Supported by SAKURA Exchange Program in Science, 10 students and 1 faculty leader from Prof. Dr. Xingguo Liang‘s lab, Ocean University of China are staying in our lab for two weeks to conduct joint research on DNA nanotechnology.
A book by PRESTO “Molecular Technology” researchers, “Molecular Technology: Life Innovation“, has been published online. Aki wrote the second chapter.
The 2nd paper on our “molecular swarm robots” has been published: “Control of swarming of molecular robots” J. J. Keya, A. M. R. Kabir, D. Inoue, K. Sada, H. Hess, A. Kuzuya,* A. Kakugo* Sci. Rep. 2018, 8, 11756 (DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-30187-1)
Original paper co-authored with collaborators at Universiti Sains Malaysia has been published today: DNA Switch: Toehold-Mediated DNA Isothermal Amplification for Dengue Serotyping Soo Khim Chan, Akinori Kuzuya, Yee Siew Choong, and Theam Soon Lim* SLAS Discov., 2018, in press. (DOI: 10.1177/2472555218791743)
Hayden made his final presentation on July 18. Great job!
Our lab and university are just fine so far. Thank you very much for your kind messages.
An original paper written by Prof. Ohya has been published: Preparation of Biodegradable Oligo(lactide)s-Grafted Dextran Nanogels for Efficient Drug Delivery by Controlling Intracellular Traffic Yuichi Ohya,* Akihiro Takahashi, and Akinori Kuzuya Int. J. Mol. Sci., 2018, 16, 1606 (DOI: 10.3390/ijms19061606).
Mr. Hayden Pagendarm, an exchange student from Clemson University has joined our group. May this be happy and fruitful two months!
Our movie on “Molecular Swarm Robots” has been covered by “Biomedical Picture of the Day” managed by the MRC London Institute of Medical Sciences: “New Formation“.
An original paper on i-motif hydrogels has been published today: Bulk pH Responsive DNA Quadruplex Hydrogels Prepared by Liquid-Phase Large Scale DNA Synthesis Shizuma Tanaka, Shinsuke Yukami, Kazuki Fukushima, Kenta Wakabayashi, Yuichi Ohya,* and Akinori Kuzuya* ACS Macro Lett., 2018, 7, 295-299 (DOI: 10.1021/acsmacrolett.8b00063).