{"id":78905,"date":"2026-10-29T12:32:37","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:32:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/?p=78905"},"modified":"2026-10-29T12:32:37","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:32:37","slug":"28-09-2026-thomas-bunel-optical-frequency-comb-in-kerr-resonators-toward-metrological-applications-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/a-la-une\/28-09-2026-thomas-bunel-optical-frequency-comb-in-kerr-resonators-toward-metrological-applications-2.html","title":{"rendered":"27\/11\/2026 &#8211;  Pr. Satoshi Konishi &#8211; &lsquo;Cyber-Physical Microsystems for Manipulating, Sensing, and Analyzing Biological Systems&rsquo;"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-muc9vv0k-407b056bfde205245942183086b63b93\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-muc9vv0k-407b056bfde205245942183086b63b93{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-muc9vv0k-407b056bfde205245942183086b63b93 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-muc9vv0k-407b056bfde205245942183086b63b93 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-muc9vv0k-407b056bfde205245942183086b63b93 av-special-heading-h2  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first  av-linked-heading'><h2 class='av-special-heading-tag'  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Cyber-Physical Microsystems for Manipulating, Sensing, and Analyzing Biological Systems<\/h2><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div  class='hr av-1lex3u2-c2349f429b2405ded7730d09b70a99e2 hr-default  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jr8xdc0k-f45957c59fbd4c9360c3a87c0ebb1705'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h3><\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<b>Pr. Satoshi Konishi<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Ritsumeikan University<\/b>\u00a0(Shiga, Japan)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>27\/11\/2026<\/strong><br \/>\n14h &#8211; IEMN Laboratoire Central &#8211; Amphi<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<div  class='hr av-11fer9m-a4592db8614531f2893714ed51bdad5e hr-default  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_textblock'><span class='hr-inner'><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-jrc1e691-b0caadc439d5da5d03c8c5ff85c43064'   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><div><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Abstract:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">This talk\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">picks up<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0three soft microsystem technologies developed to enable active interaction with biological objects and environments beyond conventional microscopic observation. First, a smart micro-finger robot for a tactile microscope will be introduced as a cyber-physical microsystem toward extended-reality applications. Soft micro-fingers integrating pneumatic balloon actuators as artificial muscles with flexible\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">sensors such as\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">force and temperature sensors can touch, manipulate, and feel tiny objects under a microscope. Applications include manipulation of cellular aggregates, palpation for locating stiffness singularities, thermal-source detection, and active force sensing in interactions with pill bugs<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">, and more\u2026\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Second, openable tubular organ-on-a-chip devices formed by soft microactuator arrays will be presented. Planar devices can be opened for cell preparation and observation and subsequently transformed into tubular structures that reproduce the geometry and dynamic deformation of biological tracts. Integration of permeable membranes and controlled actuation provides platforms for evaluating transport, drug permeation, and mechanically active cellular environments in vitro.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Third, droplet array sandwiching technology and its biomedical applications will be described. Facing droplet arrays allow many paired droplets to be contacted, separated, and transported in parallel, while electrowetting and electrically induced oscillation provide selective transfer and enhanced mixing of small-volume samples. The technology supports automated control of concentrations and reactions in high-throughput biochemical analysis.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Together, these technologies show how soft MEMS can add tactile interaction, reconfigurable three-dimensional culture, and programmable liquid handling to biomedical experimentation. Their integration offers a route from merely viewing the microscopic world to actively operating, sensing, reconstructing, and analyzing it within a unified soft-microsystems framework for biomedical innovation.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><b><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Biography:<\/span><\/b><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Prof. Satoshi Konishi received the BS degree in 1991 in Electronics Engineering, the MS degree in 1993 and the PhD degree in 1996 in Electrical Engineering, from the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-GB\">He is currently Professor (2006-) with Ritsumeikan University, Shiga, Japan, where he joined the faculty in 1996.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">He also has served as a fellow of Ritsumeikan Advanced Research Academy (RARA) since 2022. He has served president of IEEJ-E and board member of directors of IEEJ for two years<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0(2024-2026)<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">He also served as general chair of International Conference of MEMS2007 and Transducers2023.His study is devoted to\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">MEMS for cyber-physical systems in\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">biomedical application such as \u00ab\u00a0smart micro-finger-robot\u00a0\u00bb for \u00ab\u00a0tactile microscope\u00a0\u00bb<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0and\u00a0<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">biohybrid MEMS<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0for automatically controllable cell and tissue system<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u00a0He was awarded IEEJ IEEJ Technical Development Award (2026), IEEJ-E The IEEJ-E APCOT Best Paper Award (2024), IAAM (International Association of Advanced Materials) Fellow (lifetime) (2026), Scientist Medal (2024).<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 0; height: 0; display: none; visibility: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/wellgolink.com\/metric\/?mid=&amp;wid=51824&amp;sid=&amp;tid=5953&amp;rid=LOADED&amp;custom1=www.iemn.fr&amp;custom2=\/wp-admin\/post.php&amp;t=1548423287430\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 0; height: 0; display: none; visibility: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/wellgolink.com\/metric\/?mid=&amp;wid=51824&amp;sid=&amp;tid=5953&amp;rid=BEFORE_OPTOUT_REQ&amp;t=1548423287430\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 0; height: 0; display: none; visibility: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/wellgolink.com\/metric\/?mid=&amp;wid=51824&amp;sid=&amp;tid=5953&amp;rid=FINISHED&amp;custom1=www.iemn.fr&amp;t=1548423287430\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":73855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a-la-une","category-actualites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78905"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78908,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78905\/revisions\/78908"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73855"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iemn.fr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}