1. Xiao Deng, Jun Kikkawa, Akihiro Okamoto. Excess Ferrous Iron Promotes the Construction of Extracellular Electron Pathways in the Iron-corroding Bacterium <i>Desulfovibrio ferrophilus</i> IS5. ISIJ International. 66 [5] 685-691. 2026. Open Access
2. Xiao Deng, Akihiro Okamoto, Knut Rudi. Cellulose-fueled extracellular electron transfer in termite gut microbes. Applied and Environmental Microbiology. 92 [9] 10.1128/aem.01272-26-1-10.1128/aem.01272-26-14. 2026. Open Access

2025

1. Islam M. El-Sewify, Mohamed A. Shenashen, Hassanien Gomaa, Mohamed S. Selim, Naeem Akhtar, Ahmed Azzam, Moataz Mekawy, Mohammed Y. Emran, Mohamed Khairy, Ahmed Shahat, Mohamed Hasan, Ahmed Elmarakbi, Sherif A. El-Safty. Eco-friendly approach for the removal and simultaneous detection of cyanide toxins from drinking and wastewater sources. Environmental Pollution. 385 127094-127094-15. 2025. Open Access
2. Muralidharan Murugan, Akihiro Okamoto. Conductive matrix architecture of sulfate-reducing bacteria boosts coculture electrical output. Electrochimica Acta. 537 146826-146836-10. 2025. Open Access
3. Islam M. El-Sewify, Mohamed A. Shenashen, Moataz Mekawy, Mohamed S. Selim, Mohammed Y. Emran, Mohamed Khairy, Rasha F. El-Agamy, Mahmoud M. Selim, Ahmed Shahat, Mostafa M.H. Khalil, Ahmed Elmarakbi, Mitsuhiro Ebara, Sherif A. El-Safty. Trapping/Monitoring of Toxic Arsenate in Human Skin Cell Lines: A Route for Preventing Skin Disorders. Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces. 254 114773-114773-13. 2025. Open Access
4. Xizi Long, Chiho Kataoka-Hamai, Chia-Lun Ho, Wei-Lun Huang, Yi-Ho Kuo, Li-Ting Yang, Wei-Peng Li, Akihiro Okamoto. Scalable liposomes functionalization via membrane lipid exchange mechanisms. Nano Today. 61 102630-102630-10. 2025. Open Access
5. Xinxin Wen, Xizi Long, Wenyuan Huang, Masahiro Kuramochi, Akihiro Okamoto. Cell-Surface Inter-Cytochrome Electron Transfer Limits Biofilm Electron Conduction Kinetics in Shewanella oneidensis. Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147 [51] 46932-46940. 2025. Open Access
6. Yoshihide Tokunou, Tomohiko Yamazaki, Takashi Fujikawa, Akihiro Okamoto. Decoding in-cell respiratory enzyme dynamics by label-free in situ electrochemistry. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 122 [12] e2418926122-1-e2418926122-12. 2025. Open Access
7. Sotaro Takano, Satoshi Takenawa, Divya Naradasu, Kangmin Yan, Xinxin Wen, Tomoko Maehara, Nobuhiko Nomura, Nozomu Obana, Masanori Toyofuku, Michihiko Usui, Wataru Ariyoshi, Akihiro Okamoto. Enrichment of horizontally transferred gene clusters in bacterial extracellular vesicles via non lytic mechanisms. The ISME Journal. 19 [1] wraf193-1-wraf193-14. 2025. Open Access

2024

1. Divya Naradasu, Akihiro Okamoto. Electrochemical Characterization of Two Gut Microbial Strains Cooperatively Promoting Multiple Sclerosis Pathogenesis. Microorganisms. 12 [2] 257. 2024. Open Access
2. Islam M. El-Sewify, Mohamed A. Shenashen, Rasha F. El-Agamy, Mohammed Y. Emran, Mitsuhiro Ebara, Sherif A. El-Safty. Fluorescent sensor/tracker for biocompatible and real-time monitoring of ultra-trace arsenic toxicants in living cells. Journal of Hazardous Materials. 478 135429-135429-15. 2024. Open Access
3. Yusuke Saeki, Naoki Maki, Takahiro Nemoto, Katsushige Inada, Kosuke Minami, Ryo Tamura, Gaku Imamura, Yukiko Cho-Isoda, Shinsuke Kitazawa, Hiroshi Kojima, Genki Yoshikawa, Yukio Sato. Lung cancer detection in perioperative patients' exhaled breath with nanomechanical sensor array. Lung Cancer. 190 107514-107514-7. 2024. Open Access
4. Xiao Deng, Wipakorn Jevasuwan, Naoki Fukata, Akihiro Okamoto. Nanowire Electrode Structures Enhanced Direct Extracellular Electron Transport via Cell-Surface Multi-Heme Cytochromes in Desulfovibrio ferrophilus IS5. Electrochem. 5 [3] 330-340. 2024. Open Access
5. Mohammed Y. Emran, Ahmed Kotb, Akhilesh Babu Ganganboina, Akihiro Okamoto, Tariq Z. Abolibda, Hassan A.H. Alzahrani, Sobhi M. Gomha, Chongbo Ma, Ming Zhou, Mohamed A. Shenashen. Tailored portable electrochemical sensor for dopamine detection in human fluids using heteroatom-doped three-dimensional g-C3N4 hornet nest structure. Analytica Chimica Acta. 1320 342985-342985-11. 2024. Open Access
6. John A. Ciemniecki, Chia-Lun Ho, Richard D. Horak, Akihiro Okamoto, Dianne K. Newman. Mechanistic study of a low-power bacterial maintenance state using high-throughput electrochemistry. Cell. 187 [24] 6882-6895.e8. 2024. Open Access
7. 今村 岳. 膜型表面応力センサを用いた においセンサの開発と社会実装への取り組み. におい・かおり環境学会誌. 55 [5] 291-300. 2024. Open Access
8. Kosuke Minami, Yingcheng Zhou, Gaku Imamura, Kota Shiba, Genki Yoshikawa. Sorption Kinetic Parameters from Nanomechanical Sensing for Discrimination of 2-Nonenal from Saturated Aldehydes. ACS Sensors. 9 [2] 689-698. 2024. Open Access

2023

1. Gaku Imamura, Kosuke Minami, Genki Yoshikawa. Repetitive Direct Comparison Method for Odor Sensing. Biosensors. 13 [3] 368. 2023. Open Access
2. Ying-Chi Chen, Chia-Lun Ho, Xizi Long, Akihiro Okamoto. Electroactive membrane fusion-liposome for increased electron transfer to enhance radiodynamic therapy. Nature Nanotechnology. 18 [12] 1492-1501. 2023.
3. Urara Miyazaki, Akihiro Okamoto. Pyrofollis japonicus gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel member of the family Pyrodictiaceae isolated from the Iheya North hydrothermal field. Extremophiles. 27 [3] 28. 2023.
4. Wenyuan Huang, Xizi Long, Akihiro Okamoto. Enhancement of microbial current production by riboflavin requires the reduced heme centers in outer membrane cytochromes in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1. Electrochimica Acta. 464 142860. 2023.
5. Urara Miyazaki, Akihiro Okamoto. Haliovirga abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic fermentative bacterium isolated from the Iheya North hydrothermal field, and proposal of Haliovirgaceae fam. nov.. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 73 [8] 006014. 2023.
6. Jaclyn Thompson, Akihiro Okamoto. Insights into the physiological and genomic characterization of three bacterial isolates from a highly alkaline, terrestrial serpentinizing system. Frontiers in Microbiology. 14 1179857. 2023.
7. Kohei Shimokawa, Akihiro Okamoto. Optimizing LiMn_1.5M_0.5O₄ cathode materials for aqueous photo-rechargeable batteries. Chemical Communications. 59 [51] 7947-7950. 2023.
8. Xiao Deng, Akihiro Okamoto. Direct extracellular electron transfer to an indium tin doped oxide electrode via heme redox reactions in Desulfovibrio ferrophilus IS5. Electrochimica Acta. 453 142293. 2023.
9. Chia-Lun Ho, Mohammed Y. Emran, Souta Ihara, Wenyuan Huang, Satoshi Wakai, Akihiro Okamoto. Osmium-grafted magnetic nanobeads improve microbial current generation via culture-free and quick enrichment of electrogenic bacteria. Chemical Engineering Journal. 466 142936. 2023.
10. Qingqing Sun, Chao Ma, Weipeng Li, Kenji Sakamoto, Akihiro Okamoto, Takeo Minari. Fully Printed Low-Voltage Field-Effect Transistor Biosensor Array for One-Drop Detection of Shewanella onedensis MR-1 Bacteria. ACS Applied Electronic Materials. 5 [5] 2558-2565. 2023.
11. Xizi Long, Yoshihide Tokunou, Akihiro Okamoto. Mechano-control of Extracellular Electron Transport Rate via Modification of Inter-heme Coupling in Bacterial Surface Cytochrome. Environmental Science & Technology. 57 [19] 7421-7430. 2023.
12. 矢ヶ部 太郎, 今村 岳, 吉川 元起, 宮内 直弥, 北島 正弘, 板倉 明子. 水素センシングおよび物質への吸蔵現象の理論的解釈. 表面と真空. 66 [2] 114-119. 2023. Open Access
13. Eslam Talaat, Mohammed Y. Emran, Hassanien Gomaa, Mohamed.A. Shenashen, Sherif A. El-Safty. Two-dimensional sulfur-doped carbon stacked sheets electrode design for potential adrenaline screening in human fluids and pharmaceutical drugs. Surfaces and Interfaces. 36 102481. 2023.
14. Kota Shiba, Chao Zhuang, Kosuke Minami, Gaku Imamura, Ryo Tamura, Sadaki Samitsu, Takumi Idei, Genki Yoshikawa, Luyi Sun. Visualization of Flow‐Induced Strain Using Structural Color in Channel‐Free Polydimethylsiloxane Devices. Advanced Science. 10 [1] 2204310. 2023.
15. Akhilesh Babu Ganganboina, Indra Memdi Khoris, Akihiro Okamoto. CdSe-Co3O4@TiO2 nanoflower–based photoelectrochemical platform probing visible light–driven virus detection. Microchimica Acta. 190 [1] 46. 2023.
16. Yuko Kamiya, Masaaki Matoba, Takahiro Nemoto, Kosuke Minami, Gaku Imamura, Genki Yoshikawa. Effects of fermentative quality of corn silage on lactation, blood metabolites, and rumen fermentation in dairy cows. Animal Science Journal. 94 [1] e13880. 2023. Open Access

1. 高野 壮太朗, OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Harnessing DNA and Energy Cargo: Unveiling the Active Biogenesis and Applications of Bacterial Extracellular Vesicles. Extracellular Fine Particles. 2025. Open Access

2024

1. SHENASHEN Mohamed Alkhodary Esmaiel, EMRAN, Mohammed Youssef Mahmoud, Ahmed Elmarakbi, EL-SAFTY, Sherif. Recent advances in nanomaterial-based sensor engineering for the electrochemical detection of biomolecules. Functionalization of Two-Dimensional Materials and Their Applications. 2024. Open Access

2023

1. ナラダス ディビア, Waheed Miran, ルオ ダン, 高野 壮太朗, OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Drug efficiency monitoring using biofilm/electrode interfacial electron transfer associated with pathogen metabolisms. Material-Microbes Interactions. 2023.

1. Kotaro Naruse, Naru Kato, Takuma Matsumori, Jun Shlomi, Yoshihiro Midoh, Tetsuya Hirose, Gaku Imamura, Genki Yoshikawa, Constantine Sideris, Noriyuki Miura. 20.1 A 3.5×3.5mm² 1.47mW/ch 16-Channel MSS-CMOS Heterogeneous Multi-Modal-Gas-Sensor Chip Stack. 2025 IEEE International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). 348-350. 2025. Open Access

1. 鄧 驍. 電気細菌の電子授受機構とその応用：腐食制御とバイオセンサ開発. 日本薬理学会 第99回年会. 2026.

2025

1. 藤川 昂, IMAMURA, Gaku, TAMURA, Ryo, OKAMOTO, Akihiro. A Novel Platform for Discovering New Inhibitors of Multidrug Efflux Pumps Using High-Throughput Electrochemistry and Machine Learning. The International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies 2025 (Pacifichem 2025). 2025.
2. MINAMI, Kosuke, ZHOU, Yingcheng, IMAMURA, Gaku, SHIBA, Kota, YOSHIKAWA, Genki. Sorption kinetic parameters as robust features against varied humidity and concentrations for discriminating 2-nonenal from saturated aldehydes using nanomechanical sensors. International Meeting on Chemical Sensors (IMCS 2025). 2025.
3. 井原 奏太, ファム デュエン ミン, OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Isolation and characterization of MnO2-reducing halophile from brine environment. ASM Microbe 2025. 2025. Open Access
4. 加藤 成, 成瀬 厚太郎, 松森 拓馬, 塩見 準, 御堂 義博, 廣瀬 哲也, 今村 岳, 吉川 元起, 三浦 典之. MSS-CMOS 三次元積層による小型マルチモーダル嗅覚デバイス. 電子情報通信学会 HWS・VLD・ICD合同研究会. 2025.

2024

1. 井原 奏太, ファム デュエン ミン, 岡本 章玄. 塩湖環境からのMnO2還元細菌の単離. 日本微生物生態学会 第37回広島大会. 2024. 招待講演
2. DENG, Xiao. Redox-active outer-membrane vesicles boost extracellular electron uptake in marine sedimentary bacteria under energy starvation conditions. International Society for Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV) 2024 Annual Meeting. 2024.
3. OKAMOTO, Akihiro. ELECTROCHEMICALLY DECODING LIFE A new glimpse into in-vivo enzyme dynamics. Z.UMN.EDU/BTI-SPRING-2024-SEMINARS. 2024. 招待講演
4. DENG, Xiao, ファム デュエン ミン, OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Redox-active membrane vesicles power bacterial survival through energy scarcity. 2024 Japan-Taiwan Nano Material and Biomedicine Workshop. 2024. 招待講演
5. 今村 岳. ニオイセンサの開発と社会実装の取り組み. 「食を守るエレクトロニクス」フォーラム. 2024. 招待講演
6. OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Decoding Extracellular Electron Transfer: A New Glimpse into In-VivoEnzyme Dynamics. North American Meeting of the International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry and Technology (NA-ISMET 2024). 2024. 招待講演
7. DENG, Xiao. Application of extracellular electron transfer in biosensor development and iron corrosion mitigation. 第1回高分子・バイオ Workshop. 2024.

2023

1. 岡本 章玄, 平野　伸一. 英知事業の総括的報告と今後の展開. 第198回腐食防食シンポジウム. 2023. 招待講演
2. 今村 岳. 株式会社Qception. NIMS材料技術展示会2023. 2023.
3. 今村 岳. NIMS発ベンチャーピッチ①. NIMS材料技術展示会. 2023.
4. 今村 岳, 吉川 元起. 膜型表面応力センサを用いた環境ガスセンサの開発. 第84回応用物理学会秋季学術講演会. 2023.
5. DENG, Xiao. Analysis of the Extracellular Electron Transfer Mechanism in the Cellulolytic Bacterium Clostridium termitidis. 日本電気化学会. 2023.
6. DENG, Xiao. Survival mechanism of sulfate reducing bacteria during extracellular electron uptake from low energy electrodes. AP-ISMET. 2023. 招待講演
7. 今村 岳. ニオイセンサの開発と社会実装に向けた取り組み. 第127回 情報科学研究科ランチセミナー. 2023. 招待講演
8. OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Native genetic barcode in bacterial membrane vesicle from the human microbiome. 第27回腸内細菌学会学術集会大会. 2023. 招待講演
9. OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Driving Alkali Metal Ions by Extracellular Electron Transfer. Discovering Fundamental Principles and Engineering Electrical Communication Across The Cell-Materials Interface. 2023. 招待講演
10. DENG, Xiao. Mechanism of Anaerobic Iron Corrosion Caused by Electroactive Bacteria. インフラ構造材料に関するWS. 2023. 招待講演
11. OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Bacterial Membrane Vesicles as a Cargo for Barcode DNA and Electron. 2023 Japan-Taiwan Nano Material and Biomedicine Workshop. 2023. 招待講演
12. 柴 弘太, 庄 超, 南 皓輔, 今村 岳, 田村 亮, 佐光 貞樹, 出井 拓己, 吉川 元起. 流れ誘起ひずみの構造色による可視化を利用した気体識別デバイス. 第70回応用物理学会春季学術講演会. 2023.
13. OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Electrochemically active bacteria and nano metalic particles weave self-organaized electric network. The 1st KOSEN Research International Symposium. 2023. 招待講演
14. DENG, Xiao, OKAMOTO, Akihiro. Isolation of a novel iron corrosive bacterium from deep-sea marine sediments. 第1回高専研究国際シンポジウム. 2023. 招待講演
15. 矢ヶ部 太郎, 今村 岳, 吉川 元起, 宮内 直弥, 北島 正弘, 板倉 明子. 水素センシングと吸着を経た吸蔵理論モデル. NIMS先端計測シンポジウム2023 物質・材料研究を加速させる先端計測研究 ～先端計測プロジェクト最終報告会～. 2023.
16. OKAMOTO, Akihiro. The impact of phage S32 on microbial current production. JSPS-NTU/NUS Joint Research Project Workshop. 2023. 招待講演