Junior Research Associate, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS)

Student Trainee, RIKEN Interdisciplinary Theoretical and Mathematical Sciences Program (iTHEMS) (concurrent)

Main: Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University

Daiki Kumakura

Research Fields
Microbial Evolutionary Ecology, Genome Evolution, Mathematical Biology
Term and History
2022/04/01 - Junior Research Associate (Main: Ph.D. Student, Graduate School of Life Science, Hokkaido University)
2022/04/01 - Student Trainee (concurrent)
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Daiki Kumakura's personal website

Self-introduction

My name is Daiki Kumakura. I joined iTHEMS as JRA (Junior Research Associate) in April 2022. My research fields are microbial evolutionary ecology and mathematical biology. Still undergraduate, I researched the metabolism of deep marine microbes with transcriptome analysis and comparative genome analysis. Because I am interested in the evolutionary process of microbes with the ecological interactions, I currently have researched the coevolution of microbes with theoretical analysis. Then, I do interdisciplinary research of fieldwork and theoretical simulation. The main field is a hot spring (Japanese is an onsen). I sample the sediments and water at each location and do bioinformatics. In the theoretical analysis, I construct mathematical modeling and simulation.
I have the unique experience of discussing with theoretical researchers in various fields at iTHEMS. Through this interdisciplinary research and discussion, I hope to make my doctoral course meaningful.

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