Hajime Takano, Ph.D.
Hajime Takano, Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor of Neurology
Department: Neurology
Contact information
The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
Abramson Research Center
3615 Civic Center Boulevard, Room 409
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Abramson Research Center
3615 Civic Center Boulevard, Room 409
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155901744
Email:
takanoh@email.chop.edu
takanoh@email.chop.edu
Education:
B.S. (BiomolecularEngineering)
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan , 1992.
M.S. (Bioengineering/Biotechnology)
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan , 1994.
Ph.D. (Bioengineering/Biotechnology)
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan , 1997.
Permanent linkB.S. (BiomolecularEngineering)
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan , 1992.
M.S. (Bioengineering/Biotechnology)
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan , 1994.
Ph.D. (Bioengineering/Biotechnology)
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan , 1997.
Description of Research Expertise
Technology Development• High speed calcium imaging of neuronal networks and related data analysis
• Integration of fluorescence lifetime measurement system on two photon microscopy
• Quantitative image analysis for massive imaging data (>10,000 images)
• Integrating a high speed camera into two photon microscopy
• Building optical stimulation devices using digital mirror arrays
• Protocol development for ATP imaging with a photon counting CCD camera
• Building a scanning near-field optical microscopy
• Microfabrication of cell culture platforms for studying inter-cellular signaling
• Developing subsurface imaging tool using scanning probe microscopy
Advanced Microscopy
Teach and instruct advanced imaging technique including multi-photon microscopy, second harmonic generation, laser scanning confocal microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, fluorescence spectra, FRET, FRAP, scanning probe microscopy (AFM, EFM, FFM, SNOM) for chemical and biological analysis.
Programming - Image Analysis, Data Analysis, Statistical Analysis
Labview(instrumentation), Matlab(data and image analysis, GUI)
Microfabrication and Nanotechnology
BioMEMS, Softlithography, Microcontact Printing; expert on fabricating and characterizing self-assembled monolayer, polymer thin films, Langmuir-Blodgett films, and immobilized proteins on the solid surfaces.
Analytical Chemistry
HPLC, electrochemically modulated liquid chromatography (EMLC), EMLC-mass spectroscopy detection, FT-IR