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Voice of Yusuke Sato, Kyushu Institute of Technology
We perform research in the field of molecular robotics. In this field, we engage in research spanning fields including biology, chemistry, and physics, taking an engineering perspective. This is a relatively new discipline that has been fully underway for only a decade or so.
Our laboratory conducts research aimed at creating robots using biomolecules as materials. Biomolecules are substances such as DNA, proteins, and lipids that compose life on Earth. As an example of research, we can create molecular devices with structures and shapes that change at the micro and nano scales, using the DNA that controls genetic information as the material.
Using this DNA nanotechnology, we are developing molecular devices capable of transporting substances and transmitting information via interfaces. Our aim for the future is to combine these devices to create molecular robots on par with living things. -
Voice of Yasuo Seto, Forensic Science Group, RIKEN SPring-8 Center (RSC)
Forensic science is a discipline that demonstrates the facts of crimes on the basis of evidence, with scientific investigation as its foundation.
Specifically, this involves subjects such as the distribution and metabolism of illegal drugs in hair or the detection of fingerprints. We’re developing technologies using the SPring-8 large synchrotron radiation facility to solve problems through analysis not possible in normal scientific investigation. Constructed by the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) and the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, SPring-8 produces the world’s highest-performance synchrotron radiation. Synchrotron radiation, which can be 10 billion times brighter than the sun, can be used to investigate the shapes and functions of substances at the molecular or even atomic level.
The Forensic Science Group at SPring-8, which conducts such cutting-edge research and development, uses the ω series. -
Voice of Tomoyasu Tsukamoto, ChromaNik Technologies Inc.
ChromaNik Technologies Inc. manufactures and sells columns for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
Featuring outstanding sensitivity and durability, the company’s columns are used in a variety of fields, by customers including government agencies and food and pharmaceutical manufacturers. This “column expert” company that plays a role in supporting analytical technology uses the α series. -
Voice of Mr. Yuichi Takaku, Institute for Environmental Science and Technology
We introduce the interview with Mr. Yuichi Takaku about ω series.
He is a prominent researcher in the field of ultrapure water, working for the Institute for Environmental Science.
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