Research Management Team

• Principal Investigator
  Asako Yamayoshi
  Professor, Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Co-Investigator
  Koichi Shiraishi
  Associate Professor, The Jikei University, School of Medicine
• Co-Investigator
  Yusuke Ohba
  Professor, Department of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University
• Co-Investigator
  Katsumi Maenaka
  Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
• Co-Investigator
  Takeshi Mori
  Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
• Co-Investigator
  Mitsuhiro Ebara
  Group Leader, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
• Co-Investigator
  Koji Hase
  Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University
• Co-Investigator
  Mochizuki Shinichi
  Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu
• Co-Investigator
  Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
• Co-Investigator
  Takuya Uehata
  Associate professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
• Co-Investigator
  Koichiro Uto
  Independent Scientist, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science

Planned Research Projects

A01: Measurement of “Weak Interactions” for Material Symbiosis

A01-1 Visualization of symbiotic interfaces and cellular responses

• Yusuke Ohba
  Professor, Department of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University
• Yoichiro Fujioka
  Associate Professor, Department of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University
• Maho Amano
  Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Department of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University
• Aiko Yoshida
  Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University
• Sayaka Kashiwagi
  Assistant Professor, Department of Cell Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University

A01-2 Quantification and structural analysis of weak intermolecular recognition of cell surface proteins

• Katsumi Maenaka
  Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University
• Mochizuki Shinichi
  Associate Professor, Faculty of Environmental Engineering, The University of Kitakyushu

A02: Identification of Symbiotic Parametars between Materials and Biomolecules/Living cells

A02-1 Identification of Symbiotic Communications between Artificial Nucleic Acids and Human Immune Systems

• Asako Yamayoshi
  Professor, Department of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Tsuyoshi Yamamoto
  Associate Professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University
• Takuya Uehata
  Associate professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
• Yu Mikame
  Assistant professor, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University

A02-2 Elucidation of origin of weak interactions of synthetic polymers with its specific proteins

• Koichi Shiraishi
  Associate Professor, the Jikei University, School of Medicine
• Debabrata Maiti
  Postdoc, the Jikei University, School of Medicine

A03: Design and Development of Novel Symbiotic Materials

A03-1 Application of symbiotic interaction in intestinal immune system for material symbiosis

• Takeshi Mori
  Associate Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
• Koji Hase
  Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University
• Daisuke Takahashi
  Lecturer, Faculty of Pharmacy, Keio University
• Daisuke Murakami
  Lecturer, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University
• Teruki Nii
  Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University
• Mazaya Najmina
  Postdoc, Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Kyushu University

A03-2 Design of Biomimetic Polymers Which Can Induce Immuno-tolerant Effects via Week Interactions

• Mitsuhiro Ebara
  Group Leader, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science
• Koichiro Uto
  Independent Scientist, Research Center for Functional Materials, National Institute for Materials Science

Advisors

• Shizuo Akira
  Professor, Osaka University Immunology Frontier Research Center
• Shigeki Sasaki
  Professor, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Nagasaki International University
• Atsushi Maruyama
  Professor, School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Tetsuji Yamaoka
  Professor, Department of Clinical Engineering, Faculty of Health Sciences, Komatsu University