Coastal structures such as levees, seawalls and breakwaters were severely damaged by the 2011 off the Pacific coast of Tohoku Earthquake Tsunami, causing devastation to the coastal areas. 　In this seminar, we would like to clarify the damage mechanism of coastal structures caused by the tsunami based on the field survey and discuss the direction of restoration of coastal structures in the regional reconstruction.

　Atoms in solids and molecules are in disordered thermal motion, but when excited by very short laser pulses, they can be made to move coherently in step. Such collective motion can be observed as macroscopic responses such as absorption, reflection, and emission of light. 　In this talk, I will introduce the study of femtosecond ultrafast movies of the change in the wave function describing the motion of atoms.

　The detection sensitivity, experimental ease, and uniformity of data processing of next-generation sequencers have led to genome-scale data collection at previously unimaginable rates in many experimental systems. However, despite the advantages of producing large numbers of sequences, there are still some doubts about the detection sensitivity and accuracy of next-generation sequencers. However, it is possible to at least partially compensate for individual methodological limitations by integrating and interpreting data obtained from multiple different approaches. In addition, multifaceted analysis using next-generation sequencers as a common detector can contribute to the elucidation of a new overall picture of the gene expression regulation mechanism that has not been understood from the conventional one-dimensional analysis. 　In this talk, I would like to give an overview of the multifaceted applications of next-generation sequencers, which have recently become widely used.