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Furukawa Lab (Regenerative Biomedical Engineering Lab)
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A lab that grows cells with mechanical stimulation, aiming to regenerate cartilage, blood vessels, and bone.
AboutAbout the lab
Regenerating organs from a mechanics perspective.
The Furukawa Lab studies the regeneration of a variety of organs from the perspective of biomechanics.
It works on techniques for sorting stem cells, techniques for controlling stem cell differentiation with mechanical stimulation, and the design of culture devices that apply stimulation (bioreactors).
By investigating mechanics from single cells to complex tissues, the lab explores the relationship between organ regeneration and the loss of organ function.
The lab aims to regenerate organs that continue to function over a long period.
Key terms
- Biomechanics
- A field that studies the functioning of living bodies and cells using the principles of mechanics.
- Stem cell
- A cell with the ability to change (differentiate) into many types of cells, such as bone and cartilage cells.
- Bioreactor
- A device for growing cells and tissues. It allows culture while applying stimuli such as fluid flow and pressure.
NewsLab news
A paper by Assistant Professor Morita and colleagues was published in Advanced Materials
Assistant Professor Morita received the "Outstanding Young Researcher Award" (Society for Chemistry and Micro-Nano Systems)
Held a lab information session for graduate school admissions
Held a joint lab tour (lab visit) for graduate school admissions
A paper by Assistant Professor Morita and colleagues was published in 2024 IEEE 37TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MICRO ELECTRO ME…
ResearchResearch themes
From a biomechanics perspective, the lab studies the regeneration of a wide range of organs, including cartilage, blood vessels, and bone. It also develops devices that grow tissue by applying mechanical stimulation, and techniques for building three-dimensional tissue scaffolds.
*Illustrative imageGuiding stem cells with fine surface patterns
The lab investigates how the shape of fine surface irregularities on a substrate affects stem cell behavior. It has found that irregularities of a specific size cause stem cells to differentiate into osteoblast-like cells.
*Illustrative imageRegenerating cartilage with mechanical stimulation
The lab aims to regenerate cartilage using stimuli such as fluid shear stress, hydrostatic pressure, compression, and ultrasound. It has also created a scaffold-free model of regenerated cartilage and is developing techniques to control tissue shape through stimulation.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping devices to grow blood vessels
The lab develops devices that culture regenerated blood vessels while applying pressure and shear stress. It searches for conditions under which vessels grow better, then designs and builds culture devices that reproduce those conditions to culture regenerated vessels.
*Illustrative imageRegenerating bone with stimulation
The lab aims to create bone-like tissue while applying physical stimulation to regenerated bone. This research designs bioreactors that reproduce the fine fluid flow inside bone in order to produce regenerated bone with superior function.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Furukawa Lab are faculty members, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, a professor emeritus, and staff.As of 2025
- Professor古川 克子
- Assistant ProfessorTomohiro MoritaPublications ↗
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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: “Line of culture flask ( )” Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier from USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Guiding stem cells with fine surface patterns: “MSCs D21” MFT29 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Regenerating cartilage with mechanical stimulation: “Connective Tissue Hyaline Cartilage ( )” Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library / CC0 (cropped)
- Developing devices to grow blood vessels: “Artery” Lord of Konrad / CC0 (cropped)
- Regenerating bone with stimulation: “Compact bone” Echinaceapallida / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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