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	Ayumi HIRANO, Associate Professor

Fig.1: An artificial device that mimics biological cell membranes

Fig.2: A setup for measurements of transmembrane currents

This group is developing nano-biomedical devices by combining nanotechnology and biological elements having sensitive recognition ability.
Attention is mainly focused on development of biodevices composed of artificial phospholipid bilayers containing ion-channel proteins and their application to highly sensitive sensors for neurotransmitters.
Such devices have attracted attention as a model system of synaptic neurotransmission since they resemble the structure of the postsynapses in brain.

[Research Topics]

1. Lipid bilayer-based devices and their sensor application
2. Development of ion-channel array
3. Methodology for analysis of ion-channel functions
4. Development of in situ neurotransmitter sensors

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