Member

Yusuke Maeda

  • PI
Graduate School of Engineering. Kyoto University
Professor
Research Areas
Non-equilibrium physics, Biological physics
Keywords
非平衡物理学、生物物理学

Related Outline

An experimental physicist with a keen interest in discerning the principles governing the dynamic and complex phenomena inherent in biological systems. Our research is mostly grounded in experimental physics, encompassing soft matter physics, including polymers and viscoelastic fluids, as well as the study of collective dynamics exhibited by single cells and cell populations. Our long-term goal is to find a new field bridging the gap between life and matter through the concept of condensed matter physics.

Career

Yusuke earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Tokyo in 2003 and his M.Sc and Ph.D. in Physics from the same institution in 2005 and 2008. He then conducted postdoctoral research at the Rockefeller University (USA) under Prof. Albert Libchaber. In 2012, he joined the Hakubi Center, Kyoto University as an Assistant Professor, and in 2015 he moved to Department of Physics, Kyushu University as an Associate Professor, where he established his own laboratory. He returned to Kyoto University as a full Professor in 2024. Prof. Maeda was a JST PRESTO researcher from 2012 to 2017 and has served as a JST FORESTO researcher since 2023.

Representative Achievements

  • State transitions of a confined actomyosin system controlled through contractility and polymerization rate
    Ienaga R, Beppu K, and Maeda YT*
    Journal: Soft Matter 19, 5016-5028 (2023)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/D3SM00071K
  • State transitions of a confined actomyosin system controlled through contractility and polymerization rate
    Sakamoto R*, Miyazaki M, and Maeda YT*
    Physical Review Research 5, 013208 (2023)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevResearch.5.013208
  • Morphological growth dynamics, mechanical stability, and active microtubule mechanics underlying spindle self-organization
    Fukuyama T, Yan LC, Tanaka M, Yamaoka M, Saito K, Ti SC, Liao CC, Hsia KC, Maeda YT* and Shimamoto Y*
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 119, e2209053119 (2022)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2209053119
  • Geometric trade-off between contractile force and viscous drag determines the actomyosin-based motility of a cell-sized droplet
    Sakamoto R, Izri Z, Shimamoto Y, Miyazaki M, and Maeda YT*
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 119, e2121147119 (2022)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2121147119
  • Controlling collective motion of kinesin-driven microtubules via patterning of topographic landscapes
    Araki S, Beppu K, Kabir AMR, Kakugo A, and Maeda YT*
    Nano Letters 21, 10478-10485 (2021)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.1c03952
  • Edge current and pairing order transition in chiral bacterial vortices
    Beppu K, Izri Z, Sato T, Yamanishi Y, Sumino Y, and Maeda YT*
    Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 118, e2107461118 (2021)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2107461118
  • Tug-of-war between actomyosin-driven antagonistic forces determines the positioning symmetry in cell-sized confinement
    Sakamoto R, Tanabe M, Hiraiwa T, Suzuki K, Ishiwata S-i, Maeda YT, and Miyazaki M*
    Nature Communications 11, 3063 (2020)
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16677-9