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Hirokazu Kaji is affiliated with the Institute of Science Tokyo in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of medicine and engineering. Their research primarily spans biomedical engineering and molecular biology, with additional work in ophthalmology, cellular and molecular neuroscience, and obstetrics and gynecology.

The scientist's publications focus on topics including 3D printing in biomedical research, innovative microfluidic and catalytic techniques, retinal development and disorders, retinal diseases and treatments, neuroscience and neural engineering, pregnancy and preeclampsia studies, and tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Frequent venues for their published work include ECS Meeting Abstracts, Micromachines, Placenta, Sensors, and Nature Communications. The distribution of publications highlights a multidisciplinary approach, bridging engineering and medical sciences.

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Hirokazu Kaji include:

  • 3D Printing Techniques and Their Applications to Organ-on-a-Chip Platforms: A Systematic Review, 2021, Sensors
  • Modeling embryo-endometrial interface recapitulating human embryo implantation, 2024, Science Advances
  • Organ-on-a-Chip Platforms for Drug Screening and Delivery in Tumor Cells: A Systematic Review, 2022, Cancers
  • The microRNA cluster C19MC confers differentiation potential into trophoblast lineages upon human pluripotent stem cells, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Trophoblast stem cell-based organoid models of the human placental barrier, 2024, Nature Communications

Hirokazu Kaji collaborates frequently with other researchers including Takeshi Hori, Nobuhiro Nagai, Toshiaki Abe, Yuji Nashimoto, and Serge Ostrovidov, indicating a strong network within their research community.

Best Publications

  • Biomimetic tissues on a chip for drug discovery

    Amir M. Ghaemmaghami;Matthew J. Hancock;Helen Harrington;Hirokazu Kaji

  • Skeletal muscle tissue engineering: methods to form skeletal myotubes and their applications.

    Serge Ostrovidov;Vahid Hosseini;Samad Ahadian;Toshinori Fujie

  • Cell docking inside microwells within reversibly sealed microfluidic channels for fabricating multiphenotype cell arrays

    Ali Khademhosseini;Ali Khademhosseini;Judy Yeh;George Eng;Jeffrey Karp

  • Engineered Contractile Skeletal Muscle Tissue on a Microgrooved Methacrylated Gelatin Substrate

    Vahid Hosseini;Samad Ahadian;Serge Ostrovidov;Gulden Camci-Unal;Gulden Camci-Unal

  • Dielectrophoretically Aligned Carbon Nanotubes to Control Electrical and Mechanical Properties of Hydrogels to Fabricate Contractile Muscle Myofibers

    Javier Ramón-Azcón;Samad Ahadian;Mehdi Estili;Xiaobin Liang

  • Engineering systems for the generation of patterned co-cultures for controlling cell-cell interactions.

    Hirokazu Kaji;Gulden Camci-Unal;Gulden Camci-Unal;Robert Langer;Ali Khademhosseini;Ali Khademhosseini

  • Gelatin methacrylate as a promising hydrogel for 3D microscale organization and proliferation of dielectrophoretically patterned cells

    Javier Ramón-Azcón;Samad Ahadian;Raquel Obregón;Gulden Camci-Unal

  • Highly conductive stretchable and biocompatible electrode-hydrogel hybrids for advanced tissue engineering.

    Masato Sasaki;Bijoy Chandapillai Karikkineth;Kuniaki Nagamine;Hirokazu Kaji

  • An enzyme-based microfluidic biofuel cell using vitamin K3-mediated glucose oxidation

    Makoto Togo;Akimasa Takamura;Tatsuya Asai;Hirokazu Kaji

  • Red blood cell motions in high-hematocrit blood flowing through a stenosed microchannel

    Hiroki Fujiwara;Takuji Ishikawa;R. Lima;Noriaki Matsuki

  • Patterned Differentiation of Individual Embryoid Bodies in Spatially Organized 3D Hybrid Microgels

    Hao Qi;Yanan Du;Yanan Du;Yanan Du;Lianyong Wang;Lianyong Wang;Lianyong Wang;Hirokazu Kaji;Hirokazu Kaji;Hirokazu Kaji

  • In situ formation of injectable chitosan-gelatin hydrogels through double crosslinking for sustained intraocular drug delivery

    Yuanhui Song;Nobuhiro Nagai;Saaya Saijo;Hirokazu Kaji

  • Interdigitated array of Pt electrodes for electrical stimulation and engineering of aligned muscle tissue

    Samad Ahadian;Javier Ramón-Azcón;Serge Ostrovidov;Gulden Camci-Unal

  • Structural studies of enzyme-based microfluidic biofuel cells

    Makoto Togo;Akimasa Takamura;Tatsuya Asai;Hirokazu Kaji

  • Microelectrochemical approach to induce local cell adhesion and growth on substrates.

    Hirokazu Kaji;Masamitsu Kanada;Daisuke Oyamatsu;Tomokazu Matsue

  • Preparation and characterization of collagen microspheres for sustained release of VEGF.

    Nobuhiro Nagai;Norihiro Kumasaka;Takeaki Kawashima;Hirokazu Kaji

  • 3D Printing Techniques and Their Applications to Organ-on-a-Chip Platforms: A Systematic Review

    Violeta Meneses Carvalho;Inês Maia Silva Rodrigo Gonçalves;Teresa Cristina Carqueijó Lage;Raquel Oliveira Rodrigues

  • Engineered Nanomembranes for Directing Cellular Organization Toward Flexible Biodevices

    Toshinori Fujie;Samad Ahadian;Hao Liu;Haixin Chang

  • Organ-on-a-Chip Platforms for Drug Screening and Delivery in Tumor Cells: A Systematic Review

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  • Localized chemical stimulation to micropatterned cells using multiple laminar fluid flows.

    Hirokazu Kaji;Matsuhiko Nishizawa;Tomokazu Matsue

  • Electrodeposition of anchored polypyrrole film on microelectrodes and stimulation of cultured cardiac myocytes

    Matsuhiko Nishizawa;Hyuma Nozaki;Hirokazu Kaji;Takahiro Kitazume

  • Three-dimensional co-culture of C2C12/PC12 cells improves skeletal muscle tissue formation and function

    Serge Ostrovidov;Samad Ahadian;Javier Ramon-Azcon;Vahid Hosseini

  • Electrical stimulation as a biomimicry tool for regulating muscle cell behavior

    Samad Ahadian;Serge Ostrovidov;Vahid Hosseini;Hirokazu Kaji

Frequent Co-Authors

Matsuhiko Nishizawa
Matsuhiko Nishizawa Tohoku University
Ali Khademhosseini
Ali Khademhosseini Terasaki Foundation
Tomokazu Matsue
Tomokazu Matsue Tohoku University
Samad Ahadian
Samad Ahadian University of California, Los Angeles
Hojae Bae
Hojae Bae Konkuk University
Makoto Kanzaki
Makoto Kanzaki Tohoku University
Hitoshi Shiku
Hitoshi Shiku Tohoku University
Nasim Annabi
Nasim Annabi University of California, Los Angeles
Noriko Osumi
Noriko Osumi Tohoku University

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