A joint research group led by Professor Sachihiro Matsunaga has successfully transplanted algal chloroplasts into animal culture cells and detected photosynthetic reactions in the animal cells. The use of clean energy from light is expected to lower the cost of cell culture and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

【Press release (in Japanese)】
https://www.k.u-tokyo.ac.jp/information/category/press/11214.html

【Journal】Proceedings of the Japan Academy, Series B, Physical and Biological Sciences
【Title】Incorporation of photosynthetically active algal chloroplasts in cultured mammalian cells towards photosynthesis in animals
【Authors】Ryota Aoki, Yayoi Inui, Yoji Okabe, Mayuko Sato, Noriko Takeda-Kamiya, Kiminori Toyooka, Koki Sawada, Hayato Mortita, Baptiste Genot, Shinichiro Maruyama, Tatsuya Tomo, Kintake Sonoike and Sachihiro Matsunaga* （* Corresponding author）

【DOI】10.2183/pjab.100.035
【URL】https://doi.org/10.2183/pjab.100.035