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Hirano Lab
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A chemistry lab that learns from bioluminescence to create luminescent molecules and crystals.
AboutAbout the lab
Learning from bioluminescence to create luminescent molecules.
The Hirano Lab studies bioluminescence with the aim of pioneering "photofunctional molecular engineering," which learns from the outstanding biological functions that involve light.
Focusing mainly on sea fireflies (Cypridina), crystal jellyfish (Aequorea victoria), and fireflies, the lab investigates at the molecular level how they produce light.
Drawing on this knowledge, the lab is working to develop molecules that glow beautifully and brightly, as well as new soft crystal luminescent materials.
The lab's website is presented on the joint "Hirano & Maki & Kitada Lab" page, shared with the Maki Lab and others.
Key terms
- Bioluminescence
- The phenomenon in which luminous organisms such as fireflies emit light. It is a foundation of the photochemistry behind technologies that visualize life activity.
- Photofunctional molecular engineering
- A field that learns from outstanding biological functions involving light. This lab aims to pioneer it.
ResearchResearch themes
Focusing on the fact that bioluminescence is a foundation of the photochemistry behind bioimaging technologies that visualize life activity, the lab is elucidating reaction mechanisms and developing functional luminescent substances based on molecules involved in bioluminescence. Building on its foundation in reaction mechanism research, the lab is taking on the development of new soft crystal luminescent materials, and also has in view pioneering green photochemical reactions inspired by plant photosynthesis.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Hirano Lab are faculty, Professors Emeritus, Project Professors, researchers, doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students, and secretaries.As of 2026
- ProfessorTakashi Hirano
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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: “Photinus pyralis Firefly glowing” art farmer from evansville indiana, usa / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Mechanisms of bioluminescence and luminescent materials: “Filoboletus manipularis D500 Yathumon M A” Yathumon M A / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kitada Lab): “Close-up view of a bioluminescent beetle Elateroidea” Basile Morin / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Taki Lab): “Picture of peptide hydrogel formation shown by the inverted vial method” Hutchinson Jessica / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Hirata Lab): “Fluorescent dye” Swastipandey / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Iwakuni Lab): “Bunsen spectrometer (Newth 1902)” Valerio Giuso / Public domain (cropped)
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