(Left: Collaborator Yamato Nobutaka, Right: Adachi Seiri)
Adachi Seiri, a fourth-year student in Faculty of Life Science Department of Life Science (Chikuzen High School), won the Young Outstanding Presenter Award at the 2025 Western Japan Branch Conference of the Japan Society for Food Science and Technology (a public interest incorporated association).
Adachi's research is titled "Uncovering the deliciousness of Kyushu tonkotsu ramen: The behavior and flavor components of hyperthermophilic archaea * in the soup, which is characterized by a sour and animal smell." He discovered that archaea exist in tonkotsu ramen soup, that two types of archaea create the distinctive smell of tonkotsu ramen, and that the odorous components increase over time as the soup is cooked.
Reflecting on his award, Adachi said, "I am delighted to have been selected as one of the outstanding young presenters out of the many other presenters. I struggled to get the research results I wanted, but I think I was able to achieve satisfactory results by not giving up and trying again. After graduation, I hope to find work in research and development, so I plan to go on to graduate school at our university. I would like to use this experience to take on new research challenges."
*Archaea are microorganisms classified in a different group from bacteria, and are hyperthermophilic bacteria that can grow in extremely high temperature environments of over 60 degrees.
[Faculty of Life Science]
