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Serizawa-Sawada Lab
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The lab brings out the hidden potential of biopolymers and turns them into engineering materials.
AboutAbout the lab
Turning the power of biopolymers into engineering materials
The Serizawa Lab uncovers the hidden functions and properties of biologically derived polymers such as peptides, proteins, and polysaccharides, and studies how to apply them as engineering materials.
Based on polymer chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry, the lab makes full use of the latest biotechnology.
Drawing on novel and original ideas, the lab takes on the challenge of opening up new academic fields in polymer science.
It aims to contribute to the fields of medicine, the environment, energy, and manufacturing.
Key terms
- Biopolymer
- A long chain of linked molecules made by living things, such as peptides, proteins, and polysaccharides
- Self-assembly
- The process by which molecules gather on their own to form regular structures
- Cellulose
- A tough polysaccharide made of linked sugars that forms plant cell walls. It is why trees can withstand wind and rain for a long time
NewsLab news
Paper on a drug carrier that responds to cellulase accepted
A PhD student received the Student Excellent Poster Award at the Bio-Polymer Symposium
A student received the Outstanding On-Demand Presentation Award at the Annual Meeting of the Society of Polymer Science, Japan
Paper on hydrogel surface functionalization through the self-assembly of cello-oligosaccharides accepted
Paper on improving heat conduction by assembling filamentous viruses featured on the journal cover
ResearchResearch themes
The lab uncovers the hidden functions and properties of biologically derived polymers and studies how to apply them as engineering materials. Based on polymer chemistry, organic chemistry, and physical chemistry, it makes full use of the latest biotechnology to create new materials.
*Illustrative imageFunctional cellulose made with enzymes
The lab synthesizes cellulose through artificial enzyme-catalyzed polymerization, and by controlling the polymerization reaction, it freely manipulates the self-assembly of the cellulose. It synthesizes functional cellulose whose molecular chain ends are chemically modified, and applies it to fiber-reinforced plastics, scaffolds for cell culture, catalyst supports, and more.
*Illustrative imagePeptides that distinguish polymers
The lab has shown that completely new peptides exist that distinguish slight structural differences in synthetic polymers and bind to them specifically. Using such peptides to functionalize polymer surfaces and to form nanoparticles, the lab is extending this work to the creation of environmentally friendly functional polymers.
*Illustrative imageDispersing nanotubes in water
Boron nitride nanotubes have high thermal stability and mechanical strength, but they do not disperse in most solvents and are difficult to handle. The lab wraps them in biopolymers such as peptides and polysaccharides to disperse them in water, and analyzes their basic properties with applications in medical materials in mind.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Serizawa Lab consist of faculty and PhD, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakeshi SerizawaPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorYuuki HataPublications ↗
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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: “Paper. Magnification power 2000x. 01” Nobody16w / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Functional cellulose made with enzymes: “Cellulose nanofiber network” Qspheroid4 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Peptides that distinguish polymers: “PDB 1dng EBI” Jawahar Swaminathan and MSD staff at the European Bioinformatics Institute / Public domain (cropped)
- Dispersing nanotubes in water: “Boron nitride nanotube (6,6)” Itamblyn / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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