22/3/25
Prof. Konishi was appointed as a "RARA Fellow" of the "Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy(RARA)".LINK
Reference) RARA is also promoting the RARA student fellow project for "PhD career development".LINK

22/3/16
Research results on "Liquid metal droplet shuttling in a microchannel toward a single line multiplexer with multiple sensors" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research).LINK

・21/11
The "Life Science Venture Growth Support Seminar from Kansai" is schdeluded to be held
on December 2nd, 2021. Professor Konishi will give a talk on research activities of Konishi Lab. LINK

・21/11
The "13th Joint Symposium of Ritsumeikan University of British Colmbia" is schdeluded to be held
on November 26th, 2021.

・21/7/31
Our microrobot was awarded "Kyosera Prize" in the 6th Shiga Tech Grand Prix.LINK

・21/6/11
Research results on "Selective control of the contact and transport between droplet pairs by electrowetting-on-dielectric for droplet-array sandwiching technology" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research).LINK

・21/3/29
Research results on "Smooth transportation of liquid metal droplets in a microchannel as detected by a serially arranged capacitive device" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research).LINK

・21/2/5
Research results on "Cell and tissue system capable of automated culture, stimulation, and monitor with the aim of feedback control of organs-on-a-chip" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research).LINK

・20/7/21
Research results on "High-output bending motion of a soft inflatable microactuator with an actuation conversion mechanism" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research).LINK

・19/10/30
Research results on "Flexible Temperature Sensor Integrated with Soft Pneumatic Microactuators for Functional Microfingers" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research).LINK

・19/10
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) symposium.LINK

・19/10/09
Research results on "Morphological Transformation between Flat and Tube Structures by Coordinated Motions of Soft Pneumatic Microactuators" was published in Scientific Reports (Nature Research).LINK

・19/09/24
The target amount of our crowdfunding project has been reached.

・19/07~19/09/23
Crowdfunding project of our microrobot started.LINK

・19/02/07
Our microrobot exhibited at Japan Robot Week 2018 was introduced in "ikinamoJapan You Tube channel".LINK

・19/01/31
Research on microrobot has been put on Dempa publications.

・18/11/30
Research cooperation agreement concluded with University of British Columbia.LINK

・18/11/28
Our microrobot exhibited at Japan Robot Week 2018 was introduced in "TIMELINE".

・18/11/28
Our microrobot exhibited at Japan Robot Week 2018 was introduced in Yahoo!LINK

・18/10/17~18/10/19
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO) symposium.LINK

・18/10/17~18/10/19
Our microrobot was exhibited at Japan Tobot Week 2018.LINK

・18/10/16
Reseach results is introduced in TV program "MORNING SHOW (TV Asahi Corporation)"

・18/03/05
"The UBC-Ritsumeikan Univ. MEMS workshop" was held.

・17/12/19
Our research is introduced in Private University Research Branding Project.LINK

・17/09/25
R-GIRO symposium "Interdisciplinary Science and Technology for Activation of Living Organism" was held.LINK

・17/07/06
R-GIRO project "Interdisciplinary Science and Technology for Activation of Living Organism" started.LINK

・17/03/10
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at International Symposium on Drug Delivery and Pharmaceutical Sciences
:Beyond the History as an invited speakerLINK

・16/12
Prof. Konishi appers on "Innovation ism"LINK

・16/9/19
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at Kick-off Symposium of R-GIRO research program. LINK

・16/9/16
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at BioOpto Japan conference in the international exhibition of All about photonics 2016 Utilities & Key Devices. LINK, held at Pacifico Yokohama. LINK

・16/8/26
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at the exhibition of JST Innovation Japan 2016, and Dr. Hattori gave a poster presentation.

・16/8/4
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at IEEE Kansai forum Organized sessions. LINK

・16/6/26-29
APCOT2016 was held in Kanazawa (Prof. Konishi served as the program chairman of this conference).
4 papers were presented from our group in APCOT2016.LINK

・16/6/3
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at drug discovery Research Consortium × formulation technology research consortium research program. LINK

・16/5/11
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at 13th ACADEMIC FORUM in the exhibition of Life Science World 2016. LINK

・16/4/17-20
Prof. Konishi gave a talk at IEEE-NEMS in Miyagi prefecture as an invited speaker.

・16/2/18
　Achievements of R-GIRO program were reported in R-GIRO symposium entitled "Toward formation of research center having strong distinctive features in the global society".

・13/07/08
　"R-GIRO Symposium of Engineering in Medicine and Biology" was held.

・13/06/10
　The Direction of Alumni in konishi laboratory is updated on Member's page.

・13/04/30
　"Our research" was featured on "Kurashi Kaisetsu(NHK)"　LINK

・12/03/26
　"Micro Hand" was featured on "Morning Bird (Asahi Television)" LINK

・11/03/04
　Wataru TONOMURA, Young Scientist Poster Award, The 5th International Workshop on Approaches to Single-Cell Analysis, The University of Tokyo, March 3-4th, 2011.

・11/02/01
　"Micro Hand" is featured on "The Most Useful School in the World (Nippon Television)"　　LINK

・11/01/29
　Prof.Konishi appers on "The Most Useful School in the World (Nippon Televison)".　LINK

・10/12/13
　Our research was featured in "AERA"(Asahi Shimbun) 　LINK
　profile of researcher "gift fot the future." in the magazine "AERA"(Asahi Shimbun)　LINK

・10/12/9
　link update "The Bio Medical Devices Center".

・10/11/18
　Our research was published in yomiuri.

・10/10/22
　IEEE EDS Kansai Chapter of the Year Award, S.Konishi

・10/10/15
　○IEEJ Sensors and Micromachine Society The 27th SENSOR SYMPOSIUM
　　Our raboratory menber recieve "young excellence paper award".
　"Medical Application with Pneumatic Balloon Actuator to retractor system for Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection"
　Y.Fujimoto, N.Fujiwara, Y.Saito, Y.Kurumi,Y.Fujiyama, T.Tani, S.Konishi

　○IEEJ Sensors and Micromachine Society The 27th SENSOR SYMPOSIUM
　　Our raboratory menber recieve "best excellenced poster award".
　"Low Physical Restriction MEMS Potentiometer using Probe Dipping μPool with Conductive Liquid"
　M.Ito, T.Kuwamura, S.Konishi
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・10/7/26
　 Our research was featured in Nikkei. LINK

・10/7/22
　 "state-of-the-art medical technology and ritsumeikan university in wellness society"LINK

・10/6/12
　DORAEMON'S SCIENTIFIC FUTURE LINK