YUYA MORIMOTO
RESEARCH GROUP
WASEDA UNIVERSITY
BIOHYBIRD DESIGN AND FABRICATION
Breakthroughs by Engineering Systems x Biomaterials !
Our lab aims to be the first in the world to create systems that combine devices with cells, enzymes, and proteins by integrating microfabrication and microfluidic technologies with technologies from other fields such as biotechnology and medicine. In particular, based on the microfabrication technology of biomaterials, we are focusing on the establishment of tissue construction methods by in vitro cell culture and the realization of biohybrid machines by integrating cultured tissue and devices. We will make a new breakthrough in society by clarifying a method for constructing cultured tissues using any cells, and realizing the industrialization of cultured tissues based on electronics, mechanics, and information engineering.
PUBLICATION
Yuya Morimoto, Mai Furuhashi, Kaori Aibe, Byeongwook Jo, Shoji Takeuchi
Food and Bioprocess Technology, vol. 19, 416, 2026 “free link”
Suzuha Asano, Yuya Morimoto
Biofabrication, vol. 18 (3), 035026, 2026
“Totally organic and self-powered glucose sensor based on energy-harvesting enzymatic biofuel cells”
Hitomi Yahagi, Shotaro Yoshida, Shun Okada, Kan Shoji, Yuya Morimoto
Mechanical Engineering Journal, Available online, 26-00174, 2026
Ryo Mitsui, Xuankai Gao, Yuya Morimoto
Biofabrication, vol. 18 (2), 025043, 2026
Xuankai Gao, Kouhei Okasaki, Hirono Ohashi, Takeshi Sakurai, Yuya Morimoto
Advanced Intelligent Systems, vol. 8 (4), e202501213, 2026
Past publication
“Multipole electrodes for driving biohybrid robots via selective muscle contraction”
Yuya Morimoto, Hirone Yamada, Byeongwook Jo, Minghao Nie, Shoji Takeuchi
Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, vol. 448 (2), 138924, 2026
“3D wiring microelectrodes in a PMMA microfluidic device by vacuum filling method”
Keisuke Sugawara, Shun Yasunaga, Minghao Nie, Yuya Morimoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Advanced Materials Technologies, vol. 10 (12), 2401622, 2025
“Biohybrid hand actuated by multiple human muscle tissues”
Xinzhu Ren, Yuya Morimoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Science Robotics, vol. 10 (99), adr5512, 2025
“Dynamic and static workout of in vitro skeletal muscle tissue through a weight training device”
Byeongwook Jo, Kentaro Motoi, Yuya Morimoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Advanced Healthcare Materials, vol. 20 (32), 2401844, 2024
“Harnessing the Propulsive Force of Microalgae with Microtrap to Drive Micromachines”
Haruka Oda, Naoto Shimizu, Yuya Morimoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Small, vol. 20, 2402923, 2024
Tingyu Li, Minghao Nie, Yuya Morimoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Biofabrication, vol. 16, 035022, 2024
“Biohybrid bipedal robot powered by skeletal muscle tissue”
Ryuki Kinjo, Byeongwook Jo, Yuya Morimoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Matter, vol. 7 (3), pp. 948-962, 2024
Kazuma Morita, Yuya Morimoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Biofabrication, vol. 15, 045002, 2023
“Biohybrid tensegrity actuator driven by selective contractions of multiple skeletal muscle tissues”
Kazuo Ogishi, Toshihisa Osaki, Hisatoshi Mimura, Izumi Hashimoto, Yuya Morimoto, Norihisa Miki, Shoji Takeuchi
Biosensors and Bioelectronics, vol. 237, 115490, 2023
“Co-culture system of human skin equivalents with mouse neural spheroids”
Satoshi Inagaki, Yuya Morimoto, Ikuo K. Suzuki, Kazuo Emoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, vol. 136 (3), pp. 239-245, 2023
“Microfluidic Device to Manipulate 3D Human Epithelial Cell-Derived Intestinal Organoids”
Miki Matsumoto, Yuya Morimoto, Toshiro Sato, Shoji Takeuchi
Micromachines vol. 13 (12), 2082, 2022
Michio Kawai, Minghao Nie, Haruka Oda, Yuya Morimoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Matter, vol. 5 (7), 2190-2208, 2022
Shigenori Miura, Yuya Morimoto, Tomomi Furihata, Shoji Takeuchi
APL Bioengineering, vol. 6 (1), 016103, 2022
“3D printed microfluidic devices for lipid bilayer recordings”
Kazuto Ogishi, Toshihisa Osaki, Yuya Morimoto, Shoji Takeuchi
Lab on a Chip, vol. 22, 890-898, 2022