Apr 3, 2013 Updated 
In response to the progress of bioscience in recent years, growing attention has been paid to the materials, named biomaterials, that interact with a living body or its composition elements like proteins or the cells, and so on. Many of such biomaterials were already put to practical use with the high-tech devices as central materials, such as artificial organs, drug delivery system and biosensors. In addition, the research and development of new biomaterials are actively carried out all around the world, e.g the material whose structures and functions are changed responding to external stimuli (Intelligent materials) or those who are guiding the proliferation and differentiation of the cells.
------by Kazunori Kataoka From 'Biomaterial Engineering' (Publisher, Shokabo)

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2013. 4. 3
Mr. Hiroyasu Takemoto (D3) was promoted to assistant professor. (Polymer Chemistry Division, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology)
2013. 4. 1
Dr. Yasutaka Anraku was promoted to assistant professor. (Department of Materials Engineering, The University of Tokyo)
2013. 3.25
Dr. Sabina Quader received the ICBS2013 Poster Award (Journal Controled Release) at the 2nd International Conference on Biomaterials Science in Tsukuba -ICBS2013-. Her presentation title is "Intracellular delivery of proteasome inhibitor MG132 by using polymeric micelles for effective cancer therapy" (coauthersFS. Quader, H. Cabral, Y. Mochida, T. Ishii, N. Nishiyama, K. Kataoka).
2013. 3.25
Mr. Mitsuru Naito (D1) received the ICBS2013 Poster Award (Biomaterials Science) at the 2nd International Conference on Biomaterials Science in Tsukuba -ICBS2013-. His presentation title is "Phenylboronate Functionalized Polyion Complex Micelles as ATP-sensitive Smart Delivery System of siRNA" (coauthersFM. Naito, T. Ishii, A. Matsumoto, K. Miyata, Y. Miyahara, K. Kataoka).
2013. 3.18
Dr. Takehiko Ishii was promoted to project associate professor. (Department of Bioengineering, The University of Tokyo)
2013. 3. 4
Dr. Akihiro Kishimura (Assistant Professor at Materials Engineering) became a associate professor at center for molecular systems Kyushu University. (Homepage Katayama Lab)
2013. 2.18
The press conference on the paper "In vivo messenger RNA introduction into the central nervous system using polyplex nanomicelle" for PLOS ONE was held at the University of Tokyo and Todai Research.
2013. 2. 6
Mr. Peng Mi (D3) received Young Scientist Poster Award at The 16th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Drug Delivery Systems. His presentation title is gPegylated polyanion hybrid calcium phosphate micellar MRI probe for in vivo noninvasive solid tumor diagnosish (coauthors: D. Kokuryo, M. Kumagai, H. Cabral, I. Aoki, N. Nishiyama, K. Kataoka).
2013. 2. 4
Project Assistant Professor Yutaka Miura was promoted to assistant professor at Division of Clinical Biotechnology, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo.
2013. 1.15
Nano-Bio FIRST symposium will hold on March 5.(Detail)
2013. 1. 9
Dr. Nishiyama (Associate Professor at Medical School) became a professor at Polymer Chemistry Division, Chemical Resources Laboratory, Tokyo Institute of Technology (HomepageFwww.bmw.res.titech.ac.jp/english/)