Takinoue’s Profile

Professor (PI), Biophysicist

Department of Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)
Living Systems Materialogy (LiSM) Research Group, International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Tokyo Tech
ORCID / researchmap
E-mail: takinoue (at) c.titech.ac.jp
masahiro.takinoue (at) takinoue-lab.jp
Teaching
[Japanese version]

Remarks

“Creating artificial cells and molecular robots using DNA – Exploring the boundary between matter and life” (2022) [English] [Japanese]
“The Biophysics of ʻOrganismsʼ Not Existing in Nature”, the preface of the magazine by the Biophysical Society of Japan (2020) [English translation version] [Japanese original version]

Biophysics, Applied Physics, Applied Information Science, System Science

Physics of Information Biomacromolecule; DNA Nanotechnology; Soft Matter Science
Molecular Computing; Molecular Programming; Molecular Robotics
Artificial Cell Systems; Bottom-up Synthetic Biology
Nano&Micro Science and Technology; MEMS; Microfluidics
Nonlinear Nonequilibrium Science
Physical and Chemical Simulation

2022-present: Professor, Dept. Computer Science, Tokyo Tech
- 2024-present: Professor, Research Center for Autonomous Systems Materialogy (ASMat), Institute of Innovative Research (IIR), Tokyo Tech
- 2022-2024: Professor, Living Systems Materialogy (LiSM) Research Group, International Research Frontiers Initiative (IRFI), Tokyo Tech
2016-2022: Associate Professor, Dept. Computer Science, Tokyo Tech
- 2018: Invited Professor, Département de Chimie, L’École Normale Supérieure, Paris
2011-2016: Associate Professor, Dept. Computational Intelligence and Systems Science, Tokyo Tech
- 2011-2015: JST PRESTO Researcher
2009-2011: Assistant Professor, Takeuchi Lab., Institute of Industrial Science, The Univ. of Tokyo
2008-2009: Postdoctoral Fellow, Yoshikawa Lab., Dept. Phys., Kyoto Univ.
2007-2008: JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow, Suyama Lab., The Univ. of Tokyo
2006-2007: JSPS Research Fellow (DC2), Suyama Lab., The Univ. of Tokyo

2007, March: Ph.D. in Physics
(Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Thesis title: Wet DNA nanodevices for molecular computing
2004, March: M.S. in Physics
(Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
DNA thermodynamics and kinetics, DNA nanotechnology on molecular memory
2002, March: B.S. in Physics
(Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
Optical condensed matter physics on carbon nanotubes

Seiichi Tejima Research Award, Japan (2023)
“Sequence-based engineering of dynamic functions of micrometer-sized DNA droplets”
Outstanding Researcher Award on Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems (CHEMINAS Researcher Award) (2021)
Tokyo Tech-Astellas Rx+ INnovation Award (Tech ARINA) (2019)
The Young Scientists’ Prize, The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), Japan (2017)
Future Leaders of Science and Technology in Society (STS) Forum (2017)
Support for Tokyo Tech Advanced Researchers (STAR) (2017)
Hot Article Award, Analytical Sciences (2016)
Tokyo Tech Challenging Research Award, President’s Special Award (2013)
Symbols of Tomorrow Award, Researcher Category (2013)

International Conference on Miniaturized Systems for Chemistry and Life Sciences (µTAS): Technical Program Committee (TPC) (2022-)
International Conference on Manipulation, Automation and Robotics at Small Scales (MARSS): Program Committee
The Biophysical Society of Japan: Committee (2012-2013), etc.
Japanese Society For Cell Synthesis Research: President (2019-2020), etc.
Molecular Robotics Research Group (Japan): President (2018), etc.