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Aqua-Bioresource Innovation Center (ABRIC), Faculty of Agriculture
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A research center creating a new industry for fish aquaculture.
AboutAbout the lab
Creating a new fish aquaculture industry, from basic research to social implementation.
The Aqua-Bioresource Innovation Center (ABRIC) conducts research to create a new fish aquaculture industry.
With the keywords "full-cycle aquaculture," "genomic breeding," "new feeds," and "low environmental impact," the center aims to overcome these challenges using the innovative research resources of Kyushu University.
Its goal is to build an aquaculture industry that covers everything from basic research and technology development to social implementation and distribution, and to contribute to promoting aquaculture in the region and in Japan and to the security of protein supply.
Faculty members from the Faculties of Agriculture, Engineering, and Economics, among others, take part, and the ABRIC Karatsu Satellite in Karatsu, Saga Prefecture, serves as the main research facility.
Key terms
- Full-cycle aquaculture
- Repeating aquaculture using eggs laid by broodstock that were themselves raised from eggs. A form of aquaculture that does not depend on wild juvenile fish.
- Genomic breeding
- Creating varieties suited to aquaculture using the genetic information (genome) of organisms as clues.
- Surrogate broodstock technology
- A technology that uses germline stem cells to reproduce individual fish.
ResearchResearch themes
To renew the fish aquaculture industry, the center aims to build an aquaculture industry that covers everything from basic research and technology development to social implementation and distribution. Research is divided into units, and when necessary, research and development clusters that cross unit boundaries are formed to carry out projects on a project basis.
*Illustrative imageGermline stem cell banks and aquaculture technology
The center studies germline stem cell banks for preserving multiple strains and varieties, and surrogate broodstock technology, which uses germline stem cells to reproduce individual fish. It also works on developing new aquaculture technologies such as insect-based feeds and recombinant vaccines.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping new varieties suited to aquaculture
The center studies the development of new varieties that are in high consumer demand and suited to aquaculture. It uses means such as genome editing and marker-assisted selection breeding.
*Illustrative imageSystems for land-based fish production factories
By combining energy circulation systems, ICT, AI, and other technologies, the center builds systems for factories that produce fish on land. It advances the control and optimization of the production environment.
*Illustrative imageDeveloping bioresources other than fish
The center works on developing aqua-bioresources other than fish and creating new varieties. It also studies building material production systems that use the characteristics of marine organisms.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Aqua-Bioresource Innovation Center consist of the center director, faculty members of each unit, and collaborating faculty members from other universities.As of 2026
- ProfessorKohei Ota
- Academic Specially Appointed Faculty MemberMichiya Matsuyama
- ProfessorTakahiro Nakamura
- ProfessorTomoyuki Kokita
- ProfessorYoshihiro Kusakabe
- ProfessorJae Man Lee
- Associate ProfessorTomoki Somamoto
- Assistant ProfessorChakraborty Tapas
- ProfessorTakashi Okayasu
- Associate ProfessorDaisuke Yasutake
- Associate ProfessorAkinori Ozaki
- Associate ProfessorYohei Shimasaki
- Assistant ProfessorSatoru Kurihara
- ProfessorMasamichi Kamihira
- ProfessorNozomu Okino
- Associate ProfessorYoshihisa Kurita
- Assistant ProfessorYohei Ishibashi
- Project Assistant ProfessorMohapatra Sipra
- ProfessorMasahiro Sato
- ProfessorYoshinori Katakura
- ProfessorToshiro Matsui
- ProfessorHitoshi Takada
- Associate ProfessorYoshifumi Takahashi
- Assistant ProfessorKohei Kakino
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Quilcene NFH feeding fish 13 September 2021” USFWS / Public domain (cropped)
- Germline stem cell banks and aquaculture technology: “Erwin NFH rainbow trout eggs Eager jars 15 January 2024” Rebekah Ewing/USFWS / Public domain (cropped)
- Developing new varieties suited to aquaculture: “Aquaculture in Chile” Gordon Leggett / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Systems for land-based fish production factories: “Recirculating Aquaculture System 4328” Narek75 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Developing bioresources other than fish: “Harvesting seaweed in Jambiani” Yann Macherez / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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