211th iCeMS Seminar: Dr Koichiro Uto

Dr Koichiro Uto
National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS)
International Center for Young Scientists (ICYS)

Polymeric Material-Based Dynamic Cell Culture Platforms for Mechanobiology
Cells reside in a highly dynamic extracellular matrix microenvironment, where biochemical, physicochemical, mechano-structural cues are displayed in a spatiotemporal fashion. To recapitulate this complex microenvironment, dynamic culture platforms have emerged as powerful tool to probe and direct active changes in cell function. In this presentation, I briefly introduce our established ‘shape memory’ and ‘fluidic’ cell culture platforms for mechanobiology study.