RIKEN and Euglena Co., Ltd. sign an agreement to collaborate and cooperate on promoting research

RIKEN
Euglena Co., Ltd.

RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (Headquarters: Wako City, Saitama Prefecture, Chairman: Ryoji Noyori) and Euglena Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, President: Mitsuru Izumo) , Hereinafter, Euglena Co., Ltd.), on Monday, December 16, 2013, we are pleased to announce that we have signed an agreement on cooperation and cooperation in research on "utilization of Euglena In addition, we plan to discuss specific research contents in the future.
　Details are as follows.

About the agreement on "utilization of Euglena

■ Conclusion date: December 16, 2013 (Monday)
■ Expiration date: End of March 2018
■ Contents: For the Euglena", promotion of research and development, mutual exchange including research exchange of researchers, mutual support and implementation of information dissemination, acquisition of competitive funds, etc.
　We will cooperate and cooperate. Aiming to realize a material cycle society centered on "carbon that does not rely on fossil fuels", Euglena for food, feed, fertilizer, fuel, etc.
　I will proceed.

<About RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science>
　RIKEN Center for Environmental Resources Science is a strategic research center established in April 2013 at RIKEN, an independent administrative agency under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology and the only comprehensive research institute for natural sciences in Japan. We are conducting research with a view to industrial use of research results toward the realization of a sustainable society with resource and energy circulation through the fusion of different fields of "biology," "chemistry," and "chemical biology."

About Euglena Co., Ltd.
Head Office / Research Institute: 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo University Entrepreneur Plaza 7th floor
Capital: 4,188.21 million yen (as of December 4, 2013)
Number of employees: 75 (consolidated, as of October 31, 2013)
Business: In 2005, we succeeded in developing the world's first outdoor mass culture technology for Euglena (scientific name: Euglena), which is a microalgae. Using the Euglena, we develop and sell functional foods, cosmetics, etc., and conduct research for water purification and biofuel production. Listed on TSE Mothers in December 2012.

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-Contact for inquiries from the press-
RIKEN / Environmental Resource Science Research Promotion Office
Euglena Co., Ltd. Public Relations and IR Division