Publications


Preprint

  • Kento Nakamura, Keita Endo, and Hokto Kazama
    Synaptic and potential fluctuations drive representational drift with differential effects on discrimination learning
    bioRxiv:2025.09.30.679426, 2025. [bioRxiv]

Journal Papers (Refereed)

  • Kento Nakamura, Hajime Fukuoka, Akihiko Ishijima, and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi Quantification of Information Flow by Dual Reporter System and Its Application to Bacterial Chemotaxis
    Physical Review Letters, 136, 108403, 2026. [journal]
  • Kento Nakamura and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Gradient sensing limit of an elongated cell with orientational control
    Physical Review E, 110, 064407, 2024. [journal] [arXiv]
  • Kento Nakamura and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Optimal sensing and control of run-and-tumble chemotaxis
    Physical Review Research, 4, 013120, 2022. [journal]
  • Kento Nakamura and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Connection between the bacterial chemotactic network and optimal filtering
    Physical Review Letters, 126, 128102, 2021. [journal] [arXiv]
  • Kento Nakamura, Keisuke Yano, and Fumiyasu Komaki
    Adjacency-based regularization for partially ranked data with non-ignorable missing
    Computational Statistics & Data Analysis, 145, 106905, 2020. [journal]

International conferences

Oral presentation

  • Kento Nakamura, Hajime Fukuoka, Akihiko Ishijima, and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Quantifications of information flow based on dual reporter systems and its application to bacterial chemotaxis
    Quantitative Microbiology Symposium, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, May. 18 - 19, 2026. [link]
  • Kento Nakamura, Hajime Fukuoka, Akihiko Ishijima, and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Quantifications of information flow based on dual reporter systems and its application to bacterial chemotaxis
    Computational & Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing, OIST, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 3 - 15, 2025. [link]
  • Kento Nakamura, Keisuke Yano, and Fumiyasu Komaki
    Modeling the missing mechanism in partially ranked data with adjacency-based regularization
    4th International Conference on Econometrics and Statistics (EcoSta2021), Online, Jun. 24 - 26, 2021. [link]

Poster presentations

  • Kento Nakamura, Hajime Fukuoka, Akihiko Ishijima, and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Quantifications of information flow based on dual reporter systems and its application to bacterial chemotaxis
    Quantitative Microbiology Symposium, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, May. 18 - 19, 2026. [link]
  • Kento Nakamura, Hajime Fukuoka, Akihiko Ishijima, and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Quantifications of information flow based on dual reporter systems and its application to bacterial chemotaxis
    Computational & Physical Understanding of Biological Information Processing, OIST, Okinawa, Japan, Mar. 3 - 15, 2025. [link]
  • Kento Nakamura, Keita Endo, and Hokto Kazama
    Synaptic fluctuation induces representational drift while preserving discriminability
    Bernstein Conference 2024, Frankfut am Main, Germany, Sep. 29 - Oct. 2, 2024. [link]
  • Kento Nakamura and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Limits of gradient sensing with a dynamically changing cell shape
    The 28th International Conference on Statistical Physics (Statphys28), Tokyo, Japan, Aug. 7-11, 2023. [link]
  • Kento Nakamura and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Optimal information processing and motor control of run-and-tumble chemotaxis under stochastic fluctuation
    The 12th European Conference on Mathematical and Theoretical Biology (ECMTB), Heidelberg, Germany, Sep. 19-23, 2022. [link]
  • Kento Nakamura and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Biochemical implementation of optimal control for run-and-tumble chemotaxis
    The 20th Congress of the International Union for Pure and Applied Biophysics (IUPAB), Online, Oct. 4 - 8, 2021. [link]
  • Kento Nakamura and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    A cellular sensory system optimally decodes information from noisy signals
    2021 Southern California Systems Biology Symposium, Online, Mar. 5, 2021. [link]
  • Kento Nakamura and Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
    Optimality of the sensory system of Escherichia coli
    Society of Mathematical Biology Annual Meeting, Online, Aug. 17 - 20, 2020. [link]