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Department of Microbiology and Immunology
The
Institute of Medical Science
The
University of Tokyo |
| Department of Microbiology and Immunology |
English / Japanese |
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The scope of our research in this department
includes the elucidation of
the molocular interactions between pathogens
and the host that are necessary for the
establishment of infectious diseases, molecular
recognition of self and non-self
by the immune system, and modulatory mechanisms
of host defence systems.
Understanding the molecular bases for such
processes will be applied to the
development of novel approaches for preventing
or controlling infectious diseases
and immune disorders. The department is
composed of several groups working
on bacterial infection, viral infection,
host-parasite relationships, molecular and
cellular immunology, mucosal immunity, compromised
host genetics and
developmental gene regulation. Although
each research group has particular
interests in either the pathogen or the host,
their research is not limited to
one or other of these biological systems.
Rather, their research covers a wide
range of dynamic interactions between microbes
and the host in the
development of infectious diseases and the
distinction
between self and non-self in inmmune systems.
Our department has been successfully
promoting basic research in the area of infection
and immunity in collaboration
with many other groups in this and other
countries. In addition, we have
actively engages in promoting collaborative
projects with various groups in
pharmaceutical companies and clinical laboratories
for the development
of drugs, vaccines and immunobiomaterials.
The growing concern in
emerging and reemerging infectious diseases
demands further support of
the basic research that we have developed
in our department.
Our department, as one of the pioneering
groups in our country, strongly endeavours
to promote and expand our research activity,
our collaborations with other
groups engaged in studies of infection and
immunity, and the training and
professional development of young independent
investigators
through studies in the department.
| Division of Bacterial Infection |
Head Chihiro Sasakawa |
| Professor |
Chihiro Sasakawa |
Division of Bacterial Infection Home Page |
1st Bldg. 2F&3F West |
| Research Associate |
Ichiro Tatsuno |
| Research Associate |
Jun Okuda |
| Research Associate |
Michinaga Ogawa |
| Research Associate |
Hitomi Mimuro |
| Research Associate |
Masato Suzuki |
| Division of Immunology |
Head Kiyoshi Takatsu |
| Professor |
Kiyoshi Takatsu |
Division of Immunology Home Page |
4th Bldg. 4F East |
| Associate Professor |
Satoshi Takaki |
| Research Associate |
Ai Kariyone |
| Research Associate |
Taku Kouro |
| Research Associate |
Yoshinori Nagai |
| Division of Host-Parasite Interaction |
Head Hideo Iba |
| Division of Virology |
Head Yoshihiro Kawaoka |
| Professor |
Yoshihiro Kawaoka |
Division of Virology |
2nd Bldg. 3F West |
| Associate Professor |
Taisuke Horimoto |
| Research Associate |
Hideo Goto |
| Research Associate |
Yuko Tagawa |
| Research Associate |
Masayuki Shimojima |
| Division of Infectious Genetics |
Head Kensuke Miyake |
| Professor |
Kensuke Miyake |
Division of Infectious Genetics |
1st Bldg. 1F West |
| Associate Professor |
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| Research Associate |
Shoko Akashi |
| Research Associate |
Takahisa Furuta |
| Research Associate |
Shin-ichiro Saito |
| Division of Mucosal Immunology |
Head Hiroshi Kiyono |
| Professor |
Hiroshi Kiyono |
Division of Mucosal Immunology |
General Research Bldg. 4F South |
| Associate Professor |
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| Research Associate |
Yoshikazu Yuki |
| Research Associate |
Takachika Hiroi |
| Research Associate |
Jun Kunisawa |
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