Biography
Masaharu Somiya is an assistant professor at SANKEN, Osaka University. He is interested in the drug delivery using bio-inspired nanomaterials, such as viruses and extracellular vesicles. He is also interested in the interaction between nanoparticles and biological systems. Starting from February 2022 he is visiting Neil King’s laboratory at Institute for Protein Design, University of Washington, Seattle, to study protein design for drug delivery.
Interests
- Protein design
- Drug delivery
- Extracellular vesicles
- Membrane fusion
- Nanoparticles
- Viruses
Education
Doctor (Agriculture), 2016
Nagoya University
Master (Agriculture), 2013
Nagoya University
Bachelor (Engineering), 2011
National Institute of Technology, Kitakyushu College
Projects
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Experience
Associate Professor
SANKEN, Osaka University
Working on design of synthetic fusogens, protein nanoparticles, and more!
Visiting Scholar/JSPS Overseas Fellow
At Neil King lab, I was working on the protein design for drug delivery applications
Assistant Professor
SANKEN, Osaka University
At Shun’ichi Kuroda’s Lab, I was working on the drug delivery using bio-inspired nanoparticles
JSPS Research Fellowship (SPD)
National Cancer Center Research Institute
Postdoctoral Researcher
National Cancer Center Research Institute
At Takahiro Ochiya’s Lab, I was working on the bovine-milk derived EVs for the drug delivery application
JSPS Research Fellowship (DC1)
Nagoya University
At Shun’ichi Kuroda’s Lab, I was working on the hepatitis B virus-inspired virus-like particles for drug delivery
Accomplishments
ISEV Scholarship 2021
Outstanding Team Presentation
Recent & Upcoming Talks
Recent Publications
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(2018).
Biocompatibility of highly purified bovine milk-derived extracellular vesicles.
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles.
(2021).
Reporter gene assay for membrane fusion of extracellular vesicles.
bioRxiv.
Skills
Biochemistry
Protein design
Molecular bioloby
Cell bioloby
Bioimaging
Nanoscience
Playing with cats
Contact
- +81-6-6879-8462
- Mihogaoka 8-1, Ibaraki, Osaka 567-0047