Biosensors & Bioelectronics

Akiyoshi Taniguchi

Akiyoshi Taniguchi
Biomaterials Center
National Institute for Materials Science, Japan

Biography

Professor Akiyoshi Taniguchi is group leader of Advanced Medical Materials Group, Biomaterials Center, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS). He is also Professor of Tsukuba University, Waseda University and Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology. He received PhD in pharmaceutical science at Toho University in 1993. He was Assistant Professor of Toho University in 1992-2001 and Associate professor in 2001-2002. He joined Texas AM University in 1994-1995 as a postdoc. He moved to NIMS in 2002. He is editorial board for Open Biotechnology Journal and Journal of Japanese Society of Biomaterials. He is also JST adviser from 2007.

Research Interest

Live-cell based biosensor; Tissue engineering; Biotechnology