Ph.D. Candidate
Expertise: Synthetic Biology, Genetic Circuit Engineering, Protein Engineering with Machine Learning, Software Developments
Email: s.okuda.ka [at] juntendo.ac.jp
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Awards:
Oral Presentation Award, at The Japanese Biochemical Society, Kantoh Branch Regular Meeting 2024, (優秀発表賞 口頭発表の部 @日本生化学会 2024年度 関東支部例会): LINK
AdaptationJST AIP Challenge Program 2023 (科学技術振興機構 2023年度 AIPチャレンジプログラム採択) : LINK
JST AIP Challenge Program 2022 (科学技術振興機構 2022年度 AIPチャレンジプログラム採択) : LINK
iGEM 2024 Waseda_Tokyo Team (contributed as an Advisor) :Top10, Best Bioremediation Project, Best New Composite Parts, Best Wiki Nominated, Best Model Nominated Gold Medal : LINK
iGEM 2022 Waseda_Tokyo Team Foundational Advance Track Award Nominated, Gold medal : LINK
独立行政法人 情報処理推進機構 (IPA) 2024年度 未踏IT人材発掘・育成事業 未踏クリエータ : LINK
国立研究開発法人 情報通信研究機構 (NICT) サイバーセキュリティ人材イノベーター育成プログラム SecHack365 2021 優秀修了生: LINK
Biography:
Sota Okuda received his Bachelor of Engineering (2023) and Master of Science (2025) degrees from Waseda University. During his undergraduate and master’s research, he worked to expand the flexibility of synthetic gene circuit design in E. coli, in particular developing a genetic toggle switch that allows control of the induction ratio of two-state expression pattern transitions, and an integrated pipeline combining deep generative modeling and high-throughput in vivo experiments for the rational design of protein libraries to construct synthetic gene circuits. Sota Okuda focus on how to construct biological systems capable of complex information processing, with a particular emphasis on multicellular synthetic biology. Ultimately, Sota Okuda aims to engineer artificial biological systems capable of autonomous decision-making and intelligent behavior. After joining DBSB as a Ph.D. candidate in 2025, Sota Okuda aims to autonomously create self-reproducible multicellular aggregates using colorectal cancer organoids, thereby pioneering new directions in multicellular synthetic biology.