Eliminate the world's protein deficiency and food loss problems
Production and sales of circulating protein "edible crickets"

Speakers

Gurirasu Co., Ltd. CEO / Assistant Professor, Tokushima University Takato Watanabe

Born in Tokushima prefecture, 36 years old. Assistant Professor, Bio-Innovation Research Institute, Tokushima University, Ph.D. (Engineering). After completing the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Tokushima University in 2013, after working as a postdoctoral researcher, he has been an assistant professor at Tokushima University since 2016. He has been studying crickets for 15 years since his 4th year of university, and started Gurirasu Co., Ltd. in 2019 to make crickets useful to society. Utilizing genome information and genome editing technology, we will study the phylogenetic breeding of useful insects, mainly edible crickets. My hobby is enjoying delicious food and sake in Tokushima. My parents' house runs a restaurant in Tokushima city.