Division of Biological Science and ResearchLab. ID
Bioinformatics
ｆieldTechnology
BS17
Laboratory web site
http://bioinfo.ec.t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
Research subjects
The research issues in this laboratory are roughly classified into the following two categories (some of the issues
belong to both). Against these background, we conduct a variety of researches including genome analysis ofpathogenic organisms, discovery of repositionable drugs, time-series tracking of live cells in 3D space, etc. Many ofthese researches are conducted in collaboration with researchers in other schools (e.g. Medical Science andNatural System), Cancer Research Institute, and other universities and institutes.
Master/Doctor course: Education policy, curriculum, typical activity in the laboratory[Adaptive supervision] Student's ability and interest differ for each person. Instead of just influencing teacher'shope, we take care to suggest research topics aligning with student's interest and keep comfortable speed ofresearch. Though the obtained skills and experiences are also different in each student, we hope all students feelexcitement and fulfillment through research works.
[Higher priority in job hunting] In the period of job hunting, it is allowed to reduce the speed of research and absent
from laboratory seminar.
[Seminars in Japanese and English] Since we have relatively larger number of international students, seminars inJapanese and English are separately held in every week. If you want, it is possible to participate in both seminars.
According to various situations in students, progress report of research or presentation about research paper (inEnglish) are done.
[Joint workshop] In conjunction with Prof. Yamada's Genome Informatics Laboratory, a one-day joint workshop isheld in every December.
[Conference and journal] A master course student is encouraged to do at least one conference presentation. For
doctor course students, journal paper submission is more encouraged than conference presentation.
[Patent] In some research topics, application of patent is given higher priority than conference and journal. We areincreasing the number of patent application with students name as a co-inventor.

Daily life in the laboratory, etc.
Each student is assigned a desktop PC for study. Depending on research topics, extra devices (tablet, headmounted display, depth sensor camera, etc.) are assigned. Additionally, various machines including PC cluster andspecial machines for machine learning with high-end graphic board are shared by all members. For the purpose ofweather observation, we have various instruments in the rooftop of our building and a building in Suzu. Observed
data are automatically transmitted to a server in our laboratory.
It is generally said that our laboratory provides relaxed and enjoyable feelings. If your research makes substantial
progress, you will not be blamed even if you are playing in this laboratory. Of course, a student actively studying
will be best complimented.
Message or comments by the laboratory faculty staffs
As shown in above description, we wish to increase satisfaction degree of all students, by giving appropriate levelof challenges. It does not mean just "easy" laboratory - if you desire high-level research with hard works, we let
you try non-trivial and challenging problems so that you can raise your research level rapidly. Also about thechoice of research topics, we try to assign a research topic which meets a student's interest as much as possible.
Among a wide variety of interests including biomedical data analysis, weather and forest monitoring, and new
device development using virtual reality system, you can find a research topic best matching to your interest.
In addition, we do not prefer a typical and hierarchical structure of laboratory, that is "all for the professor".
Conversely, we encourage "senior for junior", that is senior students help junior students, and teachers help allstudents (for example, non-negligible amount of miscellaneous tasks are done by the professor). Especially, it iseffective for raising the level of programming - it is frequently seen that students and teachers are giving advices
about programming for the one who is suffering from coding trouble.
Laboratory mail addressKenji Satou( <ken *at* t.kanazawa-u.ac.jp> )()