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Lecture 1<\/strong><\/p>\nHow much do we really know about life on Earth?<\/strong>\u3000<\/strong><\/p>\nShawn McGlynn, Associate Professor, ELSI<\/p>\n
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\nIn the last decades we have learned through genome sciences that the planet is covered and filled with life forms who we have never seen. Although the general picture of biology has come into focus, it is an exciting time to be biologist right now. This lecture will present the frontier of what we do and do not know of life on Earth, and possibly other planets.<\/p>\nBio:<\/strong>
\nShawn McGlynn is an associate professor at ELSI, Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan for some 8 years and published scientific papers in prestigious journals. McGlynn grew up in Montana, USA and studied chemistry to understand; \u201chow does soap work?\u201d and \u201cwhy is hot water better for washing dishes than cold water\u201d? He studied biochemistry in graduate school to find out how life works, and continues to this day at his laboratory.<\/p>\nLecture 2:<\/strong>
\nHow does life connect cell and Earth energy?<\/strong><\/p>\nMayumi Seto, Assistant Professor, Nara Women\u2019s University<\/p>\n
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\nLife has a hierarchical organisation and adeptly harnesses energy at every level. There are many similarities across these levels, and even human society has much to learn about energy utilisation from microbial life. In this presentation, I aim to contemplate life’s energy utilisation beyond hierarchies and explore the existence of life from an energy perspective.<\/p>\nBio:<\/strong>
\nMayumi Seto is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Science at Nara Women’s University, specialising in biogeochemistry, thermodynamics, and theoretical ecology. Her research employs mathematical modelling and simulation to investigate the relationship between energy utilisation by microbial communities and their structural dynamics, contributing to a deeper understanding of life-environment complex systems and bridging the fields of biology, chemistry, and environmental science.<\/p>\n
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\nNaohiro Terasaka, Specially Appointed Associate Professor, ELSI<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/NTerasaka.png\")
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