Ishimoto Lab

Research

The mechanisms by which biological substances are formed from physical materials and regulated within the body are still unknown. For example, organisms regularly express the appropriate proteins at the appropriate time by reading the appropriate genetic information, and thus form the basis of life. By understanding the changes in the three-dimensional structure of chromosomes, we can begin to understand this process of information regulation. In addition, intercellular transport of materials is determined by behavior of the proteins within the cell membrane, and the physiochemical properties of the biological substances composing organs are dominant in their formation.

Research topics:

Theoretical/numerical research on the morphogenesis of tissues and organs

Research on biological membranes as two-dimensional fluids

Research on the chromosome and chromatin dynamics