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Q　What was your motivation for joining the program, and what about the program appeals to you?

I would like to conduct research on cell design using the knowledge of protein structure analysis that I have learned so far. I don’t think my expertise is enough to do such deep research. This program is extremely attractive because it covers a wide range of fields such as information science, cognitive and brain science, as well as the life function field. You can also learn about the industry through industry-academia collaborative lectures and company visits. In this program, by sharing your thoughts in practical training and interacting with researchers in different fields, you can broaden your knowledge while exchanging opinions, and activities such as corporate internships and commercialization practices. I hope that this will deepen the collaboration between research and companies.

Q　What is your expertise and how do you want to develop it with the program?

Currently, my specialty is protein structural analysis. The purpose of this research is to elucidate the role and working mechanism of proteins by analyzing the three-dimensional structure of proteins and elucidating their interactions with water molecules or other proteins around them. Therefore, by interacting with professors from other graduate schools, we believe that we can improve cell design by elucidating the functions of proteins involved in cell metabolic pathways using the knowledge we have learned so far. I would like to create more useful cells by improving the cell design.

Q　What are your future dreams and goals?

When multidrug-resistant bacteria infect patients with weak immunity, antibiotics do not work and it is very difficult to treat. I am the one who uses the knowledge gained during the five years of graduate school to elucidate the drug excretion mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and to clarify the mechanism of multidrug resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa by designing Pseudomonas aeruginosa cells. Is the goal of. In the future, by elucidating the multidrug resistance mechanism of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, we will elucidate the drug excretion mechanism of other multidrug-resistant bacteria and look for mutual commonality. Also, by understanding the mechanism of multidrug resistance, I would like to form a team to develop drugs and treatments that resist multidrug resistance and continue research to reduce the suffering of patients.