PtBio Inc. is pleased to announce that Professor Hidemasa Bono  of the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences for Life, Hiroshima University, has been appointed Chief Scientific Officer (CSO)  effective January 1, 2026 . As CSO, Professor Bono will lead the research and development of our BioDX initiatives , driving scientific strategy and innovation across the company. Hidemasa Bono, Chief Scientific Officer Profile HIDEMASA BONO the Graduate School of Integrated Sciences fo

PtBio Inc. is pleased to announce its participation in the following event. ■Kansai Bio Business Matching 2025 January 9 (Friday) This is a matching event designed to connect technological seeds and business needs in the biotechnology field. At this online event, Mr. Hiromitsu Araki, Director, Asia, Business Development Division at our company, will take the stage for a pitch presentation. He will speak on how BioDX is accelerating the design of breeding programs and function

On Thursday, December 11, an Allergy-Reduced Egg Lab Tour was held, welcoming approximately 20 participants. This event was conducted as part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ FY2025 commissioned outreach program under the Green Food System Strategy , with the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) serving as the secretariat. The program began with a lecture on genome editing by Dr. Masahito Shikata, Senior Researcher at NARO, followe

We have published a new article on our official note  account. n this article, our bioinformatician, Ide, provides an overview of JBrowse 2 , a genome browser widely used as a visualization tool for understanding genomic analysis data. In this first installment, we introduce how to load FASTA files and explain the basic user interface and fundamental operations of JBrowse 2. Integration with analysis results such as GFF3, BAM, and VCF files will be covered in detail in the s

On Friday, November 7, we had the pleasure of welcoming first-year students from Hiroshima Gakuin High School to our company. This visit was part of an inquiry-based learning program organized by Mieta Inc. , conducted as a fieldwork activity for the students. We began with an introduction to our company’s business by our CEO, Keisuke Okuhara , who also spoke about his career path. Following this, Kazuki Nakamae , Team Leader of the Bio-DX Team in the R&D Department, and Tomo

Various media outlets have featured our recent initiatives. ■Hiroshima Home TV “ Recovering CO₂ from Exhaust Gas: Demonstration Experiment Using Algae for Carbon Recycling ” ■The Chugoku Shimbun “ Cultivating Algae Using Incinerator Exhaust Gas: Four Companies, Including Two from Hiroshima, Launch Demonstration Trials Aiming for Wider Adoption in Setouchi Factories ” ■VOIX SDGs “ PtBio Launches Demonstration Project for a Low-Cost Seed Algae Production System to Advance Carbo

We were honored to welcome Mr. Pancham Rathod, Legal Manager of Biotech Consortium India Limited (BCIL), to PtBio Inc. BCIL has been a key partner in supporting our business development in India, including the signing of an MOU with SRINIVASA FARMS PVT. LTD., a major poultry company based in Hyderabad. On November 20, Mr. Rathod spoke at the event “Bio-Community Seminar & Networking: Learning from the Frontlines of India–Japan Biotechnology”   (organized by the Hiroshima Bio

— Tsuneishi Kamtecs, Phytolipid Technologies, PtBio, and Leave a Nest Collaborate to Establish a “Low-Cost Seed Algae” Production Model Utilizing Flue Gas — PtBio Inc. (Headquarters: Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima; CEO: Keisuke Okuhara, hereinafter “PtBio”) has launched a demonstration project (“the Project”) in collaboration with Tsuneishi Kamtecs Corporation (Headquarters: Fukuyama, Hiroshima; President: Fumio Kambara, “Tsuneishi Kamtecs”), Phytolipid Technologies Co., Ltd. (

PtBio Inc. is pleased to announce its participation in the following event. ■Innovation Leaders Summit 2025 December 1 (Mon) – 4 (Thu) 国Innovation Leaders Summit (ILS) is Asia’s largest open innovation event, bringing together more than 800 promising deep-tech startups and cutting-edge research laboratories focused on social implementation. These participants are recommended by leading domestic and international VCs for their technological reliability and business potential.

As part of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ commissioned project, “FY2025 Outreach Activities to Realize the Green Food System Strategy,” a guided tour of the Allergy-free Egg Products Laboratory will be held. The tour will visit the School of Applied Biological Science and the Genome Editing Innovation Center at Hiroshima University. We invite you to explore these cutting-edge research facilities where advanced biotechnology—including genome editing—is be