Fujita, Satoshi, Dr.
ETH Zürich
Guest Senior Research Scientist 01.04.2013-31.03.2014
Research Interests
My principal research interests lie in the development of cellular nano-device technology combined with nanotechnology, molecular biology and cell biology. The technologies will become one of the powerful tools for medical application such as drug discovery, theranostic and regenerative therapy. Especially, I have been interested in one of the cell microarrays, transfected cell microarray (TCM), where plasmid DNA and/or siRNA are spotted on the surface of a substrate and are reverse-transfected locally into adherent cells. I believe that TCM will become standard tool for parallel cell-based omics analysis (cellomics). I applied the TCM technology to medical tools and devices as well.
My background before getting PhD is molecular biology, cell biology, nucleic chemistry and protein engineering. Therefore, I would like to learn in the field of soft lithography, micro-fabrication and soft interface regulation to fuse each field technologies and make innovative miniaturized device for cell validation. Now, I am progressing project to make the surface where we can easily control the release timing of transfection of plasmid DNA.
Scientific Expertise
Molecular biology
Cell biology
Surface chemistry
Protein engineering
Nucleic chemistry
Microarray technology
In vitro selection (SELEX) technology
Work Experience
2013- Guest Senior Research Scientist, ETH Zurich, Laboratory of Biosensors and Bioelectronics, Institute for Biomedical Engineering
2008- Senior Research Scientist (PI), National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
2004-2008 Research Scientist, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST),
2003 Project Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo
2000-2003 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
1998-2000 Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Education
2000 PhD “Construction of Rational Screening System for Selection of Rational RNA and Protein” in Engineering, University of Tsukuba
1997 Master of Engineering, University of Tsukuba
Teaching Experience
2012 Lecturer, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba
2009 Lecturer, Graduate School of Pure and Applied Sciences, University of Tsukuba (2009)
Academic Honors
2011 Excellent Paper Award, The Society for Biotechnology, Japan
2007 Tsukuba Chemistry & Biotechnology Award
2002 12th Nikkei BP Technology Award, Section Prizes, Healthcare/Biotechnology,
2000 Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research Abroad, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
Publication in LBB
1) Qiu, F., Mhanna, R., Zhang, L., Ding, Y., Fujita, S., Nelson, B.J., (2014) Artificial bacterial flagella functionalized with temperature-sensitive liposomes for controlled release. Sens Actuators B Chem, In press.
Publication list (external page only Japanese) before coming LBB
Link
My group page (external page Japanese and external page English) at AIST in Japan