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Takehara Lab
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The lab designs medical devices that work safely inside the body, starting from the materials themselves.
AboutAbout the lab
Future medical devices, built through materials engineering.
Takehara Lab conceives original devices and systems starting from the materials level, with the aim of creating future medical devices that work safely inside the body.
Implantable biodevices are expected to be a next-generation medical technology, but for devices used inside the body, guaranteeing safety is critically important.
The lab works on the materials for devices that achieve both functionality and safety, and on the processes used to fabricate them (process technology).
This is a newly established lab. It is recruiting graduate students and accepts lab visits at any time.
Key terms
- Minimally invasive
- Describes an examination or treatment that causes only a small degree of damage or burden to the body.
- CMOS chip
- A type of component that integrates electronic circuits onto a small semiconductor plate. It is widely used in cameras, computers, and many other devices.
- Microneedle
- An array of very thin, short needles. It is inserted into the skin to deliver drugs or to measure substances inside the body.
ResearchResearch themes
The lab proposes original devices and systems starting from the materials level, aiming to realize future medical devices that function safely inside the body. Its research covers optical devices and electronic devices for use inside the body, as well as medical devices that measure molecules.
*Illustrative imageIn-Body Optics Designed from Materials
The lab is rethinking optical elements for use inside the body from the materials level. Alongside establishing fabrication methods for biomaterials that manipulate light, it is developing optical devices that can be implanted in the body.
*Illustrative imageMinimally Invasive In-Body Electronics
The lab studies processing and microfabrication techniques for bioresorbable materials, as well as implantable CMOS chips. It is building a technology platform for minimally invasive electronics that covers everything from materials to design and manufacturing.
*Illustrative imageMicroneedles for Measuring Molecules in the Body
Aiming for medical devices that can continuously monitor the concentrations of molecules and drugs in the blood over time, the lab is developing technology that uses optical microneedles to measure molecules inside the body.
MembersFaculty
The members of Takehara Lab are faculty; the lab is currently recruiting graduate and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorHiroaki TakeharaPublications ↗
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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: “Cleanroom - photolithography lab ( )” UCL Mathematical & Physical Sciences from London, UK / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- In-Body Optics Designed from Materials: “Red optical fibers” Tyler Nienhouse / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Minimally Invasive In-Body Electronics: “07R01” Mister rf / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Microneedles for Measuring Molecules in the Body: “Transdermal microneedles” National Health Federation / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Takai Lab): “Microfluidic chip for point-of-care medical devices” FMNLab / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Miyata Lab): “Nanoparticles in Brain Metastases ( )” NIH Image Gallery from Bethesda, Maryland, USA / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Cabral Lab): “SEM Lymphocyte” Unknown photographer/artist
（擬似カラー加工：DO11.10） / Public domain (cropped) - Related lab (Katashima-Chung Lab): “Superabsorber Hydrogel KSG 2917 pK” Petra Klawikowski / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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