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Reflecting on remote interactive lecture titled
"Foundations of Computational Life Sciences"

Since FY2014, we have offered remote lectures on computational life sciences, which is a cross-disciplinary research field of life sciences, science and engineering, for university students, postgraduate students, postdoctoral researchers, university teachers, laboratory researchers and company researchers. Thanks to the cooperation of a number of researchers, we created curricula so that they can learn the most advanced fields of computational life sciences in a structured manner, and we contributed to the building of standard curricula of computational life sciences in the future. We had much positive feedback from approx. 450 trainees from Japan and overseas, such as, “I was impressed because the lecture covered the most advanced knowledge in a wide range of fields with explanation of basic knowledge,” “I was satisfied as the lecture provided me with knowledge about computational tools and their concepts,” and “I was inspired because application examples were brand new and unprecedented.” The cutting-edge the K computer is located in the Kobe Port Island area, where the Education Center on Computational Science and Engineering, Kobe University, and SCLS are headquartered. The area also enjoys beneficial geographic conditions as the Kobe Biomedical Innovation Cluster (KBIC). We strongly hope that such a structured educational program of computational life sciences will be instrumental in developing human resources for research and development in the field of computational life sciences, creating innovative technologies, and contributing to the advance of computational life sciences and the prosperity of KBIC.

Foundations of Computational Life Sciences Ⅱ

Foundations of Computational Life Sciences Ⅱ

Integration of life sciences, science and engineering for understanding of life and application to health and medicine” (15 sessions in total)

  • ⃝Date : October 7 (Wed) in 2015 – February 3 (Wed) in 2016 Every Wednesday 5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
  • ⃝Location : 1F the school building of Faculty of Engineering, Kobe University C3-101 (Creative Design Studio on Technology 2)

The 39th Annual Meeting of Japanese Society of Biorheology

  • ⃝Date : June 18 (Sat) – 19 (Sun) in 2016
  • ⃝Location : The Tokai University Club (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
  • ⃝Theme : Biorheology based on medicine-engineering collaboration on thrombotic events, blood flow and arteriosclerosis
  • ⃝Annual President : Shinya Goto (Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (Cardiology), Tokai University School of Medicine)

Editor's note

This will be the final issue of the "BioSupercomputing Newsletter" since the first issue published in 2011.
We started to issue the Newsletter with the desire to launch a reading material which would be handy and plain for every age bracket from high school students to general adults, and encourage them to get interested in cutting-edge research fields of computational life sciences. In issuing each volume, as I came to know the dedication of researchers, I increased my desire to convey their ardent beliefs and dedication to you all. I believe that this has driven me to creative activities, incited enthusiasm for my job, and deepened my interest in life sciences. As a spokesperson, I am so honored to have had such great opportunities.
We would like to extend our cordial appreciation to our readers and those involved in its issue for their long-time support. We would be very grateful to receive any comments or opinions regarding the Newsletter. We solemnly ask for your continued support for the field of computational life sciences.

(E. Jinnai)

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