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:       Research Associate Professor (PI)  @  Okayama University 

  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).

In simple words, we work on bioengineering and biohybrid materials applied to bone, cartilage, and orofacial tissues.

科学研究費助成事業

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research 

① 基盤研究（Ｂ）　2020 – 2023 

② 国際共同研究加速基金（国際共同研究強化（A）） 2022 – 2024 

 These projects aim to better understand how bone and bone marrow is formed, and subsequently, by reverse engineering approaches, to develop new and optimized methods to culture stem cells in vitro.

    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