Cell Engineering Center
The Cell Engineering Center was established in October, 2003 to research and develop manufacturing technologies and cell engineering technologies with human cell lines, which boost their uniqueness. The center serves as a base for advancing industrial development and creating new industries in Kitakyushu City area. One of the features in this center's activities is to promote technology exchanges between the students and researchers in private firms and to facilitate developed biotechnologies transferred to the private sectors.
Our research tasks are:
1. To develop advanced multi-functional protein manufacturing system with human cell lines
2. To develop various screening systems with human cells for functional food
3. To manufacture human monoclonal antibodies by cell fusion technologies
4. To develop cell manipulation technologies and real-time analysis for cell functions
Main Facilities
| 1. Advanced Cell Culture Room | 2. Versatile Cell Culture Room | 3. Biomanufacturing Room |
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| 4. Biotraining Room | 5. Large Scale Production Room | 6. Biotechnological Development Room |
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Introducing fluorescent genes of jellyfish into human cell lines
Left: microscope photo of a human cell (before introduction)
Right: human cell producing fluorescence (after introduction)
