Member
Lecturer
Mitsuru NAITO
Education
| 2012.4 - 2015.3 | Ph.D. Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| 2010.4 - 2012.3 | M.S. Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| 2006.4 - 2010.3 | B.S. Department of Materials Engineering, School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
Positions and Employment
| 2023.9 - present | Lecturer, Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| 2022.4 - 2023.8 | Assistant Professor, Department of Materials Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo |
| 2019.4 - 2022.3 | Research Assistant Professor, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo |
| 2015.4 - 2019.3 | Postdoctoral researcher, Center for Disease Biology and Integrative Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo |
| 2013.4 - 2015.3 | JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists |
Awards
| 2022 | Award of the 27th Forum for Pharmaceutical Technology Innovation for Young Scientists |
| 2018 | Award of the 13th Annual Meeting of the Nano Biomedical Society |
| 2018 | Japanese and Korean Biomaterials Societies Young Scientist Exchange Program Award (2018), Japanese Society for Biomaterials |
| 2018 | Takagi Award, 27th Intelligent Materials and Systems Symposium |
| 2017 | Young Researchers Poster Award, The 2nd International Symposium on Biomedical Engineering |
| 2016 | Kawahara Award, 2nd Annual Meeting of Nucleic Acids Therapeutics Society of Japan |
| 2016 | Presentation Award (Oral), 32th Annual Meeting of Japan Society of Drug Delivery System |
| 2014 | IPC2014 Young Scientist Poster Award, The 10th SPSJ International Polymer Conference |
| 2014 | Poster Award for Young Scientists, 63rd Symposium on Macromolecules |
| 2013 | ICBS 2013 Poster Award, 2nd International Conference on Biomaterials Science in Tsukuba |
Selected Papers
- M. Naito, Y. Watanuki, K. Toh, J. Yum, B. S. Kim, K. Taniwaki, S. Ogura, H. Ishida, M. Cho, H. Chaya, K. Miyajima, Y. Yamasaki, K. Osada, K. Minegishi, Y. Aoki, K. Miyata, Size-tunable PEG-grafted copolymers as a polymeric nanoruler for passive targeting muscle tissues. J. Control. Release 347 607-614 (2022) (DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2022.05.030)
- M. Naito, H. Chaya, K. Toh, B. S. Kim, K. Hayashi, S. Fukushima, T. Nagata, T. Yokota, K. Kataoka, K. Miyata, Structural tuning of oligonucleotides for enhanced blood circulation properties of unit polyion complexes prepared from two-branched poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(L-lysine). J. Control. Release 330 812-820 (2021) (DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2021.01.001)
- M. Naito, Y. Otsu, R. Kamegawa, K. Hayashi, S. Uchida, H. J. Kim, K. Miyata, Tunable non-enzymatic degradability of N-substituted polyaspartamide main chain by amine protonation and alkyl spacer length in side chains for enhanced messenger RNA transfection efficiency. Sci. Technol. Adv. Mater. 20 (1) 105-115 (2019) (DOI: 10.1080/14686996.2019.1569818)
- M. Naito, N. Yoshinaga, T. Ishii, A. Matsumoto, Y. Miyahara, K. Miyata, K. Kataoka, Enhanced intracellular delivery of siRNA by controlling ATP-responsivity of phenylboronic acid-functionalized polyion complex micelles. Macromol. Biosci. 18 (1) 1700357 (2018) (DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201700357)
- M. Naito, R. Azuma, H. Takemoto, M. Hori, N. Yoshinaga, S. Osawa, R. Kamegawa, H. J. Kim, T. Ishii, N. Nishiyama, K. Miyata, K. Kataoka, Multilayered polyion complexes with dissolvable silica layer covered by controlling densities of cRGD-conjugated PEG chains for cancer-targeted siRNA delivery. J. Biomater. Sci. Polym. Ed. 28 Issue10-12 1109-1123 (2017) (DOI: 10.1080/09205063.2017.1301775)
- M. Naito, T. Ishii, A. Matsumoto, K. Miyata, Y. Miyahara, K. Kataoka, A phenylboronate-functionalized polyion complex micelle for ATP-triggered release of siRNA. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 51 (43) 10751-10755 (2012) (DOI: 10.1002/anie.201203360)
Research Grants (as a representative researcher)
| 2021 | Cooperative Research for Young Scientists in Center of Innovation (COI) program | 2020 | Cooperative Research for Young Scientists in Center of Innovation (COI) program | 2020 | The Konicaminolta Foundation | 2018-2020 | Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research KAKENHI, 18K18379 | 2017 | The Nakatomi Foundation | 2017 | The Noguchi Institute Foundation | 2015-2016 | Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research KAKENHI, 15H06108 | 2013-2014 | Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research KAKENHI, 13J10515 |