t.Syeda Rubaiya NASRINPostdoctoral Researcher

rubaiya_at_hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Dr. Syeda Rubaiya Nasrin’s research focuses on understanding how mechanical deformation of microtubules, the most rigid cytoskeletal filament, contributes to cellular resilience and adaptability. At WPI-SKCM2, she investigates microtubules as biological chiral matter, with a particular emphasis on local defect formation, stress response, and emergent collective properties. Her research explores how topology and alignment govern stress propagation and failure in cytoskeletal assemblies using liquid crystal frameworks. Dr. Nasrin earned her Ph.D. in Chemical Sciences and Engineering from Hokkaido University, Japan, as a MEXT scholar. She subsequently conducted postdoctoral research as a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Kyoto University before joining WPI-SKCM2 in September 2025. She is currently a Principal Investigator of a KAKENHI Early-Career Grant, leading independent research on the physics of cytoskeletal systems.

Mentor ：Shinichi Tate　
Co-Mentor ：Shang-Te Danny Hsu　
Co-Mentor ： Kyota Yasuda　

What I like about my science
I enjoy working at the boundary between disciplines. As my professor once said, interdisciplinary researchers are like interpreters, we translate biology for physicists and physics for biologists. I like how my science involves understanding how tiny structures inside cells behave, and how I often describe them using concepts from physics.

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