Table of Contents 2008

Volume 24, 2008

Preface

Organization and Staff

DIVISION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES:

• Department of Molecular Bacteriology
• Department of Viral Infections
• Department of Molecular Virology
• Department of ImmunoPathology

DIVISION OF HOST DEFENSE:

• Department of Molecular Immunology
• Department of Immunoregulation
• Department of Host Defense
• Department of Cell Biology
• Department of Immunochemistry

DIVISION OF CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY:

• Department of Molecular Genetics
• Department of Oncogene Research
• Department of Signal Transduction
• Department of Cellular Regulation
• Genome Dynamics Group

RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFECTIONS DISEASE CONTROL:

• Department of Bacterial Infections
• Department of Molecular Protozoology
• Department of Virology

GENOME INFORMATION RESEARCH CENTER:

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

INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES:

Department of Special Pathogens;

• Laboratory of Clinical Research on Infectious Diseases
• Laboratory for Infection Cell Biology
• Laboratory for Viral Pathogenesis and Immunity

Department of Infectious Disease Control;

• Laboratory of Genomic Research on Pathogenic Bacteria
• Laboratory of Malariology
• Laboratory of Combined Research on Microbiology and Immunology (Hirata Group)
• Laboratory of Combined Research on Microbiology and Immunology (Nagai Group)

Pathogenic Microbes Repository Unit;

Published by Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.