Past News
2-5 December 2024
Conference presentationTwo lab members presented their research results about cancer mechanobiology and engineering organoids at the 17th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (IEEE-NANOMED 2024).27 November 2024
Conference presentationYoshino introduced our research project about cancer mechanobiology at the 47th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (MBSJ2024).
26 November 2024
Engineering organoidsOur research article "Geometrically engineered organoid units and their assembly for pre-construction of organ structures" has been published as a Featured Article in APL Bioengineering.25 November 2024
Conference presentationKazuyo introduced her research project on ultrasonic measurement of cancer spheroid dynamics at the 45th Symposium on UltraSonic Electronics (USE2024).
20 November 2024
Open-source bioengineeringOur research article "Low-cost automated cell counting module fabricated using CNC milling and soft lithography" has been published in HardwareX.18 November 2024
Conference presentationYoshino introduced our research project about fabrication of cancer spheroids at the 21st International Conference on Flow Dynamics (ICFD2024).
12 November 2024
Conference presentationAyaka presented her research results about an engineering organoid at Biofabrication 2024.
10 October 2024
New colleaguesFive undergraduate students (B3) have just joined our group.9 October 2024
Ultrasonic insight for living tissueKazuyo's exciting work "Biomechanical changes occur in myopic choroidal stroma and mirror those in the adjacent sclera" has been published in Communications Engineering.
27 September 2024
FellowshipAyaka was selected as a JSPS Research Fellow DC1 (April 2025 ~).26 September 2024
Conference presentationKazuyo introduced her research project on ultrasonic measurement of cancer spheroid dynamics at the 2024 IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Joint Symposium (UFFC-JS 2024).
18 September 2024
Conference presentationRyosuke presented his research results on plasma nano-sized mist at the 85th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2024.11 September 2024
Open-source bioengineeringOur preprint about the low-cost automated cell counting module is now available on SSRN.
9-10 September 2024
Conference presentationThree lab members presented their research results about stent mechanobiodesign, cancer mechanobiology, and engineering organoid at the Mechanical Engineering Congress, 2024 (JSME).
2 August 2024
Invited talkYoshino introduced our research project about fabrication of microfluidics device by using CNC milling at the 1st International Conference on AI Sensors & The 10th International Symposium on Sensor Science (AIS/I3S 2024).12 May 2024
Invited talkYoshino introduced our research project about mechanobiology in hydrostatic pressure at the 36th Bioengineering Conference 2024 Annual Meeting of BED/JSME.
11 May 2024
Conference presentationKazuyo presented her research results on ultrasonic measurement of cancer spheroid dynamics at the 36th Bioengineering Conference 2024 Annual Meeting of BED/JSME.
11 May 2024
Organized sessionProf. Kurata (Kyushu Univ.) and Yoshino organized the session "Open Source Bioengineering" in the 36th Bioengineering Conference 2024 Annual Meeting of BED/JSME.
8 May 2024
Engineering organoidsOur preprint about engineering organoids is now available on bioRxiv.
3 April 2024
AwardAyaka and Ayano received the Student Award of TUAT.
26 March 2024
Award Kinoka received the Outstanding Bachelor Thesis and Presentation Award, Department of Biomedical Engineering, TUAT.
14 March 2024
Plasma nano-sized mistOur research article "Micro-sized droplet formation by interaction between dielectric barrier discharge and liquid" has been published in Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics.7 March 2024
AwardAyano received the Best Presentation Award of ISPlasma2024.
7 March 2024
Conference presentationAyano presented her research results about plasma-enhanced TDDS at ISPlasma2024.
2 March 2024
Microfluidic deviceCollaboration work "Hypoxia suppresses glucose-induced increases in collective cell migration in vascular endothelial cell monolayers" with Prof. Funamoto (Tohoku University) has been published in Scientific Reports.
13 February 2024
Tumor spheroid formationCollaboration work "Biological characterization of breast cancer spheroid formed by fast fabrication method" with Dr. Hayase (NIMS) has been published in In vitro models.19 January 2024
Conference presentationAyaka presented her research results about an engineering organoid at the Tsukuba Biomedical Engineering Forum 2024.27 December 2023
AwardSoshi received the Outstanding Presentation Award for Young Researcher at the 34th Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering.25 December 2023
FellowshipRyosuke was selected as a JSPS Research Fellow DC1 (April 2024 ~).
16–17 December 2023
Conference presentationDaiki and Soshi presented their research results about stent mechanobiodesign and plasma droplets at the 34th Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering.
6–8 December 2023
Conference presentationAyaka and Norino presented their research results about engineering organoids and cancer mechanobiology at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan (MBSJ2023).
6 December 2023
Invited talkYoshino introduced our research project about block toy-inspired cell analysis system at the 16th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Molecular Medicine & Engineering (IEEE-NANOMED 2023).
4 December 2023
Conference presentationRyosuke presented his research results about plasma crystals at the JCCG-52.
17 November 2023
AwardAyaka received the Best Abstract Award of the 12th Asian Pacific Conference on Biomechanics (AP-BIOMECH2023).15 November 2023
Conference presentationAyaka presented her research results about an engineering organoid at the 12th Asian Pacific Conference on Biomechanics (AP-BIOMECH2023).
7 November 2023
Conference presentationYuta presented his research results about a microfluidic device to mimic tumor microenvironment at the 20th International Conference on Fluid Dynamics (ICFD2023).11 October 2023
New colleaguesUndergraduate students (B3) have just joined our group.12 September 2023
AwardAyano received the Excellent Presentation Award of the 47th Annual Meeting of IESJ, 2023.
12 September 2023
Conference presentationAyano presented her research results about plasma medicine at the 47th Annual Meeting of IESJ, 2023.
5-6 September 2023
Conference presentationThree lab members presented their research results about stent mechanobiodesign, cancer biomechanics, and experimental techniques at the Mechanical Engineering Congress, 2023 (JSME).
3 September 2023
AwardFatin received the Excellent Oral Presentation Certificate of the 5th International Conference on Advances in Materials, Mechanical and Manufacturing (AMMM2023).
24-25 August 2023
ExhibitionOur lab exhibited Plasma Nanomist technology at the University Trade Fair 2023 - Innovation Japan hosted by JST.
7-8 August 2023
EventYoshino was a instructor for the "Research Program" for high school students in the 2023 Education for Developing Talent organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Board of Education.
4 August 2023
EventWe organized a science class about CNC-milled microfluidics device for high school students in our lab.
12 July 2023
Conference presentationRyosuke presented his research results about plasma crystal at AJK FED2023.7 July 2023
MechanobiologyCollaboration work "Interstitial-fluid shear stresses induced by vertically oscillating head motion lower blood pressure in hypertensive rats and humans" with Dr. Sawada (NRCD) has been published in Nature Biomedical Engineering.3 July 2023
ScholarshipRyosuke received the scholarship grant from the Moritani Scholarship Foundation.4 June 2023
AwardTaku received the Outstanding Presentation Award of the 35th Bioengineering Conference 2022 Annual Meeting of BED/JSME.
3 June 2023
Organized sessionProf. Kurata (Kyushu Univ.) and Yoshino organized the session "Open Source Bioengineering" in the 35th Bioengineering Conference 2023 Annual Meeting of BED/JSME.
3-4 June 2023
Conference presentationFour lab members presented their research results about cancer mechanobiology, engineering organoids, plasma biochemistry, and stent mechano-bio-design at the 35th Bioengineering Conference 2022 Annual Meeting of BED/JSME.
2 June 2023
SeminarWe invited Prof. Hashimoto (SUTD) to give a lecture about microfluidics at the MechanoBioDesign seminar @ TUAT.19 April 2023
Award Yoshino received the Young Scientists’ Award, the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
1 April 2023
Research grantsRyosuke received the Sasakawa Scientific Research Grant from The Japan Science Society for the research on "Plasma Crystal".24 March 2023
Award Norino received the Student Award of TUAT and the Grand Prize for Best Bachelor Thesis and Presentation.
14 March 2023
AwardAyaka received the Excellence Award of Young Researchers Networking Meeting, TUAT-OPERA.7 March 2023
Conference presentationRyosuke presented his research results about plasma crystal at ISPlasma2023/IC-PLANTS2023.
27 January 2023
Research grants Yoshino was selected as a researcher of the Fusion Oriented Research for Disruptive Science and Technology from Japan Science and Technology Agency for the research on "Plasma Biochemistry".
20 January 2023
Conference presentationYuta presented his research results about fast fabrication of tumor spheroid at the Tsukuba Biomedical Engineering Forum 2023.18 December 2022
Conference presentationThree lab members presented their research results about cancer biomechanics, engineering organoids, and experimental techniques at the 33rd Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering.16 December 2022
Conference presentationRyosuke presented his research results about plasma nano-sized mist at the 31st Symposium (ILASS-Japan) on Atomization.13 December 2022
Conference presentationNorino presented her research results about cancer mechanobiology at the Mechano-Bio Frum.1 December 2022
Forum panelistRyosuke was a panelist at the forum "Toward Realization of Gender Diversity among Young Researchers who are the Future of Japan~Students' Discussion and Proposal for Gender Disparity within Science Faculties~" at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Molecular Biology Society of Japan. Proposal for Gender Disparity within Science Faculties~", MBSJ2022.27 October 2022
New colleaguesUndergraduate students (B3) have just joined our group.28 September 2022
FellowshipShiori was selected as a JSPS Research Fellow DC1 (April 2023 ~).12 September 2022
Conference presentationRyosuke presented his research results about plasma nano-sized mist at the Mechanical Engineering Congress, 2022 (JSME).
12 July 2022
Conference presentationShiori and Yoshino presented their research results about plasma biochemistry and vascular mechanobiology at the 9th World Congress of Biomechanics (WCB2022).
26 June 2022
AwardShiori received the Outstanding Student Poster Presentation of the 34th Bioengineering Conference 2022 Annual Meeting of BED/JSME.
26 June 2022
Conference presentationTwo lab members presented their research results about plasma chemistry and engineering organoids at the 34th Bioengineering Conference 2022 Annual Meeting of BED/JSME.22 June 2022
Plasma nano-sized mistOur research article "Potential generation of nano-sized mist by passing a solution through dielectric barrier discharge" has been published in Scientific Reports.16 May 2022
New colleague Fatin has just joined our group.
5 April 2022
Plasma nano-sized mistOur preprint about nano-sized mist generated by a corona-like plasma discharge is now available on Research Square.9 November 2021
New colleaguesUndergraduate students (B3) have just joined our group.1 October 2021
New colleague Naoyoshi has just joined our group.29 July 2021
Plasma functionalizationOur preprint about substrate biofunctionalization with a liquid-phase plasma discharge is now available on Research Square.
25 June 2021
AwardShiori recieved Fellow Award for Outstanding Young Engineers from the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
25 June 2021
AwardYoshino received the Seguchi Award from Division of Bioengineering, the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
19 April 2021
Research grants Yoshino received the Research Encouragement Grants (Chemistry & Life Sciences) from The Asahi Glass Foundation for the research on "Development of human placenta microchip".
8 March 2021
Conference presentationShiori presented her research results about plasma chemistry at ISPlasma2021/IC-PLANTS2021.
22 February 2021
Research grantsYoshino received the Research incentive grants from The Nakatani Foundation for the research on "Cancer organoid chip".14 December 2020
Research grants Yoshino received the Research incentive grants from The Uehara Memorial Foundation for the research on "MechanoBioDesign of vascular stent".
12 December 2020
Conference presentationTwo lab members presented their research results about plasma chemistry and tumor spheroid formation at the 31st Conference on Frontiers in Bioengineering.4 December 2020
WorkshopProf. Kawauchi (Konan Univ) and Yoshino organized the workshop "Understanding of health and disease in cell, tissue, and organ systems based on cytoskeletal dynamics" in MBSJ2020.
21 July 2020
Tumor spheroid formationCollaboration work "CNC-milled superhydrophobic macroporous monoliths for 3D cell culture" with Dr. Hayase (NIMS) has been published in ACS Applied Bio Materials.
2 April 2020
Vascular mechanobiologyOur research article "Hydrostatic pressure promotes endothelial tube formation through aquaporin 1 and Ras-ERK signaling" has been published in Communications Biology.