Luncheon Seminar at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan: 2026-08-18

PtBio Inc. will co-host a luncheon seminar, “Next-Generation Biomanufacturing through BioDX and Genome Editing: From the Development of Allergy-free Egg Products to Industrial Applications,” at the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan, together with the BioDX Organization and the Executive Committee of the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan.

■ Event Details

Date and Time: Thursday, September 17, 2026, 12:00–13:00

The annual meeting will be held from Tuesday, September 15 to Thursday, September 17.

Venue: E310, 3rd Floor, Building E, Hokkaido University Sapporo Campus (Kita 17, Nishi 8, Kita-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido)

Co-hosts: PtBio Inc.; Bio-DX Organization; Executive Committee of the 78th Annual Meeting of the Society for Biotechnology, Japan

Registration: Numbered tickets will be distributed at the registration desk on the morning of the event. Please pick up a ticket for the seminar venue you wish to attend. For details, please visit the official website.

Official Website: https://www.sbj.or.jp/2026/

■ Program

Moderator

Atsuhiro Ishii

Business Producer, Bio-DX Organization

Presentation 1 Realizing a World-Leading Bioeconomy Society from Hiroshima

Keisuke Okuhara

Director / Chief Coordinator, Bio-DX Organization

In the first half of the seminar, we will introduce the development of the world’s first Allergy-free Egg Products. Ovomucoid (OVM), an egg white allergen, is a major cause of egg allergy and retains its antigenicity even after heating. A research team led by Professor Hiroyuki Horiuchi of Hiroshima University successfully generated chickens with the OVM gene knocked out using genome-editing technology targeting primordial germ cells. Together with the Hiroshima Bio-DX Community, for which the Bio-DX Organization serves as the secretariat, the team is accelerating efforts toward the practical implementation of this technology in society.

We will also explain a regional collaboration model utilizing the corporate hometown tax system. This initiative aims to establish a framework for addressing social challenges—including health and welfare, food security, and achieving carbon neutrality—while contributing to the realization of a bioeconomy society.

Presentation 2 PtBio’s Data-Driven Approach: Digital Breeding of Industrially Valuable Organisms Transformed by Bio-DX

Hiromasa Ono

Director, PtBio Inc.

In the second half, we will introduce practical examples of PtBio Inc.’s Bio-DX business. PtBio has developed a proprietary data analysis platform primarily targeting industrially valuable organisms for which limited genomic and gene expression data are available. By analyzing biological functional information that has traditionally remained a “black box,” the platform provides services aimed at the rapid selection of superior strains and the optimization of breeding conditions.

The presentation will also cover efforts to discover biomarkers using public data and discuss applications of data-driven breeding through Bio-DX, as well as the screening of functional materials.