DDS:         School of Dentistry, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (1999-2003)

Clinician/Clinical Researcher:        Sao Paulo, Brazil (2005-2009)

PhD (Molecular Biology, Tissue Engineering):      Okayama University, Japan (2009-2013)     

Post-Doc  (Biomaterials, Tissue Engineering):      Okayama University, Japan (2014-2016)      

Current Appointment:       Professor (Okayama University 　2025/12～)

  Emilio Hara has published over 70 papers and book chapters, and has received several important awards, including the Hatton Japanese Division Award of the IADR (2012) and the Young Investigator Award of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials (2019).

  He has been a short-term visiting Fellow at Harvard University (2014, Jan); Karolinska Institutet (2023, April-June), Medical School of Vienna (2025, August-September).

科学研究費助成事業

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 

① 基盤研究（Ｂ）　2026 – 2028 年度 

超迅速に骨を再生する細胞膜断片のリバースエンジニアリングと多機能型材料による再現

This project aims to understand the process of bone repair induced by cell (plasma) membrane nanofragments (PMNFs) and the development of novel materials for ultra-fast bone repair.

② 挑戦的研究（萌芽） 2025 – 2026 年度 

 融合型バイオセンサーシステムの開発とそのがん研究への応用

This project aims to develop biosensors for potential detection of early cancer markers.

    The cell membrane as biofunctional material for accelerated bone repair

Acta Biomaterialia, (2024)      DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2024.07.037

Emi Hatano, Nahid Akhter, Risa Anada, Mitsuaki Ono, Toshitaka Oohashi, Takuo Kuboki, Hiroshi Kamioka, Masahiro Okada, Takuya Matsumoto, Emilio Satoshi Hara*

    Distinct Morphologies of Bone Apatite Clusters in Endochondral and Intramembranous Ossification

Advanced Biology, 2200076, (2022)      DOI: 10.1002/adbi.202200076

Emilio Satoshi Hara*, Noriyuki Nagaoka, Masahiro Okada, Takayoshi Nakano, Takuya Matsumoto*

    Important roles of odontoblast membrane phospholipids in early dentin mineralization

Journal of Materials Chemistry B,11, 657-666, (2023)        DOI: 10.1039/d2tb02351b

Risa Anada, Emilio Satoshi Hara*, Noriyuki Nagaoka, Masahiro Okada, Hiroshi Kamioka, Takuya Matsumoto*

    Biohybrid Variable Stiffness Soft Actuators that Self‐Create Bone

Advanced Materials, 34(8): e2107345, (2022)    DOI: 10.1002/adma.202107345

Danfeng Cao, Jose G Martinez, Emilio Satoshi Hara, Edwin WH Jager

     Rapid bioinspired mineralization using cell membrane nanofragments and alkaline milieu

Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 6, 6153-6161, (2018)     DOI: 10.1039/C8TB01544A

Emilio Satoshi Hara, Masahiro Okada, Takuo Kuboki, Takayoshi Nakano, Takuya Matsumoto

     Bioinspired Mineralization Using Chondrocyte Membrane Nanofragments

ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 4, 2, 617-625, (2018)     DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.7b00962

Emilio Satoshi Hara, Masahiro Okada, Noriyuki Nagaoka, Takako Hattori, Takuo Kuboki, Takayoshi Nakano, Takuya Matsumoto

     Fluocinolone Acetonide Is a Potent Synergistic Factor of TGF-beta 3-Associated Chondrogenesis of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Articular Surface Regeneration

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 30(9):1585-96, (2015)     DOI: 10.1002/jbmr.2502

Emilio Satoshi Hara, Mitsuaki Ono, Pham Thanh Hai, Wataru Sonoyama, Satoshi Kubota, Masaharu Takigawa, Takuya Matsumoto, Marian F Young, Bjorn R Olsen, Takuo Kuboki