Dr. Senkei Umehara

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ResearcherAppointed: 2009

Mailing Address

Dept Sci Soc Network
5-3 Yonbancho
Chiyoda-ku
Tokyo, 102-8666
Japan

Contact Information

Phone: +81-3-5214-7625
Fax: +81-3-5214-8088
s2umehar@jst.go.jp
http://jp.linkedin.com/in/senkei

Qualifications

Ph.D., The University of Tokyo, Multidisciplinary Sciences, 2007.
M.S., The University of Tokyo, Multidisciplinary Sciences, 2004.
B.S., The University of Tokyo, 2002.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Bacteriology, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, Biosensors, Biotechnology, Chemical Sciences, General Science and Technology Topics, Life Sciences, Medical Technology, Molecular Cellular Entities, Nanostructured Materials, Natural Sciences, Technology.

Additional Terms:

Nanobioscience, Nanobiotechnology.

Languages

(Reading, Writing, Speaking)

English: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
Japanese: (Fluent, Fluent, Fluent)
French: (Functional, Basic, Basic)

Memberships

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Cell Biology
Biophysical Society
Biophysical Society of Japan

Previous Positions

2008-2009, Post-doctoral fellow, University of California, Santa Cruz, Engineering, Biomolecular Engineering Dept
2007-2009, Post-doctoral fellow, Stanford University, Medicine, Biochemistry, Genome Technology Center
2007-2008, Post-doctoral fellow, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genome Technology Center
2005-2006, Visiting Fellow, Stanford University, School of Medicine, Biochemistry, Genome Technology Center

Publications

  • Umehara S, Karhanek M, Davis RW, Pourmand N (Mar 5 2009) Label-free biosensing with functionalized nanopipette probes, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106 (12), 4611-4616 Abstract
  • Umehara S, Inoue I, Wakamoto Y, Yasuda K (May 11 2007) Origin of individuality of two daughter cells during the division process examined by the simultaneous measurement of growth and swimming property using an on-chip single-cell cultivation system, Biophysical Journal, 93 (3), 1061-1067
  • Umehara S, Hattori A, Inoue I, Yasuda K (Mar 7 2007) Asynchrony in the growth and motility responses to environmental changes by individual bacterial cells, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 356 (2), 464-469
  • Umehara S, Pourmand N, Webb CD, Davis RW, Yasuda K, Karhanek M (Oct 5 2006) Current rectification with poly-L-lysine-coated quartz nanopipettes, Nano Letters, 6 (11), 2486-2492
  • Umehara S, Hattori A, Wakamoto Y, Yasuda K (Mar 10 2004) Simultaneous measurement of growth and movement of cells exploiting on-chip single-cell cultivation assay, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1, 43 (3), 1214-1217
  • Wakamoto Y, Umehara S, Matsumura K, Inoue I, Yasuda K (Dec 1 2003) Development of non-destructive, non-contact single-cell based differential cell assay using on-chip microcultivation and optical tweezers, Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 96 (3), 693-700
  • Hattori A, Umehara S, Wakamoto Y, Yasuda K (Jul 15 2003) Measurement of incident angle dependence of swimming bacterium reflection using on-chip single-cell cultivation assay, Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2, 42 (7B), L873-L875
  • Umehara S, Wakamoto Y, Inoue I, Yasuda K (Jun 6 2003) On-chip single-cell microcultivation assay for monitoring environmental effects on isolated cells, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 305 (3), 534-540 Abstract

Profile Details

Last Updated: 11/15/2009

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