News

2026-4-1

Yuka Ogihara and Haru Kiriyama joined our lab

2026-1-23

Shuntaro Sasaki won the Rising Star Research Award at the Tsukuba Biomedical Engineering Forum 2026

Shuntaro Sasaki won the Rising Star Research Award at the Tsukuba Biomedical Engineering Forum 2026, 2026-1-23

2026-1-20

Shuntaro Sasaki and Moeka Hamada won the Excellence Award in the master’s program at the 24nd LBB BioFuture Research Encouragement Prize

2026-1-8

Our recent article was highlighted in a Science Tokyo, UTokyo and iCONM press release

2025-12-3

A new article in cooperation with the the Prof. Hiroaki Takehara (The University of Tokyo) and Prof. Tony James (Bath University) has been published in J. Mater. Chem. B

A new article in cooperation with the the Prof. Hiroaki Takehara (The University of Tokyo) and Prof. Tony James (Bath University) has been published in [J. Mater. Chem. B](https://doi.org/10.1039/D5TB00385G), 2025-12-3

2025-9-16

Yingfu Zhao won the Excellent Poster Award at the 74th Symposium on Macromolecules

2025-7-9

The University of Tokyo and Dai-ichi Life Launch Collaborative Research – Designing a New Societal Value Axis through Human–AI Collaboration: “SHIAWASEspan” –

2025-5-1

Debabrata Palai joined our lab

2025-4-1

Six master’s students, and two PhD students have joined our lab

2025-1-24

Our cover art and original article has been published in the latest issue of Chem. Eur. J

Our [cover art](https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202580504) and [original article](https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402625) has been published in the latest issue of *Chem. Eur. J*, 2025-1-24

2025-1-23

Keiichiro Yaginuma won the Polymer Gel Research Society Best Poster Award at the 36th Polymer Gel Research Symposium

Keiichiro Yaginuma won the Polymer Gel Research Society Best Poster Award at the 36th Polymer Gel Research Symposium, 2025-1-23

2024-10-29

Kou Sato won the Excellent Poster Award at the 2024 Symposium of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials

2024-10-1

Syeda and Wenbo have joined our lab

2024-9-29

We came in third at the 16th IBB Softball Tournament

We came in third at the 16th IBB Softball Tournament, 2024-9-29

2024-9-19

The original paper, “Tuning the Stability and Kinetics of Dioxazaborocanes” has been published online

The original paper, [“Tuning the Stability and Kinetics of Dioxazaborocanes”](https://doi.org/10.1002/chem.202402625) has been published online, 2024-9-19

2024-6-1

Jale and Anya from Chulalongkorn University and Naotaka Watanabe from the Faculty of Dentistry joined our lab as an internship student

2024-4-1

Two bachelor’s students, two master’s students, and one research student have joined our laboratory

2024-3-22

We met Prof. Harada at the new synchrotron radiation facility NanoTerasu in Sendai

We met Prof. Harada at the new synchrotron radiation facility [NanoTerasu](https://nanoterasu.jp/) in Sendai, 2024-3-22

2024-2-1

Mao Hori appointed assistant professor

2024-1-26

Keiichiro Yanaguma won the top prize in the master’s program at the 22nd IBB BioFuture Research Encouragement Prize

Keiichiro Yanaguma won the top prize in the master's program at the [22nd IBB BioFuture Research Encouragement Prize](https://www.tmd.ac.jp/ibb/pdf/22nd_IBB_BioFuture_result.pdf), 2024-1-26

2024-1-1

Michiko Itoh became a professor at Tokyo Medical University

2023-8-20

Yuka Sekizaki from Oyama National College of Technology joined our lab as an internship student

2023-6-1

Jiang from Chulalongkorn University joined our lab as an internship student

2023-4-1

Akira Matsumoto appointed professor
Kevin Barthelmes appointed assistant professor