第9回 WISE/LPセミナーを開催しました

8月17日 (木)、嶋田　健一先生　/　Dr. Kenichi SHIMADA（Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School）を

お招きして、第9回 WISE/LPセミナーを開催しました。

 

Decoding Disease Complexity: Systems Biology in Cancer Drug Discoveries and Toxicology　というタイトルで

嶋田先生がご研究されているSystems Biologyについて、疾患の病態に与える変革的な影響を毒性学と腫瘍学の

例を挙げながらご講演いただきました。

嶋田先生の非常に丁寧でわかりやすいお話は、専門が異なる学生にとっても、大変興味深いものとなったに違いありません。

 

また、今回のセミナーでは、放射線学教室D3の加藤千博さんがホストとして企画から司会進行までを担当され、セミナー後には

軽食をつまみながら懇親会も開催しました。

懇親会ではなごやかな雰囲気の中、嶋田先生から”How to Choose an ideal lab for your international postdoctoral experience”

というお話をいただき、たくさんの個別の質問やアドバイスにも応じてくださいました。

セミナー、懇親会とも、非常に充実した時間となりました。

嶋田先生、加藤さん、本当にありがとうございました！

 

☆Host Student's Report☆

 

I invited Dr. Kenichi Shimada of Harvard University to the 9th WISE/LP seminar on August 17.

He received his Ph.D. from the laboratory of Dr. Brent Stockwell, who reported on ferroptosis.

He discovered a new ferroptosis inducer, FIN56, by using system biology techniques. During his postdoc,

he built an experimental biologist-friendly interactive web tool, shinyDepMap. This analysis is helpful in

selecting targets for anticancer drugs because the best targets are highly selective.

 

He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University and is currently a research associate at Harvard Medical School,

so his experience will be helpful to graduate students in various fields. That’s why I thought it was very important

for us to deepen our knowledge of both as we consider our future career paths.

 

In the seminar, he explained how he used system biology to uncover the low toxicity of drugs, as well as the process

of creating shinyDepMap and how it is used in practice.

 

In the social gathering, we learned from him how to choose an ideal lab for our international postdoctoral experience.

Many students asked him questions about it until the end of the social gathering.

Organizing and chairing the event was a great experience for me. I am glad that I was able to invite Dr. Shimada to

the event because there are not many opportunities to have this kind of experience.

 

 

☆セミナーの様子☆

 

 

 

    

 

  

 

 

☆懇親会の様子☆