The research findings of a research team led by Professor Ryuji Kawano from the department of Biotechnology and Life Science, graduate school of engineering of TUAT, with the participation of Ms. Shoko Fujita, a second-year doctoral student were released in a press release by TUAT.

The research group has successfully constructed nanopores with well-defined α-helical structures using rationally designed synthetic peptides and has demonstrated single-molecule detection using these nanopore structures.
These findings are expected to facilitate the development of highly accurate biosensing platforms and next-generation diagnostic technologies for the analysis of DNA and proteins, and further to provide a foundational technological basis for the advancement of artificial cells and molecular machines.

For details, please refer to the following press release from TUAT.

■ TUAT Press Release:(only in Japanese)
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/outline/disclosure/pressrelease/2025/20251117_01.html