Biomass Project Research Center, Hiroshima University, and HOSTY Association are co-organizing the Hiroshima University Biomass Evening Seminar. This seminar covers topics from the fundamentals of biomass to the latest information so that it can contribute the activities on biomass in this district. The 70th seminar will be held as follows. Please join.

Thursday, 6 December 2018, 16:20-17:50

Engineering 110 Lecture Room, Higashi-Hiroshima Campus, Hiroshima University

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Commentary and Chair: Yukihiko MATSUMURA
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University

◆Lecture: Ryuichi HIROTA
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Advanced Sciences of Matter, Hiroshima University

“Development of a biosafety system for the cultivation of engineered microalgae in open environments”
Recent progress in genetic engineering has enabled us to develop various types of useful microalgae. However, engineered microalgae must be cultivated within enclosed bioreactors due to biodiversity concerns. We developed a novel, simple and cost-effective biocontainment strategy that makes host microorganisms strictly dependent on an exogenous supplement of the environmentally rare-chemical, phosphite. Considering the high applicability, cost, and extremely high containment efficacy, this strategy can contribute to developing a reliable and practical biocontainment system that ensures the biosafety of engineered microalgae.

[Biomass Lecture Series]  “Physical conversion”
◆Lecture: Yukihiko MATSUMURA
Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Hiroshima University

While depletion of energy resources is regarded as a problem, biomass resources produced by living organisms by using solar energy are attracting attention as renewable energy along with natural energy such as wind power and sunlight. For effective utilization of biomass, it is necessary to convert it to secondary energy by appropriate conversion. There are three types of biomass energy conversion: 1) physical conversion 2) thermochemical conversion 3) biochemical conversion. In this evening seminar, we will introduce the physical conversion of biomass.

We will hold the discussion meeting from 18:00 (800 JPY needed). Join this meeting, too if you are available.