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Bridge Molecule and Life<\/h3>\n

Biological system is composed of molecules, cells, tissues, organs, etc with their hierarchical complicated interactions. Resulting from a stimulus on the microscopic level, the system can perform meso- and macroscopic functions robustly even under thermal-fluctuating environment. Such functions can be rationalized as a `sequence\u2019 of structural changes involving chemical reactions triggered by the stimulus across hierarchies of time and space scales. There exist two distinct strategies to explore the mechanisms of such biological systems, that is, an anatomical bottom-up approach which builds the system from the microscopic molecular basis, and a constructive top-down approach in which one develops (phenomenological) models to capture some essential aspects of the biological systems. However, the former solely articulates the composite elements and the latter does not exclude possibilities which end up with models far apart from the reality because of the coarse-graining of the systems. The main purpose of our laboratory is to understand the fundamental principles of chance and necessity of \u201cchange of states\u201d, and to construct new concepts and methodologies to bridge the gap between such top-down and bottom-up approaches for biological systems, enabling us to unveil the mechanisms that bridge molecules and life across hierarchies in time and space.\u3000<\/p>\n

Research Topics<\/h3>\n