2009 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Cell migration driven self-assembly of microstructure and its application for intracellular nano interface
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20860031
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (Start-up)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Intelligent mechanics/Mechanical systems
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| Research Institution | Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
HOSHINO Takayuki Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 大学院・工学府, 特任助教 (00516049)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2008 – 2009
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| Keywords | 細胞内電極 / 自己組織化 / 細胞運動 / ナノ電極 / ナノニードル / 集束イオンビーム |
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| Research Abstract |
We demonstrated the insertion of an intracellular nanoneedle into a single living cell which was caused by a cell-driven force. The cell-driven assembly of bio-hybrid micro and nanocomponents offers a potential route in nano-bioengineering research on new fabrication tools of bio-micro electro-mechanical systems (bio-MEMS) without direct mechanical manipulation. We describe the cell-driven self-insertion of a single conductive tungsten nanoneedle of 190nm diameter. A single nanoneedle was fabricated on the bottom of each 15μm wide glass microwell. A myoblast C2C12 cell migrated into a microwell; within 3hours, the insertion of a nanoneedle into the cell was observed using a three-dimensional laser scanning confocal microscope. Observation of fluorescence labeled viable cells indicated that no dead cells were present in the microwells during the nanoneedle insertion process. The intracellular nanoneedles were broken after a maximum of 2days.
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Research Products
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[Presentation] Cell Driven Nano Locomotion.2008
Author(s)
akayuki Hoshino, Yuichi Hori, Tomohiro Konno, Kazuhiro Ishihara, Keisuke Morishima
Organizer
The 12th International Conference on Miniaturized System for Chemistry and Life Science (micro TAS 2008)
Place of Presentation
San Diego (USA)(Poster)
Year and Date
2008-10-13
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