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USHIDA Kazunari

Department / Course College of Bioscience and Biotechnology Department of Environmental Biology

Chubu University Academy of Emerging Sciences

Graduate School of Bioscience and Biotechnology Department of Bioscience and Biotechnology

Chubu Institute for Advanced Studies

Environmental Conservation Research and Education Center

Job Professor

Research topic, funded research, and department laboratory expense
2022/06 ～ 2025/03	Elucidation and utilization of the digestive ability of Green turtles Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
2019/10 ～ 2023/03	Digestive ability of wild great apes using gut microbe Fund for the Promotion of Joint International Research (Fostering Joint International Research (B))
2018/06 ～ 2023/03	The functionality of gut bacteria of an efficient scavenging animal, Marabou Stork (Leptoptilos crumenifer) and their potential for industrial use Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Research (Exploratory)
2016/04 ～ 2019/03	Improvement of feeding environment for domestication of native animals in Ghana Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2016/04 ～ 2020/03	The collaborative research project for drug resistance bacteria in animal agriculture of tropical Africa and finding the alternatives for drug use. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
2014/04 ～ 2017/03	Microbial analysis from an ice core Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2014/04 ～ 2016/03	Development of novel probiotics from wild Japanese rock ptarmigans Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
2013/04 ～ 2016/03	Selection and functionality of candidate strains for probiotics in terms of co-evolution with host livestock Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2013/04 ～ 2017/03	Coevolution of primate diet and and gut microbiota Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2012/04 ～ 2014/03	Safe management system for pig production with treatment of periodontal diseases Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
2010/04 ～ 2014/03	Response prediction and impact statement of glacier ecosystems on global environmental change Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
2010 ～ 2012	Establishment of animal production system with reduced use of antimicrobials by profiling the specific gravity of white blood cell Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2007 ～ 2009	Studies on development of mucosal immune system in piglets for establishment of animal production system with reduced use of antimicrobials Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2007 ～ 2009	How microbial activities in the snow and ice reduce glacial albedo? Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
2004 ～ 2005	Fundamental study of ethanol production from livestock increments Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) keyword(ethano, photosynthetic bacteria, hydrogen, decolorization, thermophile, livestock increments)
2004 ～ 2006	Studies on past-environment by ice core analyses using microbial activities in the snow and ice Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) keyword(bacteria, snow and ice, microorganism, algae, ice core, glacier, gene analysis, past environment)
2003 ～ 2005	Use of acid-utilizing butyrate-producing intestinal bacteria to prevent dyspeptic diarrhea in piglets. Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) keyword(Lactic acid bacteria, Lactate-utilizing butyrate producing bacteria, non-pathogenic diarrhea, Megasphaera elsdenii, Piglets)
2001 ～ 2003	Studies for biological ice core analyses using microorganisms growing in the snow and ice of the glacier Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B) keyword(snow algae, ecology, Glacier, bacteria, environmental change, microorganism, Ice core, pareoclimate)
2001 ～ 2003	Ethanol production system from livestock increments by transgenic thermophile Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) keyword(Thermophilic bacteria, Ethanol, Livestock increment, Plant fiber, Co-culture)
2000 ～ 2001	Digesta movement and large intestinal fermentaion in pig Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) keyword(cecal fermentation, probiotic, ICP, digesta movement, Pig)
1998 ～ 2000	Isolation and genetical analyses on phytase producing bacteria in the rumen Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B). keyword(Hydrogen sulfide, Clostridium, Comamonas, Methanethil, Pig feces, Bacillus)
1997 ～ 1999	Isolation and genetical analyses on phytase producing bacteria in the rumen Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) keyword(Phytase-producing bacteria, Rumen, Phytin)
1995 ～ 1996	Studies on rumen methanogens associated with ciliates Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C) keyword(Methanogens, ciliate, Rumen)
1993 ～ 1994	Sulfate and nitrate reduction, and methanogenesis in mammalian digestive tract Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C) keyword(hind gut, sulfate reduction, methanogenesis, rumen)