{ "_note": "Personal fields verified against CV + author corrections (2026-07). ORCID / Researchmap / Scholar links are filled from confirmed public profiles; update if any change.", "name": { "en": "Atsushi Ogura", "ja": "小倉 淳" }, "roles": { "en": [ "Professor, Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology", "President & CEO, Novelgen Inc.", "Representative Director, Aquatic BioGX Initiative" ], "ja": [ "長浜バイオ大学 バイオサイエンス学部 教授", "株式会社ノベルジェン 代表取締役社長", "一般社団法人 水圏BioGXイニシアチブ 代表理事" ] }, "tagline": { "en": "Reading genomes to understand how life diversifies — and turning that knowledge into biological function for food, water and carbon.", "ja": "ゲノムを読み解き、生命が多様化する仕組みを解き明かす。そしてその知を、食・水・炭素を支える生物機能へと変えていく。" }, "bio": { "en": [ "Working across bioinformatics, comparative genomics and biotechnology, my mission is to decode the evolution and diversity of life through genomic information — and to turn that knowledge toward solving the planet's challenges.", "For more than twenty years I have sequenced the genomes of non-model organisms — molluscs, microalgae, insects and more — studying how complex traits such as the nervous system and the camera eye evolve, and how biological diversity arises.", "Today I focus on implementing the “wisdom of nature” uncovered in that basic research as sustainable function in society: CO₂ fixation and water purification by microalgae, marine-derived bioadhesives, sustainable insect food — returning life's diverse capabilities to the environment and industry.", "I founded Novelgen Inc. and the Aquatic BioGX Initiative to lead the real-world implementation of a genome-science-based “Bio-Green Transformation (GX).”" ], "ja": [ "バイオインフォマティクス、比較ゲノム学、バイオテクノロジーを横断し、「生命の進化と多様性を生命情報で解き明かし、地球の課題解決に活かす」ことをミッションとしている。", "20年以上にわたり、軟体動物、微細藻類、昆虫をはじめとする「非モデル生物」のゲノム解読に従事。脳神経系・カメラ眼のような複雑な形質の進化や、生物多様性が生まれるメカニズムの研究を推進してきた。", "現在は、その基礎研究で培った「自然界の知恵」を、サステナブルな機能へと社会実装することに注力。微細藻類によるCO₂固定や水質浄化、海洋生物由来のバイオ接着剤、持続可能な昆虫食など、生物の多様な力を環境・産業へ還元している。", "株式会社ノベルジェンおよび一般社団法人 水圏BioGXイニシアチブを設立し、ゲノム科学を基盤とした「バイオグリーントランスフォーメーション（GX）」の社会実装を牽引している。" ] }, "keywords": [ "Genomics", "Evolutionary Biology", "Bioinformatics", "Biodiversity", "Bio-Green Transformation" ], "photo": "data/face.webp?v=3", "email_enc": "YW9ndUB3aGVsaXguaW5mbw==", "links": [ { "label": "Email", "icon": "mail", "email": true }, { "label": "ORCID", "icon": "orcid", "href": "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-9940" }, { "label": "Researchmap", "icon": "globe", "href": "https://researchmap.jp/aogu/" }, { "label": "Google Scholar", "icon": "scholar", "href": "https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PhAIRlgAAAAJ&hl=en" }, { "label": "KAKEN", "icon": "book", "href": "https://nrid.nii.ac.jp/en/nrid/1000060465929/" }, { "label": "LinkedIn", "icon": "linkedin", "href": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/atsushiogura" }, { "label": "Nagahama Institute of Bioscience and Technology", "icon": "building", "href": "https://www.nagahama-i-bio.ac.jp/" }, { "label": "Novelgen Inc.", "icon": "building", "href": "https://novelgen.jp" }, { "label": "水圏BioGX Initiative", "icon": "building", "href": "https://bio-gx.org" } ], "stats": [ { "value": 67, "suffix": "", "label": { "en": "Journal papers", "ja": "学術論文" }, "key": "papers" }, { "value": 200, "suffix": "", "label": { "en": "Talks & presentations", "ja": "学会発表" }, "key": "talks" }, { "value": 14, "suffix": "", "label": { "en": "Granted patents", "ja": "登録特許" }, "key": "patents" }, { "value": 37, "suffix": "", "label": { "en": "Competitive grants", "ja": "獲得研究費" }, "key": "grants" } ], "research": [ { "id": "evolution", "icon": "tree", "title": { "en": "Diversity & Evolution", "ja": "多様性と進化" }, "summary": { "en": "How is biological diversity generated? By comparing genomes and transcriptomes across molluscs, vertebrates, diatoms and insects, I trace how complex traits such as the camera eye evolved — through gene loss, Pax-6 splicing variants and regulatory rewiring — and how species adapt to extreme and changing environments, from deep-sea hydrothermal vents to conservation of aquatic ecosystems.", "ja": "生物多様性はいかにして生まれるのか。軟体動物・脊椎動物・珪藻・昆虫のゲノムとトランスクリプトームを比較し、遺伝子の欠失やPax-6スプライシング変異体、制御ネットワークの再配線を通じてカメラ眼のような複雑形質がどう進化したかを解明する。深海熱水噴出孔から水圏生態系の保全まで、生物が極限環境や環境変化に適応する仕組みにも迫る。" }, "tags": [ "Camera eye", "Cephalopods", "Comparative genomics", "Biodiversity", "Adaptation", "Environmental genomics" ] }, { "id": "infobiology", "icon": "network", "title": { "en": "Information Biology", "ja": "情報生物学" }, "summary": { "en": "Life is data. I build the computational methods to read it: de novo genome assembly pipelines for species with no reference (combining MinION long reads and short reads), differential alternative-splicing estimation without a genome, and graph-based analysis of single-cell transcriptomes as evolving gene-correlation networks that track disease trajectories such as diabetes and fibrosis.", "ja": "生命は情報である。それを読むための計算手法を開発する——リファレンスのない生物のためのde novoゲノムアセンブリ（MinIONロングリードとショートリードの統合）、ゲノム配列を必要としない差次的選択的スプライシング推定、そして1細胞トランスクリプトームを「時間変化する遺伝子相関ネットワーク」として解析し、糖尿病や線維症など疾患の軌跡を追うグラフ理論的手法。" }, "tags": [ "Single-cell", "Gene networks", "de novo assembly", "MinION", "Metatranscriptome", "Algorithms" ] }, { "id": "biofunction", "icon": "leaf", "title": { "en": "Harnessing Biological Function", "ja": "生物機能の利用" }, "summary": { "en": "Genome science becomes real-world impact. My teams engineer microalgae for CO₂ fixation, microplastic removal, water purification and high-value land-based aquaculture; develop the FP121 series of hybrid proteins that mimic marine adhesives with cell-adhesion activity; and advance the genomics-assisted domestication of crickets as a sustainable protein source — the core of the Bio-Green Transformation.", "ja": "ゲノム科学を社会実装へ。CO₂固定・マイクロプラスチック除去・水質浄化・高付加価値な陸上養殖のための微細藻類システム、海洋接着タンパク質を模倣し細胞接着活性をもつハイブリッドタンパク質FP121シリーズ、そして持続可能なタンパク源としてのコオロギのゲノム支援家畜化——バイオグリーントランスフォーメーションの中核を担う研究群。" }, "tags": [ "Microalgae", "CO₂ fixation", "Microplastics", "Bioadhesives (FP121)", "Edible insects", "Aquaculture" ] } ], "education": [ { "year": "2003", "degree": { "en": "Ph.D. in Genetics", "ja": "博士（理学）" }, "place": { "en": "SOKENDAI (Graduate University for Advanced Studies), School of Life Science, Dept. of Genetics", "ja": "総合研究大学院大学 生命科学研究科 遺伝学専攻 博士課程修了" } }, { "year": "2000", "degree": { "en": "M.Sc.", "ja": "修士" }, "place": { "en": "Graduate School, University of Tokyo, Applied Life Engineering", "ja": "東京大学大学院 応用生命工学専攻 修士課程修了" } }, { "year": "1998", "degree": { "en": "B.Sc.", "ja": "学士" }, "place": { "en": "University of Tokyo (Natural Sciences II)", "ja": "東京大学 理科II類 卒業" } } ], "career": [ { "period": "2026.1 – present", "role": { "en": "Representative Director", "ja": "代表理事" }, "place": { "en": "Aquatic BioGX Initiative (general incorporated association)", "ja": "一般社団法人 水圏BioGXイニシアチブ" }, "current": true }, { "period": "2019.10 – present", "role": { "en": "President & CEO", "ja": "代表取締役社長" }, "place": { "en": "Novelgen Inc.", "ja": "株式会社ノベルジェン" }, "current": true }, { "period": "2019.4 – present", "role": { "en": "Professor, School of Bioscience", "ja": "バイオサイエンス学部 教授" }, "place": { "en": "Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology", "ja": "長浜バイオ大学" }, "current": true }, { "period": "2013.9 – 2019.3", "role": { "en": "Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Bioscience", "ja": "コンピュータバイオサイエンス学科 准教授" }, "place": { "en": "Nagahama Institute of Bio-Science and Technology", "ja": "長浜バイオ大学" } }, { "period": "2012.8 – 2013.8", "role": { "en": "Lecturer", "ja": "講師" }, "place": { "en": "Institute for Proteo-genome Research, Tokushima University", "ja": "徳島大学 疾患プロテオゲノム研究センター" } }, { "period": "2008.3 – 2012.7", "role": { "en": "Assistant Professor (specially appointed)", "ja": "特任助教" }, "place": { "en": "Ochanomizu University, Academic Production", "ja": "お茶の水女子大学 お茶大アカデミックプロダクション" } }, { "period": "2007.4 – 2008.2", "role": { "en": "Deputy Head, DDBJ System Management", "ja": "日本DNAデータバンク(DDBJ) システム管理局 副局長" }, "place": { "en": "National Institute of Genetics", "ja": "国立遺伝学研究所" } }, { "period": "2007.3 – 2008.2", "role": { "en": "Assistant Professor (specially appointed)", "ja": "特任助教" }, "place": { "en": "National Institute of Genetics", "ja": "国立遺伝学研究所" } }, { "period": "2006.12 – 2007.2", "role": { "en": "Project Researcher", "ja": "プロジェクト研究員" }, "place": { "en": "National Institute of Genetics", "ja": "国立遺伝学研究所" } }, { "period": "2004.6 – 2006.3", "role": { "en": "Research Fellow, Prof. Hartl Lab", "ja": "Research Fellow（Hartl研）" }, "place": { "en": "Harvard University, Dept. of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology", "ja": "Harvard University, Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology" } }, { "period": "2004.4 – 2006.12", "role": { "en": "Research Fellow (PD)", "ja": "特別研究員 (PD)" }, "place": { "en": "Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)", "ja": "日本学術振興会" } }, { "period": "2003.8 – 2004.3", "role": { "en": "Researcher, Bioinformatics Promotion Program", "ja": "バイオインフォマティクス推進事業 研究員" }, "place": { "en": "Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST)", "ja": "科学技術振興事業団" } }, { "period": "2003.4 – 2003.7", "role": { "en": "Researcher, Center for Information Biology", "ja": "情報資源研究センター 分子情報研究部 研究員" }, "place": { "en": "Genetics Promotion Foundation", "ja": "財団法人 遺伝学普及会" } } ], "grants": [ { "year": "2020", "period": "2020–2027", "amount": "¥180M", "value": 18000, "role": { "en": "Institutional PI", "ja": "機関代表" }, "funder": "Cabinet Office / MAFF (Moonshot)", "title": { "en": "Insect-supported circular food production for food security & space", "ja": "昆虫が支える循環型食料生産システムの開発（ムーンショット）" }, "kakenhi": false, "url": "https://www.naro.go.jp/laboratory/brain/moon_shot/index.html" }, { "year": "2023", "period": "2023–2025", "amount": "¥20M", "value": 2000, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "Hiroshima Carbon-Recycle Program (CHANCE)", "title": { "en": "Oyster–microalgae integrated aquaculture system", "ja": "マガキ-微細藻類複合養殖システムの開発" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2022", "period": "2022", "amount": "¥20M", "value": 2000, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "Shiga Near-Future Technology Program", "title": { "en": "Microalgae biochar for decarbonisation & water purification", "ja": "脱炭素と水環境浄化を達成する微細藻類バイオ炭の開発" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2021", "period": "2021–2022", "amount": "¥19.5M", "value": 1950, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "MAFF SBIR (Phase 0) / BRAIN", "title": { "en": "High-value water-purification tank via microalgae microplastic removal", "ja": "微細藻類マイクロプラスチック除去による高付加価値水質浄化槽" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2022", "period": "2022–2026", "amount": "¥15M", "value": 1500, "role": { "en": "Co-I", "ja": "分担" }, "funder": "MAFF Regulatory Science Program", "title": { "en": "Hazard-substance database for edible insects (food safety)", "ja": "食用昆虫中の有害物質のデータベース化・管理手法の確立" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2022", "period": "2022–2031", "amount": "¥12M", "value": 1200, "role": { "en": "Co-I", "ja": "分担" }, "funder": "JST COI-NEXT", "title": { "en": "Sustainable land-based aquaculture hub for a circular society", "ja": "資源循環型共生社会に向けた農水一体型サステイナブル陸上養殖の拠点" }, "kakenhi": false, "url": "https://www.u-ryukyu.ac.jp/news/31837/" }, { "year": "2023", "period": "2023", "amount": "¥9.75M", "value": 975, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "MAFF SBIR (Phase 1) / BRAIN", "title": { "en": 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"value": 200, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "Ikeda Senshu Bank Innovation R&D Grant 2023", "title": { "en": "Bio-derived medical adhesive", "ja": "生物由来医療用接着剤の開発" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2019", "period": "2019", "amount": "¥2M", "value": 200, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "Kansai Mirai Bank Joint-Research Grant", "title": { "en": "Bio-derived novel medical adhesive", "ja": "生物由来新規医療用接着剤の開発" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2020", "period": "2020", "amount": "¥2M", "value": 200, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "Nagahama Glocal Challenge Support Program", "title": { "en": "Algae-based microplastic-removal tank", "ja": "藻類によるマイクロプラスチック除去槽の開発" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2020", "period": "2020", "amount": "¥1M", "value": 100, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "Shiga Tech Planter Prototyping Support", "title": { "en": "Mass-producible bio-derived medical adhesive", "ja": "大量生産可能な生物由来医療接着剤の開発" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2021", "period": "2021", "amount": "¥1M", "value": 100, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "Fujimori Science & Technology Foundation", "title": { "en": "Microplastic removal using microalgae", "ja": "微細藻類を用いたマイクロプラスチック除去技術の開発" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2022", "period": "2022", "amount": "¥1M", "value": 100, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "G-7 Scholarship Foundation", "title": { "en": "Sustainable aquaculture using microalgae", "ja": "微細藻類を利用したサステイナブルな水産養殖システムの開発" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2023", "period": "2023", "amount": "¥1.5M", "value": 150, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "Osaka City Carbon-Neutral New-Technology Program", "title": { "en": "Microalgae CO₂-fixation demonstration unit", "ja": "微細藻類を用いた二酸化炭素固定システム実証機" }, "kakenhi": false }, { "year": "2017", "period": "2017–2018", "amount": "¥1.5M", "value": 150, "role": { "en": "PI", "ja": "代表" }, "funder": "Sumitomo Foundation", "title": { "en": "Whole-genome 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Prof.'s startup completes short-term fattening facility", "ja": "海がない長浜でも新鮮なカキができる？ 長浜バイオ大教授の新興企業、短期肥育の実証設備完成" }, "year": 2025, "month": 2, "url": "https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/1031306" }, { "outlet": "NHK (Omi-hatsu 630)", "outlet_ja": "NHK「おうみ発630」", "title": { "ja": "牡蠣の短期肥育実証設備のお披露目を放送", "en": "Broadcast on the oyster short-term fattening demonstration facility" }, "year": 2025, "month": 2, "url": "https://www.nhk.jp/p/omi630/ts/8RG6LZ736N/" }, { "outlet": "Mainichi Shimbun (Shiga)", "outlet_ja": "毎日新聞（滋賀版）", "title": { "ja": "長浜バイオ大学発ベンチャー「ノベルジェン」を紹介", "en": "Introducing Novelgen, a Nagahama Bio Univ. startup" }, "year": 2024, "month": 11, "url": "https://mainichi.jp/articles/20241106/ddl/k25/020/290000c" }, { "outlet": "Nagahama City PR (note)", "outlet_ja": "長浜市広報 note「ながおし！」", "title": { "en": "Nagaoshi! #22 — From a boy who loved living things to a researcher: microalgae that create the future", "ja": "【ながおし！㉒】生き物好きな少年が研究者へ〜未来を創る微細藻類〜 小倉淳さん" }, "year": 2024, "month": 10, "url": "https://note.com/nagahama_kouhou/n/n17ca8cd25c49" }, { "outlet": "StartupClass", "outlet_ja": "スタクラ（StartupClass）", "title": { "en": "Aiming to solve global-scale challenges with the power of microalgae", "ja": "微細藻類の力で、地球規模の課題解決を目指す" }, "year": 2024, "month": 9, "url": "https://startupclass.co.jp/article/2024/09/27/novelgen/" }, { "outlet": "Chunichi Shimbun", "outlet_ja": "中日新聞", "title": { "en": "Plumping up oysters with microalgae: Nagahama Bio Univ. spinout Novelgen enters the fattening business", "ja": "微細藻類でカキを大ぶりに 長浜バイオ大発「ノベルジェン」独自技術応用で肥育事業に乗り出す" }, "year": 2024, "month": 9, "url": "https://www.chunichi.co.jp/article/961725" }, { "outlet": "Asahi Shimbun", "outlet_ja": "朝日新聞", "title": { "ja": "微細藻類を用いた技術（記者発表関連）", "en": "Microalgae technology toward solving environmental problems" }, "year": 2024, "month": 9, "url": "https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASS9T2PTLS9TPTJB00GM.html" }, { "outlet": "Yomiuri Shimbun (Shiga)", "outlet_ja": "読売新聞（滋賀版）", "title": { "ja": "微細藻類による牡蠣肥育の取り組みを紹介", "en": "Novelgen's microalgae-based oyster-fattening effort" }, "year": 2024, "month": 8, "url": "https://www.yomiuri.co.jp/local/shiga/news/20240825-OYTNT50143/" }, { "outlet": "NEDO — 5th Int'l Conference on Carbon Recycling 2023", "outlet_ja": "NEDO 第5回カーボンリサイクル産学官国際会議2023", "title": { "en": "Novelgen Co., Ltd. — exhibition & poster session", "ja": "株式会社ノベルジェン 出展（ポスターセッション）" }, "year": 2023, "month": 9, "url": "https://www.nedo.go.jp/carbon-recycling/2023/movie/25.php" }, { "outlet": "University Press Center", "outlet_ja": "大学プレスセンター", "title": { "en": "Nagahama Bio Univ. startup runs a microalgae degradation-tank demonstration to tackle marine microplastics", "ja": "長浜バイオ大学発ベンチャーが水処理施設で微細藻類による分解槽の実証実験（海洋マイクロプラスチック対策）" }, "year": 2020, "month": 3, "url": "https://www.u-presscenter.jp/2020/03/post-43278.html" } ] }, "patents": [ { "year": "2025", "no": "JP 7681272", "title": { "en": "Preparation of polynucleotide samples from body-hair; RNA/DNA analysis & sampling kit", "ja": "体毛試料からのポリヌクレオチドサンプルの調製方法・解析方法・採取キット" } }, { "year": "2025", "no": "JP 7626483", "title": { "en": "Insect-component-containing composition", "ja": "昆虫成分含有組成物" } }, { "year": "2024", "no": "JP 7598132", "title": { "en": "Animal rearing apparatus", "ja": "動物飼育装置" } }, { "year": "2024", "no": "JP 7588922", "title": { "en": "CO₂ fixation system, method and program", "ja": "二酸化炭素固定化システム、固定方法及びプログラム" } }, { "year": "2024", "no": "JP 7486813", "title": { "en": "Carbonized combustion material and its production method", "ja": "炭化燃焼材料、及びその製造方法" } }, { "year": "2024", "no": "JP 7479090", "title": { "en": "Renal function improving agent", "ja": "腎機能改善剤" } }, { "year": "2024", "no": "JP 7442210", "title": { "en": "Information processing method, system and program", "ja": "情報処理方法、情報処理システム、プログラム" } }, { "year": "2023", "no": "JP 7410581", "title": { "en": "Water treatment method and system", "ja": "水処理方法および水処理システム" } }, { "year": "2023", "no": "US 11,827,551", "title": { "en": "Method and system for recovering microplastics from water (US)", "ja": "水中からマイクロプラスチックを回収する方法およびシステム（米国登録）" } }, { "year": "2023", "no": "JP 7357981", "title": { "en": "Algae-culture environment adjustment method and server", "ja": "藻類培養環境調整方法及び藻類培養環境調整サーバ" } }, { "year": "2022", "no": "JP 7099766", "title": { "en": "Method and system for recovering microplastics from water", "ja": "水中からマイクロプラスチックを回収する方法およびシステム" } }, { "year": "2021", "no": "JP 6955292", "title": { "en": "Method and system for recovering microplastics from water", "ja": "水中からマイクロプラスチックを回収する方法およびシステム" } }, { "year": "2020", "no": "JP 7082354", "title": { "en": "Nucleic-acid samples from body hair for skin diagnosis/analysis", "ja": "採取した体毛による皮膚診断・解析のための核酸試料の作製方法" } }, { "year": "2015", "no": "JP 5733742", "title": { "en": "Microarray for novel-gene detection, its design method and applications", "ja": "新規遺伝子検出用マイクロアレイとその設計手法及びその応用" } } ], "patents_note": { "en": "{n} granted patents (Japan & US) spanning microplastic recovery & water treatment, microalgae CO₂ fixation & culture control, biochar, edible-insect materials, renal agents, animal rearing, and hair-based nucleic-acid diagnostics; 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