An original research paper Aki co-authored on DNA origami by Prof. Kakugo of Kyoto University, has been published: Linear Force Scaling in Kinesin-Driven Microtubule Swarms Revealed by Electromagnetic TweezersMst. Rubaya Rashid, Mousumi Akter, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Kazuki Sada, Tetsuya Hiraiwa, Akinori Kuzuya, Ibuki Kawamata, Marie Tani,* Akira Kakugo*ACS Nano, in press. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5c20263.
A Perspective paper co-authored by members of the Omega Nucleic Acid (ΩNA) Discussion Group, established last year with Dr. Shogo Hamada (Institute of Science Tokyo), Dr. Keiji Murayama (Nagoya University), Prof. Yusuke Takezawa (Shibaura Institute of Technology), Dr. Ryojun Toyoda (Tohoku University), and Aki, has been published in Molecules. Omega Nucleic Acids (ΩNA), Ultimate Nucleic… Read More »
A book entitled “Molecular Robotics II: Toward Chemical AI,” co-authored by members of the Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) “Molecular Cybernetics” (FY2020-2024), has been published. It is co-edited by group leaders including Aki.
A preprint, Aki co-authored, by Dr. Naoto Asai (currently at Danube Private University), formerly of Prof. Takeshi Ito‘s laboratory in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at our university, has been published on ChemRxiv. A Spatial Rule Linking Protein Size and Aptamer Binding Efficiency Revealed by a DNA Origami Molecular RulerNaoto Asai,* Yusuke Sakai, Jonathan G.… Read More »
The first co-authored paper together with Cranebio Co. has been published in ACS Omega: DNA Origami-Based Luminescent Biosensors Enabling Smartphone Detection of Nucleic Acid SequencesShuhei Kido,* Nozomu Takahashi, Hiroshi Miyazaki, Sachiko Kono, Keita Saito, Akinori Kuzuya*ACS Omega 2025, 10 (37), 43300–43308. DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.5c08498.
Alexander and Carter have presented their two-months progress at the final presentation session for the KU-Clemson exchange program. Both were wonderful!
Alexander and Carter joined our lab as exchange students from Clemson University. We hope your two months stay in Osaka will be enjoyable and fruitful!
The following members retired at the end of their term on March 31: Specially Appointed Professor Masayuki Endo Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Hirotaka Kondo Postdoctoral Researchers Qing LiuGanbaatar Narangerel (Namy)Taniya Sharma Please contact us individually for information on new positions.
A review paper Aki co-authored has been published: Molecular Origami: Designing Functional Molecules of the FutureHitoshi Ishida,* Takeshi Ito, and Akinori KuzuyaMolecules, 2025, 30 (2), 242. (DOI: 10.3390/molecules30020242) And it’s selected as a Cover Picture for Vol. 30, Issue 20.
The latest original paper on “Molecular Swarm Robots” has been published in Small. It introduces a new system in which molecular robots “talk to each other” and “change their behaviors accordingly”: Nonequilibrium Self‐Assembly of Microtubules Through Stepwise Sequential Interactions of DNAJakia Jannat Keya, Mousumi Akter, Yuta Yamasaki, Yoshiyuki Kageyama, Kazuki Sada, Akinori Kuzuya,* Akira Kakugo*Small, 2025,… Read More »