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March 26, 2026
Assistant Professor Miuzno has received "the 2025 Science Crosspoint Awards" for supporting interdisciplinary research teams.
Research Topic : Development of an mRNA therapeutics-loaded light-responsive balloon catheter for the innovative treatment of coronary artery stenosis（Link）

March 26, 2026
We held a farewell party. Dr. Elenna (D3), Ms. Ohashi (M2), Mr. Katagiri (M2), Mr. Sakaidani (M2), Mr. Chiba (M2), Ms. Chan (M2), Mr. Matsunaga (M2), and Mr. Motonaga (M2) graduated from our laboratory.

February 17, 2026
The Bachelor Specific Research Presentation was held. Mr. Oguchi, Ms. Sasazawa, Ms. Tsuda, Mr. Tsuruoka, and Mr. Maeda (B4) presented.

February 12-13, 2026
The Master's Thesis Presentation (Human Centered Science and Biomedical Engineering Course) was held. Mr. Matsunaga (M2) presented.

February 4-5, 2026
The Master's Thesis Presentation (Materials Course) was held. Ms. Ohashi, Mr. Chiba, Mr. Katagiri, Mr. Sakaidani, Mr. Motonaga, and Ms. Chan (M2) presented.

December 15-20, 2025
The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies (Pacifichem 2025) was held in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA. Dr. Anraku (Associate Professor, poster), Mr. Sakaidani and Mr. Matsunaga (M2, poster), and Mr. Mise and Ms. Yamada (M1, poster) presented. (Link)

December 8-13, 2025
The Materials Research Meeting 2025 (MRM2025) was held in Yokohama, Kanagawa. Mr. Furusho (D3, oral), Mr. Lei (D2, poster), Ms. Chan and Mr. Matsunaga (M2, poster), and Ms. Mishima, Mr. Yagishita, and Ms. Yamada (M1, poster) presented. (Link)

November 30 - December 5, 2025
Dr. Mizuno (Assistant Professor, oral) and Mr. Ohashi (M2, poster) presented at the 2025 MRS FALL MEETING held in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. (Link)

November 29, 2025
Mr. Oguchi, Ms. Sasazawa, Ms. Tsuda, Mr. Tsuruoka, and Mr. Maeda (B4) presented at The 35th Young Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials.

November 9-11, 2025
Mr. Matsunaga (M2, poster) presented at The 47th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Biomaterials. (Link)

October 1, 2025
Ms. Watanabe (B2) has joined our lab. as a B2D student. (What is B2D scheme?)

September 29 - October 1, 2025
Dr. Mizuno (Assistant Professor, oral), Lei (D2, oral), Amaoka (D2, poster), Ohashi, Sakaidani, Chiba, and Matsunaga (M2, poster), and Arakawa, Mise, Mishima, Yagishita, and Yamada (M1, poster) gave presentations at STAC-15.
Amaoka, Sakaidani, Arakawa, and Yamada won the Bronze Prize Poster Awards. Congratulations! (Link)

September 23-24, 2025
We went on a laboratory trip (Yamanashi Prefecture) in collaboration with Nobuhiro Matsushita laboratory.

August 22, 2025
We held a farewell party for Ms. Tan.

August 6, 2025
We introduced our lab. at the open campus 2025.

August 4-5, 2025
Mr. Lei (D2, oral), Ms. Tan (M2, oral), and Ms. Chan (M2, poster) presented at MISW 2025. (Link)

June 17-18, 2025
Mr. Arakawa (M1, poster) presented at The 41st Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Drug Delivery System. (Link)

April 9, 2025
Associate Professor Anraku's research has been featured in the digital brochure for admissions guide 2026 of Institute of Science Tokyo. Page 9 Materials Engineering × Intractable Disease Research “Development of Nanomachines Enabling Sustained Protein Expression in the Brain” (Link / Relevant page)

April 1, 2025
New members have joined our laboratory. (Members)

March 26-29, 2025
Mr. Sakaidani (M1, oral), Ms. Mishima (B4, poster), Mr. Mise (B4, poster), and Ms. Yamada (B4, poster) presented at The 105th Chemical Society of Japan Annual Meeting. (Link)

March 26, 2025
We held a farewell party. Dr. Aida (D3), Ms. Isooka (M2), Mr. Iwatani (M2), Mr. Matsuyama (M2), Mr. Watanabe (M2), and Ms. Erandi (M2) graduated from our laboratory.

February 18, 2025
Mr. Arakawa, Mr. Kaneshiro, Ms. Mishima, Mr. Mise, Mr. Yagishita, and Ms. Yamada gave presentations at the Bachelor Specific Research Presentation.

February 5-6, 2025
Ms. Isooka, Mr. Iwatani, Mr. Matsuyama, Mr. Watanabe, and Ms. Erandi gave presentations at the Master's Thesis Presentation.

January 10, 2025
Mr. Aida (D3) held a doctoral thesis defense.

December 28, 2024
We held an OB/OG party.

December 23, 2024
We held a joint year-end party with Miyauchi laboratory and Nobuhiro Matsushita Laboratory.

November 7, 2024
Associate Professor Anraku will give a lecture at the 26th University Integration Commemorative Special Kuramae Risshi Seminar “Intersection of Medicine and Engineering - Young Researchers Team to Create the Future” on December 13. (PDF資料)
* Kuramae Risshi Seminar Registration(Link)
* Only current students, alumni, faculty and staff of Tokyo University of Science are eligible to participate.

October 8-9, 2024
At The Fourteenth International Conference on the Science and Technology for Advanced Ceramics (STAC14), Dr. Aida (D3, oral), Ms. Elenna (D3, oral), Mr. Martin (D3, poster), Ms. Lei (D1, poster), Mr. Erandi (M2, poster) and Asst. Prof. Mizuno (oral) made a presentation. (Link)

October 2, 2024
Associate Professor Anraku's research was introduced on the website of Tokyo University of Science.

August 5, 2024
Ms. Jane and Mr. Martin gave oral presentation at MISW 2024.

August 5, 2024
Mr. Zheng gave presentation at the Master's Thesis Presentation.

July 25, 2024
Research achievement "Improving the Design of mRNA-loaded Nanocarriers for Targeted Therapies" has been released as a press release. (Link)

July 9-11, 2024
Ms. Ohashi (M1, Poster). Mr. Sakaidani (M1, Poster) and Dr. Mizuno (Assistant Professor, Oral) presented at The 40th Annual Meeting of the Japan Society of Drug Delivery System. Dr. Mizuno has received the Journal Award (Acta Biomaterialia). Congratulations! (Link)

May 1, 2024
Dr. Mizuno has joined our laboratory as an Assistant Professor.

April 1, 2024
New members have joined our laboratory. (Members)

March 14, 2024
Mr. Iwatani, Mr. Matsuyama, and Mr. Watanabe gave poster presentation at the Annual Meeting 2024 of The Ceramic Society of Japan.
March 5, 2024
Dr. Toshiyuki Ikoma gave an invited lecture at the 3rd "The Association for Next Generation Biomaterials" held at Meiji University. (Link)
February 29, 2024
Mr. Martin, Ms. Ellena, Mr. Zhang, Ms. Isooka, and Ms. Erandi gave poster presentation at STAC-D2MatE 2024.
February 20, 2024
Ms. Ohashi, Mr. Sakaidani, Mr. Sinmachi, and Mr. Chiba, gave presentations at the Bachelor Specific Research Presentation.
February 14, 2024
Mr. Hamano gave presentation at the Master's Thesis Presentation.
February 7, 2024
Mr. Higuchi and Mr. Taguci gave presentations at the Master's Thesis Presentation.
January 19, 2024
Mr. Matsuyama and Mr. Watanabe gave poster presentation at Tsukuba Biomedical Engineering Forum 2024.
December 31, 2023
Assistant Professor Nakagawa retired.
December 11-16, 2023
Assistant Professor Nakagawa gave oral presentation and Mr. Aida, Mr. Furusho, and Mr. Martin gave poster presentation at MRM2023/IUMRS-ICA2023.
December 16, 2023
Assoc. Prof. Yasutaka Anraku gave an invited lecture at The 97th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Pharmacological Society (Development of nanomachines that efficiently cross the blood-brain barrier).
November 1, 2023
Assoc. Prof. Yasutaka Anraku gave an invited lecture at the 96th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Biochemical Society (Brain Molecular Exploration with Innovative Nanotechnology). (Link)
October 10, 2023
Assoc. Prof. Yasutaka Anraku appeared on NHK's "Science ZERO - Minute machines will save your life! Nanomachines at the Forefront of Delivering Medicines" will be broadcast as an encore.
Broadcast Date: Sunday, October 15, 11:30 p.m. - 0:00 a.m. Link
September 11, 2023
Assoc. Prof. Yasutaka Anraku gave an invited lecture at the Small-scale Research Group for Transdisciplinary Research on "Delay Control," "Molecular Exploration of the Brain," and "Multidisciplinary Response Genomics" (Molecular Exploration of the Brain).
September 6, 2023
Assoc. Prof. Yasutaka Anraku gave an invited lecture at the 33rd National Convention of the Japanese Neural Network Society (The Future of Brain Science Opened Up by Young Scientists). (Link)
August 25, 2023
The Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported that Assoc. Prof. Yasutaka Anraku and Prof. Satoshi Uchida (Medical Research Institute Tokyo Medical and Dental University) were selected for the Tokyo Medical and Dental University-Tokyo Institute of Technology Matching Fund.
(Tokyo Medical and Dental University and Tokyo Institute of Technology, New Institute at "Science University": A Key to Medical Engineering Collaboration.)
August 10, 2023
We held Farewell party for Ms. Fang, Ms. Sheng, Ms. Chang.
August 3, 2023
Dr. Yasutaka Anraku gave a presentation at the Medical and Dental University-Tokyo Institute of Technology Joint Research Introduction Event (Development of Nanomachines for Sustained Protein Expression in the Brain).
August 3, 2023
Dr. Nakagawa and Mr. Aida presented at the 3rd Advanced Polymers, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine Meeting.
July 28, 2023
Dr. Yasutaka Anraku gave an invited presentation at the 39th Annual Meeting of the Japanese DDS Society (DDS Development for Efficient Drug Delivery to the Brain) (Link)
July 7, 2023
Proposal submitted by Dr. Yasutaka Anraku and Dr. Satoshi Uchida(Medical Research Institute Tokyo Medical and Dental University) were selected for the Tokyo Medical and Dental University-Tokyo Institute of Technology Matching Fund. (Development of nanomachines for sustained protein expression in the brain).
June 21, 2023
Dr. Ikoma gave presentation at Tokyo Institute of Technology Affiliated Courses. (Tokyo Institute of Technology Affiliated Courses)
May 5, 2023
We held an alumni association.
April 3, 2023
We held wellcome party for Ms. Erandi, Ms. Sheng and Ms. Chang.
April 1, 2023
Dr. Yasutaka Anraku (Asociate Professor), Ms. Erandi Murillo Duran (Master course), Ms. Kai-Qi Sheng(Research Student), Ms. Ya-Han Chan(Research Student), Ms Haruna Ohashi(B4), Mr, Yu Sakaidani(B4), Mr. Koki Shinmachi(B4), and Mr. Shunsuke Chiba(B4) have joined our laboratory.

March 30, 2023
Dr. Yasuhiro Nakagawa gave oral presentation at the 1st Material Symbiosis International symposium.
March 18, 2023
Mr. Yuta Aida gave oral presentation at the the 70th Applied Physics Society of Japan Spring Meeting.
March 9, 2023
Mr. Yuta Aida and Mr. Yosei Higuchi gave oral presentations at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Ceramic Society of Japan.
March 6, 2023
Mr. Ryota Taguchi and Mr. Hayato Hamano gave oral presentations at the 2nd LiHub ECM G Mini Symposium.
February 20, 2023
Ms. Misato Isooka, Mr. Kazuho Iwaya, Mr. Yu Matsuyama, and Mr. Takuma Watanabe, gave presentations at the Bachelor Specific Research Presentation.
February 8, 2023
Ms. Yoko Toda, Mr. Akitaka Sato, and Mr. Ryoma Furusho, gave presentations at the Master's Thesis Presentation.
October 1, 2022
Ms. Elenna and Mr Martin have entered the doctoral program, and Mr. Zhang has entered the master's program.
September 14-16, 2022
Dr. Nakagawa gave a presentation and received the Young Outstanding Presentation Award at the 35th Autumn Symposium of the Ceramic Society of Japan.
August 5, 2022
Dr. Nakagawa gave an oral presentation at the International Union of Materials Research Societies.
August 2, 2022
Ms. Elena and Mr. Martin gave presentations at the Master's Thesis Presentation.
April 30, 2021
We held an alumni association.
April 1, 2022
New members have joined our laboratory.

March 10-12, 2022
Mr. Sato and Mr. Toda (M1) presented posters, and Dr. Nakagawa gave an oral presentation at the 2022 Annual Meeting of the Ceramic Society of Japan.
January 21, 2022
Dr. Nakagawa and Ms. Fang gave oral presentations, and MR. Aida, Mr. Ishie, and Ms. Liu gave poster presentations at Tsukuba Medical and Industrial Collaboration Forum 2022.
Ms. Fang won the Research Encouragement Award.
December 13-16, 2021
Dr. Nakagawa, Mr. Aidag, and Mr. Martin gave oral presentations, and Ms. Elenna gave poster presentations atMaterials Research Meeting 2021.
November 28-30, 2021
Dr. Nakagawa gave oral presentations at 6th Asian Biomaterials Congress.
October 29, 2021
Dr. Nakagawa gave oral presentations at 28th Next Generation Medical Engineering Research Association.
September 1-3, 2021
Dr. Ikoma gave prenaly talk. Dr. Nakagawa, Mr.Sato, Ms. Toda, and Mr. Furusho gave oral presentations at The Ceramic Society of Japan The 34th Fall Meeting.
July 6-8, 2021
Dr. Nakagawa gave oral presentation, and Mr. Aida, Mr. Ishie, Mr. Sakimura, Ms. Liu, and Mr Taguchi gave poster resentation at The 12th International Conference on the Science and Technology for Advanced Ceramics.
July, 2021
Dr. Vincent moved to Eindhoven University of Technology.
April 1, 2021
New members have joined our laboratory.

April 1, 2020
New members have joined our laboratory.

April 1, 2015
Professor Tanaka became Emeritus professor.
March 31, 2015
Professor Tanaka retired at retirement age.
March 6, 2015
Last lecture and retirement party of Professor Tanaka was held.
January 7, 2015
There was a visit from Zhejiang University of Technology.
November 7, 2014
Mr. Watanabe(D1) made an oral presentation at 26th Symposium and Anual Meeting of the International Society for Ceramics in Medicine.
October 30, 2014
Our research was introduced as special topics of Tokyo Tech HP.(link)
October 29, 2014
Mr. Yamaoka(M2) was awarded a poster award at the 14th Asian Bioceramic Symposium
October 29, 2014
Ms. Seki(M2), Mr. Yamaoka and Ms. Watanabe(M2) did poster presentation at the 14th Asian Bioceramic Symposium.
October 1, 2014
Mr. Irawan came from Indnesia as an international student.
July 5, 2014
Ms. Seki(M2) graduated from Tsinghua University (Tokyo tech-Tsinghua university joint graduate program)
July 1, 2014
Dr. Sugiyama appomted as Assistant professor.
June 23, 2014
Ms. Wong came from Singapore as an international student.
June 2, 2014
Mr. Workman came from New Zealand as an international student.