Our institute and the Immunology Frontier Research Center are world premier institutes in the fields of microbiology and immunology, respectively. These institutes are located next to each other. To take maximum advantage of this situation, our office works to encourage cross-disciplinary microbiology and immunology research as follows:
Research Group
| Head | Professor | Eisuke Mekada |
| Research Promotion Group | Associate Professor | Yoshiko Murakami |
| Education Promotion Group | Associate Professor | Hodaka Fujii |
Office Activities
Research Promotion
To directly promote cross-disciplinary microbiology and immunology research, we are implementing the following plans.
- Organization of Awaji international forum on infection and immunology, which is held in September annually.
- Organization of the research progress report, which is produced every two months by our institute.
- Organization of the symposium and the research presentation, which are held annually.
- Organization of interactive projects that involve the Institut Pasteur in France, Chonnam University in Korea, and the Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Re-emerging Infections in Thailand.
These activities aim to facilitate cooperative research on microbiology and immunology by promoting research collaboration, information exchange, personal exchange between laboratories, and preparing the research environment.
Education Promotion
To facilitate seamless cross-disciplinary research on microbiology and immunology, we also direct a multidisciplinary graduate program on microbiology and immunology. This task includes designing the curriculum and its contents. We also organize an Open House of the institute and guide new students.