ALA Research Institute for Fermentative Microbes

ALA Research Institute for Fermentative Microbes

ALA Research Institute for
Fermentative Microbes

JPEN

About the Institute


Researchers

Takeo Mizutani

Honorary Director

Takeo Mizutani

Interview video

(Former Head of the Laboratory Animal Research Center, the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN)/ Ph. D. in Agriculture)

The first project I worked on during my time at RIKEN was a mouse model experiment for liver dysfunction. Mice administered with soybean-fermented milk product showed suppressed GOT levels (an index measuring liver dysfunction). What surprised me even more was the fact that it was not medicine but a food product …

Choji Kaneuchi

Honorary Advisor

Choji Kaneuchi

Interview video

(Former Head of the Laboratories of Microbial Classification and Taxonomy, and of Microbial Preservation and Distribution (JCM) The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) / Ph.D. in Agriculture)

My lifework has been to collect rare bacterial strains from around the world. In Zambia, Africa, I found a highly immunostimulative strain of lactic acid bacteria from traditional fermented milk made in gourds …

Ryoichi Shin

Director

Ryoichi Shin

Interview video

Ph. D. (Applied Life Science)

Research on “soybean milk-fermented product” began in 1995, during my time at RIKEN. This product acts not only to improve the intestinal environment, but a variety of other functions have also become increasingly apparent, such as immunostimulation, tumor inhibition and allergy suppression …