About Takashi Gojobori Takashi Gojobori Ibn Sina Distinguished Professor (former), Bioscience comparative genomics marine metagenomics synthetic biology bioenergy Takashi Gojobori is a Distinguished Professor of Bioscience and Acting Director at the Computational Bioscience Research Center (CBRC) in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. He currently holds the position of Project Professor at the National Institute of Genetics (NIG), Mishima, Japan. He also works for a number of leading universities such as the University of Tokyo, Waseda University, and Fukushima Prefecture College of Medicine. He is a Visiting Professor for Keio University, Nihon University, and National Cheng Kong University in Taiwan. After Articles Related News June 2021 Smart Breeding Platform: Phase 1. AI modeling for Better Crops 1 min read · Tue, Jun 15 2021 News Since crop species have been domesticated to fit it to humanity’s needs, their genomes hold the secrets to ancient and modern agricultural practices, which can serve as an informative reference for future breeding practices. Now the world population is expected to reach 10 billion, and the agricultural community must manage to ensure a safe and sustainable food supply for our future generations. KAUST scientists develop virus mutation tracker 1 min read · Wed, Jun 2 2021 News COVID-19 KAUST scientists have developed a user-friendly COVID-19 mutation tracking system, useful for authorities and scientists to quickly detect variants in their region, allowing them to make speedy policy and public health decisions. February 2021 CovMT: Tracking virus mutations across the world 1 min read · Sun, Feb 21 2021 News human health pathogens computation bioscience An interactive platform helps users visualize where SARS-CoV-2 mutations start, how wide they spread and how infectious they are. July 2020 Studying COVID-19’s envelope protein 1 min read · Tue, Jul 28 2020 News COVID-19 human health genomics A likeness between genes of the SARS and COVID-19 viruses could inform research into potential treatments. November 2018 Azza Althagafi defends her Master's thesis 1 min read · Fri, Nov 2 2018 News bioinformatics artificial intelligence genomics Azza Althagafi, a student under the supervision of Assistant Professor Robert Hoehndorf, defended her Master's thesis on November 1, 2018. October 2018 Mining Red Sea bacteria for industrial potential 1 min read · Thu, Oct 4 2018 News marine science bioprospecting microbiology genomics Genome sequencing of two Red Sea bacteria highlights their potential as industrial workhorses. May 2018 Meshari Alazami defends his thesis proposal 1 min read · Tue, May 22 2018 News machine learning bioinformatics structural biology systems biology Meshari Alazami, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Associate Professor Xin Gao, successfully defended his thesis proposal on May 22, 2018. His topic, "Towards Rational Design of Biosynthesis Pathways", was well received by committee members Associate Professor Xin Gao, Distinguished Professor Takashi Gojobori and Assistant Professor Robert Hoehndorf. Arwa Bin Raies defends her thesis proposal 1 min read · Wed, May 16 2018 News computational methods biomedical data text mining silico toxicology Arwa Bin Raies, a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Professor Vladimir Bajic, defended her thesis proposal on May 14, 2018. April 2018 Computer models combat malaria 1 min read · Sun, Apr 15 2018 News bioscience drug discovery human health A new malaria metabolic model may uncover better ways to treat a highly deadly disease. August 2017 The awesome scope of big data 2 min read · Sun, Aug 6 2017 News big data artificial intelligence computational methods health protein structures biology Sifting through huge amounts of data may bring a better understanding of whale shark social structures, protein targets for drug therapies and disease-causing genes. March 2017 Professors discuss big data and human health in latest Sci-Café 1 min read · Mon, Mar 13 2017 News machine learning big data artificial intelligence comparative genomics biomedical data human health Professors Takashi Gojobori, Xin Gao and Robert Hoehndorf spoke about big data and human health at the Sci-Café event held on February 27. Their talk, which was moderated by James Calvin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, aimed to answer the question, "Can Big Data Solve My Health Problems?" This event was open to all members of the KAUST community. December 2016 CEMSE Big Data Open Day shows off fascinating discoveries 4 min read · Thu, Dec 8 2016 News big data machine learning knowledge discovery supercomputing The fifth-anniversary event marked CEMSE's biggest successes and featured 20 KAUST discoveries, with more than 1,000 visitors from the community attending the event."Big data has many applications: to understand medicine better; to manage food supplies, and to connect objects. Data is at the center of everything," said Dean Mootaz Elnozahy of the University's Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division at the CEMSE Big Data Open Day held on December 4, 2016.
Smart Breeding Platform: Phase 1. AI modeling for Better Crops 1 min read · Tue, Jun 15 2021 News Since crop species have been domesticated to fit it to humanity’s needs, their genomes hold the secrets to ancient and modern agricultural practices, which can serve as an informative reference for future breeding practices. Now the world population is expected to reach 10 billion, and the agricultural community must manage to ensure a safe and sustainable food supply for our future generations.
KAUST scientists develop virus mutation tracker 1 min read · Wed, Jun 2 2021 News COVID-19 KAUST scientists have developed a user-friendly COVID-19 mutation tracking system, useful for authorities and scientists to quickly detect variants in their region, allowing them to make speedy policy and public health decisions.
CovMT: Tracking virus mutations across the world 1 min read · Sun, Feb 21 2021 News human health pathogens computation bioscience An interactive platform helps users visualize where SARS-CoV-2 mutations start, how wide they spread and how infectious they are.
Studying COVID-19’s envelope protein 1 min read · Tue, Jul 28 2020 News COVID-19 human health genomics A likeness between genes of the SARS and COVID-19 viruses could inform research into potential treatments.
Azza Althagafi defends her Master's thesis 1 min read · Fri, Nov 2 2018 News bioinformatics artificial intelligence genomics Azza Althagafi, a student under the supervision of Assistant Professor Robert Hoehndorf, defended her Master's thesis on November 1, 2018.
Mining Red Sea bacteria for industrial potential 1 min read · Thu, Oct 4 2018 News marine science bioprospecting microbiology genomics Genome sequencing of two Red Sea bacteria highlights their potential as industrial workhorses.
Meshari Alazami defends his thesis proposal 1 min read · Tue, May 22 2018 News machine learning bioinformatics structural biology systems biology Meshari Alazami, a Ph.D. student under the supervision of Associate Professor Xin Gao, successfully defended his thesis proposal on May 22, 2018. His topic, "Towards Rational Design of Biosynthesis Pathways", was well received by committee members Associate Professor Xin Gao, Distinguished Professor Takashi Gojobori and Assistant Professor Robert Hoehndorf.
Arwa Bin Raies defends her thesis proposal 1 min read · Wed, May 16 2018 News computational methods biomedical data text mining silico toxicology Arwa Bin Raies, a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Professor Vladimir Bajic, defended her thesis proposal on May 14, 2018.
Computer models combat malaria 1 min read · Sun, Apr 15 2018 News bioscience drug discovery human health A new malaria metabolic model may uncover better ways to treat a highly deadly disease.
The awesome scope of big data 2 min read · Sun, Aug 6 2017 News big data artificial intelligence computational methods health protein structures biology Sifting through huge amounts of data may bring a better understanding of whale shark social structures, protein targets for drug therapies and disease-causing genes.
Professors discuss big data and human health in latest Sci-Café 1 min read · Mon, Mar 13 2017 News machine learning big data artificial intelligence comparative genomics biomedical data human health Professors Takashi Gojobori, Xin Gao and Robert Hoehndorf spoke about big data and human health at the Sci-Café event held on February 27. Their talk, which was moderated by James Calvin, Vice President for Academic Affairs, aimed to answer the question, "Can Big Data Solve My Health Problems?" This event was open to all members of the KAUST community.
CEMSE Big Data Open Day shows off fascinating discoveries 4 min read · Thu, Dec 8 2016 News big data machine learning knowledge discovery supercomputing The fifth-anniversary event marked CEMSE's biggest successes and featured 20 KAUST discoveries, with more than 1,000 visitors from the community attending the event."Big data has many applications: to understand medicine better; to manage food supplies, and to connect objects. Data is at the center of everything," said Dean Mootaz Elnozahy of the University's Computer, Electrical, Mathematical Science and Engineering (CEMSE) Division at the CEMSE Big Data Open Day held on December 4, 2016.
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