Naoki Kawazoe
- Affiliation:
- Tissue Regeneration Materials Unit, Tissue Regeneration Materials Group
- Specialty:
- Polymeric Biomaterials
- Academic degree:
- Ph.D., Kyoto University
- Recent publications
- See NIMS Researchers DB
Educational and Working History
| 2007 | - | Present | Researcher, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS) |
| 2006 | Postdoctoral Researcher, NIMS | ||
| 2003 | Postdoctoral Researcher, Toray Industries | ||
| 2002 | Postdoctoral Researcher, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology | ||
| 2000 | Teaching Associate, Nara Institute of Science and Technology | ||
| 1999 | Teaching Associate, University of Tokushima | ||
| 1999 | Ph.D., Kyoto University |
Research Interests
Manipulation of Cell Functions by Polymeric Biomaterials
Cell-biomaterials interaction plays an important role in controlling cell functions such as cell adhesion, proliferation and differentiation. The surface properties of biomaterials such as chemical composition, nano- or microstructured morphology, wettability, and electrostatic property can directly affect cell-biomaterials interaction. Polymeric biomaterials pattern-grafted or grafted with functional molecules and bioactive factors such as extracellular matrices, cell adhesion and cell growth factors are prepared and used for manipulation of stem cell functions.
Selected Papers
- Adipogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells on micropatterned polyelectrolyte surfaces
- Kawazoe N, Guo L, Wozniak MJ, Imaizumi Y, Tateishi T, Zhang X, Chen G
- J Nanosci Nanotechnol, 2009; 9(1): 230-239.
- Chondrogenic differentiation of human mesenchymal stem cells on photoreactive polymer-modified surfaces
- Guo L, Kawazoe N, Fan Y, Ito Y, Tanaka J, Tateishi T, Zhang X, Chen G
- Biomaterials, 2008; 29(1): 23?32.