Creative Science and EngineeringⅠ FeaturesⅡ History and ProfileⅢ RequirementsAdvanced Science and EngineeringFundamental Science and EngineeringCONTENTSResearch topics: a) Theoretical and computational approaches to understand the molecular dynamics in molecular machine systems composed of proteins and other biomolecules including DNA. Particularly, physical principles of how molecular machines works efficiently using different types of energies (e.g. chemical, mechanical, electrical, thermal, optical, etc.) are studied based on the statistical mechanics and electrostatics. b) Experimental approaches to understand the molecular mechanism by which protein filaments and molecular motors work. Emphasis is placed on structural polymorphism of actin filaments, to unveil the principles and properties of protein machines that are distinct from artificial ones. c) Experimental approaches to understand the meaning and function of epigenetic information in living systems. A system of analyzing epigenetic information has been developed starting from the twin complementary viewpoints of cell regulation as an ‘algebraic’ system (emphasis on temporal aspects) and as a ‘geometric’ system (emphasis on spatial aspects). The knowledge acquired from this study may lead to the use of cells that fully control practical applications like cell-based drug screening and the regeneration of organs. ◆ Physics-Based Engineering: Informatics, Photonics and Image ScienceThis research area consists of the optical field and the measurement control engineering field. The optoelectronic industry made remarkable progress in recent years, and along with the progress of laser, microfabrication, optical materials, and computers, the optical application field has been expanding from image formation and measurement to communication, electronics, medicine, biology, information processing, and quantum information science; and new application methods have also been actively developed. Furthermore, new applications and the pursuit of extremes have promoted new theoretical development and the formation of a framework of basic optics and quantum optics.Against this backdrop, studies of basic physical phenomena and new application methods related to light are conducted in the optical field regarding quantum optics, optical measurement, optical design, optical communication, optical computers, laser engineering, optoelectronics, nanophotonics, nonlinear optics, etc., under the research guidance on the “study of quantum optics utilizing nanophotonic devices” and the “study of quantum information engineering handling quantum many-body control of cold atoms,” while at the same time reviewing the system of completed classical and quantum optics.Measurement and control have been the main topics of engineering so far. However, the progress of computers has brought a new concept of information to this field and promoted new development by merging measurement control engineering with electronic engineering, system 115115
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