少食ゆえの
サプリメント少女の大冒険。
“未病”への尽力に目覚め
ユーグレナに入社するまで
"I used to eat less when I was a kid, so I was interested in supplements to supplement my nutrition."
While saying that, Nakajima smiles, "I'm eating rice now." Even as a child, he seemed to be more interested in how to stay healthy and how his body works, rather than trying to eat less.
"I can't eat a lot, so I thought it was important to eat at that time. For example, I was looking forward to seeing health foods and drinks I didn't know about on TV." .. Partly because of my own experience, when I entered university, I entered the Department of Biological Engineering to study health, especially fields that are useful in the treatment of illness. He was involved in research that would contribute to cancer treatment. Meanwhile, the subject of interest began to shift from "treatment" to "non-illness."
"If you are involved in medical treatment or medicine, you will surely sympathize with it, but our original goal is to enable people to live in good health and happiness, so it is the same as treatment. I started to feel that it was important not to get sick, that is, not to get sick. "
Just when he started to think so Euglena, the president of the company, and he sympathized with him a lot.
"I was intuitively surprised (laughs). Since I was a kid, I've been thinking about foods that are good for the body and an efficient source of nutrition every day. I remember thinking, "What I'm saying is the same idea as I am." (Laughs) "
At first, he was intuition, but after watching the program, he repeatedly ruminated Izumo's claim, and as a result, his intuition turned into conviction.
"When approaching people and society through living things, I think there are two ideals to pursue. One is about health and the other is about the environment. One that specializes in either. Yes, but it's difficult to achieve both with one organism. When you realize that Euglena is a hybrid organism that can achieve both, you start to get fidgety. "
The valuable value of Euglena that Euglena has been transmitting since its inception. Nakajima, who wanted to help people and society with living things, was deeply moved by the value of Euglena. Nakajima thought, "I want to do an internship at Euglena," and immediately searched for Euglena on the Internet, but Euglena did not announce the recruitment of internships.
"I seem to be an activist (laughs), so I couldn't stand it and called Euglena in Tokyo directly from my hometown and said,'I want to intern.'"
At that time, Euglena had about 20 employees, and at most 10 people were in research positions, so I did not expect to accept internship students. However, accepting Nakajima's enthusiasm, Nakajima decided to work as an intern. Nakajima says that he "had a very good experience" through the internship.
“It was a particularly good experience in three respects. One is that I was able to participate in the real work process while being a student. I was able to be present at the school, and I was able to think about the prescription and be involved in the process leading to a prototype for liver protection. The second is to feel how the researched content will reach the customer. I was able to do it. I learned a lot about the process of actually turning the research into a product and delivering it to customers. And third, I learned about the charm of Midorimushi and fell in love with Midorimushi. That is. "
For Nakajima, who is curious, the experience in each field seemed to be fun, but in addition, by experiencing a wide range of research themes in various fields, he became aware of things that seemed to be unrelated at first glance. It was possible to feel that it would be useful to bring it from an early stage.