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54Bioresource and Environmental ScienceBioresource and Environmental ScienceCreating new plants through green innovationDivision of Applied BiologyWhat would it be like if vegetables could cure allergies, rice could survive global warming, and fruit could grow easily inside a spacecraft? I am carrying out research on selective breeding using the genetic resources of plants to control their shape and form, for example regarding the nutrition of plant fiber, and to make them grow readily without contracting diseases.After graduating from the Nagoya University Graduate School, Professor Hayashida worked at RIKEN and then moved to Shinshu University to establish the Gene Research Center before taking his current position in 2009. His area of research is plant molecular Breeding.In the future, it will be theoretically possible to create weeds that collect poisons that have spread through the environment or roadside trees that glow without using electricity, or to make dierent fruits like bananas or apples that taste like chocolate or vanilla all on a single tree, as one might expect to see in a comic book.Outlook for researchGraduates work at food and pharmaceutical manufacturers and companies in the biotech industry in jobs related to research and development, quality control, and logistics control.Outlook for students after graduationSaving the genetic resources of domestic and wild silkworms to revive the silk industry and make a brand of domestic raw silkDivision of Applied BiologyI am carrying out research into genetic breeding, ecdysis and metamorphosis, egg formation, and the genetic relationship of the silkworm to its relative, the giant silkworm (natural silkworm). My lab cultivates excellent strains of natural silkworms in an effort to reinvigorate Japan's silk industry through support for the raising of natural silkworms in silk-producing regions.Professor Kajiura's academic credentials are in agriculture, and his areas of specialization include agriculture and applied entomology, molecular genetics, and thremmatology. Keywords: DNA, thremmatology, egg formation, bio-resourcesMy goal is to train new talent to carry on tradition in cultivated and natural silk- producing regions to create a future where the production of silk and other agricultural products is reinvigorated through a cooperative project in human resources linking agriculture, business, and industry.Outlook for researchGraduates go on to graduate school or work at textile and food companies, JA, or local companies. Some serve as middle school teachers and public ocials in agricultural studies.Outlook for students after graduationEven though Chinese cabbage and turnips do not look alike, they are in fact a single species that can cross-pollinate. If we can understand why the forms are so dierent, we may be able to change the shapes of other crops in similar ways.The greatest ability of plants is photosynthesis, but the white areas have lost that ability. Understanding why this is will lead to an understanding of photosynthesis itself.We are working to support natural silkworm breeding at the Azumino Natural Silkworm Breeding Farm and by the Azumino City Natural Silk Worm Promotional Association. The history of natural silkworm thread in the city of Azumino stretches back 240 years, making it the oldest continuous operation in Japan.Cocoons and silk from natural silkworms. The cocoons take on a beautiful green color that is unique to Japanese cocoons.Nobuaki HayashidaProfessorZenta KajiuraProfessor

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