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Call for graduate students and research trainees!

Our laboratory accepts students from the Department of Chemistry and Biotechnology and the Department of Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo. For details, please refer to the admissions guide for each major. In addition, there is a research training system at the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), so students from other universities can also be accepted. Please feel free to contact us for laboratory visits and consultations for future study.

Transformative Research Areas (B)　Cross-scale Analysis
“Cross-scale Analysis from Cells to Environmental Water:
Investigation of Material Dynamics by Utilizing Microfluidic Devices”

Molecular Recognition Material/Supramolecular Device Study Group

Special Issue in Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

News

09/11/2026: NEW! Functional Soft Matter II: Analytical Methods and Topics, featuring a chapter by Dr. Sasaki and Dr. Minami on real-sample analysis using organic FET-based chemical sensors, has been published by Springer.

09/04/2026: Our Invited Perspective on Extended-Gate-Type Organic FET-Based Immunosensors has been accepted for publication in Advanced Sensor Research.

09/04/2026: Dr. Govindaraj received the Best Poster Award at the RSC-JAIMA Symposium on Analytical Chemistry 2026 (Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan).

08/10/2026: Our invited Perspective article on organic transistor-based chemical sensors integrated with microfluidic channels has been selected for the Front Cover of Analyst.

07/29/2026: Dr. Minami gave an invited talk at Optica Advanced Photonics Congress.

07/27/2026: Dr. Minami gave an invited talk at University of Georgia.

07/06/2026: Our invited Perspective article on organic transistor-based chemical sensors integrated with microfluidic channels has been published in Analyst.

07/01/2026: Dr. KHOYRATEE Farad and Ms. KOGA Naomi have joined our lab!

06/24/2026: Dr. Minami gave a keynote talk at BES 2026.

06/22/2026: Dr. Minami gave an invited talk at the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Past News


Keynote Speech
Sep. 30th – Oct. 2nd, 2026	BioNanoSeries 2026 (Dresden, Germany) [Dr. Minami]
Invited Talks
Sep. 14th – 17th, 2026	SPIE Sensors + Imaging 2026 (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)　[Dr. Minami]
Sep. 18th, 2026	King’s College London (London, United Kingdom) [Dr. Minami]
Sep. 21st, 2026	University of Southampton (Southampton, United Kingdom) [Dr. Minami]
Sep. 22nd, 2026	University of Bath (Bath, United Kingdom) [Dr. Minami]
Sep. 23rd, 2026	University of Bristol (Bristol, United Kingdom) [Dr. Minami]
Oct. 9th, 2026	The 20th Metabolome Symposium (Yamagata) [Dr. Minami]
Oct. 27th – 29th, 2026	Beilstein Nanotechnology Symposium 2026 (Limburg, Germany) [Dr. Minami]
Dec. 2026	Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani) (Hyderabad, India) [Dr. Minami]
Dec. 2026	University of Hyderabad (Hyderabad, India) [Dr. Minami]
Dec. 2026	SRM Institute of Science and Technology (Chennai, India) [Dr. Minami]
Jan. 30th – Feb. 4th, 2027	SPIE Photonics West 2027 (San Francisco, United States) [Dr. Minami]
Conferences
Sep. 8th – 11th, 2026	The 87th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2026 (Hokkaido) [Yamada (Collaborator)]
Oct. 20th – 22nd, 2026	The 16th CSJ Chemical Festa 2026 (Tokyo) [Flores, Kurano, Koiwai, Nagae (Collaborator)]
Nov. 2nd – 4th, 2026	AsiaNANO 2026 (Fukuoka) [Yamada (Collaborator)]
Dec. 7th–9th, 2026	The 36th Annual Meeting of MRS-J (Kanagawa) [Govindaraj]
Press Releases
September 2025	Dr. Minami’s achievements related to the SPSJ Resonac Award have been featured in Kobunshi (High Polymers, Japan).
August 2025	An article about Dr. Minami’s award at the 6th IC3EM has been published in Dyes and Pigments.
September 2024	Our research results were introduced in ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT 2024.
Mar 2024	An article on academic Transformative Research Areas (B) Cross-scale Analysis was published in the April 2024 issue of Gendai Kagaku.
Feb 2024	Our laboratory’s efforts have been published in the UTokyo-IIS Bulletin.
Oct 2023	Our research results were introduced in Analysis & Sensing.
Jun 2023	Our research has been introduced in Yano E plus.
Oct 2022	Dr. Sasaki’s report on her participation in the Lindau Conference was published in the October issue of the Seiken News PLAZA.
Oct 2022	Dr. Sasaki’s research was introduced in Aquatic Functional Materials News No.14.
June 2022	A video introducing our laboratory under the theme of “Chemistry of the Future Maybe” is online on YouTube.
April 2022	An article about Dr. Sasaki was published in Seiken Campus Life.
November 2021	Our efforts were introduced in Wiley ChemistryViews.
September 2021	Our efforts were introduced as a registered project of the d3 Initiative.
September 2021	Our efforts were introduced as a registered project of the AI Initiative.
June 2021	Our paper was introduced in Wiley ChemistryViews.
May 2021	Our research has been introduced on YouTube.
May 2021	Our research has been introduced on the Twitter account of the Chemical Society of Japan.
January 2021	Our lab’s work was introduced by EMIRA.
January 2021	Our paper has been featured by Device & Material Engineering.
December 2020	Our lab’s work was featured in Mynavi News.
December 2020	Our lab’s work has been featured in AZO LIFE SCIENCES.
December 2020	Our work has been featured in AZO SENSORS.
November 2020	Our lab’s work was featured on WBS (TV Tokyo).
November 2020	Our lab’s efforts were introduced in Jiji Press.
November 2020	Dr. Minami participated in the JST President’s Press Briefing.
October 2020	Our research results were introduced in Chemistry-A European Journal.
September 2020	Our work has been published in the UTokyo-IIS Bulletin!
September 2020	Our lab’s work has been featured in the September issue of JSTnews!
April 2020	In the Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, our research on sugar sensors was introduced.
April 2020	Dr. Minami has been selected as one of the Frontiers in Chemistry Rising Stars and his paper has been published in the special issue!
April 2020	The awarding of the Young Scientist Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology to Dr. Minami was introduced in the IIS News!
April 2020	A clear file of our lab has been created!
September 2019	Ms. Sasaki’s report on the international conference by the international exchange grant recipients of Marubun Foundation Report is now available!
September 2019	An article published in ChemistryOpen has been selected as a TOP DOWNLOADED ARTICLE!
February 2019	The article about Ms. Sasaki’s winning the grand prize of the invention contest was introduced in OPTRONICS ONLINE!
October 2018	The article about ChemComm Emerging Investigator 2018, introduced in the IIS News.
July 2018	Chemical Communications’ Twitter account introduced our research.
September 2018	Our laboratory’s education and research activities were introduced in the University of Tokyo Environmental Report
July 2017	Wiley’s ChemistryOpen magazine introduced our laboratory.
November 2016	In Nikkei Sangyo Shimbun, our research on protein sensors was introduced.

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Functional Soft Matter II: Analytical Methods and Topics, featuring a chapter by Dr. Sasaki and Dr. Minami on real-sample analysis using organic FET-based chemical sensors, has been published by Springer.