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（Last updated : 2022-05-09 15:49:08）

TARAMA SONJA

Department / Course College of Life Sciences Department of Bioinformatics

Title / Position Assistant Professor

Academic background
1.	2015/09～2019/10	Doctorial Course │ Institute for Theoretical Physics 2: Soft Matter │ Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences │ University Düsseldorf │ Completed Doctor of Natural Science
2.	2013/10～2015/09	Master Course │ Physics │ Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences │ University Düsseldorf │ Completed Master of Science
3.	2010/10～2013/09	Physics │ Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences │ University Düsseldorf │ Graduated Bachelor of Science

Business career
1.	2022/04/01 ～	Specially-Appointed Assistant Professor │ College of Life Science │ Ritsumeikan University
2.	2019/11 ～ 2022/03	Research Scientist │ Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) │ RIKEN

Research activities
1.	2010 ～	German Physical Society (Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft, DPG)

Subject of research
1.	Synchronization and self-organization of mechano-sensing cells

Research summary
Order and Self-organization in Biological Systems My research focuses on understanding the mechanism by which cellular structures are formed. In particular, I am interested in how, in the case of multiple cells, cooperation is achieved between them to carry out ordered, reproducible, complex shape formation. From a physics perspective, the spontaneous formation of structure from a homogeneous system is referred to as self-organisation and found for example in colloidal systems such as colloidal suspensions or self-propelling colloidal particles for which they were investigated in detail. In my research, I hope to transfer the knowledge of these non-equilibrium, non-linear systems to biological systems.

Present specialized field
Biophysics, chemical physics and soft matter physics (Keyword：Biophysics, Soft Matter Physics)

Message
1.	Towards an interdisciplinary understanding of biological morphogenesis Morphogenesis in biological tissues is a very complex process. Certainly, biological processes such as (locally different) gene expression play an important role in this context. However, at the same time cells pull and push at each other leading to deformation and locomotion that are controlled by mechanical interactions and that are thus governed by the laws of physics. It is therefore necessary, in order to gain an understanding of the underlying essential mechanisms, to tackle these problems from an interdisciplinary perspective. In my work I hope to contribute to this endeavour.

researchmap Researcher code
R000028755

External Researcher ID
ORCID ID
0000-0002-7633-1493