Program

Special lecture 1
"Is a paradigm shift occurring in the development and regulatory trends related to cell-cultured foods? – Its current state and future."

Satoshi Kitajima

National Institute of Health Sciences, Center for Safety and Biological Testing
Senior Fellow. Born in Kanazawa City, Ishikawa Prefecture (1965). Graduated from the Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Tokyo (1990) (obtained veterinary license), and completed the doctoral program in Veterinary Medicine at the Graduate School of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Tokyo (1994) (specializing in veterinary pharmacology, particularly the pharmacology of smooth muscle, cardiovascular system, and purine receptors). Has worked at the National Institute of Health Sciences ever since.

He became the head of the Toxicology Department in 2018 and a Senior Fellow in 2025. He has also served as a Visiting Professor at the Joint Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Gifu University since 2007. He is a board member of the Japanese Society of Toxicology, chairman of the Research Committee on Drug Toxicology, a member (acting chairman) of the New Food Development Investigation Subcommittee of the Food Sanitation Standards Council of the Consumer Affairs Agency of the Cabinet Office, and a specialist committee member of the Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA), among others.

My current areas of expertise are toxicology (particularly general toxicity, reproductive and developmental toxicity, inhalation toxicity, and skin sensitization), molecular toxicology, and basic embryology (particularly cardiac mesoderm formation and developmental engineering). My main research areas recently include developmental neurotoxicity, safety research on PFAS and newly developed foods, and toxicogenomics.
Hobbies and special skills: Listening to music/playing drums (fusion style), table tennis, amateur radio, etc.