Program Officer（PO）

Overview

In this area, in order to apply biomanufacturing technologies to a wide range of manufacturing industries such as chemical, textile, food and beverage, which emit 80.9 million tons of CO2 per year, we aim to increase productivity, diversity, and enhancement of functions and CO2 fixation capability of chemicals such as various aliphatic and aromatic compounds (materials or raw materials for rubber products, plastics, synthetic fibers, etc.), SAF (Sustainable Aviation Fuel) and other next-generation fuels. We will promote research that will lead to the next-generation biomanufacturing system infrastructure using microorganisms/plants. The R&D area also aims to foster human resources with broad perspectives and development capabilities.

For further information, see Chapter 6 of "Application Guideline." (1.01MB)

R&D Projects

Team-based research

Establish nextgeneration biomanufacturing platforms with a focus on microorganisms

Development of DBTL Technologies for Bioengineering to Pioneer Diverse Microbial FunctionsR&D Period 2023.10-

Project Leader

HONDA Kohsuke

Establish nextgeneration biomanufacturing platforms with a focus on plants

Establishment of cutting-edge plant platforms for biomanufacturingR&D Period 2023.10-

Project Leader

OHKUMA Moriya

Research to explore, analyze interactions between organisms

Development of Microbe-Plant Interaction Technology for GXR&D Period 2023.10-

Project Leader

NOMURA Nobuhiko

Research into evaluation systems using artificial systems

Development of ultra-parallelized protein printer systemR&D Period 2023.10-

Project Leader

NOJI Hiroyuki

Research into more sophisticated analytical technologies and mathematical tools for information analysis

Development of an advanced omics measurement and analysis platform to drive next-generation biomanufacturingR&D Period 2023.10-

Project Leader

BAMBA Takeshi

Innovative elemental technology research

Rapid genome-editing by natural histidine-rich moleculesR&D Period 2023.10-2024.3

Project Leader

IWASAKI Takashi

Development of technology for designing highly translated proteinsR&D Period 2023.10-2024.3

Project Leader

KATO Teruyo

Deep generative model of mRNAs for biomanufacturingR&D Period 2023.10-2024.3

Project Leader

SATO Kengo

Development of a bio-production platform based on photoswitchingR&D Period 2023.10-2024.3

Project Leader

SATO Moritoshi

Development of AI-based rational design methods for high-performance de novo enzymesR&D Period 2023.10-2024.3

Project Leader

TSUBOYAMA Kotaro

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Area Advisor（AD）

IIDA Junko	Senior General Manager, Analytical & Measuring Instruments Division, Shimadzu Corporation
EZURA Hiroshi	Specially Appointed Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba
KINOSHITA Toshinori	Professor, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules, Nagoya University
SHIMIZU Hiroshi	Professor, Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, OSAKA UNIVERSITY
TAOKA Naoaki	Officer/Head of Agri-Bio Research Center, KANEKA CORPORATION
TOMISHIGE Keiichi	Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University
MATSUI Tomoko	Head of R&D Japan, Research and Development, Novozymes Japan Ltd.
YAOI Katsuro	Deputy Director General, Biotechnology and Materials Department, New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization
WADA Mitsufumi	Director, Research & Development Department, Japan Bioindustry Association