理論生物物理学ユニット （グレッグ・スティーブンズ）
理論生物物理学ユニット
グレッグ・スティーブンズ
准教授（アジャンクト）
greg.stephens at oist.jp
物理学者たちは長い間、物質およびエネルギーの本質を説明できる普遍的法則を探し求めてきましたが、最近まで複雑な生物系の研究は困難でした。理論生物物理ユニットでは、生体の脳および行動に関するシンプルで統一的な原理を探索しています。実験研究者と緊密に連携しながら、ユニットのメンバーは定量的な生物測定を、統計物理学、情報理論、およびダイナミカル（動的）システムから導かれる理論的概念と結び付けています。
Latest Posts
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APS DBIO Dissertation Award to Antonio Carlos Costa
A bit delayed with the news but very happy to report that Antonio Carlos Costa has won the APS DBIO award for outstanding doctoral thesis research in biological physics. Congratulations to Antonio who is now a Junior Research Chair postdoctoral researcher at the Ecole Normale Superieure in Paris.
WormPose now published in PLOS Computational Biology
Our work using convolutional neural networks to efficently resolve coiled worm posture is now available from PLOS Computational Biology! Congratulations to lead author, software engineer Laetitia Hebert, and to the rest of our worm team for a fabulous group effort. WormPose is open-source and can be installed from a Python package.
Dynamical sytems approach to behavior now published in Nature Physics
Our dynamical systems approach to understanding the posture dynamics of the nematode worm C. elegans is now published in Nature Physics. Nice reviews of the work can be found in Nature Physics News & Views and from the OIST communications team. Special congratulations to recent OIST PhD graduate, Tosif Ahamed, as this was a primary component of his thesis work.