A research group with the participation of Prof. Hidemasa Bono of Hiroshima University, who is a visiting professor of DBCLS, and former member, Dr. Takeru Nakazato (now at the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation) has published a paper entitled “High expression of serine protease, Brachyurin in the posterior midgut of black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) during horse dropping processing.” in the journal BMC Research Notes. The paper can be found at the following URL https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-024-06846-0

Livestock droppings cause some environmental problems, but they have the potential to be used as effective biomass resources. This paper explores digestive enzymes from fly larvae with the aim of constructing an efficient processing system for livestock droppings.