Seiya HIRANO　/　M2

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    e-mail：funkeinomajiwari311[at]eis.hokudai.ac.jp
Hirano Seiya

Research topic

Development of an Aptamer-based Sensor for Rapid and Sensitive Norovirus Detection

Research abstract

Noroviruses are a major cause of nonbacterial acute gastroenteritis in humans worldwide. They transmit through contaminated food and water and spread via person-to-person transmission, thereby causing secondary infections and large outbreaks. Human noroviruses have high infectivity due to their characteristics: (i) low infectious dose; (ii) prolonged asymptomatic shedding; (iii) environmental stability; (iv) substantial strain diversity; (v) rapid evolution. Based on this background, this study aims to develop a biosensor using aptamer, which is a functional nucleic acid binding to a specific target, for rapid and sensitive norovirus detection.

Book Chapter

  1. Aptamer: The Potential Application to Norovirus Research, Diagnosis, and Therapeutics
    Seiya Hirano, Daisuke Sano, Satoshi Okabe and Masaaki Kitajima
    In Noroviruses: Outbreaks, Control and Prevention Strategies

International conference presentation

  1. Novel methods for rapid detection of viral pathogens in water
    Kitajima, M., Hirano, S., Satoh, H., Okabe, S.
    The 3rd International Forum on Asian Water Environment Technology (IFAWET)
    March 2-3, 2018, National University of Singapore, Singapore
  2. Electrochemical and colorimetric DNA aptasensor technologies for rapid norovirus detection
    Masaaki Kitajima, Seiya Hirano, Akihiro Okamoto, Daisuke Sano, Hisashi Satoh, Satoshi Okabe
    The 19th International Symposium on Health-Related Water Microbiology
    May 15-19, 2017, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA
Awards
2017 Mar Student poster award ("Lion Award"), 51st Annual Conference of Japan Society on Water Environment