Associate Professor Yuko Takayama of Faculty of Science and Engineering exhibited at University Fair 2025 - Innovation JapanUtsunomiya Campus

Yuko Takayama, Associate Professor Environment and Biotechnology Course, Department of Integrated Science and Engineering, Faculty of Faculty of Science and Engineering and Technology, Teikyo University, exhibited at the University Trade Fair 2025 - Innovation Japan, held at Tokyo Big Sight (Koto-ku, Tokyo) on Thursday, August 21st and Friday, August 22nd, 2025, with the theme "Development of eel supplements."
This exhibition is sponsored by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), a national research and development agency, and is held annually as Japan's largest industry-academia matching event, promoting university research results to corporate representatives and widely seeking partners for joint research and other activities.Approximately 14,000 people attended over the two days.

The research theme exhibited this time, "Development of eel supplements," is a research theme selected for 2023 under the "A-STEP" research results development program run by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST).
In this study, an eel supplement was developed that combines yeast extract containing vitamins with oils that promote eel growth. Associate Professor Takayama is a researcher specializing in yeast, and this yeast, which is capable of accumulating oils within its cells, solves the problems that eel feed faces: deterioration of water quality due to oils contained in additives, and reduced production of fish oil, the raw material for oils. Eels that ate feed mixed with this supplement gained weight and girth faster than eels that were not raised normally, and the proportion of eels with high market value increased. In the future, it is expected that this supplement will be used in livestock farming, health foods, and supplements, in addition to eels and other fish.
Our university's booth was visited by many people, including research institutions and businesses in the aquaculture field, yeast cultivation companies, and entrepreneurial support groups, who asked many questions, discussed the effects of the yeast, as well as its various uses and prospects, and expressed their desire for joint development.

It is hoped that this exhibition will lead to the development of this research and its implementation in society. Our university will continue to actively develop the intellectual property we hold and give back to society.

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