Chemical and Process Research Unit Projects

Large‐Scale Research Projects

  1. MEXT Creation of Innnovation Center for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Areas Program Innovative BioProduction Kobe (iBioK)（2008-2018）Ogino, C., Ohmura, N., Nishino, T., Nishiyama, S., Mori, A., Hayashi, M., Katsuda, T., Kamio, E.

Biomass Pretreatment and Component Separation Research Group

  1. Guirimand, G., Inokuma, K., Bamba, T., Matsuda, M., Morita, K., Sasaki, K., Ogino, C., Berrin, JG., Hasunuma, T., Kondo, A. (2019) Cell-surface display technology and metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for enhancing xylitol production from woody biomass, Green Chemistry,21, 1795-1808
  2. Takenaka, M., Lee, JM., Kahar, P., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2019) Efficient and supplementary enzyme cocktail from Actinobacteria and plant biomass induction, Biotechnology Journal, 1700744
  3. Wakai, S., Nakashima, N., Ogino, C., Tsutsumi, H., Hata, Y., Kondo, A. (2019) Modifiedexpression of multi-cellulases in a filamentous fungus Aspergillus oryzae, Bioresource Technology, 276: 146-153
  4. Rahmani, N., Kahar, P., Lisdiyanti, P., Lee, J., Yopi., Prasetya, B., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2019) GH-10 and GH-11 Endo-1,4-β-xylanase enzymes from Kitasatospora sp. produce xylose and xylooligosaccharides from sugarcane bagasse with no xylose inhibition, Bioresource Technology, 272, 315-325.
  5. Teramura, H., Sasaki, K., Oshima, T., Kawaguchi, H., Ogino, C., Sazuka, T., Kondo, A. (2018)　Effective usage of sorghum bagasse: optimization of organosolv pretreatment using 25% 1-butanol and subsequent nanofiltration membrane separation, Bioresource Technology, 252, 157-164

Chemical Process Research Group

  1. J. Amoah, Hasunuma, T., Ogino, C., Kondo, A. (2019) 5-Hydroxymethylfurfural production from salt-induced photoautotrophically cultivated Chlorella sorokiniana, Biochemical Engineering Journal, 142, 117-123

Bioprocess Research Group

  1. Quayson, E., Jerome, A., Hama, S., Yoshida, A., Morita, K., Kondo, A., Ogino, C. (2019)　Valorization of activated carbon as a reusable matrix for the immobilization of Aspergillus oryzae whole-cells expressing Fusarium heterosporum lipase toward biodiesel synthesis, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 7(5), 5010-5017

Membrane Separation Research Group

  1. Wijaya, H., Sasaki, K., Kahar, P., Yopi, Kawaguchi, H., Sazuka, T., Ogino, C., Prasetya, B., Kondo, A. (2018) Repeated ethanol fermentation from membrane-concentrated sweet sorghum juice using the flocculating yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae F118 strain, Bioresource Technology, 265, 542-547