The Moonshot R&D Program for agriculture,
forestry and fisheries
Creation of the industry that enables sustainable global food supply by exploiting unused biological resources by 2050.
Bio-economical food production system
using circular cell culture of algae and animal cells
using circular cell culture of algae and animal cells
Project Manager:SHIMIZU Tatsuya
Institute of Advanced Biomedical Engineering and Science (Tokyo Women’s Medical University)
Director, Professor
We have been developing a circular cultured ecosystem for meat production called the Circular Cell Culture (CCC) System, which utilizes the nutrients provided by photosynthesis of algae to culture and amplify animal cells, and uses waste medium to grow algae. Moreover, we will create cultured tissue from the proliferated cells using 3-D organization technology that applies regenerative medicine. By commercializing and disseminating these new circular cultured food production, we aim to achieve both sustainable food supply and global environmental conservation.