Research Scientist

TACHIKAWA, Masashi mtach[at]riken.jp (HP)

Theme：

physics of organelle

Contents：

Using physical modeling of bio-membrane and comupter simulations, I am trying to understand the morphogenesis of organelles, and thir cellular functions.

1995.4 - 1999.3

Faculty of Science, Osaka University

1999.4 - 2004.3

Faculty of Science, Nagoya University

2004.4 - 2010.3

Postdoc. at Kaneko lab., U-Tokyo

2010.4 - 2011.3

Postdoc. at Mochizuki lab., Riken

2011.4 - Present

Researcher at Mochizuki lab., Riken

• Physical Society of Japan
• Japanese Society for Mathematical Biology
• The Biophysical Society of Japan
• The Molecular Biology Society of Japan
• Japan Society of Cell Biology

• Masashi Tachikawa,　"Regular and irregular modulation of frequencies in limit cycle oscillator networks",Europhysics Letters, Vol. 92 No. 2 (2010)
• Masashi Tachikawa, "A mathematical model for period-memorizing behavior in Physarum plasmodium", Journal of Theoretical Biology Vol. 263 (2010), Pages 449-454
• Masashi Tachikawa, "Fluctuation Induces Evolutionary Branching in a Mathematical Model of Ecosystems", PLoS ONE 3(12): e3925(2008)
• Masashi Tachikawa, Koichi Fujimoto, "Emergence of multiple time scales in coupled oscillators with plastic frequencies", Europhysics Letters, Vol. 78 No. 2 (2007)
• Masashi Tachikawa, "Convective Stabilization of Saddle Fixed Points in an Open Flow System" Progress of Theoretical Physics Supplement No.161 (2006) pp. 352-355