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Akihiko Kondo Professor, Kobe University Director of Biorefinery center

Innovative BioProduction Kobe (iBioK) is a project supported by Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology, Creation of Innovative centers for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Areas, MEXT, Japan. We are establishing as the world-leading platform of biorefinery. Several representative companies in Japan ranging from chemical industries to food industries have joined iBioK project and innovative outcomes have been generated based on "research engines", which are core technologies of Kobe University for bioproduction. We also intend to promote human resource development leading industrial/academic area.

 

 

 

Greeting from the Vice Dean

Akihiko Kondo Professor, Kobe University Director of Biorefinery center

Within the framework of Innovative Bio-production Kobe (iBioK) project, we promote technological innovation to produce a variety of chemicals from biomass resources in collaboration between engineering and agricultural sciences. We also aim to accelerate the social implementation of new technology in cooperation with a large number of chemical and food companies. Our activity is not only for realization of the bio-refinery, the promising alternative to conventional oil-refinery, but also for improvement of economic efficiency due to the parallel production of high-value-added physiologically active substances. In addition, we develop biomass resources that do not conflict with food security, which is also good for the environmental protection. To promote our international presence, we devote ourselves to creating and building the international collaboration network. We will continue to strive to enhance iBioK, in collaboration between engineering and agricultural sciences, in cooperation with industries, for economy and securing resources, and for creation of international cooperation network.

 

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