Shojinmeat Project is an inter-disciplinary collaborative project for development of cultured meat.
It consists of "Clusters", each acting from their fields. Members can join more than one Clusters.
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#R&D
Yuki Hanyu, Ph.D
Born Jan. 1985, B.S and M.S. in Chemistry, Univ. of Oxford (2006, First class degree)
Tohoku Univ. (2010-2012), Toshiba R&D Center (2012-2014)
Shojinmeat Project, Representative (2015~)
Dr. IKKO
Born Aug. 1983
Ph.D in Agricultural Science, Hiroshima University (2012)
Interested in in-vitro meat production technology as a new alternative solution for the anticipated food crisis.
Also: #Culture medium, #Commercialization
Also: #Bioreactor, #Regen.Med, #Tissue engineering
KEITA
Moved to brain science after M.Sc in agricultural science to explor the origin of emotions.
Current interest includes 3D organ culture, 3D bioprinting and visualization of brain processes.
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Also： #Regen.Med., #Commercialization, #Bioreactor
#Culture medium
IGA
Born in 1988, Tohoku University, Ph.D in agricultural science (#2017),
Research fellow at Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2 publications, 1 patent
Also: #Footprint LCA, #Bioreactor
Gen Urabe
-B.S student at the Department of Biological Science and Technology, Tokyo University of Science-Currently studying control mechanism for substances synthesized within orincorporated into cells
Also: #Bioreactor
#Soc/Econ
Integriculture Inc.
Founded on 23 Oct., 2015
Reg. Number: 4010001171397
Meiwa-Hongo Bldg. 7F, 4-1-3, Hongo,
Bunkyo-ku, Hongo, 113-0033, Japan
#Commercialization
Ryutaro Mori
Born in Aug, 1990 B.A in International Development and Development Economics, UCLA (2013) Promoting the growth of tech startups as a freelance marketer/product manager/ Visiting researcher at the Center for Spatial Information Science, University of Tokyo
Also: #R&D, #Int'l collaboration, #Culture medium, #Bioreactor
Also: #International collaboration
#Science communication
"SCIGRA" Graphics
Launched on Jan. 1st, 2015
Scientific visualization, VR/AR production and science communication consultancy
Also: #Art&Design
AEG
Born in 1990, Masters student at the Department of Ocean Technology, Policy, and Environment, Univ. of Tokyo, speciality in floating wind turbine technology
Representative of "San-Mon-Kai", a study group originating from U.Tokyo (2012~)
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Born in 1993, Waseda University (B.Sci 2015)
2016~ Starts tissue engineering research
Waseda University (M.Sci, #2018 Apr. )
Also： #R&D, #Tissue engineering, #Art&Design
Also: #Commercialization, #Arts&Design
#Arts&Design
Kei Yamazaki
2011: Graduated from Tokyo University of Fine Arts, Major in Fine Arts, Oil Painting
2013: Master of Fine Art at Tokyo University of the Arts
Koichi Hirahata MD
#Arts/Culture
#Ethics
YUDAI
Organizer of Peter Singer study group at Kyoto University
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Also: #History, #Religions
Also： #History, #Religions
#Gourmet
Keiko Oshibe
Vista "Lifestyle"
MATSU
University of Saga,
Agricultural science
Also: #Food safety
Also: #R&D, #Tissue engineering
Shojinmeat Scientific Advisory Board
Makoto Matsui, Ph.D
Scientific Advisor
Assistant professor at Tokyo Institutue of Technology, Polymer Chemistry Division
Expert in tissue engineering using collagen fibre and induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells
Tadashi Komatsu, Ph.D
Scientific Advisor
Independent expert in agricultural science and data science, big data analysis
Representative, Komatsu Research Office