Ryota Sakamoto

My current research interest is understanding the out-of-equilibrium dynamics of biological materials, emerging from hierarchical assembly and nonlinear interactions across the system. My current strategy for dissecting the rich complexities of living systems is the bottom-up approach, using purified components to reconstruct "cell-like" behaviors in vitro. I am mainly interested in the actin cytoskeleton, one of the primal players governing cell mechanics from division to migration.