Creative Science and EngineeringⅠ FeaturesⅡ History and ProfileⅢ RequirementsFundamental Science and EngineeringAdvanced Science and EngineeringCONTENTStheir exotic behaviors, e.g., charge/orbital ordering and large responses to an external field, by measuring their transport, magnetic, and optical properties. (5) Experimental studies on soft matter, especially focusing on static and dynamic properties of liquid crystals. We try to understand how the soft molecular interaction should result in the long-range orientational order and how the molecular random motion is transformed from the vastly differing scales ranging from nm to mm and from pico-seconds to micro-seconds. This multi-scale energy transformation is one of the unique properties of soft matter, which will help us to clarify life activities.(6) Studies on the atomic arrangement, electronic structures, superconductivity, and magnetic properties in low-dimensional systems such as thin films, surface superstructures, graphene, and topological insulators.◆ BiophysicsAll of the biological phenomena are based on the physical properties of the constituent biomolecules, and the hierarchical organization and dynamic interactions between them. Biophysics, including both the physical approach to biology and the biological viewpoint in physics, has been developed, based on physics and chemistry, as one of the most active interdisciplinary research areas of science. There is a wide variety of biophysical subjects to be studied, ranging from the sub-nanometer levels to study molecular machines consisting of protein, DNA, and RNA, to the micrometer levels to study individual cells, and then to the macroscopic levels to study tissues and organs that consist of cells. There are also a variety of biophysical methods to be used, ranging from analytical approaches such as atomistic molecular dynamics simulation, to experimental approaches including single-molecule and single-cell observations and manipulations, and constructive approach that is complementary to the conventional analytical approaches. For example, we experimentally study various biological motions (muscular contraction, cell movements, cell divisions, etc.) and information transduction inside or between cells, and we theoretically examine the physical mechanisms of biological functions such as energy and signal transduction in proteins and biomolecular complexes. Biophysics has infinite frontiers to explore, and should be attractive to a wide range of students, not only to those who like biology, but also to those who like physics, chemistry, or mathematics. Below are the research keywords and the three research topics: Keywords: proteins / DNA / RNA / molecular machine / structure-function relationship / cooperativity / structural polymorphism / fluctuation and response / atomic and molecular forces / cell motility / biological oscillation / cardiac muscle cells / self-organization / neural-cell network / tumor cell in the blood / molecular population / cellular population / computational science / single molecule physiology / constructive approach / drug discovery / medical diagnosis / bio-chips114114
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