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Miyako Lab
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A lab taking on cancer diagnosis and treatment with microorganisms and nanomaterials.
AboutAbout the lab
Engineering life's functions to create the medicine of the future.
The Miyako Lab engineers the functions of microorganisms and functional biomaterials to tackle intractable diseases such as cancer.
The lab focuses on nanomaterials that respond to physical energy such as light and magnetic fields, and on bacteria that gather and function in the tumor environment.
Spanning materials science, nanotechnology, microbiology, and biomedical engineering, the lab pursues research that links basic research to clinical application.
In April 2026, the lab moved to Tohoku University and now works at the Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials.
Key terms
- Bacterial cancer therapy
- A treatment that uses bacteria with the property of gathering in tumors to treat cancer
- Biomaterial
- A medical material designed for use inside the body or in contact with the body
- Nanomaterial
- A very small material made at the scale of nanometers (one billionth of a meter)
NewsLab news
A doctoral student received a Student Encouragement Award at the Tohoku University–Ewha Womans University Joint Symposium 2026
The lab moved to Tohoku University and began its activities
ResearchResearch themes
The lab aims to create technologies for diagnosing and treating intractable diseases, including cancer, by engineering the functions of microorganisms and functional biomaterials. Centered on nanomaterials that respond to light and magnetic fields and on bacteria that gather and function in the tumor environment, the lab pursues research that links basic research to clinical application.
*Illustrative imageMedicine combining biomaterials and microorganisms
Building on functional nanomaterials, the lab aims to develop biodevices and medical systems useful for early diagnosis of disease, targeted treatment, and regenerative medicine. It also works to bring the results of basic research into society and to apply them in clinical settings.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping bacterial cancer therapy
Starting from bacteria that naturally gather in tumors, the lab aims to develop bacterial cancer therapy that is both safe and highly effective. It engineers therapeutic bacteria that deliver drugs or activate the immune system, and works to build cancer treatment systems that can be used in the clinic.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Miyako Lab consist of faculty, researchers, technical assistants, and doctoral and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorEijiro Miyako
- Assistant ProfessorSeigo Iwata
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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: “Cylindrical squalenoyl-doxorubicin nanoparticle” Yesint / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Medicine combining biomaterials and microorganisms: “Ferrofluid close” Opoterser / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Developing bacterial cancer therapy: “SalmonellaNIAID” 作者不詳 / Public domain (cropped)
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