2010

• Excellent Paper Award 2011 was given by The Society for Biotechnology, Japan .
  (Professor Jun Miyake, Graduate School of Engineering)
  
  
• Uehara Awardwas given by The Uehara Memorial Foundation .　 (Professor Haruo Kasai, Graduate School of Medicine)
  


• Targeting therapy of cancer by polymeric micelles was carried in Yomiuri Shimbun. (Prof. Kazunori Kataoka, Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine)
  


• Medal with Purple Ribbon was given by Cabinet Office .　 (Professor Takuzo Aida, Graduate School of Engineering.
  


• Research activity on drug delivery system was carried in September 2010 issue of "Highlighting Japan" published by the Japanese Government. (Professor Kazunori Kataoka, Graduate School of Engineering, Graduate School of Medicine)
  


• Development of visible drug delivery system for the diagnosis and therapy of pancreatic tumors was carried in Mainichi Newspaper, Nikkei Sangyo Newspaper and Nippon Keizai Newspaper (Web) (Professor Kazunori Kataoka, Graduate Schools of Engineering and Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Professor Toru Tani, Department of Surgery, Shiga University of Medical Science, and Dr. Ichio Aoki, Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences)



• Comformational change of exocytic proteins for insulin secretion was carried in Kagaku Shimbun. (Lecturer, Noriko Takahashi, Professor, Haruo Kasai, Graduate School of Medicine) Details here
  


• Targeting therapy of cancer by self-assembled nanocarriers was carried in Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun . (Professor, Kazunori Kataoka, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  


• Medal with Purple Ribbon was given by Cabinet Office . (Professor Yuichi Sugiyama, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences.
  


• Prizes for Science and Technology, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was given by MEXT. (Professor Kazunori Kataoka, Graduate Schools of Engineering / Medicine)
  


• Development of cell-based chip for drug screening using semiconductoe devices was carried in Nikkei Sangyo Shinbun. (Lecturer, Toshiya Sakata, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  


• Selective drug delivery to kidney by nanocapsule was carried in Asahi Shimbun. (Professor, Kazunori　Kataoka, Graduate Schools of Engineering / Medicine) , Professor Toshiro Fujita, (University of Tokyo Hospital) Details here
  


• Development of novel siRNA delivery system for the treatment of kidney diseases was carried in Nippon Keizai Shimbun. (Professor, Kazunori　Kataoka, Graduate Schools of Engineering / Medicine) , Professor Toshiro Fujita, (University of Tokyo Hospital) Details here
  


• Development of caged protein was carried in Asahi Shimbun, The Science News. (Project Associate Professor, Masaru　Kato, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) Details here
  


• JSPS PRIZE was given by Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.
  (Shoji Takeuchi, Associate Professor, Institute of Industrial Science)
  


• Design of Drug Delivery Systems was carried in Mainichi Shimbun. (Assistant Professor, Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Graduate School of Medicine) Details here
  


• A novel antibody generation method was carried in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Nikkei Buisiness Daily. (Associate Professor, Hiroshi Ueda, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  


• Suwa Prize in High Energy Accelerator Science awarded by FAS , the Foundation for High Energy Accelerator Science was given by Foundation for High Energy Accelerator Science . (Project Professor, Kazuyoshi Koyama, Graduate School of Engineering)
  



2009

• Young Investigator Award was given by The Japanese Biochemical Society . (Assistant Professor, Hideo Shindo, Graduate School of Medicine)
  


• Nozoe Memorial Award for Young Organic Chemists was given by 19th Symposium on Fundamental Organic Chemistry. (Associate Professor Shuichi Hiraoka, Graduate School of Science))
  


• Award for Encouragement of Research, 19th MRS-J Academic Symposium was given by MRS-Japan .
  (Lee Soyoon, Associate Professor Madoka Takai, Graduate School of Engineering)
  


• Uehara Prize was given by The Uehara Memorial Foundation .
  (Professor Yuichi Sugiyama, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
  


• Best Presentation Award for Japanese Society for Alternative Animal Experiments was given by Japanese Society for Alternative Animal Experiments .
  (Professor Takashi Ushida et al., Graduate School of Medecine)
  


• Best presentation award, the 22nd annual meeting was given by The Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments .
  (Professor Yasuyuki Sakai, Institute of Industrial Science)
  


• Paper Award for Japanese Society for Mechanical Engineeringwas given by The Japanese Society for Mechanical Engineering.
  (Professor Takashi Ushida et al., Graduate School of Medecine)
  


• Poster Award was given by The 6th International Symposium on Nucleic Acids Chemistry 2009 .
  (Associate Professor Takeshi Wada et al., Graduate School of Frontier Science)
  


• 7th Sankyo Takamine Memorial Award was given by Sankyo Foundation of Life Sciences. (Professor / Dean, Yuichi Sugiyama, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
  


• Targeted lipidomics reveals mPGES-1-PGE2 as a therapeutic target for multiple sclerosis was carried in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America/NIKKEI Sangyo Shimbun. (Professor / Dean, Takao Shimizu, Graduate School of Medicine) Details here
  


• The 18th Polymer Material Forum was given by The Society of Polymer Science, Japan. (Assistant Professor Akihiro Kishimura, Graduate School of Engineering)
  


• APBioChEC Student Poster Award was given by APBioChEC'09 Committee.
  (Takayuki Inagaki, Professor Teruyuki Nagamune, Graduate School of Engineering)
  


• APBioChEC Student Poster Award was given by APBioChEC'09 Committee.
  (Associate Professor Hiroshi Ueda et al., Graduate School of Engineering)
  


• Best Paper Award was given by IEEE/MHS 　 (Professor Masao Washizu et al., Graduate School of Engineering)
  


• 2009 The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry Award was given by The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry .
  (Professor Takehiko Kitamori, Graduate School of Engineering)
  


• Periodical change in viscosity of polymer solution was carried in Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun. (Associate Professor, Ryo Yoshida, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  
  
• Periodical change in viscosity of polymer solution Intelligent microgels: Pulsing polymer was highlighted in NPG Nature Asia Materials on line. (Associate Professor, Ryo Yoshida, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  
  
• SPSJ Wiley Award 2009 was given by The Society of Polymer Science, Japan .
  (Associate Professor Ryo Yoshida, Graduate School of Engineering)
  
• Identification of the essential signaling pathway for maintenance of glioma stem cells was carried in Cell Stem Cell, NHK news (TV, Radio), Mainichi Simbun, Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, The Science News . (Professor, Kohei　Miyazono, Graduate School of Medicine) Details here
  
  
• Medal with Purple Ribbon was given by Cabinet Office, Government of Japan .
  (Professor Kohei Miyazono, Graduate School of Medicine)
  
  
• Academic Award of the Mochida Memorial Foundation was given by Mochida Memorial Foundation for Medical and Pharmaceutical Research .
  (Professor / Dean, Yuichi Sugiyama(Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
  
  
• Hoest-Madsen Medal was given by FIP (International Pharmaceutical Federation) .
  (Professor / Dean, Yuichi Sugiyama(Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
  
  
• Hot Article Award for Analytical Sciences was given by The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry .
  (Associate Professor Hiroshi Ueda et al. (Graduate School of Engineering)
  
  
• IET Nanobiotechnology Premium was given by Tokyo Conference 2009 . (Professor Masao Washizu and others, Graduate School of Engineering)
  
  
• Outstanding Poster Award was given by Tokyo Conference 2009. (Professor Kazuhiko Ishihara and others, Graduate School of Engineering)
  


• Development of novel device to estimate objectively embryo activity in Assisted Reproductive Technology was carried in Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun . (Lecturer Toshiya　Sakata, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  


• Charge-Conversional Polyionic Complex Micelles - Efficient Nanocarriers for Protein Delivery into Cytoplasm was carried the inside cover of Angew. Chem. Int. Ed.. (Project Associate Professor, Yan Lee, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  


• JSBMR Distinguished Scientist Award was given by The Japanese Society for Bone and Mineral Research (JSBMR) .
  (Professor Ung-il Chung, Graduate School of Engineering, Medicine)
  


• Prof. Yuichi Sugiyama was interviewed as Distinguished Pharmaceutical Scientist by AAPS Video Interview Series. (Professor Yuichi Sugiyama, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)　Details here
  


• Nanopolymeric Therapeutics was carried in Cover, MRS Bulletin 2009.6. (Assis. Prof. Horacio Cabral, Graduate School of Medicine) Details here
  


• Precursors, 13th, Challenge to engineer large implantable organs was carried in MedicalBio. (Professor, Yasuyuki Sakai, Institute of Industrial Science) Details here
  


• Biomanipulation based on microfabrication was carried in The Semiconductor Industry News. (Professor Masao Washizu, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  


• NIMS Award 2009 was given by NIMS.
  (Professor Kazunori Kataoka, Graduate Schools of Engineering and Medicine) Details here
  


• 1000 liver cells are necessary to exibit functions comparable to those of the liver was carried in Nikkei Buisiness Daily. (Professor, Yasuyuki Sakai, Institute of Industrial Science) Details here
  


• G-protein signalling is needed for stem cell homing was highlighted in Nature the Signaling Gateway . （Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung, School of Engineering, Medicine） Details here



• Academic research encouraging prize was given by Taro Yamashita's memorial scholarship foundation.
  (Project Researcher Takashi K. Saito, Graduate School of Engineering).　 Details here



• The Japan Sciety of Drug Delivery System Young Investigator's award was given by The Japan Sciety of Drug Delivery System.
  (Associate Professor Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Graduate School of Medicine)
  


• Medical Application of Machine Tool Technology was carried in Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun. (Associate Professor, Naohiko Sugita, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  


• 2008 SRC Paper Award Award was given by The Storage Research Consortium.
  (Professor Hiroyuki Fujita, Institute of Industrial Science)
  


• Capture specific molecules with novel imprinted polymer was carried in Nikkei Business Daily. (Associate Professor, Hiroshi Ueda, Graduate School of Engineering) Details here
  


• Polymeric micellar drug carriers developed by the group of Prof. Kataoka was carried in Nikkei Newspaper. (Professor Kazunori Kataoka, Graduate Schools of Engineering, Medicine) Details here
  


• Spontaneous formation of giant unilamellar vesicles from microdroplets of a polyion complex by thermally induced phase separation was highlighted in Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. as a 'Hot Paper'. （The collaborative work between Prof. Hidehiro Oana and Assistant Professor Akihiro Kishimura, School of Engineering）
  


• Society for Biomaterials Clemson Award was given by Society for Biomaterials.
  (Professor Kazuhiko Ishihara, Graduate School of Engineering).　
  


• Atomic Energy Historic Award, Atomic Energy Society of Japan, "Electron Linac Facility of University of Tokyo" was carried in Journal of Atomic Energy Society of Japan. (Professor Mitsuru Uesaka, Graduate Schools of Engineering)
  


• The Young Scientists Prize, Commendation for Science and Technology was given by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
  (Project Associate Professor Masaru Kato, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences) (Associate Professor Takashi Tsuboi, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences) (Associate Professor Shuichi Hiraoka, Graduate School of Science).　



• Best Paper Award: Postdoctoral Category, 4th IEEE/NIH 2009 Life Science Systems and Applications Workshop was given by 4th IEEE/NIH Life Science Systems and Applications Organization Committee.
  (Project Researcher Takashi K. Saito, Graduate School of Engineering).　 Details here



• Protein delivery into cytoplasm was carried in Mainichi Shimbun and Nikkei Buisiness Daily. （Professor Kazunori Kataoka, Schools of Engineering, Medicine）



• G-protein signalling is needed for stem cell homing was highlighted in Nature　Reports Stem Cells. （Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung, School of Engineering, Medicine） Details here



• Determination of gas toxicity using luminous bacteria was carried by Nature. （Professor Yasuyuki Sakai, Institute of Industrial Science） Details here



• A signalling pathway that helps to regulate the movement of blood-forming stem cells was carried by Nature. （Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung, School of Engineering, Medicine） Details here



• Hoest-Madsen Medal was given by FIP: International Pharmaceutical Federation.
  (Professor Yuichi Sugiyama, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences).　



• Nanocarriers directing proteins into cytoplasm of cancer cells was carried by Nikkei Business Daily and The Chemical Daily. （Professor Kazunori Kataoka, School of Engineering, Medicine） Details here



• Stably dispersed SWNTs was carried by The Chemical Daily. （Professor Masaru Kato, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences） Details here



• The Japan Academy Prize was given by The Japan Academy. (Professor Takao Shimizu, Graduate School of Medicine).　



• Dr. Kawaguchi, first Asian researcher to win the Novel Prize was carried by The Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun (Associate Professor Hiroshi Kawaguchi, School of Medicine）



• Kappa Delta Award in the 2009 AAOS was given by AAOS (American Academy of Orthopaedic Society).
  (Associate Professor Hiroshi Kawaguchi, Graduate School of Medicine).　



• Principles of long-term dynamics of dendritic spines was carried by The Science News (Professor Haruo Kasai, School of Medicine）



• Boron-containing nucleic acid durugs: stable in human bodies and low toxic was carried by Nikkei Buisiness Daily (Associate Professor Takeshi Wada, Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Graduate School of Frontier Science） Details here



• Publication award for 2008, FANUC FA and Robot Foundation was given by FANUC FA and Robot Foundation. (Institute of Industrial Science, Toshiki NIINO, Hiromichi NARUKE, Shunsuke OIZUMI, Yasuyuki Sakai, Hongyun HUANG).　Details here



• 61st The Chemical Society of Japan (CSJ) Award was given by The Chemical Society of Japan. (Professor Takuzo Aida, Graduate School of Engineering).　Details here



• Molecular ordering-improement of electric power generation efficiency was carried by Nikkei Buisiness Daily (Professor Takuzo Aida, Graduate School of Engineering） Details here



• Principles of long-term dynamics of dendritic spines was carried by Yomiuri Shimbun （Professor Haruo Kasai, Graduate School of Medicine） Details here

2008

• Principles of long-term dynamics of dendritic spines was carried by Nikkei Buisiness Daily （Graduate School of Medicine Professor Haruo Kasai） Details here



• Actuators incorporating protozoa was carried by NIKKEI　MICRODEVICES （Center for International Research on MicroMechatronics,, Professor Hiroyuki Fujita） Details here



• Original prize, Japan Society for Artificial Organs was given by Japan Society for Artificial Organs.
  (School of Engineering, Assistant Professor Tomohiro Konno).　Details here



• Original Award, Japan Society for Artificial Organs was given by Japan Society for Artificial Organs.
  (School of Engineering, Associate Professor Katsuko Furukawa et al).　Details here



• Young Researcher Award was given by Japanese Society for Biomaterials .
  (School of Engineering, Hideki Nishizawa, Professor Kazuhiko Ishihara).　Details here



• Efficient therapeutic agents for RNA interference was carried by NIKKEI SANGYO Shimbun （Department of Medical Genome Sciences, Associate Professor Takeshi Wada） Details here



• Dachplatin-loaded polymeric micelle will proceed into phase I clinical trial in Europe by NanoCarrier Co. and Debio Pharm Co. （Schools of Engineering and Medicine, Professor Kazunori Kataoka）
  


• Japanese Society for Biomaterials Award was given by Japanese Society for Biomaterials.
  (School of Engineering, Professor Ung-il Chung).　Details here



• Simple 3D culture of hepatocytes was carried by NIKKEI SANGYO Shimbun (Center for International Research on Micromechatronics, Associate Professor Yasuyuki Sakai). Details here



• Culture Human Arterial Endothelial Cells in a Separable Glass Microchip was carried by NIKKEI SANGYO Shimbun (School of Engineering, Professor Takehiko Kitamori).
  Details here



• NanoBio Seoul Poster Award was given by Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea. (School of Engineering, Takanori Kihara, Akira Matsumoto, Kanjiro Miyata, Ji-Hun　Seo, School of Medicine, Noriko Takahashi)
  Details here



• Prize on Cooperative Manufacturing Award from Business & Technology Deily News for the topic was given by Business & Technology Daily News.
  (Schools of Engineering and MedicineProfessor Kazunori Kataoka)



• Outstanding Poster Presentation at the 8th Asia-Oceania Congress of Medical Physics (AOCMP) and 6th Southeast Asian Congress of Medical Physics (SEACOMP) was given by Asia-Oceania Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics and South East Asian Federation of Organizations for Medical Physics .
  (Schoolof Engineering Professor Mitsuru Uesaka)



• Novel nanoDDS for photodynamic therapy was carried by NIKKEI BUSINESS DAILY. (Schools of Engineering / Medicine Professor Kazunori Kataoka).



• MU-Todai Cooperation: Visiting Professor to the Department of Biology was carried by LMU　Website　（Ludwig-Maximilians University Munchen) . (Institute of Medical Science,　Associate Professor Shoji Ohuchi).



• Colaboration between Fuji Film and Protein Engineering Lab. was carried by Asahi Shimbun. (Schools of Engineering Associate Professor Hiroshi Ueda).



• Broaden MEMS technologies was carried by NIKKEI　MICRODEVICES （Center for International Research on MicroMechatronics,, Professor Hiroyuki Fujita） Details here



• A save-increase / the differentiation controls a cell without freezing was carried by Kagaku Kogyo Nippo . (School of Engineering,　Professor Kazuhiko Ishihara).



• Joint Symposium of 18th International Roundtable on Nucleosides, Nucleotides, & Nucleic Acids and 35th International Symposium on Nucleic Acids Chemistry, Poster Award (1st Prise) was given by International Society of Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids (IS3NA) (International Society of Nucleosides, Nucleotides, and Nucleic Acids).
  (Schoolof Frontier Science Associate Professor Takeshi Wada).



• A Rubberlike Stretchable Active Matrix Using Elastic Conductors was carried by Science 2008, 321 . (School of Engineering,　Professor Takuzo Aida).



• Development of novel high-strength hidrogel　having high biocompatibility was carried by Nikkei Business Daily and Yamagata Shimbun. (School of Engineering Project Assosiate Professor Takamasa Sakai, ProfessorYuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung ). Details here



• Development of novel artificial bones through optimization of materials was carried by Nikkei Business Daily and Yamagata Shimbun. (School of Engineering Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung ). Details here



• Fellow was given by CIRP(The International Academy for Production Engineering).
  (Schoolof Engineering Professor Mamoru Mitsuishi)



• Insulin releasing gel for precise blood sugar control was carried byNikkei Business Daily . (Schools of Engineering and Medicine　 Professor Kazunori Kataoka, School of Engineering, Project Assistant Professor Akira Matsumoto).



• Founders Award was given by Controlled Release Society.　(Schools of Engineering and Medicine)Professor Kazunori Kataoka)



• The clinical trials of custom-made artificial bone was carried by Nikkei Shimbun, Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun, Osaka Yomiuri Shimbun and FujiSankei Business . (Schools of Engineering and Medicine　Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung ).



• Application of nano-fabrication to medicine was carried by Nikkei Business Daily . (Schools of Engineering　Professor Masao Washizu ).



• Spinning in Concert was carried by Editors' Choice, Science . (School of Science,　Professor Mitsuhiko Shionoya).



• Fluorescent green logic was carried by RSC Chemical . (IIS Professor Teruo Fujii).



• Research alliance between CNBI and University of Munich (LMU) was carried by the largest German newspaper, South Germany . (IIS Professor Kazunori Kataoka).



• Electrophoresis devices toward the establishment of quality control of cultivated cells was carried by The Semiconductor Industry News . (IISAssociate Professor Takanori Ichiki).



• outstanding Presentation Award, 17th CHMINAS　was given by　Society for Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems.
  (IIS Professor Teruo Fujii et al.)
  Details here.



• Patched1 Haploinsufficiency Increases Adult Bone Mass and Modulates Gli3 Repressor was carried by Developmental Cell Online.
  (School of Medicine Shinsuke Ohba, School of Engineering Ung-il Chang) Details here.



• The Young Scientists' Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was given by Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.
  (Schools of Sciences Associate Professor Moritoshi Sato)　 (Institute of Industrial Science, Associate Professor Shoji Takeuchi)　 Details here.



• Young Researchers' Meeting of AESJ, Kita-Kanto Branch "Best Presentation Award" was given by Kita-Kanto Branch, Atomic Energy Society of Japan.
  (Schools of Engineering Professor Mitsuru Uesaka) Details here.



• The joint-venture company was established on the basis of the synthetic technologies of nucleic acid derivatives, which has been developed by Prof. Wada's group.
  (Schools of Frontier Science Associate Professor Takeshi Wada) Details here.



• JSME Young Engineers Award was given by The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers.
  (Supervisor ; Schools of Engineering Professor Mitsuru Uesaka) Details here.



• Venture companies from university:Institute of MicrochemicalTechnology (IMT) was carried by NIKKEI Sangyo Shimbun. (School of Engineering Professor Takehiko Kitamori).



• The research findings regarding the enlargement of dendritic spines which was introduced by Science was carried by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun / The Science News.
  (School of Medicine Professor Haruo Kasai)
  Details here.



• NanoCarrier Co., one of the venture business companies related to our center, has been listed on Tokyo Stock Exchange Market Mothers on March 5, 2008.
  (School of Engineering and Medicine Professor Kazunori Kataoka)



• The development of a dispersion method of individual CNT was carried by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun.
  (School of Engineering Associate Professor Masaru Kato, Associate Professor Takanori Fukushima, Professor Takuzo Aida, Professor Shigeo Maruyama)
  Details here.



• The research findings regarding the dependence of the enlargement of dendritic spines on protein synthesis was carried by Science. Abstract
  (School of Medicine Professor Haruo Kasai)
  Details here.



• The discovery of a novel membrane biosynthetic gene family was carried by The Science News.
  (School of Medicine Professor Takao Shimizu, Assistant Professor Hideo Shindou)
  Details here.



• Fourth JSPS Prize was given by Japan Society for Promotion of Science.
  (Schools of Engineering Professor Hitoshi Tabata)
  Details here.



• Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists was given by Inoue Foundation for Science.
  (Schools of Engineering Assistant Professor Akihiro Kishimura)
  Details here.



• Inoue Research Award for Young Scientists was given by Inoue Foundation for Science.
  (Schools of Medicine Project Assistant Professor Mitsunobu R Kano)　Details here.



• Hot Article Award was given by, Analytical Sciences.
  (IIS Professor Teruo Fujii et al.)
  Details here.



• The monodisperse micro-sized cages for observing and culturing cells was carried by NIKKAN Kogyo Shimbun.
  (Institute of Industrial Science Associate Professor Shoji Takeuchi)
  Details here.



• A cytochrome P450 array based on immobilization ofmicrosomes containing P450 enzymes in a high water content hydrogel was carried by NIKEI Sangyo Shinbun.
  (Schools of Engineering Project Assocoate Professor Masaru Kato)
  Details here.

2007

• The co-development of highly hydrophilic porous polyethylene with Asahi Chemical Industry was carried by The Chemical Daily News.
  (School of Engineering Professor Kazuhiko Ishihara)
  Details here.



• The 2007 PPF Young Scientist Poster Award was given by Pacific Polymer Federation.
  (Schools of Engineering Project Assistant Professor Ryosuke Matsuno)
  Details here.



• Polymeric micellar DDS (NK-102) whose core concept was developed by Prof. Kazunori Kataoka has been decided to start phase �U clinical trial. (Schools of Engineering and Medicine Professor Kazunori Kataoka)
  Details here.



• The suppression of cancer lymph node metastasis by an analgetic drug, etodolac, was carried by NIKKEI Shinbun.
  (School of Medicine Professor Kohei Miyazono, Project Assistant Professor Mitsunobu R Kano, and Medical doctor Caname Iwata)
  Details here.



• The bone implant fabricated using the ink-jet printing technology was carried by Yomiuei Shinbun / Asahi Shinbun / Mainichi Shinbun etc.
  (Schools of Engineering and Medicine Professor Yuishi Tei / Ung-il Chung)
  Details here.



• Young Investigator Award was given by The Japan Society for Analytical Chemistry.
  (Schools of Arts and Sciences Associate Professor Moritoshi Sato)
  Details here.



• Artificial womb for IVF eggs was carried by EurekAlert / New Scientist / Lab-on-a-Chip.com / ScientificAmerican.com / Reuters
  (Institute of Industrial Science Professor Teruo Fujii
  School of Medicine/Institute of Industrial ScienceAssociate Professor Yasuyuki Sakai )
  Details here.



• Research achievements of "Nanocarriers for drug delivery" has been broadcasted from Science Channel. The file may be downloaded from Web (http://sc-smn.jst.go.jp/). .
  (Schools of Engineering and Medicine Professor Kazunori Kataoka)
  Details here.



• Therapy for destroy kidney stones using high focused ultrasound was carried by NIKKEI Business Daily.
  (Schools of Engineering Professor Yoichiro Matsumoto)
  Details here.



• Study on activation of immunocyte for attacking the cancer cell was carried by NIKEI Shinbun.
  (Schools of Engineering Professor Teruyuki Nagamune)
  Details here.



• Successful results for regenerating articular cartiage-like tissue elements by culturing chondrocyte-aggregates was introduced by YOMIURI Shinbun.
  (Schools of Medicine Professor Takashi Ushida)
  Details here.



• Poster award was given for study on treatment of refractory solid cancers in The 23rd Annual Conference of The Japan Drug Delivery System Society.
  (Schools of Medicine Project Assistant Professor Mitsunobu Kano)
  Details here.



• Development of micro ELISA system was carried by NIKEI Shinbun.
  (Schools of Engineering Professor Takehiko Kitamori)
  Details here.



• The high-throughput analysis of amyloid fibrils was introduced by NIKEI Shinbun.
  (Schools of Engineering Project Assocoate Professor Masaru Kato)
  Details here.



• Human arterial endothelial cells in a glass microchip was carried by NIKEI SANGYO Shinbun.
  (Schools of Engineering Professor Takehiko Kitamori)　Details here.



• A research presentation concerning the biomolecule encapsulated in hydrogel and a resent achievement concerning the high-throughput analysis of amyloid fibrils were introduced by BTJ Journal.
  (Schools of Engineering Project Assocoate Professor Masaru Kato)
  Details here.



• Study of the microchips with an old-fashioned kind of engine--a living heart was carried by Scientific American Magazine.
  (Schools of Engineering Professor Takehiko Kitamori)
  Details here.



• Photo-activated gene delivery vectors were featured as a representative nanomedicine at the Commentary in Nature Materials.
  (Schools of Engineering and Medicine Professor Kazunori Kataoka, School of Medicine,Lecturer Nobuhiro Nishiyama)
  Details here.



• Study of anti-cancer drug accumulation in pancreatic cancer by combining an inhibitor of cancer-related blood vessel formation was published in Proceedings of National Academy of Science USA and carried by YOMIURI Shinbun / YOMIURI Online / Nanotech News (National Cancer Institute, NCI alliance for Nanotechnology in Cancer, USA) / Nature Reviews Drug Discovery.
  (Schools of Engineering and Medicine Professor Kazunori Kataoka, School of Medicine Professor Kohei Miyazono, Lecturer Nobuhiro Nishiyama, Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Mitsunobu R Kano, and Former Specially Appointed Assistant Professor Younsoo Bae)
  Details here.



• "Microfluidic flow control on charged phospholipid polymer interface" was published in Lab on a Chip, Feb. 2007
  (School of Engineering Professor Ishihara Kazuhiko, Lecturer Madoka Takai, and Assistant rofessor Tomohiro Konno) Details here.



• "NMR Study of Water Molecules Confined in Extended Nanospaces" was published in the inside cover of Angewandte Chemie International Edition
  (Schools of Engineering Professor Takehiko Kitamori)
  Details here.



• "Self-assembled nanotubes exhibit photoconductivity" was published in Optics. org.
  (Schools of Engineering Professor Takuzo Aida)
  Details here.

2006

• Study of Photoconductive Coaxial Nanotubes was carried by NIHON KEIZAI / NIKKEI SANGYO / ASAHI shinbun etc and by Chemistry World / Chemistry & Engineering News.
  (School of Engineering Professor Takuzo Aida) Details here.



• Study of Photoconductive Coaxial Nanotubes of Molecularly Connected Electron Donor and Acceptor Layers was carried by Science. Abstract
  (School of Engineering Professor Takuzo Aida) Details here.



• A new anti-adhesive technology using trehalose was carried by MAINICHI Shimbun / KAGAKU KOGYO Nippou / NIKKEI SANGYO Shinbun / FUJI SANKEI Business i.
  (School of Medicine Associate Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung) Details here.



• Metals line up for DNA was carried by Nature Nanotechnology and introduced in News and Views, Nature.
  (School of Science Professor Mitsuhiko Shionoya) Details here.



• Clinical study of custom-made bone implants was carried by NIKKEI Shimbun.
  (School of Medicine Associate Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung) Details here.



• Research on the low-cytotoxicty of metal-free nanocarbon was carried by ASAHI / MAINICHI / YOMIURI / KAGAKU / NIKKAN KOGYO Shinbun and KAGAKU KOGYO Nippou.
  (School of Science　Associate Professor Hiroyuki Isobe, Professor Eiichi Nakamura, and School of Medicine Lecturer Eisei Noiri) Details here.



• Genetic Field Effect Transistor was carried by NIKKEI Business Daily.
  (National Institute for Materials Science　Toshiya Sakata(Researcher) and Yuji Miyahara(Research fellow)) Details here.



• Research preogress on molecular pliers was carried by Nature/ KAGAKU / NIKKEI / YOMIURI / NIKKEI SANGYO / NIKKAN KOGYO / ASAHI Shimbun.
  (School of Engineering Professor Takuzo Aida / Kazushi Kinbara) Details here.



• Ultraprecise bone implant manufacturing technology was carried by NIKKEI Shimbun.
  (School of Medicine Associate Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung) Details here.



• Research progress on bone regeneration using skin cells was published in NIKKEI BUSINESS DAILY.
  (School of Medicine Professor Matsumura, Associate Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung.) Click for details



• Research activities of CNBI was carried by Yomiuri. Click here for details



• Research progress on light-induced gene delivery nanomachines was carried by Nature Clinical Practice Neurology.
  (Professor Kataoka・Details here)



• Sequencing analysis of DNA base using transistor was carried by ANGEW CHEM INT EDIT and selected one of ”Hot Papers”.
  (National Institute for Materials Science　Toshiya Sakata(Researcher) and Yuji Miyahara(Research fellow) Click for details)



• Development of an innovative custom-made bone implant was announced at the press conference. Published in FujiSankei, NIKKEI NANO BUSINESS, Medical Academy News, The Science News, PHARMA JAPAN and JMS February issue.
  (School of Medicine Associate Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung.) Click for details



• Research progress on light-induced gene transfer nanomachines was published in "Nature Materials"and related articles were published in Yomiuri Shimbun,Asahi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Slhimbun,Nature Japan (Research Highlights).(Professor Kataoka,Details here)



• An inovative therapy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using a photosensitive nanomachine was published in "Nano Letters"and a related article appeared in nanotechweb.org.(Professor Kataoka,Details here)



• CNBI has been founded. Carried by Yomiuri,Nikkei,Kagaku Shimbun



• Development ofultrasensitive fluorescent nanoprobe for measurement of intracellular nitric oxide was published in"Proc Natl Acad Sci USA". (Lecturer Moritoshi Sato and Professor Yoshio Umezawain School of Science, Details here)

2005

• Ultraprecise bone implant manufacturing technology was carried by NIKKEI Shimbun (School of Medicine Associate Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung) Details here.



• Research progress on bone regeneration using skin cells was published in NIKKEI BUSINESS DAILY (School of Medicine Professor Matsumura, Associate Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung.) Click for details



• Research activities of CNBI was carried by Yomiuri. Click here for details



• Research progress on light-induced gene delivery nanomachines was carried by Nature Clinical Practice Neurology. (Professor Kataoka・Details here)



• Sequencing analysis of DNA base using transistor was carried by ANGEW CHEM INT EDIT and selected one of ”Hot Papers”. (National Institute for Materials Science　Toshiya Sakata(Researcher) and Yuji Miyahara(Research fellow) Click for details)



• Development of an innovative custom-made bone implant was announced at the press conference. Published in FujiSankei, NIKKEI NANO BUSINESS, Medical Academy News, The Science News, PHARMA JAPAN and JMS February issue (School of Medicine Associate Professor Yuichi Tei / Ung-il Chung.) Click for details



• Research progress on light-induced gene transfer nanomachines was published in"Nature Materials" and related articles were published in Yomiuri Shimbun,Asahi Shimbun, Nihon Keizai Shimbun and Nature Japan (Research Highlights).(Professor Kataoka,Details here)



• An inovative therapy for age-related macular degeneration (AMD) using a photosensitive nanomachine was published in"Nano Letters" and a related article appeared in nanotechweb.org. (Professor Kataoka,Details here)



• The cooperation research between Associate Professor Yasuyuki Sakai, Associate Professor Teruo Fujii and Inui Maternity Clinic was published in Fukushima Mimpo newspaper.