Assistant Professor SUZUKI Kitaru (completed the doctoral course at the Graduate School of Science and Technology in fiscal 2022) is conducting his research focusing on calcium phosphate, which is used as an artificial bone material. Specifically, he focuses on bone remodeling, the metabolic process of living bone. Although many studies aimed at improving the function of artificial bone materials from the viewpoint of the bone formation system by osteoblasts have been reported, there have been few studies focusing on the bone resorption system by osteoclasts. Thus, he is developing research to understand the interaction between osteoclasts and artificial bone materials and to use the findings to address the functional design of biomaterials.
In recognition of his research achievements to date, he received the Future Award from Professor KASUGA Toshihiro (Emeritus Professor at the Nagoya Institute of Technology), Chairperson of the Japanese Association of Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry, at the 33rd Symposium on Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry held in a conference room in the annex of the Nara Kasugano International Forum IRAKA (Nara Prefecture) on August 29 and 30, 2024. Assistant Professor SUZUKI also gave a requested lecture on the awarded research.
The Future Award is a new award system that was established in fiscal 2024 to award researchers and engineers who have achieved outstanding academic and technological achievements in inorganic phosphorus chemistry or who are motivated to advance the field.
Assistant Professor SUZUKI Kitaru is also conducting research by participating in the Meiji University International Institute for Materials with Life Functions.
Society name: Japanese Association of Inorganic Phosphorus Chemistry
Title of awarded research: New developments in the creation of calcium phosphate biomaterials from the perspective of bone resorption