Enabling Technology Project

E12 Technology Development of High Efficient Bio Production by Innovative Cell Control Method and Breeding Method

Outline of the area

Biomass such as plants and algae directly contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases by fixing carbon dioxide. Its decomposition products and metabolites become raw materials for bioethanol, bioplastics, basic compounds, etc. and it can also substitute for petroleum. Furthermore, biotechnology can promote energy saving by deriving compounds difficult to prepare by conventional chemical methods and introducing bioprocesses. However, there are various problems in increased bio-production, such as derivation of excellent varieties, high-speed screening, maintaining traits in the real environment, difficulty in designing metabolism, differences between in lab scale and actual production scale culture, costs of cultivation and product purification.
On the other hand, by combining cutting-edge technologies such as synthetic biology, genome editing and synthesis technology, high-speed screening technology and AI / IT technology, innovative cell control and breeding become possible, shortening the period for social implementation.
In this project, we aim to achieve higher efficiency and lower cost of material production through developing innovative cell control and breeding method by collaboration among technology areas and by constructing cells that can increase the biomass production amount and enable high-efficiency production of bio-derived chemical products.

※ All projects have been completed in 2022.