The Center of Innovation
for Bio-Digital Transformation (Bio-DX)
Aiming to realize a bioeconomy society that enables sustainable development without leaving anyone behind
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<Interview on the development of hypoallergenic eggs>
I want to make eggs that people with egg allergies can eat.
The challenges faced by researchers at the Bio-DX Industry Academia Collaboration Hub
So that people with egg allergies can eat eggs.
With this in mind, researchers are currently working on research and development of hypoallergenic eggs that have had ovomucoid, one of the substances that causes allergies, removed.
This is a project of the "Bio-DX Industry-Academia Co-Creation Center," which has been selected as a full-scale co-creation field in the JST program on Open Innovation Platforms for Industry-academia Co-creation (COI-NEXT) .
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Vision
As issues such as the spread of COVID-19, increasing difficulties in securing food, increasing demand for medicines, and worsening environmental problems become more apparent, it is becoming increasingly urgent to balance the resolution of social issues with sustainable development.
With "Bio-Digital Transformation" as a key concept, this base will maximize biological functions through research and development using the digitalization of organisms (decoding and analysis of genetic information) and programming (genome editing and synthesis) to tackle the challenges facing humanity, such as food, health, and energy. We will realize a bioeconomy society that enables sustainable development without leaving anyone behind, and contribute to achieving the SDGs.
COI-NEXT "Program on Open Innovation Platforms for Industry-academia Co-creation"
Project Leader: Takashi Yamamoto
Research
The center has set four research and development themes for three targets. Themes 1 and 2 will develop the fundamental technologies for digital breeding and genome editing, while themes 3 and 4 will advance research and development at demonstration sites targeting chicken eggs and algae.
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Consortium Participating Institutions
Representative agency
Hiroshima University
Universities etc.
Companies etc.
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tohoku University
Kumamoto University
The University of Tokyo
Kyushu University
Saitama University
Tokushima University
Hokkaido University
Yamaguchi University
Asahikawa Medical University
Sanyo-Onoda City University
Yamaguchi University of Science Tokyo University of Agriculture
Tokyo University of Science
Kyoto Sangyo University
RIKEN,National Research and Development Agency
National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Information & Systems Research Organization
National Institute of Genetics
National Institute of Brewing
National Hospital Organization Sagamihara Hospital
Central Institute for Laboratory Animals
Kazusa DNA Research Institute
PtBio.inc
Mishima Foods Co., Ltd.
Wakunaga Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Hasegawa Beekeeping Co., Ltd. Nishioka Beekeeping Co., Ltd. Inochio Holdings Co., Ltd.
Inochio Seikoen Co., Ltd.
Shinryo Corporation Kewpie Corporation Kewpie Egg Corporation Tsuboi Breeding Chicken Hatchery Co., Ltd.
Shikoku Instruments Co., Ltd. Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd. Sumitomo Pharma Co., Ltd.
Edit Force Co., Ltd.
Special Immunology Research Institute, Inc. iPS Portal Co., Ltd.
Phytolipid Technologies, Inc.
Mazda Motor Corporation
Nippon Filter Co., Ltd.
Mitsubishi Kakoki Kaisha, Ltd.
Shimadzu Corporation
Hamamatsu Photonics Co., Ltd.
Nisshin Oillio Group Co., Ltd. Higashihiroshima City,
Hiroshima Prefecture
Kawasaki City
Bio-DX Promotion Organization
Vision co-creation team
Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Tokyo Graduate School of Environmental Studies, Nagoya University Cent Crest International Patent Attorneys Corporation Dentsu Inc. Information Services International, Dentsu ISID
SIGMAXYZ Inc.
Lucky Star LLC
Willsame Inc. Frequency Labs Inc. Impact Access Inc.
Fumakilla Co., Ltd. Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. Energia Research Institute
Overseas Institutions
The University of British Columbia (UBC)
As of April 12,2024
Leaders Project leaders and issue leaders
Hiroshima University Genome Editing Innovation Center
Director and Professor
Takashi Yamamoto
A leader in genome editing technology.
He will oversee the project as the project leader.
Graduate School of Integrated Life Sciences, Hiroshima University
Specially Appointed Professor
Hidemasa Bono
The top runner in Bio-DX.
As the research and development project leader at this base, he will develop data-driven genomic breeding (digital breeding) technology.
Tokyo Institute of Technology
School of Life Science and Technology
Honorary professor
Hiroyuki Ohta
A specialist in algal genome editing.
As the research and development project leader at this base, he will develop a platform for the production of useful substances using microorganisms.
PtBio.Inc
Representative Director and CEO
Keisuke Okuhara
Industry-academia co-creation producer and entrepreneur.
He will assist in managing the project as deputy project leader.
Graduate School of Integrated Life Sciences, Hiroshima University
Professor
Hiroyuki Horiuchi
A specialist in poultry genome editing.
As a research and development project leader at this base, he will develop digital poultry breeding and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies.