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Shuku Lab
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A bio-nano sensing lab that uses electrochemistry to measure cells and materials.
AboutAbout the lab
New measurement systems based on electrochemistry
The Shuku Lab studies new measurement systems based on electrochemistry.
It has worked on techniques for arranging different types of biomolecules side by side and on multiplexed bioanalysis that examines many items at once.
By miniaturizing probes and electrochemical devices, it explores in depth what happens at electrode surfaces.
Its goal is large-scale screening across a wide range of fields, from medicine and biotechnology to materials science, the environment, and energy.
Key terms
- Electrochemistry
- A field of chemistry that studies reactions in which substances exchange electrons and the relationship between those reactions and the electricity that flows through them
- Bipolar electrode
- A conductor with no wire connected, whose two ends act as electrodes solely because of an electric field applied around it
- Scanning probe microscope
- A microscope that traces the surface of a sample with a fine probe to examine its shape and properties in detail
NewsLab news
A master's student won the Analyst Poster Award at the RSC-JAIMA Symposium on Analytical Chemistry 2026
A master's student won the Outstanding Poster Award at the Michinoku Analytical Science Symposium
An undergraduate student won the Outstanding Presentation Award at the 53rd Research Meeting of the Society for Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems
A paper in Electrochemical Science Advances was selected as a Top cited article
A doctoral student won the Dean's Award of the Graduate School of Engineering
ResearchResearch themes
Based on electrochemistry, the lab works on techniques for arranging different types of biomolecules side by side and on multiplexed bioanalysis that examines many items at once. Beyond biosensing, it is building a foundation for multi-sensing that can also be used to evaluate environmentally harmful substances and nanomaterials, aiming at large-scale screening in a wide range of fields.
*Illustrative imageNew Measurement Built with Electrochemistry
The lab is developing a multifunctional pipette probe that can observe living cells at high resolution, using cell aggregates made by differentiating mouse ES cells. By using electricity to control the interface between oil and water, it collects a very small amount of cytoplasm, aiming at a single-cell analysis method that is less likely to damage cells.
*Illustrative imageDevices for Electrochemical Imaging
The lab has contributed to developing an electrode chip with an unusually large number of electrodes for a device that detects by electric current, and built an analysis system that examines many samples and items at once. It also builds on bipolar electrodes made by arranging carbon nanotubes on a hydrogel sheet, aiming at applications in medical diagnosis and environmental monitoring.
*Illustrative imageEvaluating Three-Dimensional Culture Models
The lab makes organoid models that mimic biological tissue and cell chips that reproduce conditions inside the body, and evaluates their function electrochemically. By combining three-dimensional culture models with electrochemical sensors, it aims to create new tools for bioanalysis.
*Illustrative imageMeasuring Material Performance with Microscopy
The lab mounts a tiny electrode on a scanning probe microscope system and electrochemically evaluates the sample surface point by point. The method can evaluate a wide range of functional materials, from battery materials to biomaterials.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Shuku Lab are faculty, administrative assistants, research assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorHitoshi Shiku
- Associate ProfessorKosuke Ino
- Associate ProfessorHiroya Abe
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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: “Andrea Santiuste LydiaGarcía CristinaMoreno” PracticaGarSanMo / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- New Measurement Built with Electrochemistry: “Neural progenitor colony” M. Oktar Guloglu / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Devices for Electrochemical Imaging: “Carbon nanotube zigzag povray cropped” Carbon_nanotube_zigzag_povray.PNG: Arnero derivative work: Antony-22 (talk) / Public domain (cropped)
- Evaluating Three-Dimensional Culture Models: “SI organoid 1” Abhimanu.pandey / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Measuring Material Performance with Microscopy: “Sicm” Paul venter / Public domain (cropped)
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