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Tamaru Lab
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The lab uses microorganisms to turn biomass into chemicals and aims to produce antibodies from fish.
AboutAbout the lab
Putting the resources made by photosynthesis to work through microorganisms
The Tamaru Lab uses biotechnology to convert renewable biomass produced by plants and seaweed into substances that are useful to people.
Carbohydrates stored through photosynthesis are broken down, saccharified, and fermented by microorganisms, then chemically converted into key platform compounds.
The lab also aims to feed cultured microorganisms to fish as a protein source in place of fishmeal, and to extract antibodies from the fish that can be used for treatment.
The lab's goal is to create new biotechnologies and bio-based products for a sustainable society.
Key terms
- Biorefinery
- An approach that makes fuels and chemicals from biological resources instead of petroleum
- Cellulosic biomass
- Biological resources rich in cellulose, a component of plant cell walls, such as grass, wood, and rice straw
- Sorghum
- A resource crop in the grass family, grown as a feedstock for fuels and materials
NewsLab news
Held a lab tour and research introduction for first-year students
In a joint research team with Mie University and others, fully elucidated the set of enzymes that break down and saccharify sorghum residue
Held a lab tour for third-year students
Contributed a chapter to the book "Latest Trends in Biological Liquid Fuels" (CMC Publishing), which has been published
ResearchResearch themes
Plants and seaweed take in carbon dioxide through photosynthesis and store it as carbohydrates. The lab breaks down, saccharifies, and ferments this renewable biomass with microorganisms to convert it into key platform compounds. It also aims to obtain antibodies usable for treatment by feeding cultured microorganisms to fish.
*Illustrative imageMicrobial Biorefinery
The lab develops biotechnology that uses anaerobic bacteria, which grow in the absence of oxygen, to break down, saccharify, and ferment untapped cellulosic biomass, efficiently converting it into bioalcohols and organic acids.
*Illustrative imageFish Biotechnology
Fish sit near the origin of the vertebrate lineage, and their adaptive immunity is a biological defense mechanism shared with humans. By immunizing cyprinid fish such as goldfish, the lab is developing a technology to produce antibodies simply and quickly.
*Illustrative imageF-REI Project
In the energy field (plants) of the Fukushima Institute for Research, Education and Innovation (F-REI), the lab aims to produce green chemicals (aviation fuel and biopolymers) with the "Tamaru System," using sorghum, a resource crop, as the feedstock.
MembersFaculty
- ProfessorYutaka Tamaru
- Project Assistant ProfessorSahar Hamid
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Report an errorAbout the images
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: “Ausblick, Ethanolanlage, 2025 Dunaföldvár” Globetrotter19 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Microbial Biorefinery: “Clostridium tetani 01” Content Providers(s): CDC / Public domain (cropped)
- Fish Biotechnology: “Carassius auratus auratus (goldfish) 2” James St. John / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- F-REI Project: “Sorghum crop field - geograph.org.uk - 5214668” Evelyn Simak / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (冨重研究室): “Dry Raney nickel” en:User:Rune.welsh / CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (梅津研究室): “Antibody IgG1 surface” Tokenzero / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (笠井研究室): “EFluor Nanocrystal Vials” Travis.jennings / CC BY 3.0 (cropped)
- Related lab (北川研究室): “Ion exchange resin beads” Bugman at English Wikipedia / Public domain (cropped)
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