WHO I am: Expertise
Briefly explains Nori's profile and expertise as well as publication lists.
Search engine for 3-D structure of proteins?
It’s a news about “AI program predicted the 3-D structure of every known protein.” You may recall class materials in biology back in high school. Different proteins have different 3-D structures that produce different functions. All solved. Really? What an accomplishment. Back then, I thought it would be super biologists in super advanced universities who
【mtg】PhD student keen to clinical registry
Today I and my colleague at eHealth Unit met a PhD student of UM for his possible dissertation related to clinical registry. Initially, the student and we planned to meet physically in-person, but later changed the plan to the online one. Yep, time has changed. He is keen to do something about registry but doesn’t
Top 10 ‘Jobs of the Future’ or whatever
As usual, they are talking about the trend of job markets in the near future where AI excels more and more. However, the point is not there, which is good. Besides, it looks like UK has a healthy sense of urgency to adapt to the trend in education. It’s good. Maybe we’d better stop talking
A gutty feeling of gut-brain connection
Recently many studies are exploring interesting connections between the brain and gut. It’s been said that the amount of serotonin, which plays a critical role in affective disorders, is much bigger in the gut than the brain. Researchers are using zebrafish and mice to determine specific pathways between the two. It’d be interesting to learn
Embracing the new in a rapidly graying state
As in Japan, Singapore has been seeing a rapid pace of graying population and low birth rate. However, unlike the Japanese counterparts, Singaporeans seem more eager to adapt recent digitized solutions in healthcare domains, where this population shift hits the society most. Sure there are growing numbers of new technologies and solutions in Japan, too,
“Self-compassion” hard or easy?
For those of you who are practicing mindfulness meditation, the idea of “self-compassion” is apparently important. There are rather thick layers of research that you’d find for its effectiveness toward well-being of daily life. Especially there are lots of positive scientific evidence on so-called “gratitude” exercise in nursing and other healthcare areas that has its
Take your 7 hours of sleep as crucial as the same hours of work (esp. after 50)!
As I always talk about the importance of sleep all years, some people get tired of listening to me. But as you get older, the more important the quality of good night sleep becomes. This research is one of them to prove it. Sure, the sleep habit is one of the areas where you can
“Well-being” is no longer a “soft slogan”
(source: https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/priorities/workplace-well-being/index.html) It’s been a buzz word, but the world started to giving a serious attention to this old and new concept of “well-being” especially since the outbreak of the Covid-19 epidemic. We saw our lifestyle change drastically, witnessed bad hikes of suicide and mental problems among adults and kids alike, and now we all
Cybersecurity not just for financial sectors but for healthcare ones
Cybersecurity for the web 3.0 world, of course they are talking about that all the time, but for financial sectors as well, that’s the most talk-about topic and the greatest concern all along. Singapore, as the definitely No.1 financial center in Asia, aims to invest more financial and human resources to this domain. How about
【salon】第32回「仏教と科学のサロン」のテーマは「他力を知る」で開催されました。
今回のテーマは、浄土教ではど真ん中の難しいテーマ「他力」でした。実は数日前に、最近「ガンダムUC」を一気に見て興奮冷めやらぬ私（平原）が、「ガンダムオタク」として鳴らすご門主に、「順序は逆になってしまったが、次は何を見るべきか？」という質問をしていたのですが、それを受けての彼の「いきなり感満載」な枕話で唐突に幕を開けました。