Molecular Robotics

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research

Japanese

Selected Researchers

A01 Molecular Sensor Team

Shoichi Toyabe
Associate Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Tohoku University
Biophysics, Nonequilibrium Physics
Realizing a molecular robot equipped with sensors by combining a molecular motor and DNA origami

Hisashi Tadakuma
Assistant Professor, Institute for Protein Research, Osaka University (IPR)
Biophysics
Construction of autonomous transcription molecular robots

Ryuji Kawano
Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology and Life Science Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TAT)
Analytical Chemistry
Construction of Molecular Operating System using the Nanopore Sensing

Tatsuya Murakami
Professor,  Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Engineering, Toyama Prefectural University
Nano Biomaterials Science & Engineering
Photo-control of membrane structure by using membrane-adhesive nanomaterials and its therapeutic applications

Takahiro Yamashita
Dr., Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Biophysics, Protein Chemistry
Construction of the molecular system to control artificial signal transduction by light

Tsukasa Mashima
Assistant professor, Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto Universit
Structural Biology
Development of functional nucleic acids which regulate its activity via sensing the extra/intracellular environment.

Kei Fujiwara
Dr., Dept. of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University
Synthetic biology, Protein science
Activation of biosystems inside artificial cells by osmotic pressures

Kenji Usui
Lecturer, Faculty of Frontiers of Innovative Research in Science and Technology (FIRST), Konan University
Peptide / Protein engineering
Development of stimuli-response modules using an artificial secondary structure with DNAs and designed peptides

B01 Molecular Intelligence Team

Kazumitsu Onizuka
Dr., Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials, Tohoku University
nucleic acids chemistry
Development of one-dimensionally movable molecular machines on nucleic acids

Tetsuya J. Kobayashi
Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
Theoretical Biology, Quantitative Biology
Theory for designing noise-immune logic gates

Naohiko Shimada
Assistant Professor, Tokyo institute of Technology
Biopolymer materials
Development of molecular booster system for DNA logic gate

Shun-ichi Azuma
Associate Professor,  Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University
Control Systems
Topology-based control of biochemical reaction networks

Masato Yasui
Research Fellow, RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center (QBiC)
Biophysics
Multi-cellular movement modeling for the creation of the multi-cellular robot

Fukuhito Ooshita
Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Osaka University
Computer Science
Distributed Algorithms Suitable for Molecular Robots

Yukiko Yamauchi
Assistant professor, Kyushu University
Distributed computing
Design of chemical reaction systems based on the theory of distributed computing

Takashi Nakakuki
Associate Professor, Kyushu Institute of Technology
Control theory
Controller design for molecular robots realized by DNA reactions

C01 Molecular Amoeba Team

Shinzi Ogasawara
Assistant professor, Hokkaido University
Chemcal Biology
Development of ameba robot equiqed with autonomous asymmetry generation system by color

Naoto Nemoto
Professor, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saitama University
Evolutionary Molecular Engineering
Establishment of an environment sensitive liposome-drive system using proteins with membrane-perforating activity and thermoresponsive magnetic nano particles

Koh-ichiroh Shohda
Assistant professor, Grad. Sch. Arts&Sci. The university of Tokyo
organic chemistry, biophysics
Development of a ss-DNA-triggered switching system for molecular motors

Takafumi Ueno
Prof., Department of Biomolecular Engineering Graduate School of Bioscience and BiotechnologyTokyo Institute of Technology
Protein engineering, Biosupramolecular chemistry, Bioinorganic chemistry
Design of protein needle promoting biosupramolecular machineries in cells

Naofumi Shimokawa
Assistant professor, School of Materials Sicence, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
Soft matter physics
Phase separation and deformation of charged lipid membranes by coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulation

Tsutomu Hamada
Associate Professor, School of Materials Science Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST)
Soft matter physics
Controllable liposome systems with multi-functions

Takashi Sakamoto
Associate Professor, Faculty of Systems Engineering, Wakayama University
Bioorganic chemistry
Development of the functionalized peptides, gels and liposomes having the ability to catch and release of DNA

Masato Ikeda
Associate Professor, Gifu University, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Graduate School of Engineering
Supramolecular Chemistry
Morphological transformation of molecular robots based on supramolecular nanostructure

Shin Mizukami
Professor, Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials,
Tohoku University
Chemical Biology, Molecular Imaging
Development of light-driven molecular robot hand using biomolecules

Keisuke Morishima
Professor, Graduate school of Engineering, Osaka University
BioMEMS, Micro Nao robotics
Construction of nanomachine in amebic robot

Takamasa Sagara
Professor, Division of Chemistry and Materials Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagasaki University
Electrochemistry of Dynamic Molecular Assemblies
Construction of stretchable molecular assembly as a fast and self-active arm of molecular robots

D01 Molecular Slime Mold Team

Hiroyuki Mayama
Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Asahikawa Medical University
Soft Matter Physics, Nonlinear Science
Environment-dependent intelligent systems: Experiment and Grand Design

Kazuki Fukushima
Assistant Professor, Yamagata University, Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering
Polymer synthesis, Biodegradable polymers, Biomaterials
Programmed cell assembly by artificial ECM constituted of biodegradable polymers for applications in molecular robot parts driven by degradation

Taro Toyota
Associate Professor, The University of Tokyo, Komaba
Colloid and Interface chemistry
Giant Vesicle-Based Slime

Masahiro Shimizu
Associate Professor, Osaka University

 

Teijiro Isokawa
Doctor of Engineering, University of Hyogo
Cellular Automata and Discrete Systems, Neural Networks
Molecular-scale computation based on morphology and diffusion controls for molecules

Takashi Miyata
Professor, Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Chemistry, Materials and Bioengineering, Kansai University
Polymer science
Fabrication of microactuator systems using biomolecule-responsive gels