Research Center for Autonomous Systems Materialogy (ASMat)

Institute of Innovative Research (IIR)

Tokyo Institute of Technology

Welcome to ASMat!

The Research Center for Autonomous Systems Materialogy (ASMat) is aiming at exploring a new research field by integrating five disciplines: chemistry, materials science, life science, robotics, and information science. We intend to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through the creation of resilient materials and systems that can harmonize with people and the environment. 

自律システム材料学研究センターは、化学、材料科学、生命科学、ロボティクス、情報科学の5分野融合によって、新しい材料学、自律システム材料学Autonomous Systems Materialogy (ASMat))を確立することを目指しています。私たちは、人や環境と調和するレジリエントなマテリアルやシステムの創製を通じて持続可能社会の実現に貢献していきます。

What's New

2024.04.04

We held 11th IIR ASMat seminar on Apr 4th.

11th IIR ASMat seminar

Japan-UK International Workshop on Bottom-up Engineering Biology

 Date and time:Apr 4th 10:00~

 Venue:Suzukakedai Campus, Suzukake Hall 2F Meeting Room 1

 Hosted by Prof. Masahiro Takinoue

 *Please check the flyer for details!

2024.04.01

On April 1, 2024, Research Center for Autonomous Systems Materialogy (ASMat) was launched! 

2024年4月1日、自律システム材料学研究センターが発足しました!

 2024.03.19

We held 10th IRFI LiSM seminar on Mar 19th.

10th IRFI LiSM seminar

 Date and time:Mar 19th 15:00~

 Venue:Suzukakedai Campus, Bldg. G3,  5F, seminar room (502)

 Speaker:Dr. Siowling Soh (National University of Singapore) 

 Title:Functional Polymers and Polymeric Interfaces for Developing Smart Autonomous Self-Powered Systems

 Hosted by Assoc. Prof. Toshinori Fujie

 *Please check the flyer for details!

2024.03.14

3月14日,第9回IRFI LiSM seminarを開催します。

9th IRFI LiSM seminar

 日時:3月14日 14:30〜17:15

 場所:すずかけ台キャンパスG3棟5階セミナー室 (502号室)

 講演者・タイトル:

    冨田 峻介 先生 (産業技術総合研究所 健康医工学研究部門)
    “生体高分子の非特異的な相互作用を理解し、活用する:

     生物学的な液-液相分離と味覚を模倣したバイオ分析”

    福山 真央 先生 (東北大学 多元物質科学研究所)
    “タンパク質の液液相分離と線維核生成の反応速度論”

    ※詳細はフライヤーをご覧ください。

 2024.01.19

朝日新聞の連載記事「学びの扉」において、「やわらか発想 ぐにゃぐにゃロボット」と題したソフトロボティクスの特集記事が組まれました。記事中で鈴森教授と前田教授の研究が紹介されました(朝日新聞 1月19日朝刊23ページ (東京本社))。

2023.12.18

We held 8th IRFI LiSM seminar on Dec 18th.

8th IRFI LiSM seminar

 Date and time:December 18th 16:00~

 Venue:Suzukakedai Campus, Bldg. G3,  5F, seminar room (502)

 Speaker:Dr. Haruki Hasegawa (Amgen Inc.) 

 Title:Spontaneous crystallization of multiple proteins in a cell: How many different protein crystals can we induce simultaneously?

 Hosted by Prof. Takafumi Ueno

 *Please check the flyer for details!

2023.12.06

12月6日,第7回IRFI LiSM seminarを開催します。

7th IRFI LiSM seminar

 日時:12月6日 15:00〜

 場所:すずかけ台キャンパスG3棟5階セミナー室 (502号室)

 講演者・タイトル:

    佐野 航季 先生 (信州大学 繊維学部 化学・材料学科)
    “異方性ナノ物質の自己組織化制御と機能探索”

    内橋 貴之 先生 (名古屋大学大学院 理学研究科 物理科学領域)
    “高速原子間力顕微鏡で可視化する生体/人工材料の構造物性ダイナミクス”

    ※詳細はフライヤーをご覧ください。

2023.11.24

We held 6th IRFI LiSM seminar on Nov 24th.

6th IRFI LiSM seminar

 Date and time:November 24th 13:30~

 Venue:Suzukakedai Campus, Bldg. G3,  5F, seminar room (502)

 Speaker:Dr. Paola Laurino (Okinawa Inst. of Sci. & Tech. Graduate Univ.) 

 Title:Membraneless active droplets mimic features of living systems

 Hosted by Prof. Takafumi Ueno

 *Please check the flyer for details!

2023.11.23

朝日新聞の連載記事「明日へのLesson・第4週」で,「流行と正反対、曲げて広げた新分野」と題した鈴森教授の特集記事が組まれました(朝日新聞 11月23日朝刊29ページ (東京本社))。

2023.11.16

11月7日に読売新聞東京本社で開催された読売テクノ・フォーラムの第9回セミナーで瀧ノ上教授が「分子ロボットがひらく未来」をテーマに講演を行いました。

瀧ノ上教授の講演を報じるWeb記事と講演動画はこちらからご覧いただけます。

2023.08.23

We held 5th IRFI LiSM seminar on Aug 23th.

5th IRFI LiSM seminar

 Date and time:August 23th 16:00~

 Venue:Suzukakedai Campus, Bldg. G3,  5F, seminar room (502)

 Speaker:Dr. Mehdi D. Davari (Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry) 

 Title:Leveraging Computational Approaches for Innovations in Protein Engineering and Enzyme Design

 Hosted by Prof. Takafumi Ueno

2023.08.08

We held the international workshop on August 8th.

IRFI-LiSM international workshop at the interface of materials and biomolecules

 Date and time:August 8 (Tue), 2023

 Venue:Lecture Hall of S8 bld (Suzukakedai Campus)

 Invited speakers:Prof. Lorenzo Di Michele, Dr. James W. Hindley

 Hosted by Prof. Takinoue, Prof. Kinbara, Prof. Ueno

2023.08.05-06

We held the international symposium on August 5th-6th.

International Symposium on Living Systems Materialogy

 Date and time:August 5 (Sat) - August 6 (Sun), 2023

 Venue:Suzukake Hall (Suzukakedai Campus, H-2 Building 3F)

 Invited speakers:

  Herbert Shea (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

  Zhexin Xie (National University of Singapore)

  Stefan Matile (University of Geneva)

  Gwenael Rapenne (Université Toulouse 3 Paul Sabatier)

  David A. Leigh (University of Manchester)(online)

  Yannick Geiger (University of Groningen)

  Cole A. DeForest (University of Washington)

  Lorenzo Di Michele (University of Cambridge)

  James W. Hindley (Imperial College London)

  Ryo Yoshida (The Institute of Statistical Mathematics)

2023.07.25

We held 4th IRFI LiSM seminar on July 25th.

4th IRFI LiSM seminar

 Date and time:July 25th 16:00~

 Venue:Suzukakedai Campus, Bldg. G3,  5F, seminar room (502)

 Speaker:Assoc. Prof. VIRGINIA PENSABENE (University of Leeds) 

 Title:FROM ORGAN-ON-A-CHIP TO EMBRYO CULTURE: NEW MICROFLUIDIC TOOLS FOR REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND FERTILITY

 Hosted by Prof. Toshinori Fujie

2023.05.09

We held 3rd IRFI LiSM seminar on May 9th.

3rd IRFI LiSM seminar

 Date and time:May 9th 15:00~16:00

 Venue:Suzukakedai Campus, Bldg. G3,  5F, seminar room (hybrid)

 Speaker:Dr. Eric Brouzes (Stony Brook University) 

 Title:From single-cell analysis to digital microfluidic point-of-care: a capillary journey

 Hosted by Prof. Masahiro Takinoue

2023.04.04

We held 2nd IRFI LiSM seminar on April 4th.

2nd IRFI LiSM seminar 

 Date and time:April 4th (Tue) 15:30~17:00

 Venue:Suzukakedai Campus, Bldg. B2,  4F, room 426

 Speaker:Dr. Steve Roffler (Institute of Biomedical Science, Academia Sinica) 

 Title:Anti-PEG antibodies: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

2023.02.14

We held our 1st IRFI LiSM seminar on Feb 14th.

1st IRFI LiSM seminar 

 Date and time:Feb 14th (Tue) 14:00-15:00 

 Venue:Suzukakedai Campus, Bldg. J2,  2F, room J221 (hybrid)

 Speaker:Dr. Thomas Böddeker (U Tokyo & ETH Zurich)

 Title:Physical interactions between the cytoskeleton and membraneless organelles: From wetting to flow

2023.02.01

Dr. Yoshida was assigned to the LiSM research group!