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Biomechanics Lab
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The lab seeks to understand the mechanisms of life through the role of mechanical forces.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring how living systems adapt to their mechanical environment.
The Biomechanics Lab brings together researchers from fields such as engineering, medicine, and life sciences to study the mechanisms of life through the role of mechanical forces.
The lab aims to elucidate how living systems regulate themselves, including cell differentiation and morphogenesis during development, growth, and tissue remodeling and regeneration.
Focusing on adaptation to the mechanical environment and the hierarchy of structure and function, the lab combines experiments with mathematical models and computer simulations.
The lab belongs to the Institute for Life and Medical Sciences and is a cooperating laboratory of the Department of Micro Engineering in the Graduate School of Engineering.
Key terms
- Biomechanics
- The field of study that investigates the bodies and cells of living organisms using the principles of mechanics
- Remodeling
- The process by which tissues such as bone are reshaped and renewed in form and internal structure through repeated cycles of breakdown and formation
- Mathematical model
- A representation of how a phenomenon works in mathematical equations, making it possible to predict the phenomenon through calculation
ResearchResearch themes
The lab investigates how the structure and function of living organisms change in accordance with their mechanical environment. Using experiments and mathematical models and simulations, it studies processes at the cellular and molecular levels and how their interactions give rise to the behavior of living systems at the tissue and organ levels.
*Illustrative imageHow bones change in response to mechanical forces
Bone undergoes remodeling in response to changes in its mechanical environment, altering its external shape and internal structure. The lab aims to elucidate how bone cells work in coordination in response to mechanical stimuli and injury, allowing bone to change according to its function.
*Illustrative imageUnderstanding morphogenesis from a mechanical perspective
From a mechanical perspective, the lab seeks to understand how tissue- and organ-level forms arise from complex interactions at the cellular and molecular levels. The research uses experiments, mathematical models, simulations, and nano- and micro-systems.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorTaiji Adachi
- Associate ProfessorKoichiro Maki
- Program-Specific Associate ProfessorMasahiro Kumeta
- Assistant ProfessorYoungkwan Kim
- Assistant ProfessorHironori Takeda
- Assistant ProfessorHiromi Sumita
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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: “Expérimentation sur l'influence des courbures rachidiennes hautes sur la biomécanique du membre supérieur, en lien avec le risque de troubles musculosquelettiques” Sophie Jeannin / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- How bones change in response to mechanical forces: “Spongy bone - Trabecular bone - Trabecular bone with resorption areas -- Smart-Servier” Laboratoires Servier / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Understanding morphogenesis from a mechanical perspective: “Eleutherodactylus planirostris embryos” Alex Abair / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Solid Mechanics Lab): “Transmission electron microscope (Morgagni 268D) 2pl” Pleple2000 / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Thermophysical Engineering Lab): “3D Turbulence Infinitesimal Fluid Element Stretching Orientation Map” Terry Brannigan / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Microbiosystem Lab): “Lab on a Chip ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
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