Kazuki Horikawa
Professor, Institute of Health Bioscience,The Universitu of Tokushima
During our embryogenesis, cells
display the collective behavior to establish many shapes,
patterns and functions.
Interestingly, such orders can
autonomously emerge from un-ordered conditions even in
the absence of leaders. It is suggested that local communication
can develop a cellular population into highly organized
system.
In this research, I am planning
to analyze the generating mechanism of gordersh in multi-cellular
systems focusing on the function of intercellular communication.
For this purpose, two dynamic
systems, gcollective oscillation of the segmentation clockh
and gthe grouped cellular migration of sensory primodiumh,
will be analyzed based on the computational and experimental
approach.