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Morimoto Lab
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The lab combines cells and cultured tissues with micro-scale devices to create moving biomachines.
AboutAbout the lab
Turning cells into machine parts.
The Morimoto Lab centers on microfabrication and microfluidic device technologies and conducts research integrated with biotechnology and medical technology.
The lab aims to create systems that combine devices with cells, enzymes, and proteins.
In particular, it focuses on establishing methods for building tissue by culturing cells outside the body, and on realizing biomachines that integrate cultured tissue with devices.
The lab seeks to establish tissue construction methods that anyone can use with any type of cell, and to lead to the industrialization of cultured tissue.
Key terms
- MEMS
- Extremely small devices with mechanical structures, made using semiconductor manufacturing technology
- Microfluidic devices
- Devices with flow channels as thin as a hair that handle tiny amounts of liquid
- Cultured tissue
- Cells gathered and grown outside the body so that they have thickness and three-dimensional structure
NewsLab news
Paper by Professor Morimoto published in Food and Bioprocess Technology
Paper by a master's student published in Biofabrication
Paper by a master's student published in Mechanical Engineering Journal
Paper by a student who completed the master's program published in Biofabrication
Two undergraduate students receive the Department of Electronic and Physical Systems Excellence Award
ResearchResearch themes
The Morimoto Lab builds on microfabrication and microfluidic device technologies and integrates them with technologies from other fields such as biotechnology and medicine, aiming to create systems that combine devices and cells. It focuses on establishing methods of tissue construction by culturing cells outside the body, and on realizing biomachines by integrating cultured tissue with devices.
*Illustrative imageBiorobots powered by muscle
The lab aims to realize robots that move on chemical energy, using skeletal muscle tissue assembled from cells as actuators. It also works on controlling muscle contraction with electrodes and generating movement by combining multiple muscle tissues.
*Illustrative imageRecreating the body's functions outside the body
Targeting muscle, skin, blood vessels, nerves, the intestine, and more, the lab combines tissues made from cells with devices for stimulation, culture, and measurement. Responses to exercise load, flow, and drugs can be evaluated in a controlled environment.
*Illustrative imageThick cultured tissue and cultured meat
By controlling the arrangement of cells, tissue shape, culture materials, and nutrient supply from an engineering perspective, the lab aims to make muscle and fat tissue larger and more functional. It also works on muscle tissue made with edible materials and on cultured meat with texture and structure.
*Illustrative imageTiny devices for handling cells
The lab develops small devices that manipulate cells and biomaterials using microfabrication, microfluidics, and 3D printing. They are the foundational technology supporting all three of the lab's themes.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Morimoto Lab consist of faculty and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- ProfessorYuya Morimoto
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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: “Myogenesis - ISRO (jsc2025e039327)” NASA Johnson Space Center / Public domain (cropped)
- Biorobots powered by muscle: “Skeletal Muscle Tissue” Community College Bioscience / CC0 (cropped)
- Recreating the body's functions outside the body: “Microphysiological System” Dominic Doyle & Frank Block, Vanderbilt University / Public domain (cropped)
- Thick cultured tissue and cultured meat: “Good Meat Cultivated Chicken pasta dish” Jpatokal / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Tiny devices for handling cells: “Kumiko” Sergei Sarin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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