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Minoru Seki

Minoru Seki

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Chemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
10728
World Ranking
12584
National Ranking
950

Overview

Minoru Seki is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan, specializing primarily in the field of Engineering. Their work focuses heavily on Biomedical Engineering, reflecting a strong interest in the development and application of technologies for biological and medical research.

The scientist's research spans several subfields including Biomedical Engineering, Biomaterials, Molecular Biology, Automotive Engineering, and Experimental and Cognitive Psychology. Major topics within their publications include:

  • 3D Printing in Biomedical Research
  • Innovative Microfluidic and Catalytic Techniques Innovation
  • Electrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical Applications
  • Additive Manufacturing and 3D Printing Technologies
  • Microfluidic and Bio-sensing Technologies
  • Cancer Cells and Metastasis
  • Bone Tissue Engineering Materials

Frequent publication venues for Minoru Seki demonstrate their contributions to both engineering and biomedical journals, including:

  • Lab on a Chip
  • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • MATEC Web of Conferences
  • ACS Omega
  • The Analyst

Collaboration is an element of Seki's research approach, with several recurring coauthors who have contributed to multiple publications. Frequent coauthors include Masumi Yamada, Rie Utoh, Natsumi Shimmyo, So Inamura, and N. Terada.

The recent papers authored or co-authored by Minoru Seki further illustrate the scope of their research interests and outputs. Representative publications include:

  • Sacrificial Alginate-Assisted Microfluidic Engineering of Cell-Supportive Protein Microfibers for Hydrogel-Based Cell Encapsulation, 2020, ACS Omega
  • Polyanion-induced, microfluidic engineering of fragmented collagen microfibers for reconstituting extracellular environments of 3D hepatocyte culture, 2021, Materials Science and Engineering C
  • A multiscale, vertical-flow perfusion system with integrated porous microchambers for upgrading multicellular spheroid culture, 2023, Lab on a Chip
  • Process simplification and structure design of parallelized microslit isolator for physical property-based capture of tumor cells, 2022, The Analyst
  • Formation of 3D tissues of primary hepatocytes using fibrillized collagen microparticles as intercellular binders, 2021, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Best Publications

  • Pinched Flow Fractionation: Continuous Size Separation of Particles Utilizing a Laminar Flow Profile in a Pinched Microchannel

    Masumi Yamada;Megumi Nakashima;Minoru Seki

  • Hydrodynamic filtration for on-chip particle concentration and classification utilizing microfluidics

    Masumi Yamada;Minoru Seki

  • Interfacial Tension Driven Monodispersed Droplet Formation from Microfabricated Channel Array

    Shinji Sugiura;Mitsutoshi Nakajima;and Satoshi Iwamoto;Minoru Seki

  • Continuous particle separation in a microchannel having asymmetrically arranged multiple branches

    Junya Takagi;Masumi Yamada;Masahiro Yasuda;Minoru Seki

  • Controlled formation of heterotypic hepatic micro-organoids in anisotropic hydrogel microfibers for long-term preservation of liver-specific functions

    Masumi Yamada;Rie Utoh;Kazuo Ohashi;Kohei Tatsumi

  • Microfluidic Particle Sorter Employing Flow Splitting and Recombining

    Masumi Yamada† and;Minoru Seki

  • Preparation of Monodispersed Solid Lipid Microspheres Using a Microchannel Emulsification Technique

    Shinji Sugiura;Mitsutoshi Nakajima;Jihong Tong;Hiroshi Nabetani

  • Characterization of Spontaneous Transformation-Based Droplet Formation during Microchannel Emulsification

    Shinji Sugiura;Mitsutoshi Nakajima;Naoyuki Kumazawa;and Satoshi Iwamoto

  • Microfluidic synthesis of chemically and physically anisotropic hydrogel microfibers for guided cell growth and networking

    Masumi Yamada;Sari Sugaya;Yoji Naganuma;Minoru Seki

  • Integration of gene amplification and capillary gel electrophoresis on a polydimethylsiloxane-glass hybrid microchip

    Jong Wook Hong;Teruo Fujii;Minoru Seki;Takatoki Yamamoto

  • Effect of Channel Structure on Microchannel Emulsification

    Shinji Sugiura;Mitsutoshi Nakajima;Minoru Seki

  • Prediction of Droplet Diameter for Microchannel Emulsification

    Shinji Sugiura;Mitsutoshi Nakajima;Minoru Seki

  • Microfluidic devices for size-dependent separation of liver cells

    Masumi Yamada;Kyoko Kano;Yukiko Tsuda;Jun Kobayashi

  • Induction of apoptosis in HeLa cells with siRNA expression vector targeted against bcl-2.

    Takashi Futami;Makoto Miyagishi;Minoru Seki;Kazunari Taira

  • Continuous and size-dependent sorting of emulsion droplets using hydrodynamics in pinched microchannels.

    Hirosuke Maenaka;Masumi Yamada;Masahiro Yasuda;Minoru Seki

  • Sedimentation pinched-flow fractionation for size- and density-based particle sorting in microchannels

    Tomoki Morijiri;Satoshi Sunahiro;Satoshi Sunahiro;Masashi Senaha;Masumi Yamada

  • Preparation characteristics of water-in-oil-in-water multiple emulsions using microchannel emulsification.

    Shinji Sugiura;Mitsutoshi Nakajima;Koji Yamamoto;Satoshi Iwamoto

  • Synthesis of Polymeric Microspheres with Narrow Size Distributions Employing Microchannel Emulsification

    Shinji Sugiura;Mitsutoshi Nakajima;Hisatsugu Itou;Minoru Seki

  • Hydrodynamic control of droplet division in bifurcating microchannel and its application to particle synthesis

    Masumi Yamada;Saki Doi;Hirosuke Maenaka;Masahiro Yasuda

  • Continuous Cell Partitioning Using an Aqueous Two-Phase Flow System in Microfluidic Devices

    Masumi Yamada;Vivi Kasim;Megumi Nakashima;Jun'ichi Edahiro

Frequent Co-Authors

Mitsutoshi Nakajima
Mitsutoshi Nakajima University of Tsukuba
Teruo Fujii
Teruo Fujii University of Tokyo
Tatsuo Maruyama
Tatsuo Maruyama Kobe University
Toshio Fukuda
Toshio Fukuda Nagoya University
Masayuki Yamato
Masayuki Yamato Tokyo Women's Medical University
Kazunari Taira
Kazunari Taira University of Tokyo
Qiang Huang
Qiang Huang Beijing Institute of Technology
Makoto Miyagishi
Makoto Miyagishi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Masahiro Goto
Masahiro Goto Kyushu University

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