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Ohta Lab
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The lab brings out the power of nanoparticles to create new diagnostic technologies.
AboutAbout the lab
Pioneering next-generation diagnostics with nanomaterials.
The Ohta Lab studies new diagnostic technologies that use nanoparticles.
Depending on their size and shape, nanoparticles behave differently from ordinary-sized materials.
By combining techniques for precisely controlling particle size, shape, and surface with the systems-oriented approach of chemical engineering, the lab aims to bring out that potential.
The lab is developing methods to detect, with high sensitivity, simultaneously, and easily, the changes that occur in the body with disease.
Key terms
- Nanoparticle
- A particle measured in nanometers, too small to see. Its properties, such as how it interacts with light, change with its size and shape.
- Chemical Engineering
- A field of engineering that designs and organizes manufacturing processes based on the mechanisms of mass transport and reactions.
- Biomolecule
- A molecule that functions in the body, such as a protein or DNA. Biomolecules are transported through the body and react with one another to sustain life.
NewsLab news
A master's student received a presentation award for their master's thesis
A doctoral student received the Department Chair's Award (Doctoral) from the Department of Bioengineering
A doctoral student received the Best Student Presentation Award at a research meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan
A doctoral student received an Excellent Poster Award at the Autumn Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan
A master's student received a Student Award at the Annual Meeting of the Membrane Society of Japan
ResearchResearch themes
The human body is a system made up of levels of different scales: organs, cells, and biomolecules. When the balance among them breaks down, disease results. The Ohta Lab uses nanomaterials to develop diagnostic methods that capture the changes accompanying disease at each of these levels with high sensitivity, simultaneously, and easily.
*Illustrative imageThe Body and Disease as a Chemical System
The lab views the body as a hierarchical system in which biomolecules are transported and react with one another. The key to detecting the "system abnormalities" that lead to disease is to capture changes at each level accurately and quickly.
*Illustrative imageDiagnostics That Harness the Diversity of Nanoparticles
Nanoparticles vary in size, shape, and surface condition. By designing the optimal particles for a given purpose, or by making use of that diversity as it is, the lab develops new methods for diagnosing disease and monitoring health conditions.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Ohta Lab consist of faculty, project researchers, administrative staff, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorSeiichi OhtaPublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorNoriko NakamuraPublications ↗
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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: “Nanoparticles ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
- The Body and Disease as a Chemical System: “Red White Blood cells” Electron Microscopy Facility at The National Cancer Institute at Frederick (NCI-Frederick) / Public domain (cropped)
- Diagnostics That Harness the Diversity of Nanoparticles: “Gold nanoparticles as indicators” Valeg96 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (酒井・西川研究室): “Murine Organoid Smile” Sach75 / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (辻研究室): “Viscous fingers in a TiO2 sol-gel thin film formed from a Saffman-Taylor instability. 200x magnification reflected light” Claire Trease, Kingston University / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (Tung研究室): “Molybdenite-238917” Robert M. Lavinsky / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (伊藤(稲垣)研究室): “Superabsorber Hydrogel KSG 2917 pK” Petra Klawikowski / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
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