Researchers

MATSUSHIKA Akinori

MATSUSHIKA Akinori
Professor/Manager
Faculty Department of Biotechnology and Chemistry / Graduate School of System Engineering / Fundamental Technology for Next Generation Research Institute
Researchmap https://researchmap.jp/read0158211

Education and Career

Academic & Professional Experience

  • Apr. 2022 - Today , 近畿大学大学院 システム工学研究科 生物化学コース 教授(兼務)
  • Apr. 2022 - Today , Kindai University 次世代基盤技術研究所 先端化学生命工学研究センター 教授(兼務)
  • Apr. 2021 - Today , 近畿大学 工学部 化学生命工学科 教授
  • Apr. 2017 - Mar. 2021 , 産業技術総合研究所 機能化学研究部門 研究グループ長
  • Apr. 2015 - Mar. 2017 , 産業技術総合研究所 機能化学研究部門 主任研究員
  • May. 2011 - Apr. 2012 , 米国立再生可能エネルギー研究所 (NREL) 在外研究員

Research Activities

Research Areas

  • Life sciences, Food sciences
  • Life sciences, Molecular biology
  • Manufacturing technology (mechanical, electrical/electronic, chemical engineering), Applied biofunctional and bioprocess engineering
  • Life sciences, Applied microbiology

Research Interests

environmental stress tolerance, 食品変敗, 代謝改変, 有用遺伝子のスクリーニング, 発酵阻害耐性, 高温発酵, 耐熱性, キシロース発酵, 五炭糖資化性, 実用酵母

Published Papers

  1. Characterization of Low pH and Inhibitor Tolerance Capacity of Candida krusei Strains
    Hironaga Akita; Daisuke Moriguchi; Akinori Matsushika
    Fermentation  11  (3)  , 146-146, 14, Mar. 2025  , Refereed
  2. A short review of second-generation isobutanol production by SHF and SSF
    Hironaga Akita; Akinori Matsushika
    Applied Biosciences  3  (3)  , 296-309, 8, Jul. 2024  , Refereed
  3. Inhibitor tolerance capacity of Pichia kudriavzevii NBRC1279 and NBRC1664
    Hironaga Akita; Akinori Matsushika
    Fermentation  10  (7)  , 331-331, 25, Jun. 2024  , Refereed

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Books etc

  1. Advances in Industrial Applications of Yeasts, Koji-molds, and Lactic Acid Bacteria , MATSUSHIKA Akinori , 木質系バイオマスからの有用物質生産に向けた酵母の育種開発 , 木質系バイオマスからの有用物質生産に向けた酵母の育種開発 , シーエムシー出版 , Jan. 2018
  2. Microbial Stress Tolerance for Biofuels , Akinori Matsushika , Improving biomass sugar utilization by engineered Saccharomyces csrevisiae , Improving biomass sugar utilization by engineered Saccharomyces csrevisiae , Springer , Jan. 2012
  3. Bioethanol Communication , 松鹿昭則 , Breeding of novel xylose fermentable flocculent yeast , Breeding of novel xylose fermentable flocculent yeast , JARUS , Jan. 2009

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Conference Activities & Talks

  1. Isolation of a gene involved in acid stress tolerance in the yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum , Ayumu Shigemoto; Daisuke Moriguchi; Akinori Matsushika , 第76回 日本生物工学会大会 , 9, Sep. 2024
  2. Overexpression and disruption of acid and salt tolerance-related gene in a multistress-tolerant yeast Pichia kudriavzevii , Daisuke Moriguchi; Hiroto Oonishi; Ayumu Shigemoto; Akinori Matsushika , Japan Society of Agricultural Chemistry 2024 Annual Meeting , 26, Mar. 2024
  3. Analysis of genes contributing to stress tolerance in yeast and application to new fermentation production systems , Daisuke Moriguti; Akinori Matsushika , 11th KINDAI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL SUMMIT , 31, Aug. 2023

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MISC

  1. Isolation of a gene involved in acid stress tolerance in the yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum , Ayumu Shigemoto; Daisuke Moriguchi; Akinori Matsushika , The Society for Biotechnology, Japan / Annual Meeting 2024 , 205 , 205 , Aug. 2024
  2. Overexpression and disruption of acid and salt tolerance-related gene in a multistress-tolerant yeast Pichia kudriavzevii , Daisuke MORIGUCHI; Hiroto ONISHI; Ayumu SHIGEMOTO; Akinori MATSUSHIKA , Program & Proceedings of the Annual Meeting 2024 Tokyo of Japan Society of Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry , Mar. 2024
  3. Analysis of yeast stress tolerance genes and their application to new fermentation production systems , Graduate School of; Systems Engineering; Kindai University , The 11th Kindai University Graduate School Student Summit in Hiroshima , 30 , 30 , 31, Aug. 2023

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Patents

  1. D型アミノ酸脱水素酵素 , 秋田紘長, 渡邉真宏, 中道優介, 松鹿昭則, 森田友岳, (株)クレハ , 特許6675520
  2. D型アミノ酸脱水素酵素 , 秋田紘長, 渡邉真宏, 中道優介, 松鹿昭則, 森田友岳, (株)クレハ , 特許6675519
  3. 新規微生物 , 秋田紘長, 木村善一郎, 松鹿昭則

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Awards & Honors

  1. Mar. 2025, 日本農芸化学会中四国支部, 日本農芸化学会中四国支部 奨励賞(学生部門)
  2. Mar. 2025, 日本農芸化学会中四国支部, 日本農芸化学会中四国支部 奨励賞(学生部門)
  3. Feb. 2023, 日本農芸化学会中四国支部, 日本農芸化学会中四国支部 奨励賞(学生部門)

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Research Grants & Projects

  1. 公益財団法人 発酵研究所, 公益財団法人発酵研究所 2025年度 一般研究助成, Searching for gene resources from non-conventional yeasts to elucidate environmental adaptation mechanisms , 近畿大学工学部化学生命工学科
  2. Yamaguchi University Research Center for Thermotolerant Microbial Resources (RCTMR), 公募型共同研究, Development of novel thermotolerant yeasts with acid stress tolerance and their application to fermentation production , 山口大学 中高温微生物研究センター
  3. (公財)古川技術振興財団 研究助成金, 農業廃棄物を原料とする食品用新素材の開発とその応用

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