Kota Miura has worked at the Centre for Molecular and Cellular Imaging (CMCI) at EMBL since 2005. In this role, he teaches courses on image processing and analysis, organizes seminars, provides consulting and collaborations, develops new techniques, and conducts research. Prior to his current position, Miura obtained degrees from universities in Japan and Germany and spent time as a postdoc at EMBL, where he studied phototaxis, vesicle dynamics, and image analysis using simulation. He was attracted to his current position because he enjoys analyzing things using computers as analytical tools.

1. Training and Life as a Postdoc (in case of Kota)
EMBL-EBI / DKFZ Bioinformatics Career Day
Kota Miura (miura@embl.de)
Centre for Molecular and Cellular Imaging,
EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
May 24, 2012 DKFZ, Heidelberg
Kota Miura (miura@embl.de)

2. Overview of CMCI (2006 - )
Image Processing & Analysis…
Teaching in many places:
EU (EMBO courses), Germany, Japan,
- Teaching Courses France, Switzerland, Austria, Italy,
Finland, Sweden, Singapore, Spain
- Organize seminars
- Consulting & Collaborations
- Developments
- Research

3. Consulting & Collaborations Recursive Model
Project Model 1
Experiments -> Microscopy -> Image Processing -> Image Analysis
Project Model 2
Microscopy
Experiments Image Analysis
Image Processing

4. Centre for Molecular and Cellular Imaging (CMCI) @EMBL
The Concept of CMCI network
Facilities
Research Units e.g. ALMF
1. Tree-like human resources structure in EMBL
2. Association of researchers crossing over different labs and units
 “CMCI as a meta-system, network”
EMBL
Cell Bio. & Biophysics Dev. Bio. Genome
Units
Groups
Kota Miura (miura@embl.de) CMCI

5. Background
1989 – 1993: International Christian University (Tokyo, Undergraduate)
social behavior of monkeys, macaca (field research )
cucumber stomata development (video microscopy)
1993 – 1996: Osaka University (Osaka, Master)
single cell migration, physarum 8 years of
graduate school!!
1996 – 2001: Zoological Institute, LMU (Munich, Ph.D.)
multicellular migration, dictyostelium phototaxis
2001 – 2005: Cell Biology and Biophysics, EMBL (PosDoc, Heidelberg)
phototaxis + vesicle dynamics + image analysis + simulation
2005 – : Centre for Molecular and Cellular Imaging, EMBL (Heidelberg)
Image processing & Analysis, Simulations
Kota Miura (miura@embl.de)

6. Zoological Institute, LMU
Kota Miura (miura@embl.de)

7. - What attracted you to this position?
- I like to analyze things. My job fits to this. Computer is a great tool for analysis.
- What do you enjoy most about your job?
- Satisfies curiosity in many directions. In depth discussion with people.
Resulting beautiful plots. Coding is like gardening.
- What skills are useful in your role?
- Knowledge on biology, physiology, analytical chemistry, programming. Many
more skills I need but missing still.