Roumiana Tsenkova
Aquaphotomics for Consciousness: Linking Microtubules, Anesthesia, and Water Spectral Dynamics Roumiana Tsenkova Kobe University, Japan rtsen@kobe-u.ac.jp Aquaphotomics is a scientific framework for studying water–light interaction at defined frequencies over the whole electromagnetic spectrum. It interprets the resulting spectral patterns as integrated information about the of the respective system. Because water interacts continuously with solutes, macromolecules, membranes, electromagnetic fields, temperature, pressure, and metabolic processes, its spectral response reflects the combined influence of the whole system. Water in living systems can therefore be regarded as the ultimate integrative sensor and conductor of system organization, state, dynamics, adaptation, and function. In biological research, Aquaphotomics has revealed dynamic changes in water molecular organization associated with proteins, DNA, amyloid formation, cellular processes, and microtubule polymerization. This presentation will outline Aquaphotomics as an experimental approach for investigating how biological organization is expressed through the water molecular network, with particular attention to its relevance for consciousness science. Aquaphotomics has already begun to contribute to consciousness-related research by revealing state-related water dynamics in biological systems. It has been used to detect spectral changes during tubulin and microtubule polymerization and to distinguish anesthetized from awake states in vivo, suggesting that water spectral patterns may track changes in biological organization relevant to conscious and unconscious states. These findings make aquaphotomics a promising experimental framework for exploring the role of water in biological integration and state transitions. This presentation will discuss the potential of Aquaphotomics to support a water-centered approach to consciousness research where rather than treating water as a passive background, the water molecular network is presented as active participant in the emergence and regulation of biological states.
Prof. Dr.Eng., Dr.Agr., Roumiana Tsenkova, Professor at Kobe University, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Head of the Aquaphotomics Research Field, Visiting Professor at Keio University, Medical School; the Founder and the Chairman of the International Society of Aquaphotomics and the International Conference of Aquaphotomics.
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Roumiana Tsenkova has pioneered the area of non-invasive disease diagnosis (mammary gland inflammation) using near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) and multivariate analysis.
R. Tsenkova is the founder of a new “omics” discipline called Aquaphotomics. In 2005, she discovered water absorbance bands and water spectral patterns specific for biological and aqueous systems and proposed to build up a database called aquaphotome to be further used for diagnosis, quantification and functional characterization on a system level discovering the phenomena of water being a collective mirror of matter and energy.
Roumiana Tsenkova has written more than 20 chapters in books, 120 peer reviewed papers and 17 patent applications. The total number of citations of her work exceeds 6105 with h index of 41 and i-10 index of 106.
R. Tsenkova has been a PI for more than 21 projects. She is the recipient of the Japanese Near Infrared Society Award for 1998, the Gerald Birth Award of the International Council for Near Infrared Spectroscopy for 2024 and the Tomas Hirschfeld International Near Infrared Spectroscopy Award for 2006. R. Tsenkova has been a keynote speaker at a number of national and international conferences, including the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, organized by United Nations.
R. Tsenkova has been giving invited talks to the International Aquaphotomics Conferences, the International Water Conferencse, International Conferences on Near Infrared Spectroscopy.