About Akira

Group Leader: Akira Yamamoto

Akira Yamamoto is an expert in biomimetic materials. Acquired broad hands-on skill sets in developing concepts to delivering products for over two decades in academia and industry. Akira has invented more than 39 granted patents as a primary inventor, and published over 20 peer-reviewed research articles. Akira received his undergraduate and graduate degrees from Shinshu University in Japan in Materials Science. Prior to coming to ASDRP, Akira has worked at Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and HOYA corporation in Japan.

Prospective group members should email akira.yamamoto@asdrp.org with a stated interest in our group's research.

Publications:

Visualization of Drug Distribution of a Topical Minocycline Gel in Human Facial Skin, Jeong S, Hermsmeier M, Osseiran S, Yamamoto A, Nagavarapu U, Chan KF, Evans CLBiomed. Opt. Express 2018; 9(7):3434-3448.

Characterization of Human Cutaneous Tissue Autofluorescence: Implications in Topical Drug Delivery Studies with Fluorescence Microscopy, Hermsmeier M, Jeong S, Yamamoto A, Chen X, Nagavarapu U, Evans CL, Chan KF. Biomed. Opt. Express 2018; 9(11):5400-5418.

Topical Minocycline Formulations: Evaluation and Comparison of Dermal Uptake Efficacy, Lac D, Hermsmeier M, Chen X, Yam N, Yamamoto A, Huang SY, Sawant T, Chan KF. (2019). Int. J. Pharm. X. 2019; 1(100009), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpx.2019.100009.

Visualization of drug distribution of a topical minocycline gel in human facial skin, S. Jeong, M. Hermsmeier, S. Osseiran, A. Yamamoto, U. Nagavarapu, K. F. Chan, C. L. Evans 1 , Biomed Opt Express. Jul 1; 9(7), 2018, pp3434–3448.

Development of a Purification Method for Japanese Encephalitis Virus Particles Using Ceramic Hydroxyapatite Chromatography., Y. Kurosawa, A. Yamamoto, I. Kurane and M. Nakayama, Medicine and Biology, Vol. 156, (6), 2012, pp. 410-416.

Observation of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Particles on Ceramic Hydroxyapatite by Scanning Electron Microscopy., Y. Kurosawa, I. Kurane and A. Yamamoto, Medicine and Biology, Vol. 153, (12), 2009, pp. 607-610.

Novel provisional scaffold derived from blood and calcium gluconate only in order to repair ligaments without tissue culture techniques., D. Matsunaga, A.Yamamoto, Y. Hase, M.Tanaka, T. Hiraide, , The knee, Vol. 33(1), 2009, pp. 15-20.

Physicochemical properties of artiﬁcial proteins that accelerate nucleation of crystalline calcium phosphate., T. Tsuji, K. Onuma, A. Yamamoto, M. Iijima, K. Shiba, Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 314, 2011, pp. 190–195.

Direct transformation from amorphous to crystalline calcium phosphate facilitated by motif-programmed artificial proteins., T. Tsuji, K. Onuma, A. Yamamoto, M. Iijima, K. Shiba, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A. Vol. 105(44), 2008, pp. 16866-70

Hydroxyapatite microcarrier (I), K. Sugo, T. Ishikawa, M. Kato, A. Yamamoto, and T. Ogawa, Tissue Culture Res. Comm., Vol. 25(2), 2006, pp. 105-111.

Applications of Hydroxyapatite Surface in Bioindustry, and Some Future Issues(<Special Issue>Recent Research Development in Bio-Organic Materials), A.Yamamoto, Y. Iimori, Y. Kurosawa, Journal of the Japanese Association of Crystal Growth, Vol. 33(5) , 2006, pp. 388-394.

Hydroxyapatite microcarrier (II). , K. Sugo, T. Ishikawa, M. Kato, A. Yamamoto, and T. Ogawa, Tissue Culture Res. Comm., Vol. 25(2),2006, pp. 113-118.

Serodiagnosis of Japanese encephalitis among Nepalese patients by the particle agglutination assay. , B. D. Pandey, A. Yamamoto, K. Morita, Y. Kurosawa, S. K. Rai, S. K. Adhikari, P. R. Kandel, I. Kurane,, Epidemiol. Infect., Vol. 131, 2003, pp. 881-885.

Development of a particle agglutination assay system for detection Japanese encephalitis virus-specific IgM, using hydroxy apatite-coated nylon beads., A. Yamamoto, M. Nakayama, Y. Kurosawa, K. Sugo, H. Karasawa, T. Ogawa, T. Takasaki, M. Tashiro, I Kurane, J. Virol. Menthods, Vol. 104, 2002, pp. 195-201

Hydroxyapatite-coated nylon beads as a new reagent to develop a particle agglutination assay system for detecting Japanese encephalitis virus specific human antibodies., A. Yamamoto, M. Nakayama, M. Tashiro, T. Ogawa, I. Kurane, , J. Clin. Virol. Vol. 19, 2000, pp. 195-204.

Porous hydroxyapatite ceramics., A.Yamamoto, T.Nakajima、Y.tominaga、T.Ogawa, Tissue Culture Res. Comm Vol. 18, 1999,pp. 235-244.

Analysis of Japanese encephalitis epidemic in western Nepal in 1997., T. Akiba K.Osaka, S.Tang, M.Nakayama, A.Yamamoto, I. Kurane, N. Okabe, T. Umenai, , Epidemiol. Infect. Vol. 126, 2001, pp. 81-88.

Separation of double-strand DNA fragments by high-performance liquid chromatography using a ceramic hydroxy apatite column., T. Watanabe, K. Makitsuru, H. Nakazawa, S. Hara, T. Suehiro, A. Yamamoto, T. Hiraide. T. Ogawa Anal. Chimica Acta., Vol. 386, 1999, pp. 69-75.

Augementation of antitumor Immunity with bacterial superantigen, Staphylococal enterotoxin B-bound Tumor cells., M. Shimizu, A. Yamamoto, H. Nakano, A. Matsuzawa, , CancerRes., Vol.56,1996, pp. 3731-3736.

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