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Biomolecular Engineering Lab
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A lab studying drugs and cosmetics delivered through the skin, and metal recycling.
AboutAbout the lab
Rethinking how drugs are delivered and how metals are recovered.
Professor Goto of the Biomolecular Engineering Lab researches drug discovery engineering, transdermal vaccines, functional cosmetics, applications of ionic liquids to drugs, and rare metal recycling technology, among other topics.
The lab works on turning biologics that require injection into formulations that can be taken orally or absorbed through the skin.
It also works on developing cosmetics using a highly skin-permeable formulation technology (SO technology), and on developing systems that efficiently separate and recover metal resources.
On the lab's website, the lab is listed as the "Goto-Kamiya Lab."
Key terms
- Transdermal vaccine
- A vaccine that is absorbed into the body through the skin instead of being injected
- Ionic liquid
- A type of special solvent. In Professor Goto's research, it is used to prepare drugs and to recycle metals
- DDS
- A mechanism for delivering drugs to the body (drug delivery system)
- Rare metals
- A type of metal resource. Professor Goto's research deals with recycling technology that separates and recovers them efficiently
ResearchResearch themes
Professor Goto of the Biomolecular Engineering Lab is working on turning biologics that require injection into oral or transdermal formulations, and on developing systems that efficiently separate and recover metal resources. Research themes include transdermal vaccines, functional cosmetics, applications of ionic liquids to drug delivery systems (DDS), rare metal recycling, and the development of biomaterials.
*Illustrative imageTransdermal Vaccines and Drug Discovery Engineering
This research aims to turn biologics that require injection into formulations that can be taken orally or absorbed through the skin. In addition to insulin and GLP-1 receptor agonists, the lab is developing transdermal vaccines for influenza and for allergies such as hay fever.
*Illustrative imageDevelopment of Functional Cosmetics
The lab develops high-performance cosmetics using a highly skin-permeable formulation technology (SO technology). Functional cosmetics that use this skin-permeation technology include VIVCO, Priecla, and T3.
*Illustrative imageApplying Ionic Liquids to DDS
The lab prepares drugs using ionic liquids, a special type of solvent. It focuses on developing biocompatible ionic liquids, is considering their use in anticancer drugs and in transdermal formulations of various drugs, and is also developing transdermal formulations of nucleic acid drugs (such as mRNA).
*Illustrative imageHighly Efficient Recycling of Rare Metals
The lab develops systems that efficiently separate and recover metal resources. In addition to metal recycling systems that use ionic liquids and deep eutectic solvents, which do not require organic solvents, it also studies the use of membrane technology for metal recovery.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorMasahiro Goto
- ProfessorNoriho Kamiya
- Associate ProfessorRie Wakabayashi
- Assistant ProfessorYoshiro Kawaguchi
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Applying transdermal patch” British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT). Download this book for free at http://open.bccampus.ca / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Transdermal Vaccines and Drug Discovery Engineering: “Transdermal microneedles” National Health Federation / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Development of Functional Cosmetics: “Medical-cream-g” 些細な
日常 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped) - Applying Ionic Liquids to DDS: “Ionic liquid anti-wear additive ( )” Oak Ridge National Laboratory / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Highly Efficient Recycling of Rare Metals: “Revox B215 - e-waste - old capacitors” Retired electrician / CC0 (cropped)
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