Research Summary
Platform technologies for genome design and cell construction
Development of practical synthetic biology technologies for smart genetic circuit and genome synthesis
Development of DNA design software for high-accuracy DNA assembly
Development of artificial genome synthesis technology through genome design and modular assembly
Development of web-based Partbank database and standardization of bio-parts for biofoundry
Development of high-throughtput technology
Development of molecular evolution technologies for industrially applicable enzyme engineering
Development of high-speed and mass-volume biofoundry technologies to cope with climate change issues emerging as new threats
CRISPR technology based biomedical and industrial applications
Programmed probiotics with genetic circuits for diagnostics and therapeutics of inflammatory bowel disease
Establishment and applications of CRISPR technology for metabolic engineering
Development of therapeutic protein secretion system in bacteroides
In responding to climate change and global warming
Development of synthetic consortium of methanotrophs and heterotrophs to produce C4-chemicals from methane by mimicking the natural methane ecosystem
Development of CRISPR system for engineering methanotroph and partner microbe
Discovery of biological resources degrading PET using genetically encoded biosensors
Discovery and characterization of novel plastic degrading strains and enzymes
Mass production of biodegradable plastic monomers using acid-tolerant microorganisms
