2025 (Current Year) Faculty Courses School of Materials and Chemical Technology Department of Materials Science and Engineering Graduate major in Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine
Advanced Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine II
- Academic unit or major
- Graduate major in Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicine
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroyuki Nakamura / Masayoshi Tanaka / Katsunori Tanaka / Toshiaki Mori / Satoshi Okada / Kumi Kuroda / Toshitaka Yoshii
- Class Format
- Lecture (Livestream)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 1-2 Fri
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- STM.C502
- Number of credits
- 100
- Course offered
- 2025
- Offered quarter
- 4Q
- Syllabus updated
- Nov 11, 2025
- Language
- English
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
Interdisciplinary research fields are rapidly expanding in modern society. Therefore, future researchers are required to approach challenges with multidisciplinary insights. This course, Advanced Science and Technology for Health Care and Medicines II, aims to provide students with specialized knowledges of interdisciplinary research that is essential for front-line researchers. In particular,this course will focus on advanced interdisciplinary research at the interface of chemistry, life science, and medicine. The fusion of knowledge and technologies from these fileds will lead to the development of novel technologies and creation of new interdisciplinary research fields. Through specific case studies,, students can learn professional knowledge and deepen their understanding of how chemistry, life science and medicine can drive technological innovations.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to :
1) Understand the part of molecular mechanism about cancer metastasis and design the future strategies for anti-cancer drug development
2) Design cell surface by the evaluation of physical property using atomic force microscopy
3) Understand the principle and application of "in cell" and "a whole body" molecular imaging
4) Manipulation and visualization of neuronal activities that control social behaviors
5) Clinical needs of biomaterilas in orthopedic practice
Keywords
Advanced Science and technology for Health Care and Medicines, Membrane curvature sensors, Cancer chemotherapy, Atomic force microscopy, Molcular imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Neuroscience of social behaviors, Biomaterials, Osteogenesis
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
Class flow
In the first half of the class, the main field and the points of the day's lecture is reviewed. In the latter half, these main points are discussed in details. Students are asked to provide solutions to some of the questions that have been posed as necessary. Always check the required leaning for each class and be sure to complete it as part of peparation and review.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Cancer chemotherapy (Nakamura) |
Learn the recent development of cancer chemotherapy and understand the future strategies for anti-cancer drug development. |
| Class 2 | Molecular imaging (K.Tanaka) |
Understand the principle and application of "in cell" and "a whole body" molecular imaging. |
| Class 3 | MR imaging of biomolecules (Okada) |
Understand the basic principle of MRI and learn the development of contrast agents for imaging of biomolecules. |
| Class 4 | Exploration of membrane curvature sensors related to cancer metastasis （M.Tanaka） |
Learn some of the molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis and understand the difficulties of new anti-cancer development with future perspective. |
| Class 5 | Manipulation and visualization of neuronal activities that control social behaviors (Kuroda) |
Understand their neural mechanisms of basic animal behaviors and experimental strategies to manipulate and visualize the neuronal activities in behaving animals. |
| Class 6 | Stress responses in photosynthetic organisms (Yoshida) |
Learn how biomaterials are used in orthopedic clinical practice and what unmet needs exist. |
| Class 7 | Observation of cell surface by the evaluation of physical property using atomic force microscopy (Mori) |
Understand characteristics of cell surface which included physical properties such as strength and modulus as well as height image by using atomic force microscopy. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
None required.
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Handouts will be distributed at the beginning of class if necessary.
Evaluation methods and criteria
Assessment is based on the quality of the reports and the submission status in each class.
Related courses
- STM.C521 ： Advanced Science and technology for Health Care and Medicines I
- STM.C401 ： Joint Creative Design
- STM.C421 ： Outline of Advanced Science and technology for Health Care and Medicines I
- STM.C422 ： Outline of Advanced Science and technology for Health Care and Medicines II
Prerequisites
Students are encouraged to complete the related courses.
Other
If misconduct, such as plagiarism or misappropriation of someone else's work is committed, we will treat it strictly： The grade of the subject will be 0.