Welcome to our laboratory!
Thank you for visiting our laboratory’s website! Our research is driven by a central goal: to gain deeper insights into human diseases.
We often ask ourselves: How do cells build complex structures and functions? And how are these processes altered when disease develops? To tackle these mysteries, we use organoids—three-dimensional, miniature organ-like structures grown from a single cell. Organoids enable us to recreate parts of the human body in the lab and to model a wide range of biological phenomena.
Key Questions Guiding Our Research
- How do cells collaborate—or miscommunicate—to build tissues or drive pathology?
- By what hidden principles do organs sense injury, orchestrate repair, and why do they sometimes fail to regenerate?
- What truly defines a disease—its origin, its progression, and the possibilities for its cure?
- How do cells coordinate their metabolism to sustain both themselves and the integrity of organs?
Our team brings together members from diverse backgrounds in medicine, life sciences, and bioengineering. Through lively discussions and interdisciplinary collaboration, we create an environment where you can learn by creating.
If you are curious, ambitious, and eager to take on questions that no one has answered before—whether at the molecular, tissue, or organ level—we warmly invite you to explore our lab.
Toshiro Sato
Professor, Department of Integrated Medicine and Biochemistry,
Keio University School of Medicine
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Keio University Shinanomachi Campus
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1-minute walk from Shinanomachi Station (JR Sobu Line)
5-minute walk from Kokuritsu-kyogijo Station (Subway Oedo Line)
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