Kosuke Minami, Ph. D.
Senior Researcher
Olfactory Sensors Group
Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
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POSTDOCTORAL POSITION AVAILABLE: Olfactory Sensors Group welcomes outstanding postdoctoral applications from talented, motivated individuals in the field of materials science and sensors. Respond with a CV and a brief statement describing your expertise and interests to us.
GRADUATE STUDENTS WELCOME!!! Olfactory Sensors Group (Prof. Dr. Yoshikawa, University of Tsukuba) is looking for Master & Ph.D. students. See also University of Tsukuba-NIMS joint Graduate School & our group
26 SEP 2023 Graduation of Dr. Chao Zhuang @Namiki, Tsukuba
What's New!!!
27 JUN 2024 [News] NEW!!!
Our recent work on cell scaffolds at the ionic liquid interface has been accepted in Advanced Materials is featured in the Inside Front Cover Picture.26 FEB 2024 [Proceedings] NEW!!!
Our recent work on detecting subclinical ketosis in dairy cows has been accepted for publication as a proceedings in ISOEN 2024 and is available online.17 JUN 2024 [Patents] NEW!!!
Our applied patent has been registered in the US (US 12 007 405).03 JUN 2024 [Patents] NEW!!!
Our applied patent has been registered in Europe (EP 3 805 730).23 MAY 2024 [Press release]
NIMS Press Release: Successful Cultivation of Stem Cells on the Surface of Ionic Liquids
—Towards a Significant Improvement in the Cultivation Efficiency of Cellular Resources Contributing to Regenerative Medicine—14 MAY 2024 [News]
K. Minami had a talk at International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN2024), Grapevien, Texas, USA.13 MAY 2024 [News]
Amna Rahman joined our group as an internship student.07 MAY 2024 [News]
Takehiro Kuramochi joined our group as an internship student.25 APR 2024 [News]
K. Minami had a talk at 2024 Japan-Taiwan Nano Materials and Nanomedicine Workshop.18 APR 2024 [Publications]
Our recent work on the Bayesian optimization for one-pot auto-blending through odor has been accepted in Digital Discovery and is now available online.
Congratulations, Fukui-san!!!
Recent Publications
03 APR 2024 Accepted / 16 APR 2024 Available online
Automated odor blending with one-pot Bayesian optimization
Y. Fukui, K. Minami,* K. Shiba, G. Yoshikawa, K. Tsuda, and R. Tamura*
Digital Discovery 2024, 3, 969–976.
DOI: 10.1039/D3DD00215B
Open-access journal
24 FEB 2024 Accepted / 27 FEB 2024 Available online
Audible sensing of low-ppm concentration gases.
T. Yildirim,* M.-Q. Feng, K. Shiba, K. Minami, and G. Yoshikawa*
Sensors and Actuators A: Physical 2024, 370, 115215.
DOI: 10.1016/j.sna.2024.115215
24 FEB 2024 Accepted / 25 FEB 2024 Available online
Lung Cancer Detection in Perioperative Patients' Exhaled Breath with Nanomechanical Sensor Array
Y. Saeki, N. Maki, T. Nemoto, K. Inada, K. Minami, R. Tamura, G. Imamura, Y. Cho-Isoda, S. Kitazawa, H. Kojima, G. Yoshikawa, and Y. Sato*
Lung Cancer 2024, 190, 107514.
DOI: 10.1016/j.lungcan.2024.107514
Highlighted in Nikkei Biotechnology & Business (日経バイオテク; 25 APR 2024); TECH+ (TECH+ マイナビニュース; 26 APR 2024); Yahoo! News (30 APR 2024) [online]; Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (日刊工業新聞; 2 MAY 2024); Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun Online (日刊工業新聞オンライン; 2 MAY 2024) [online]; QLife Pro (8 MAY 2024) [online]
Press Release: NIMS (jp); University of Tsukuba (jp)
23 JAN 2024 Accepted / 13 FEB 2024 Available online
Sorption Kinetic Parameters from Nanomechanical Sensing for Discrimination of 2-Nonenal from Saturated Aldehydes.
K. Minami,†* Y. Zhou,† G. Imamura, K. Shiba, and G. Yoshikawa* († Equally contributions)
ACS Sensors 2024, 9, 689–698.
DOI: 10.1021/acssensors.3c01888
15 JAN 2024 Accepted / 17 JAN 2024 Available online
Ionic Liquid Interface as a Cell Scaffold.
T. Ueki,* K. Uto, S. Yamamoto, R. Tamate, Y. Kamiyama, X. Jia, H. Noguchi, K. Minami, K. Ariga, H. Wang, and J. Nakanishi*
Advanced Materials 2024, 36, 2310105.
DOI: 10.1002/adma.202310105
Open-access article [PDF]
Highlighted in Phys.org (22 MAY 2024) [online]; ScienMag (22 MAY 2024) [online]
Press Release: NIMS (jp; en)
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