Takinoue’s Profile

Masahiro Takinoue, Ph.D.

Associate Professor (PI), Biophysicist

• Department of Computer Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech)
• ORCID iD / researchmap
• E-mail: takinoue (at) c.titech.ac.jp ,
  masahiro.takinoue (at) takinoue-lab.jp
• [Japanese version]

Remarks

• “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]

Research Area of Expertise

• Biophysics (Biomacromolecular Physics, DNA Nanotechnology, Soft Matter Science)
• Applied Physics (Nano/Micro Science and Technology)

Research field

• DNA Nanotechnology & DNA Computing
• Artificial Cells, Artificial Nuclei, Artificial Chromatins
• Molecular Robotics
• MEMS and Microfluidics
• Molecular Simulation

Professional Carrier

• 2016-present: Associate Professor (Dept. Computer Science, Tokyo Tech)
  • 2018: Invited Professor (Département de Chimie, L’École Normale Supérieure, Paris)
• 2011-2016: Associate Professor (Dept. Computational Intelligent 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)

Educational Background

• 2007, March: Ph.D. in Physics
  (Department of Physics, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan)
  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

Selected Award

• 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)

Publications

• See Publication List