The target is on improved production of industrial materials by microorganisms, and the topics are clustered around substance production technology (Design), high-speed DNA synthesis / evaluation technology (Build), non destructive / minimally invasive cell evaluation technology (Test), and building a knowledge database using AI (Learn). The project will run for 3 years, and partners are several universities (Tohoku, Tokyo, Tsukuba, Kyushu, Kobe) and companies (Spiber, Nikon, Hitachi).
NEDO news release, August 31, 2017
NEDO establishes additional consortium for „smart cell industry“ based on microbial cells