時間(Time)：10:00-11:30 AM, August 7 (Thursday), 2025
地點(Place)：Lecture Hall R1-B1222
講者(Speaker)：荏原 充宏 (EBARA, Mitsuhiro)
Abstract
We have been developing “smart polymers” (or stimuli-responsive polymers) towards biomedical applications. Some of the examples are listed below.
Smart diagnostic kit for the enrichment of infectious biomarkers.
- Smart nanofiber meshes as an implantable drug delivery depot for cancer therapy
- Smart shape-memory polymers for various biomedical applications
- Smart wearable hemodialysis device to remove uremic toxin
- Smart apoptotic cell-inspired polymers for anti-inflammatory therapy
In this lecture, I would like to talk about the overview of smart polymer-based biomaterials and our recent progress.
Short Biography
Mitsuhiro Ebara received B.S. (1995), M.S. (1999), and Ph.D. (2004) degrees in the Department of Applied Chemistry, Waseda University in Japan. He was a Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Washington from 2004 to 2006. He became an assistant professor at Osaka University Hospital in 2007. He joined the National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) in 2009. He has been group leader of Smart Polymers Group from 2019. He was promoted to a deputy director of Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials in 2023. He also started a company, SPHinX Inc. in 2024 and works as the CEO. He is also appointed as professors at University of Tsukuba and Tokyo University of Science. He has been also working as an advisor for many companies.
Honors & Awards
2018 The Minister of Science and Education Award Tokyo, JAPAN
2016 Tsukuba Science and Education Meister Tsukuba, JAPAN
2015 Young Investigator Award, Japanese Society for Biomaterials Kyoto, JAPAN
2014 Project Prize, nanotech 2014 Tokyo, JAPAN
2012 Young Scientist Award, 9th World Biomaterials Congress Chendu, China
2011 Encouragement Award, 21st Materials Research Society of Japan (MRS-J), Yokohama, JAPAN
2007 Young Scientist Lecture Award, 2nd Japanese Polymer Research Symposium, Kobe, JAPAN
2003 The Minister of Science and Education Award, Japan Industrial Journal Tokyo, JAPAN
Research papers have been listed in the NIMS Researchers Directory Service, SAMURAI.