Ms. KADOTANI Ayaka, a second-year doctoral student in the Laboratory of Professor YOSHINO Daisuke, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering, TUAT, received “2025 (9th) JSME Women of the Future Award” by the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers (JSME) on November 5, 2025.

Congratulations, Kadotani san!

●Theme:
Establishment of fabrication method for kidney organoids with parenchyma and interstitium by controlling three-dimensional cell arrangement

●Content:
Advances in regenerative medicine have heightened expectations for the artificial creation of organs and living tissues. However, current methodologies face a major challenge: because they aim to recapitulate human developmental processes, the construction of organs requires a considerable amount of time.
In this study, we aim to establish a novel technique for organ construction by applying the concept of assembly—analogous to LEGO® building—through the spatial arrangement of cellular aggregates.
This approach seeks to enable the rapid generation of human organs.
The establishment of this method is expected to address the shortage of transplantable organs and fundamentally transform transplantation medicine.

●Award Date:
November 5, 2025

●Conference Name
The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
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