Research meeting: Principles of Microbial Ecosystems 2018

Posted On 12 7月 2018

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Research meeting:
“Principles of Microbial Ecosystems” -how interactions characterize complex systems-

Date: 4 September (Tue) 2018
Venue: Tokyo Metropolitan University, Minami-Osawa campus
(Building 12, Room 201)

How can we find principles of microbial ecosystems? Microbial ecologists are discussing “function”, “stability”, “plasticity”, and “evolution” of microbial communities in various environments on the earth. These studies seem to indicate principles, i.e., common features of microbial ecosystems. 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. Artificial model microbial consortia, mathematical modelling, complex systems theory, and their combinations would lead us to develop effective approaches to the goal. We hope this meeting is a good chance to exchange opinions about studies on “principles of microbial ecosystems”.

12:40-
Warm-up remarks “how model microbial consortia are constructed and work”
Haruta, Shin (Tokyo Metropolitan Univ.)
13:00-
Hypothesis of microbial coexisting mechanism
Futamata, Hiroyuki (Shizuoka Univ.)
13:45-
Empirical dynamic modeling: unraveling ecological interaction from time series data
Kawatsu, Kazutaka (Tohoku Univ.)
14:30- [break]
14:40-
Inferring microbial community interactions using metabolic network analysis
Takemoto, Kazuhiro (Kyushu Institute of Technology)
15:25-
Model-guided systems biology framework characterizes and designs smart cells for healthcare applications
Lee, Dong-Yup (Sungkyunkwan Univ., Republic of Korea; A*STAR, Singapore)
16:10- [break]
16:20-
Context-dependent Interspecies Interactions in Microbial Communities
Song, Hyun-Seob (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA)
17:05-
Complex-Systems Approach to an Ecosystem of Interacting Cells: Differentiation, Symbiosis, and Diversification
Kaneko, Kunihiko (Univ. of Tokyo)
17:50- [free discussion]