Professor: Michiya MATSUSAKI

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Present Position:
Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

ACHIEVEMENTS


Date of Birth and Age:
June 12, 1976, 41 years old


Education:
B.S. from Kagoshima University, March 1999
M.S. from Kagoshima University, March 2001
Ph.D. in Engineering, from Kagoshima University, September 2003 (short period)


Academic Appointment:
April 2003 to March 2005: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Postdoctoral Research Fellow
January 2004 to March 2004: Visiting Scientist in Lund University (Prof. Carl A.K. Borrebaeck Lab.) by Japan-Sweden Young Researcher Exchange Program
April 2005 to July 2006: Designated Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
August 2006 to Sept. 2015: Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
October 2008 to March 2011: PRESTO Researcher, JST (Concurrent position)
Sept. 2015 to present: Associate Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Sept. 2015 to March 2019: PRESTO Researcher, JST (Concurrent position)
August. 2019 to present: Professor, Department of Applied Chemistry, Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University

Committee Members:
April 2012 ~: Committee member of Japanese Society for Biomaterials
April 2016~: Committee member of Bio division, Kinki chemical society, Japan
June 2016~: Committee member of Kobunshi Ronbunshu, The Society of Polymer Science (SPSJ), Japan
June 2017~: Committee member of 174th Committee, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
April 2018~: Committee member of Research Group on Biomedical Polymers, SPSJ
April 2018~: Specific investigator of National Institute of Science and Technology Policy (NISTEP),


Editorial Board Members:
April 2015 ~: Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group)
Jan 2013 ~: Editorial Board Member of PLoS ONE (PLOS Group)


Academic Activities:
Members of The Society of Polymer Science, Japan, The Chemical Society of Japan, Japanese Society for Biomaterials, American Chemical Society, Society for Biomaterials, The Japanese Society of Artificial Organs, The Japanese Society for Regenerative Medicine, The Kinki Chemical Society Japan, and Research Group on Biomedical Polymers


Award:
1. May 2018: The Publicity Award of SPSJ
2. May 2016: The Award for Young Investigator of Japanese Society for Biomaterials
3. November 2015: Best Paper Award in 2015 International Symposium on Micro-Nano Mechatronics and Human Science (MHS2015)
4. November 2015: The Award for Young Investigator of Japanese Society for Biomaterials
5. July 2015: 2014 Osaka University Presidential Awards for Encouragement
6. March 2015: 1st Noguchi Shitagau Award
Human 3D-Tissue Models Lead Predictive Medicine and Pharmaceutical Research
7. August 2014: SPSJ Wiley Award 2014
Control of Cell Function and Construction of Three-Dimensional Tissues Based on Polymer Science
8. July 2014: 2014 Osaka University Presidential Awards for Encouragement
9. April 2014: The Young Scientist’s Prize of The Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
10. August 2013: 2013 Osaka University Presidential Awards for Encouragement
11. August 2011: 2011 Osaka University Achievement Award in Research
12. March 2011: The Chemical Society of Japan Award For Young Chemists for 2010
13. January 2010: Award for Encouragement of Research in Materials Science; The Materials Research Society of Japan (19th Academic Symposium of Materials Research Society of Japan 2009)
14. March 2008: Young Scientist Lecture Award in The 88th Spring Meeting of The Chemical Society of Japan
15. November 2006: Yoshimi Memorial T.M.P. Grant in The 44th Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Artificial Organs
16. July 2006: Young Scientist Lecture Award in The 52nd Polymer Research Symposium (Kobe)
17. March 2006: The 20th Young Generation Special Lecture in The 86th Spring Meeting of The Chemical Society of Japan


Current Areas:
Polymer Science, Biomaterial, and Tissue Engineering


Papers: 130
Selected 5 papers
1. P. Chetprayoon, M. Matsusaki, U. Yokoyama, T. Tejima, Y. Ishikawa, M. Akashi, Use of Three-dimensional Arterial Models To Predict the In Vivo Behavior of Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 55, 4461-4466 (2016).
2. M. Matsusaki, C. P. Case, M. Akashi, Three-dimensional Cell Culture Technique and Pathophysiology, Adv. Drug Deliv. Rev., 74, 95-103 (2014).
3. M. Matsusaki, H. Ajiro, T. Kida, T. Serizawa, M. Akashi, LbL Assembly Through Weak Interactions and Their Biomedical Applications, Adv. Mater. 24, 454 (2012).
4. A. Nishiguchi, H. Yoshida, M. Matsusaki, and M. Akashi, Rapid Construction of Three-dimensional Multilayered Tissues with Endothelial Tube Networks by the Cell-accumulation Technique. Adv. Mater. 23, 3506 (2011).
5. M. Matsusaki, S. Amemori, K. Kadowaki, and M. Akashi, Quantitative 3D-Analysis of Nitric Oxide Diffusion in a 3D-Artery Model Using Sensor Particle. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 7557 (2011).


Review and Book: 65
Patents: 65
Media and News Papers: 22, Invited Lectures: >200


Biography
Michiya Matsusaki was born in Kagoshima, Japan in 1976. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2003 under direction of Prof. Mitsuru Akashi from Kagoshima University. He started his academic career as a Postdoctoral fellow at Osaka University from 2003 to 2005. During this period, he was a visiting scientist at the Prof. Carl A. K. Borrebaeck laboratory in 2004 at Lund University. In 2006, he joined the Department of Applied Chemistry in the Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University, Japan as an Assistant Professor. He promoted to Associate Professor in 2015. He is a JST-PRESTO researcher (Concurrent position) from 2008 to 2011 and 2015 to present. His research interests functional polymers and biomaterials for biomedical and tissue engineering applications.