ARAKAKI Atsushi

Professional Career

1998/09/01 - 1999/08/31 : Researcher, Natural Energy Laboratory, University of Hawaii at Manoa
2003/04/01 - 2004/03/31 : Visiting Research Assistant, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
2004/04/01 - 2005/03/31 : JSPS Research Fellow (PD), Faculty of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
2005/04/01 - 2011/10/31 : Assistant Professor, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
2011/11/01 - present : Associate Professor, Institute of Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Academic Degrees

2000　Ph.D. in Engineering, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Research Interests

Magnetotactic bacteria, Biomineralization, Beetle elytra, Biological functional materials, Protein, Genetic modification, Mass spectrometry of biological molecules

Publications

• Montroni, D., Sarmiento, E., Zhao, R., Dasika, P.S., Connolly, J.M., Wuhrer, R., Wang, T., Santana, B.P.R., Sheppard, L., Zhang, Y., Zhernenkov, M., Arakaki, A., Nemoto, M., Avila-Poveda, O.H., Zavattieri, P., Kisailus, D. The multiphasic teeth of Chiton articulatus, an abrasion-resistant and self-sharpening tool for hard algae collection. Advanced Functional Materials (Adv Funct Mater.), DOI 10.1002/adfm.202401658, 2024
• Tomoe, R., Fujimoto, K., Tanaka, T., Arakaki, A., Kisailus, D., Yoshino, T. Lipid membrane modulated control of magnetic nanoparticles within bacterial systems. Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (J. Biosci. Bioeng.). 136:253-260, 2023
• Lee, J.E., Connolloy, J., Yang, W., Freychet, G., Wang, T., Herrera, S.A., Murata, S., Dasika, P.S., Montroni, D., Pohl, A., Zhu, C., Zhernenkov, M., Wuhrer, R., Sheppard, L., Nemoto, M., Arakaki, A., Zavattieri, P., Kisailus, D. Fibrous anisotropy and mineral gradients within the radula stylus of chiton: controlled stiffness and damage tolerance in a flexible biological composite, Journal of Composite Materials (J. Compos. Mater.). DOI10.1177/00219983221121867
• Arai, K., Murata, S., Wang, T., Yoshimura, W., Oda, M., Matsunaga, T., Kisailus, D., Arakaki, A. Adsorption of Biomineralization Protein Mms6 on Magnetite(Fe3O4) Nanoparticles, International Journal of Molecular Sciences (Int. J. Mol. Sci.) 23, 5554, 2022.
• Huang, W., Montroni, D., Wang, T., Murata, S., Arakaki, A., Nemoto, M., Kisailus, D. Nano-architected tough biological composites from assembled chitinous scaffolds, Accounts of Chemical Research (Acc. Chem. Res.), 55, 1360-1371, 2022.
• Wang, T., Huang, W., Pham, C.H., Murata, S., Herrera, S., Kirchhofer, N., Arkook, B., Stekovic, D., Itkis, M.E., Goldman, N., Zepeda-Ruiz, L., Nemoto, M., Arakaki, A., Kisailus, D. Mesocrystalline Ordering and Phase Transformation of Iron Oxide Biominerals in the Ultrahard Teeth of Cryptochiton stelleri, Small Structures (Small Structures) , 2100202, FEB 2022
• Murata, S., Rivera, J., Noh, M.Y., Hiyoshi, N., Yang, W., Parkinson, D.Y., Barnard, H.S., Arakane, Y., Kisailus D., Arakaki, A. Unveiling characteristic proteins for the structural development of beetle elytra, Acta Biomaterialia (Acta Biomaterialia) 140: 467-480, 2022
• Rivera, J., Murata, S., Hosseini, M.S., Pickle, A., Trikanad, A.A., Yang, W., Matsumoto, N., Parkinson, D.Y., Barnard, H.S., Zavattieri, P., Arakaki, A., Kisailus, D. Structural design variations in beetle elytra, Advanced Functional Materials (Adv. Funct. Mater.) 2106468 DOI10.1002/adfm.202106468
• Pohl, A., Herrera, S.A., Restrepo, D., Negishi, R., Jung, J.Y., Salinas, C., Wuhrer, R., McKittrick, J., Arakaki, A., Nemoto, M., Zavattieri, P., Kisailus, D. Radular stylus of Cryptochiton stelleri: a multifunctional lightweight and flexible fiber-reinforced composite. Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials (J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mater.) 111: 103991, 2020
• Rivera, J., Hosseini, M.S., Restrepo, D., Murata, S., Parkinson, D.Y., Barnard, H.S., Arakaki, A., Zavattieri, P., Kisailus, D. Toughening Mechanisms of the Elytra of the Diabolical Ironclad Beetle. Nature (Nature) , 586.7830, 543-, 2020
• Arakaki, A., Goto, M., Maruyama, M., Yoda, T., Tanaka, M., Yamagishi, A., Yoshikuni, Y., Matsunaga, T. Restoration and Modification of Magnetosome Biosynthesis by Internal Gene Acquisition in a Magnetotactic Bacterium. Biotechnology Journal (Biotechnol. J.) 2000278, 10.1002/biot.202000278
• Arakaki, A., Matsumoto, T., Shimura, N., Maeda, Y., Yoshino, T., Matsumoto, M., Kisailus, D., Tanaka, T. “Analysis of UV irradiation-induced cell settling of an oleaginous diatom, Fistulifera solaris, for efficient biomass recovery” Algal Res. 47.101834,
• Mirabello, G., Ianiro, A., Bomans, P.H.H., Yoda, T., Arakaki, A., Friedrich, H., de With, G., Sommerdijk, N.A.J.M. Crystallization by particle attachment is a colloidal assembly process. Nature Materials (Nat. Mater.). 19:4:391-, 2020
• Tanaka, M., Suwatthanarak, T., Arakaki, A., Johnson, B.R.G., Evans, S.D., Okochi, M., Staniland, S., Matsunaga, T. Enhanced tubulation of liposome containing cardiolipin by MamY protein from magnetotactic bacteria. Biotechnology Journal 13.12 (2018)