研究室紹介

Animal Life Science

We want to Solve the World's Food Problems - Utilization of by-products and Search for Cells as Seeds for Cultured Meat

Livestock are limited resources. To solve the world's food problems such as inefficient production, food loss, and future food shortages, we are engaged in research to scientifically clarify the myogenesis process of chickens, focusing on smooth muscle, aiming to "increase the number of meat parts obtained from a single poultry," "make waste digestive tract parts edible," and "develop cultured meat technology.”

Research Interests

・ Searching for Chicken meat Stem Cells Suitable for Cultured Meat.
・ Trial of myocyte induction using waste fat from livestock
・ Differentiation mechanism of gastrointestinal smooth muscle using chick embryos.
・ Muscle and fat transdifferentiation by the muscle stem cell marker Pax7
・ The mechanism of muscle cell de-differentiation, cellular senescence, and cell tumorigenesis

Livestock are slaughtered then consume as meat to meet market demand. However, there are concerns about food shortages due to global population growth. Meat has high added value, but the internal organs, called livestock byproducts, are still not fully utilized.

The Laboratory of Animal Life Science conducts the research projects to look for the possibility of solving the world's food problems by increasing the value of internal organs as meat and converting discarded fatty parts into meat. We believe that reducing the waste portion of finite livestock and effectively utilizing it as edible parts will lead to a reduction in food loss.

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