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Seminar

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  • 2024

    41st： “Molecular mechanism of pattern formation”
    Date Oct. 18th, 2024 13:00-14:30
    Place Lecture room(205) on 2nd floor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Building ＆ Online(Zoom)
    Lecturer Masakatsu Watanabe, Ph.D. (Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University)
    Summary Patterns are repeating structures with equal spacing and are fundamental to the development of living organisms. The process of pattern formation involves the formation of cell populations, the specification of population size, and the establishment of boundaries between these cell populations, where cell-cell interactions play a crucial role. The stripe pattern observed on the surface of zebrafish is considered a model case for studying pattern formation. These stripes are composed of black pigment cells (melanophores) and yellow pigment cells (xanthophores). Many membrane proteins are involved in the interactions between pigment cells, with gap junctions playing a particularly important role. In this presentation, I will introduce the factors involved in pattern formation, with a focus on the role of gap junctions.
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    40th： “At the Forefront of Computational Protein Science: From Molecular Design to Gene Discovery and the Missing Links”
    Date Oct. 11th, 2024 13:30-15:00
    Place Lecture room(205) on 2nd floor, Pharmaceutical Sciences Building ＆ Online(Zoom)
    Lecturer Koya Sakuma, Ph.D. (Graduate School of Informatics/Institute for Advanced Research, Nagoya University)
    Summary Recent advances in computational protein science, particularly through powerful deep learning-based approaches such as AlphaFold2, have brought unprecedented attention to structure-based bioinformatics. In this seminar, I will present our work in structural bioinformatics, covering a range of topics from rational protein design to gene discovery facilitated by structure prediction. Additionally, I will explore the "missing links" in the field, addressing the prevailing notion that we may no longer need to explore and develop novel methodologies.
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