Course title
環境資源科学特別講義Ⅳ   [Special Lecture on Environmental Sciences and Natural Resources IV]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 0.5 
Department   Year 3  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 01EN3231
Instructor(s)
福島 和彦, 半 智史   [FUKUSHIMA Kazuhiko, NAKABA Satoshi]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
The goal of this course is to understand utilization of woody biomass. In addition, I will introduce chemical mapping of cell wall components.
Expected Learning
This lecture requires to understand following points:
1. Current situation and problems of utilization of woody biomass
2. Chemical mapping of cell wall components in the tissue of woody plants
Course schedule
Part I “Utilization of woody biomass”
  1.Global warming and energy problem
2.Promising biomass industry
3.Conversion technology of biomass
4.Sluggish forestry
5.For the sustainable society
Part II “Chemical mapping of cell wall components”
1.Cell wall at the molecular level
2.Visualization of cell wall componentsⅠ (Microautoradiography)
3.Visualization of cell wall componentsⅡ (TOF-SIMS)
4.Visualization of water soluble molecules(cryo TOF-SIMS)
Prerequisites
This lecture requires basic knowledge of plant cell wall in the field of Wood Science
Required Text(s) and Materials
Handouts will be provided in this lecture
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Course keywords
Biomass, cell wall, lignin, cellulose, sustainable society
Office hours
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Lecture Language
Japanese
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Last update
10/2/2017 11:31:45 AM