Vol.10 No.04 <May>

-Nano-Linker - Saving the Lives of the World's Children
   Mitsuhiro Ebara
  (Smart Biomaterials Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)
 
-Advanced Medicine Promoted by Nanotechnology
  Yukio Nagasaki
  (Satellite Principal Investigator, MANA Nano-Bio Field, University of Tsukuba)
 
-Drug Delivery System Using Environment-Responsive Nanocapsule
  Kohsaku Kawakami
  (Smart Biomaterials Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)
  
-Unravelling and Controlling Cellular Mechanisms through Functional Nanoparticles and Interfaces for Therapeutic Applications
  Françoise M. Winnik
  (MANA Principal Investigator, MANA)
  Jun Nakanishi
  (Independent Scientist, MANA)

-Fabrication of Biomimetic Scaffolds with Nano/Micro Structures
  Gouping Chen
  (Unit Director, Tissue Regeneration Materials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)
  Naoki Kawazoe
  (MANA Scientist, Tissue Regeneration Materials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)
 
-Research on Interaction of Cells and Nanoparticles
  Akiyoshi Taniguchi
  (Group Leader, Cell-Materials Interaction Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)

-Development of Nano-Carrier for Delivery of DNA Vaccine into Immune Cells
  Nobutaka Hanagata
  (Group Leader, Biosystem Control Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)

-Nanoarchitectonics for Artificial Bone
  Masanori Kikuchi
  (Group Leader, Bioceramics Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)

-Adhesive that Permeaters to the Nano-Interface of LIving Tissue
  Tetsushi Taguchi
  (Smart Biomaterials Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)

-Aiming at Construction of Biointerfaces of Bioabsorbable Metal Materials
  Akiko Yamamoto
  (Group Leader, Biometals Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)

-Creation of Nano-Micro Short Fiber Material that Achieves Efficient Cell Recognition and Accelerates Formation of High Order Structure by Cells
  Hisatoshi Kobayashi
  (Group Leader, Biofunctional Materials Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)
  Chiaki Yoshikawa
  (Biofunctional Materials Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)

-Placement of Lipid Membrane Nanostructure on Solid Surface
  Chiho Kataoka
  (Smart Biomaterials Group, Biomaterials Unit, MANA Nano-Bio Field)

Takao Aoyagi, MANA Coordinator, Nano-Bio Field

What's Necessary in Nano-Bio at MANA: Grand Challenges

Ei-ichi Negishi (Nobel Laureate) × Sukekatsu Ushioda (NIMS President)

"Life-long work that led to the Nobel Prize"

•NIMS Signed an MOU with State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, Zhejiang University
•NIMS Signed an MOU with the National Tsing Hua University of Taiwan
•MEXT Minister Hirofumi Hirano Visits NIMS
•Hello from NIMS