with Division Office
Research Project
Project 1:Producing valuable compounds using bacteria
Researcher:NAKASHIMA Nobutaka
My research is focused on producing valuable compounds using bacteria as hosts. I have produced organic acids (pyrucate、D-lactate), alcohols（2,3-butanediol, acetoin, isobutanol）, active Vitamin D3, isoprenoids, biocellulose over my research carrier. Also, I have established unique and various genetic tools so that upgrading bacteria becomes more satisfactory. Particularly, uniqueness of the genetic tools is that antisense RNA and a nucleic acid analogue, PNA (Peptide Nucleic Acids) are used.
