Research Outline

Aiming to Solve the World’s Food Problems
ーUtilization of waste parts and search for stem cells that can be used as seeds for cultured meat一

Objective

Solving the world’s food problems with the aim of achieving sustainable food production

• Solving the world’s food problems with the aim of achieving sustainable food production
• Improving the value of smooth muscle as meat

Initiative

• Toward Sustainable Food Production
  Meat Research Unraveling the Developmental Process of Chickens
• Through Research Using Animal Cells and Chicken Embryos
  Contribute to solving the world’s food problems
• Opening New Possibilities for Meat
  Research on the process of chicken myogenesis

In recent years, the stable supply and security of food has become an issue due to global population growth, natural disasters, and global warming. Meat is no exception, and while local production exceeds consumption in Europe and the United States, developing countries with rapidly growing populations, especially in Asia, are facing a shortage of meat production, which is expected to become an even more serious problem in the future. The increase in the number of livestock is directly related to the global competition for grain feed and the environmental impact of livestock waste, and sustainable meat production must be considered.

The laboratory aims to solve these global food problems and contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through the development of “cultured meat,” a new production method for meat with less environmental impact, and the enhancement of the value of internal organ parts (smooth muscle), which are considered to have low value as meat, by targeting chicken meat. We are engaged in the following research projects.

Project Introduction

Research Achievements

• dissertation　　 Pubmed
• Other lectures, oral presentations, etc.　　Kyushu University Researcher’s Report