Development of Production Techniques for Highly Functional Biomaterials Using Plant and Other Organism Smart Cells
Project overview
PL: KUHARA Satoru (Professor Emeritus, Kyushu University)
SPL: MATSUMURA Takeshi (Advanced Industrial Science and Technology Research Group Leader)
In recent years, due to the development of biotechnology, materials production technology that uses plants, microbes, and other living organisms has attracted attention, and the related global market is expected to rapidly expand. In response, efforts to capture this market are currently underway in Europe and the United States in particular. In order for Japan to ensure its competitiveness as well, it is necessary to establish Japanese technology that fuses rational genetic design based on the utilization of information technology and large-scale gene recombination.
The goal of this project is to develop technology to industrialize a system for gathering precise, large-scale information regarding organisms at high speeds (necessary for genetic design), intracellular process design, genome editing, and similar processes. These processes will then be utilized to control and modify materials production by plants in order to realize technology to inexpensively produce high-performance products using minimal amounts of energy.
Basic information
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Project code | P16009 |
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Last Updated : April 26, 2022