Welcome to the page of the research group of Dr. Jun Nakanishi, group leader.
The activity of cells is highly dependent on their extracellular environments. Our group develops new materials for chemically and mechanically engineering cellular environments and look at how they regulate cellular functions. Such material biological approach is important not only for fundamental understanding of life phenomena, but also for a number of biomedical applications including stem cell regulation, tissue engineering and drug testing. Currently, we are focusing on cell adhesion and cell migration signaling, which is essential for various physiological and pathological processes.
* Master and PhD degrees can be obtained in Waseda University: (Link)
Topics
1) Our new paper has been accepted in Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater.
S. Yamamoto,* C. Chia-Jung, M. Kamimura, and J. Nakanishi*
"Exploring anti-cancer activities of epidermal growth factor-immobilized polymeric nanoparticles"
2) Our new paper has been accepted in Adv. Funct. Mater.
J. Zhou, H. Wang, and J. Nakanishi*
"Highly deformable phototunable viscoelastic fluid interface modulates cellular adaptive wetting behavior"
3) Our new paper has been accepted in Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater.
J. Nakanishi*, T. Ueki, S. Dieb, H. Noguchi, S. Yamamoto, and K. Sodeyama*
"Data-driven Optimization of the in silico Design of Ionic Liquids as Interfacial Culture Fluids"
4) Our new paper has been accepted in Small.
S. A. Abdellatef*, H. Wang, and J. Nakanishi*
"Microtubules Disruption Alters the Cellular Structures and Mechanics Depending on Underlying Chemical Cues"
5) Our new paper has been accepted in Macromol. Rapid Commun.
T. Ueki*, Y. Osaka, K. Homma, S. Yamamoto, A. Saruwatari, H. Wang, M. Kamimura, and J. Nakanishi*
"Reversible Solubility Switching of a Polymer Triggered by Visible-Light Responsive Azobenzene Photochromism with Negligible Thermal Relaxation"
Nakanishi group, RCFM, National Institute for Materials (NIMS), Tsukuba, JAPAN