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Cells are not afraid to fail.
Soutarou Uemura, Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
"The Cell is Not Afraid of Failure" by Soutarou Uemura |
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Laule'a Publishing (2023) |
Life consists of an exquisite hierarchical structure. For example, organs are populations of cells, cells are populations of molecules, and molecules are populations of atoms. In order to understand life activities, we call the study of one-molecule/one-cell biology the study of the characteristics of the individual elements that make up a group, rather than the study of a group as a group.
The author, who studies single molecule/one cell biology, has come to believe that the fundamental mechanism of life is that the individual elements are not uniform, but have disparate and heterogeneous characteristics, and that the heterogeneous state is maintained by frequent mistakes in DNA replication and molecular identification. This is the fundamental mechanism of life.
Special optical measurement is necessary to look into the world of one molecule and one cell. In the Uemura laboratory, we use fluorescence microscopes, microdevices, and nanopore measurement techniques to look into the world of molecules and cells. In the "Advanced Photometry and Biology" course offered by the Graduate School, Professors from the Department of Chemistry and Department of Physics as well as the Department of Biological Sciences give omnibus lectures, allowing students to learn about the technology and the world of molecules and cells.
This book is written in an easy-to-understand style, so it should be read not only by high school students and College of Arts and Sciences Faculty, but also by elementary and junior high school students, College of Arts and Sciences students, Research Students, and others. I hope that students will understand how to understand failure and have the courage to take on challenges to achieve what they want to do without being influenced by the opinions of others.
The Rigaku-bu News, March 2024