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Noguchi Lab
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The lab uses simulations to uncover the shapes and motions of biological membranes and soft materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring soft matter and living things with computers
The Noguchi Lab studies soft matter and biophysics through theory and computer simulation.
Soft matter includes polymers, surfactants, colloids, and liquid crystals, which are soft materials that change shape greatly under small forces.
The lab mainly investigates the structure formation of biological membranes and cells, complex fluids that flow differently from ordinary fluids, and the motion of active matter.
The lab also develops and improves the simulation methods needed for this research.
Key terms
- Soft matter
- A general term for soft materials such as polymers, surfactants, colloids, and liquid crystals, whose shape and properties change greatly under small forces
- Active matter
- A system made up of many elements that use their own energy to move, such as flocks of birds, schools of fish, and cells
- Vesicle
- A tiny sac-like particle formed when a lipid membrane closes on itself. It is used as a model of the cell membrane
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received the Student Presentation Award from the Biophysical Society of Japan
A doctoral student received the Student Excellent Presentation Award (Division 12) from the Physical Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The lab studies soft matter and biophysics using theory and computer simulation. It focuses on understanding structure formation in biological membranes and cells and the dynamics of complex fluids and active matter, and it also develops and improves simulation methods for this purpose.
*Illustrative imageShape changes of red blood cells and vesicles
The lab investigates how red blood cells and vesicles made of lipid membranes change shape in various environments. It studies dynamics especially under nonequilibrium conditions, such as the deformation of red blood cells in flow and shape changes of biological membranes caused by protein adsorption or chemical reactions.
*Illustrative imageActive matter and complex fluids
Using large-scale supercomputer simulations, the lab studies phase transitions and spatiotemporal patterns in active matter, as well as the dynamics of fluids that do not follow the equations of ordinary fluids, such as polymer solutions and flows containing bubbles.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Noguchi Lab include faculty, doctoral and master's students, ISSP research fellows, and a secretary.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorHiroshi Noguchi
- Assistant ProfessorHiroyoshi Nakano
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images.
- Top image: “Soap Bubbles ( )” Paul VanDerWerf from Brunswick, Maine, USA / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Shape changes of red blood cells and vesicles: “Red Blood Cell” Arek Socha / CC0 (cropped)
- Active matter and complex fluids: “Swirling schools of Anchovies ( )” Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
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