Kanjiro Miyata
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About
Kanjiro Miyata is a leading figure in biomolecular engineering, whose research bridges the frontiers of polymer chemistry, DNA nanotechnology, and drug delivery. His work is distinguished by the creation of intelligent, stimuli-responsive materials that harness biological fuels and programmable molecular interactions. A seminal contribution is his 2013 paper on "Biomolecular robotics for chemomechanically driven guest delivery fuelled by intracellular ATP," which has garnered over 216 citations. This work pioneered the use of ATP as a chemical fuel to power the controlled release of therapeutic cargo from synthetic nanomachines, a concept that has profoundly influenced the design of autonomous drug delivery systems. More recently, Miyata has advanced the field of dynamically crosslinked gels, as demonstrated in his 2022 study on "Star‐Polymer–DNA Gels Showing Highly Predictable and Tunable Mechanical Responses." By exploiting the sequence-specific bonding of DNA duplexes, he has engineered gels with exquisitely controllable viscoelastic properties, offering a powerful platform for applications in tissue engineering and soft robotics. Through these innovations, Miyata has established himself as a key architect of next-generation materials that blur the line between synthetic and biological systems.
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