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Yanagida Lab
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A lab taking on everything from medical and dental engineering to measurement in extreme environments with BioMEMS.
AboutAbout the lab
From medical and dental engineering to extreme-environment measurement with BioMEMS
The Yanagida Lab uses BioMEMS, a technology for building tiny devices, to study topics ranging from medicine and dentistry to ocean environment measurement.
Its cross-disciplinary work includes research on how to handle cells, sensors that examine conditions in the mouth, and sensors that measure carbon dioxide in the ocean.
The lab brings together students with a wide range of specialties, and applicants may come from any background.
Key terms
- BioMEMS
- Technology that applies tiny devices, made with fine semiconductor fabrication techniques, to biology and medicine
- Microfluidic channel
- A mechanism that flows liquid through very narrow grooves to mix or measure it
- Ion-selective electrode
- A sensor that responds only to a specific ion in a liquid and measures its concentration as an electrical signal
- Subculture (passaging)
- The procedure of detaching grown cells, diluting them, and moving them to a new container to keep growing them
NewsLab news
A master's student received the JSAP Poster Award at the Japan Society of Applied Physics meeting
The lab held an information session for prospective graduate school applicants
A master's student received an Outstanding Poster Award at the results meeting of the Joint Research Hub for Biomedical and Dental Engineering
ResearchResearch themes
The lab uses BioMEMS technology to study subjects from medical and dental engineering to measurement in extreme environments. Its cross-disciplinary research covers ocean environment measurement, monitoring of conditions in the mouth, cell culture, and fuel cells.
*Illustrative imageA sensor for measuring carbon dioxide in the ocean
This research uses microfluidic channels to miniaturize and mass-produce sensors that measure carbon dioxide at the sea surface. By mounting them on drifting buoys, the lab aims to increase the number of observation points.
*Illustrative imageChecking conditions in the mouth through saliva
The lab is developing a device that examines conditions in the mouth by measuring ions in saliva with ion-selective electrodes. Multivariate analysis is used to reduce the influence of ions other than the target.
*Illustrative imageA cell culture method that is gentle on cells
Using substrates whose properties change with temperature and that can be made easily by spin coating, the lab studies a cell subculture method that is less likely to damage cell membranes and does not require complicated procedures.
*Illustrative imagePortable fuel cells
The lab is developing portable solid oxide fuel cells, which operate at high temperatures, drawing on techniques for synthesizing new materials and fabricating channels and devices.
MembersFaculty
The Yanagida Lab consists of faculty, researchers, and master's and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYasuko Yanagida
- Assistant ProfessorYamada TetsuyaPublications ↗
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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: “US Navy 120209-N-ZI635-256 Meteorology and oceanography officers Lt. Cmdr. Shane Stoughton, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Ana Tempone deploy a drifting buoy” U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman George M. Bell / Public domain (cropped)
- A sensor for measuring carbon dioxide in the ocean: “Argo float deployed from research vessel” NOAA GOMO (Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing Program) / Public domain (cropped)
- Checking conditions in the mouth through saliva: “Hanna HI 8314 membrane pH meter” Sergei Golyshev from Russia / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- A cell culture method that is gentle on cells: “Binder CB 210 incubator interior” Shinryuu / Public domain (cropped)
- Portable fuel cells: “Solid oxide electrolyser cell prefab” EERE / Public domain (cropped)
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- Related lab (高橋研究室): “Rice terraces, Yamakoshi, Niigata” yoshi s / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (肖研究室): “Rayleigh-Taylor instability” Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Public domain (cropped)
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（再生医工学研究室） ): “Line of culture flask ( )” Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy Poirrier from USA / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
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