Cross-talk between moving cells and microenvironment as a basis of emerging order in multicellular system

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project Area: Cross-talk between moving cells and microenvironment as a basis of emerging order in multicellular systems
• Project/Area Number: 22111001
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas (Research in a proposed research area)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Review Section: Biological Sciences
• Research Institution: Nagoya University
• Principal Investigator: MIYATA TAKAKI 名古屋大学, 医学(系)研究科(研究院), 教授 (70311751)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): KINASHI Tatsuo 関西医科大学, 医学部, 教授 (30202039) ; NISHIWAKI Kiyoji 関西学院大学, 理工学部, 教授 (30342827) ; UEDA Masahiro 大阪大学, 理学系研究科, 教授 (40444517) ; NAKAJIMA Kazunori 慶應義塾大学, 医学部, 教授 (90280734) ; HAYASHI Sigeo 理化学研究所, 形態形成シグナル研究グループ, グループディレクター (60183092)
• Project Period (FY): 2010-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 細胞移動 / 多細胞 / 細胞間相互作用 / 細胞外基質 / 数理モデル / 定量的解析

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This new research area (2010-2014) aimed at understanding how order in multicellular systems emerges from randomly moving cells as they interact with their surroundings. The executive committee (Sokatsu-Han) actively promoted inter-communication between researchers differing in background and type of cells to be asked. For example, we supported travels of young investigators to be technically helped by senior scientists in other institutes/universities. We also encouraged and helped young scientists organize and meet together to intimately make borderless discussions. These efforts promoted interdisciplinary collaborations, and led to publication of many papers in which several members that had never collaborated with each other newly joined together to demonstrate how moving cells generate order. Therefore, we believe that our coordination worked very efficiently and appropriately.

Free Research Field

神経発生学