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Maki Lab
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An organic synthesis lab that creates optical imaging materials inspired by bioluminescent organisms such as fireflies.
AboutAbout the lab
Learning from bioluminescent organisms to create materials for seeing with light.
The Maki Lab uses organic synthesis to create optical imaging materials based on natural compounds found in bioluminescent organisms such as fireflies.
The lab's website explains that optical imaging technology is an indispensable research tool in the life sciences.
Through joint research with labs at other universities and with companies, the lab develops optical imaging technologies that use these materials.
The lab's website is a joint website shared with the Hirano Lab and the Kitada Lab.
Key terms
- Organic synthesis
- The artificial construction of molecules built on a carbon skeleton by combining chemical reactions.
- Optical imaging
- A technology that uses light-emitting substances as markers to make the inside of living bodies and cells visible.
- Bioluminescent organisms
- Living things that produce light with their own bodies, such as fireflies.
ResearchResearch themes
From the standpoint of organic synthesis, the Maki Lab creates materials for optical imaging based on natural compounds from bioluminescent organisms. These materials are used to develop optical imaging technologies in joint research with labs at other universities and with companies.
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MembersFaculty
The members of the Maki Lab are faculty members, researchers, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorShojiro Maki
- Assistant ProfessorKikuya Hayashi
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Firefly Luciferase Crystal Structure.rsh” Ramin Herati / Public domain (cropped)
- Optical Imaging Materials Inspired by Bioluminescent Organisms: “Firefly Luciferase” Yikrazuul / Public domain (cropped)
- Related lab (Shirakawa Lab): “Calcium fluorescence imaging schematic” PeaBrainC / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Kano Lab): “Microscope stage set up for intravital microscopy” Aleanora / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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