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ANNUAL REPORTS OF THE RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR MICROBIAL DISEASES OSAKA UNIVERSITY

Volume 23, 2007

Director

Taroh Kinoshita, Ph.D., Professor (Nov. 2003-Oct. 2007)
Hitoshi Kikutani, M.D., Ph.D., Professor (Nov. 2007-)

DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES:

Department of Molecular Bacteriology

Professor: Yasuhiko Horiguchi, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Masami Miyake, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Research Associate: Shigeki Kamitani, Ph.D.

Department of Viral Infections

Professor: Tatsuo Shioda, Ph.D.
Research Associate: Jun-ichi Sakuragi, Ph.D.; Emi E. Nakayama, M.D., Ph.D.; Sayuri Sakuragi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Song Haihan, M.D., Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Hikoichiro Maegawa; Masahisa Ohishi; Ken Kono; Ayumu Kuroishi

Department of Molecular Virology

Professor: Yoshiharu Matsuura, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Kohji Moriishi, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Research Associate: Yoshio Mori, D.V.M., Ph.D.; Takayuki Abe, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Hideki Tani, Ph.D.; Tomoko Matsunaga, Ph.D.; Toru Okamoto, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Tetsuo Yamashita; Shuhei Taguwa; Yoshinori Tanaka; Yuhki Kaname; Hiroshi Kukihara; Yuuki Kaname; Xiaoyu Wen; Takayuki Izumi

Department of ImmunoPathology?

Professor: Atsushi Kumanogoh, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Toshihiko Toyofuku, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Noriko Takegahara, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Hyota Takamatsu, M.D., Ph.D.; Tatsusada Okuno, M.D., PhD.
Graduate Student: Nobuhiko Makino, M.D.; Yukinobu Nakagawa, M.D.
Research Student: Sujin Kang

DIVISION OF HOST DEFENSE:

Department of Molecular Immunology

Professor: Hitoshi Kikutani, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Associate: Teruhito Yasui, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Masayuki Mizui, M.D., Ph.D.; Durbaka Vijaya Raghava Prasad
Graduate Student: Hyota Takamatsu; Midori Yamamoto; Kazuhiro Suzuki; Tetsuo Morihana; Takehiro Ogata; Kaori Yada; Satoru Tada; Lim Xue Min

Department of Immunoregulation

Professor: Taroh Kinoshita, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Yusuke Maeda, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Kisaburo Nagamune, D.V.M., Ph.D.; Yoshiko Murakami, M.D., Ph.D.
SA* Assistant Professor: Yasuhiro Morita, Ph.D.
Research Student: Keiko Kinoshita
Postdoctoral Fellow: Satoshi Takida, Ph.D.; Ye Toa Wan, M.D., Ph.D.; Noriyuki Kanzawa, Ph.D.; Rieko Ohta, Ph.D.; Matthew Stokes, Ph.D.; Morihisa Fujita, Ph.D.; Takeshi Fukuda, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Yasutaka Ueda, M.D.; Chubert Bernardo Castro De Sena, M.Sc.

SA*	Specially Appointed

Department of Host Defense

Professor: Shizuo Akira, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Taro Kawai, Ph.D.; Osamu Takeuchi, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Associate: Satoshi Uematsu, M.D., Ph.D.; Coban Cevayir, M.D., Ph.D.; Tatsuya Saito, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Yoshimitsu Sakao, M.D., Ph.D.; Rabindra Bhattachargee, Ph.D.
Research Fellow: Andreas Jung, M.D.; Kyung-Sue Shin, M.D.; Paul Koenig
Graduate Student: Tatsukata Kawagoe, M.D.; Yutaro Kumagai; Himanshu Kumar; Hiroki Kato; Takashi Sato; Kazufumi Matsushita; Shohei Koyama, M.D.; Tohru Miyake; Tetsuo Tsuchida

Department of Cell Biology

Professor: Eisuke Mekada, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Masami Nozaki, Ph.D.; Ryo Iwamoto, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Hiroto Mizushima, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Hiroki Moribe, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Kuniaki Nakamura, Ph.D.; Shirou Asano, Ph.D.; Minako Ohishi, Ph.D.; Yuzuru Kato, Ph.D.
Research Fellow: Mizue Hisano, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Satoshi Adachi; Ryouji Konakawa; Haruo Yokota; Seigo Minami; Tomoko Ichise; Masaki Okabe; Taisuke Nakahama; Ichino Chinen

Department of Immunochemistry

Professor: Hisashi Arase, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Takeshi Satoh, Ph.D.; Tadahiro Suenaga, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Junji Uehori, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Amane Kogure; Jing Wang

DIVISION OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

Department of Molecular Genetics

Professor: Hiroshi Nojima, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Norikazu Yabuta, Ph.D.; Daisuke Okuzaki, Ph.D.
Designated Researcher: Takashi Kasama, Ph.D.; Ippei Nagamori, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Ayami Ohtaka; Akira Shigehisa; Hiroyuki Shimizu; Nobuhiro Okada; Mayumi Sugimoto; Reiko Kakegawa; Muneki Sakata
Undergraduate Student: Kazuki Sasaki

Department of Oncogene Research

Professor: Masato Okada, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Masuo Yutsudo, Ph.D.; Shigeyuki Nada, Ph.D.
Research Associate: Chitose Oneyama, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Akihiro Watari, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Satomi Takai, M.Sc.; Bunsho Itoh, M.Sc.; Atsuko Takatsuka, M.Sc.; Reiko Yagi, M.Sc.; Chikako Sakaguchi, M.Sc.; Nozomu Takata, M.Sc.; Ken Inoue, M.Sc.; Hitomi Masuda, M.Sc.; Tomoya Hikita, M.Sc.; Li Yang, M.Sc.; Kei Suzuki, M.Sc.; Kengo Enya; Miho Kuroiwa; Yusuke Takahashi; Misa Hashimoto; Akihiro Hondo; Mayumi Tatsumi

Department of Signal Transduction

Professor: Nobuyuki Takakura, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Associate: Masaya Ueno, Ph.D.; Takahiro Kamimoto, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Student: Lingyu Kong, M.D., Ph.D.; Yumi Kinugasa, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Shinya Katoh; Hiroyasu Kidoya; Yinglu Han; Hisamichi Naitoh; Xiaoyong Huang; Yumi Nagahama; Naoyuki Satoh; Satoru Miyamoto; Daishi Yamakawa

Department of Cellular Regulation

Professor: Tamotsu Yoshimori, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Takeshi Noda, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Kyohei Umebayashi, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Shunsuke Kimura, Ph.D.; Megumi Yamakami, Ph.D.; Kouichi Matsunaga, Ph.D.
Technical Staff: Hiroko Omori
Research Student: Hiromi Fukumoto
Graduate Student: Naonobu Fujita; Takuya Hayashi; Keisuke Tabata; Naoko Taguchi; Shun Kageyama; Kentaro Ikegami; Hiroto Nakayama

Genome Dynamics Group

Associate Professor: Takashi Hishida, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Tomoko Ohya, Ph.D.; Nami Haruta, Ph.D.

RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL:

Department of Bacterial Infections

Professor: Takeshi Honda, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Yukihiro Akeda, Ph.D.; Toshio Kodama, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Natsumi Okada; Kanna Okayama; Said Kamal Abolghaid; Tomomi Kimura; Mamenari Miron Ionut Mihai; Aiko Yamazaki

Department of Molecular Protozoology

Professor: Toshihiro Horii, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Ken J. Ishii, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Nobuko Arisue, Ph.D.; Takahiro Tougan, Ph.D.
SA Assistant Professor: Nirianne Marie Palacpac Querijero, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Masanori Yagi, Ph.D.; Taiki Aoshi, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Virology

Professor: Kazuyoshi Ikuta, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Keizo Tomonaga, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor: Akikazu Sakudo, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Sanae Shoji, Ph.D.; Yohei Watanababe, D.V.M.; Takanori Kobayashi, M.Technol.; Megumi Tsukamoto; Ritsuko Koketsu
Research Student: Hitoshi Ito; Takashi Okada, M.D.
Research Fellowships for Young Sientst: Tomoyuki Honda
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researcher: Madiha Salah Ibrahim, D.V.M.
Graduate Student: Masanobu Yamate, M.Pharm.; Shuming Li.; Guimei Li., M.D.; Yukiko Kitagawa, D.D.S.; Hiroyuki Mizuta, M.Pharm.; Yohei Hayashi, D.V.M.; Sompong Sapsutthipas, M.Sc.; Du Anariwa, M.D.; Huaming Tang; Mayo Ueda, D.V.M.; Juan Fernando Arias Morales, M.D.; Yukiko Hakariya, M.D.; Takuji Daitou, D.V.M.; Masayuki Horie,D.V.M.; Seisyou Yan, M.D.; Aki Yamagishi, M.D.; Promsin Masrinoul, M.Sc.; Michiko Kawase, M.D.

GENOME INFORMATION RESEARCH CENTER:

Department of Experimental Genome Research (in conjunction with Animal Resource Center for Infectious Diseases)

Professor: Masaru Okabe, Ph.D.
Associate Professor: Takeshi Miwa, Ph.D.; Masahito Ikawa,Ph.D.
Research Associate: Hidetoshi Hasuwa, Ph.D.; Naokazu Inoue, Ph.D.; Shin Kobayashi, Ph.D.; Hiromitsu Tanaka, Ph.D.; Ayako Isotani, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Yuka Okada, Ph.D.; Tomoko Saitou, Ph.D.; Yuhkoh Satouh, Ph.D
Technical Official: Kazuhiro Kaseda, B.Sc.
Researcher: Mika Hirose, M.Pham.; Keizo Tokuhiro,M.Sc.
Graduate Student: Keiichi Kumasawa, M.D.; Yoshitaka Fujihara, B.Sc.; Toshinori Mishina, B.Pharm.; Emiko Inano, B.Sc.; Takao Nishikawa, B.Pharm.; Yuko Muro, B.Sc.; Kayo Yokoyama, B.Pharm.

Department of Genome Informatics

Professor: Teruo Yasunaga, Ph.D.; Tatsuya Takagi, Ph.D.
SA Assistant Professor: Norihito Kawashita, Ph.D.; Shota Nakamura, Ph.D.
SA Researcher: Naohisa Goto, Ph.D.; Udayanga Chandimal de Silva
Graduate Student: Akifumi Yamashita; Hokuto Tanaka; Rie Kashiwada; Taku Shibasaki; Yu-shi Tian

PATHOGENIC MICROBES REPOSITORY UNIT:

International Research Center for Infectious Diseases

Associate Professor: Myonsun Yoh, Ph.D.
Technical Staff: Junko Matsuyama

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES:

Department of Secial Pathogens;

Laboratory for Clinical Research on Infectious Diseases

SA Professor: Kazunori Oishi, M.D., Ph.D.
SA Assistant Professor: Ryuichi Uchida, M.D., Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Jizi Zhao, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Assistant: Chikako Uchida
Graduate Student: Keita Oma
Research Fellow at Thailand-Japan Research Collaboration Center: Chris Verathamjamras, M.Sc.; Parichart Puangpatra, M.Sc.

Laboratory for Infection Cell Biology

SA Associate Professor: Yukako Fujinaga, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Yingjiji Jin, M.D., Ph.D.; Takuhiro Matsumura, Ph.D.; Yo Sugawara, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Yuki Takegahara

Laboratory for Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity

SA Associate Professor: Takaaki Nakaya, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Tomo Daidoji, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Department of Infectious Disease Control;

Laboratory of Genomic Research on Pathogenic Bacteria

SA Professor: Tetsuya Iida, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Kaori Izutsu, Ph.D.; Rikard Dryselius, Ph.D.; Shigeaki Matsuda, Ph.D.
Graduate Student: Tomohiko Sugiyama; Hirotaka Hiyoshi; Kazuyoshi Goto; Chidoh Kataoka
Visiting Research Scholar: Fabiano Thompson, Ph.D.

Laboratory of Malariology

SA Professor: Kazuyuki Tanabe, Ph.D.
SA Research Associate: Toshiyuki Hayakawa, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow: Tomoko Toyama, M.D., Ph.D.; Hiromi Sawai, Ph.D.; Kenji Hikosaka, Ph.D.; Naoko Sakihama, Ph.D.
JSPS Research Fellow: Richard Culleton, Ph.D.

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