Akihiko Kondo

TL;DR: Biodiesel (fatty acid methyl esters), which is derived from triglycerides by transesterification with methanol, has attracted considerable attention during the past decade as a renewable, biodegradable, and nontoxic fuel.

TL;DR: The toxicity associated with the nuclease-based CRISPR/Cas9 system was greatly reduced in the Target-AID complexes, and it was demonstrated that off-target effects were comparable to those of conventional CRISpr/Cas systems, with a reduced risk of indel formation.

TL;DR: A fusion of CRISPR-Cas9 and activation-induced cytidine deaminase (Target-AID) for point mutagenesis at genomic regions specified by single guide RNAs (sgRNAs) in two crop plants demonstrates the feasibility of base editing for crop improvement.

TL;DR: Findings indicate the feasibility of using carbohydrate-producing microalgae as feedstock for fermentative bioethanol production.

TL;DR: A whole-cell biocatalyst with the ability to induce synergistic and sequential cellulose-degradation reaction was constructed through codisplay of three types of cellulolytic enzyme on the cell surface of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, indicating that simultaneous and synergistic saccharification and fermentation of amorphous cellulose to ethanol can be efficiently accomplished.