Research meeting: Principle of Microbial Ecosystems 2023

Research meeting: Principle of Microbial Ecosystems 2023
– ecological modeling for microbial communities –

How can we find principles of microbial ecosystems? Microbial ecologists have long been struggling to understand “function”, “stability”, and “plasticity” of microbial communities. However, we still have a long way to find the principles since a huge number of species coexist and interact with each other to form a complex network relationship. Mathematical modelling incorporating multi-omics data, comprehensive metabolic flux analyses, and synthetic microbial ecology would lead us to develop effective approaches to the goal. We invite two outstanding researchers in this meeting, and we hope this meeting is a good chance to exchange opinions about studies on “principles of microbial ecosystems”.

Date: 14 March 2023
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-Osawa Campus (International House)

1 pm
Mayumi SETO (Nara Women’s University)
Thermodynamics-based microbial network modeling: Efficient energy-use strategy at community level

2 pm
Hyun-Seob SONG (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
Microbial intelligence in growth and interactions predicted by AI modeling

Contact:
FUTAMATA, Hiroyuki (Shizuoka University)
HARUTA, Shin (Tokyo Metropolitan University)