Researchers

MATSUSHIKA Akinori

MATSUSHIKA Akinori
Professor
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

Screening for useful microorganisms from nature, environmental stress tolerance, 食品変敗, 代謝改変, 有用遺伝子のスクリーニング, 発酵阻害物耐性, 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. Candida krusei: A Useful Yeast for Production of Second-Generation Bioethanol
    Hironaga Akita; Akinori Matsushika
    Candida krusei: A useful yeast for production of second-generation bioethanol  6  (3)  , 42-, Jun. 2026  , Refereed
  2. Potential of seawater as an alternative water source for ethanol production using thermotolerant yeast Candida krusei
    Hironaga AKITA; Akinori MATSUSHIKA
    Salt and Seawater Science & Technology  6  , 21-24, Jun. 2025  , Refereed
  3. 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

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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 , 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 , Springer , Jan. 2012
  3. Bioethanol Communication , 松鹿昭則 , Breeding of novel xylose fermentable flocculent yeast , JARUS , Jan. 2009

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Conference Activities & Talks

  1. Isolation and analysis of genes from thermotolerant yeast that enhance environmental stress tolerance , Akinori Matsushika , 山口大学中高温微生物研究センター 共同研究交流会 , 26, Dec. 2025
  2. Analysis of a gene related to high temperature tolerance in thermotolerant yeast and enhancement of stress tolerance through molecular breeding , Yuzuki Niino; Hiroto Onishi; Daisuke Moriguchi; Mamoru Yamada; Akinori Matsushika , 第77回 日本生物工学会大会 , 10, Sep. 2025
  3. Search and identification of a novel gene involved in thermotolerance in the yeast Kluyveromyces marxianus , Akinori Matsushika; Toshihiro Suzuki; Tamotsu Hoshino , 第77回 日本生物工学会大会 , 10, Sep. 2025

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MISC

  1. Analysis of a gene related to high temperature tolerance in thermotolerant yeast and enhancement of stress tolerance through molecular breeding , Yuzuki Niino; Hiroto Onishi; Daisuke Moriguchi; Mamoru Yamada; Akinori Matsushika , Abstracts of the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan , 135 , 135 , Aug. 2025
  2. Isolation of a gene involved in acid stress tolerance in the yeast Hanseniaspora uvarum , Akinori Matsushika; Toshihiro Suzuki; Tamotsu Hoshino , Abstracts of the 77th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan , 135 , 135 , Aug. 2025
  3. 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

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Patents

  1. 好熱菌のゲノム改変方法、ゲノム改変好熱菌の製造方法、及び好熱菌のゲノム編集キット , 木村善一郎, 岩﨑祐樹, 村上克治, 松鹿昭則
  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6675520
  3. 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

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Awards & Honors

  1. Sep. 2025, 77th SBJ Annual Meeting 2025 Topics
  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. 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)

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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. JNC株式会社, 共同研究, ハイスループット分離用磁性ナノ粒子を用いた微生物,生体分子等の濃縮と選択性評価

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