On 26th July 2025, Hiroki Kikukawa (M2), Department of Chemical System Engineering, received Outstanding Poster Award at the 32nd Japanese Society for the Research of Hepatic Cells.
Outstanding Poster Award at the 32nd Japanese Society for the Research of Hepatic Cells
This award is presented to outstanding research and poster presentations at this conference.
About awarded research
The research title is “Development of Hepatocyte Culture System Which Reproduces Physiological Energy Metabolism”.
Cultured hepatocytes are widely used for drug efficacy and toxicity assessment, as well as for disease modeling. However, accurate evaluation is often hindered by the non-physiological conditions of conventional culture systems. In this study, we developed a culture system which reproduces physiological hepatic metabolism by improving the culture environment to better mimic in vivo conditions. Our results suggest that this model has strong potential for application in the pharmaceutical field as an in vitro platform which reproduces in vivo hepatic metabolism.
Your impression & future plan
I am truly honored to have received the Poster Award. I am very pleased that my ongoing research has been recognized, and I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Professor Sakai, Associate Professor Nishikawa, and Assistant Professor Katsuda for their invaluable guidance. I am also deeply thankful to all the members of my laboratory for their constant support. This award encourages me to continue my research with even greater dedication and to strive for meaningful results in the future.
Masatake Yamazaki (M1) , Department of Chemical System Engineering, received Outstanding Poster Award at the 32nd Japanese Society for the Research of Hepatic Cells
Natsuki Maeda (M2), Departments of Bioengineering, received Outstanding Student Award at the The 32nd Annual Meeting of the Japanese Society for Alternatives to Animal Experiments
