Multi-Component Systems: Deciphering the Evolution of Complex Systems via Macroevolutionary Pathways Dr. Takao K Suzuki Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University [Abstract] Living organisms realize diverse functions through multi-component systems composed of many interacting elements. Mimicry patterns in butterflies, camera-type eyes in animals, and bacterial chemotaxis systems are all examples of systems…
Author: MaeharaHideki
20250925
Beyond Birth and Upbringing: Can Stochastic Noise Reshape the Epigenetic Landscape? Dr. Risa Kawaguchi Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, The University of Tokyo. [Abstract] Genetic background is known to be a major determinant of phenotypic diversity, or individuality. However, even genetically identical individuals, such as monozygotic twins, can display strikingly different phenotypes. Such differences may…
20250714
Predicting Cancer’s Next Move: Integrative Models of Signalling and Resistance Dr. Lan Nguyen South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute (SAiGENCI), the University of Adelaide [Abstract] The clinical efficacy of targeted cancer therapies is profoundly limited by adaptive resistance, a rapid, dynamic rewiring of cellular signalling networks that bypasses therapeutic intervention. Predicting and overcoming this complex network-level…
20250529
AI for Science: The Science of New Scientific Methods Dr. Ichigaku Takigawa Department of Computational Biology and Medical Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo. [Abstract] Machine learning has been put to practical use as a core technology supporting audio, image, video, and even language processing, and has deeply penetrated into everyday…