2010 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Emergence of brain function by itinerancy of dynamic pattern in an unicellular organism
| Project/Area Number |
20700275
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Bioinformatics/Life informatics
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| Research Institution | Hokkaido University |
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Principal Investigator |
TAKAGI Seiji Hokkaido University, 電子科学研究所, 助教 (80372259)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2010
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| Keywords | 生体情報 / 非線形科学 / 真正粘菌 / 自己組織化 / 自律分散システム / 回転ラセン波 |
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| Research Abstract |
The plasmodium of the true slime mould, Physarum polycephalum, is a large amoeboid unicellular organism, which does not have any special organ for information processing, can behave properly in response to environmental changes and adapt successfully to the environment. The purpose of this project is to reveal the mechanism of the emergence of brain function in this organism by studying the dynamics of cell behaviors. Our results make clear how the plasmodium makes decision to environmental changes from the level of metabolic reaction driving the cell motility, to the control mechanism of the cell migration, and to the design principle of the cell morphology.
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