Review Paper Published in Advanced Functional Materials

A review paper on “Molecular Cybernetics” Aki co-authored has been published online: Molecular Cybernetics: Challenges toward Cellular Chemical AISatoshi Murata,* Taro Toyota, Shin-ichiro M. Nomura, Takashi Nakakuki, Akinori KuzuyaAdvanced Functional Materials, 2022, 32 (37), 2201866. DOI: 10.1002/adfm.202201866

A New Visitor

Kayla Ng Hoi-Lam from The Chinese University of Hong Kong has joined our group. She will stay with us for two months and conduct a research project on DNA origami and artificial cells.

Original Paper Published in Polymer Chemistry

An original paper on molecular swarm robots Aki co-authored has been published online: Synthesis of degradable double network gels using a hydrolysable cross-linkerTakanori Yokoi, Akinori Kuzuya, Tasuku Nakajima, Takayuki Kurokawa, Jian Ping Gong and Yuichi Ohya*Polymer Chemistry, 2022, 13 (25), 3756–3762. DOI: 10.1039/D2PY00360K

Original Paper Published in Science Robotics

An original paper on molecular swarm robots Aki co-authored has been published online: Cooperative cargo transportation by a swarm of molecular machinesMousumi Akter, Jakia Jannat Keya, Kentaro Kayano, Arif Md. Rashedul Kabir, Daisuke Inoue, Henry Hess, Kazuki Sada, Akinori Kuzuya, Hiroyuki Asanuma, and Akira Kakugo*Science Robot. 2022, 7 (65), eabm0677. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.abm0677

Original Paper Published in Biometerials Science

An original paper Aki co-authored has been published online: Preparation of hyaluronic acid-coated polymeric micelles for nasal vaccine deliveryKeigo Suzuki, Yuta Yoshizaki, Kenta Horii, Nobuo Murase, Akinori Kuzuya, and Yuichi Ohya*Biomater. Sci. 2022, 10 (8), 1920–1928. DOI: 10.1039/D1BM01985F

Qing won JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship!

Qing‘s application to JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship has been accepted! He will get two-years’ contract as JSPS Research Fellow, together with KAKENHI grant-in-aid just for him. Congrats!

Original Paper Published in ACS Nano

An original paper Aki co-authored has been published online: Reactive-Oxygen-Species-Mediated Surface Oxidation of Single-Molecule DNA Origami by an Atomic Force Microscope Tip-Mounted C60 PhotocatalystAnkita Ray, Cristiana Passiu, Masayuki Nasuda, Shivaprakash N. Ramakrishna, Antonella Rossi, Akinori Kuzuya, Nicholas D. Spencer, and Yoko Yamakoshi*ACS Nano 2021, 15 (12), 19256–19265. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.1c04953

Short Review Article Published in Seibutsu Butsuri

A short review article on our “Molecular Swarm Robot” written by Jakia from Dr. Kakugo‘s group (Hokkaido Univ.) has been published in Seibutsu Butsuri, the bulletin of the Biophysical Society Japan. Molecular Swarm Robot Realized by the Intelligence of a Biomolecular Motor System and DNAJakia Jannat Keya, Akinori Kuzuya, Akira KakugoSeibutsu Butsuri, 2021, 61 (5),… Read More »

Original Paper Published in Acta Biomaterialia

An original paper Aki co-authored has been published online: Temperature-Responsive Biodegradable Injectable Polymers with Tissue Adhesive PropertiesSoichiro Fujiwara, Yuta Yoshizaki, Akinori Kuzuya, Yuichi Ohya*Acta Biomaterialia 2021, 135, 318-330. (DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2021.08.033)