Convolution of Informatics and Biomedical Sciences On Glocal Alliances, CIBoG | WISE Program (Doctoral Program for World-leading Innovative & Smart Education), Nagoya University

Masaya Kuno

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School Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine
Department/Division Cell Physiology

My research theme is physiological phenomena such as Circadian Rhythm, which oscillates continuously in a 24-hour cycle and takes many output forms such as sleep-wake rhythm, diurnal fluctuation of hormones, and basic fluctuation of metabolism. Because it is easy to grasp the image of clinical application and to be motivated, but at the same time, I myself feel that it is necessary to establish an experimental design that incorporates how my research will be applied to some extent at an early stage. In this regard, even though I am in a position of basic researcher, I will not neglect to imagine future applications, and I will devote myself to building an appropriate bridge to clinical researchers and information technology specialists. Finally, I feel that the trend of the times is changing to handle big data in various fields, not only in the field of Circadian Rhythm, where I am conducting research. In this context, I sincerely hope that my participation in this program, which gives me the opportunity to acquire basic knowledge of bioinformatics, will help me to understand the outline of bioinformatics and to make strategic decisions (such as determining the design of experiments and the positioning of experiments).