Former Directors

Former Directors

1st Yashiro Kotake, M.D.,Professor 1934. 9 - 1940. 6
2nd Arao Imamura, M.D.,Professor 1940. 8 - 1943. 7
3rd Tenji Taniguchi, M.D.,Professor 1943. 7 - 1955. 3
4th Tsunesaburo Fujino, M.D.,Professor 1955. 4 - 1958. 3
5th Juntaro Kamahora, M.D.,Professor 1958. 4 - 1964. 3
6th Tsunehisa Amano, M.D.,Professor 1964. 4 - 1968. 3
7th Yoshiomi Okuno, M.D.,Professor 1968. 4 - 1972. 3
8th Mitsuo Hori, M.D.,Professor 1972. 4 - 1976. 3
9th Junichi Kawamata, M.D.,Professor 1976. 4 - 1980. 3
10th Shiro Kato, M.D.,Professor 1980. 4 - 1984. 3
11th Michiaki Takahashi, M.D.,Professor 1984. 4 - 1986. 3
12th Toshio Miwatani, M.D.,Professor 1986. 4 - 1988. 3
13th Takeo Kakunaga, D.Pharm.,Professor 1988. 4 - 1988. 9
14th Hajime Fujio, M.D.,Professor 1988.11 - 1990.10
15th Kumao Toyoshima, M.D.,Professor 1990.11 - 1993.10
16th Akira Hakura, D.Sc.,Professor 1993.10 - 1997.10
17th Yoshitake Nishimune, M.D.,Professor 1997.10 - 2001.10
18th Takeji Honda, M.D.,Professor 2001.10 - 2003.10
19th Taroh Kinoshita, D.M.Sc.,Professor 2003.11 - 2007.10
20th Hitoshi Kikutani, M.D.,Professor 2007.10 - 2011.10
21st Eisuke Mekada, Ph.D.,Professor 2011.10 - 2015.10
22nd Yoshiharu Matsuura, D.V.M., Ph.D.,Professor 2015.10 - 2019.10
23rd Masato Okada Ph.D.,Professor 2019.10 - 2023.3
24th Nobuyuki Takakura, M.D., Ph.D. Professor 2023.4 -

Former Professors

Director M.D.,Professor Yashiro Kotake
M.D.,Professor Sadao Yoshida
Director M.D.,Professor Arao Imamura
M.D.,Professor Yukichi Satani
Director M.D.,Professor Tenji Taniguchi
M.D.,Professor Kota Sera
M.D.,Professor Tatsunori Masayama
M.D.,Professor Shohei Otani
M.D.,Professor Teishiro Seki
M.D.,Professor Masami Suda
Department of Parasitology and Protozoology M.D.,Professor Kaoru Morishita
Department of Clinical Research M.D.,Professor Hisashi Yamaguchi
Department of Bacteriology and Serology M.D.,Professor Tsunesaburo Fujino
M.D.,Professor Masakazu Ito
Department of Tumor Virology M.D.,Professor Juntaro Kamahora
Department of Leprology M.D.,Professor Shinji Nishimura
Department of Tuberculosis Research II M.D.,Professor Mitsuhiko Kato
Department of Tuberculosis Research I M.D.,Professor Masahiko Yoneda
Department of Clinical Research M.D.,Professor Shigeru Shiba
Department of Parasitology and Protozoology M.D.,Professor Shozo Inoki
Department of Tuberculosis Research II M.D.,Professor Mitsuo Hori
Department of Virology M.D.,Professor Yoshiomi Okuno
Department of Clinical Research M.D.,Professor Shigeyuki Ishigami
Department of Immunology M.D.,Professor Tsunehisa Amano
Department of Experimental Chemotherapy M.D.,Professor Junichi Kawamata
Department of Animal Virology M.D.,Professor Yoshio Okada
Department of Immunology D.Sc.,Professor Mitsuo Torii
Department of Preventive Medicine M.D.,Professor Konosuke Fukai
Department of Tuberculosis Research II M.D.,Professor Tatsuo Mori
Department of Leprology M.D.,Professor Tonetaro Ito
Department of Oncogene Research D.Pharm.,Professor Takeo Kakunaga
Department of Pathology M.D.,Professor Shiro Kato
Department of Protozoology M.D.,Professor Toshio Nakabayashi
Quarters for Experimentally Infected Animals M.D.,Professor Takahisa Yamanouchi
Department of Bacteriology and Serology M.D.,Professor Toshio Miwatani
Department of Virology M.D.,Professor Michiaki Takahashi
Department of Immunology M.D.,Professor Hajime Fujio
Department of Clinical Research M.D.,Professor Tetsuo Taguchi
Department of Microbial Genetics D.Sc.,Professor Aizo Matsushiro
Department of Experimental Chemotherapy D.Sc.,Professor Atsuo Nakata
Department of Molecular Genetics M.D.,Professor Hiroto Okayama
Department of Oncogene Research M.D.,Professor Kumao Toyoshima
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology M.D.,Professor Teruo Kitani
Department of Gene Regulation M.D.,Professor Shin-ichiro Takai
Department of Bacterial Toxinology M.D.,Professor Morihiro Matsuda
Department of Viral Infections M.D.,Professor Takashi Kurimura
Department of Virology M.D.,Professor Koichi Yamanishi
Department of Host Defense
(concurrently Department of Tumor Virology)
D.Sc.,Professor Akira Hakura
Department of Oncogene Research D.Sc.,Professor Tetsu Akiyama
Research Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases M.D.,D.Med.Sci.,Professor Takeshi Kurata
Department of Neurovirology M.D.,D.Med.Sci.,Professor Shigeharu Ueda
Department of Medical Genetics M.D.,D.Med.Sci.,Professor Kazunori Shimada
Department of Bacterial Toxinology M.D.,Professor Chihiro Sasakawa
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology D.Sci.,Professor Akio Sugino
Department of Mucosal Immunology D.D.S.,Ph.D.,Professor Hiroshi Kiyono
Department of Science for Laboratory Animal Experimentation M.D.,Professor Yoshitake Nishimune
Department of Molecular Microbiology D.Sc.,Professor Hideo Shinagawa
Laboratory of Prevention of Viral Diseases Ph.D.,Professor Shin-ichi Tamura
Department of Cellular Regulation M.D.,D.Med.Sci.,Professor Toru Nakano
Department of Signal Transduction M.D., Ph. D.,Professor Michiyuki Matsuda
Department of Bacterial Infections M.D., Ph. D.,Professor Takeshi Honda
Laboratory of Disease Glycomics(SEIKAGAKU Co. - Endowed Chair) M.D., Ph. D.,Professor Naoyuki Taniguchi
Department of Cellular Regulation D.Med.Sci.,Professor Tamotsu Yoshimori
Laboratory of Malariology D.Sci., D.Med.Sci.,SA Professor* Kazuyuki Tanabe
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
(Life Technologies Co. - Endowed Chair)
Ph.D.,Professor Fumio Imamoto
Department of Immunopathology M.D., Ph. D.,Professor Atsushi Kumanogoh
Laboratory of Clinical Research on Infectious Diseases M.D., Ph. D.,SA Professor Kazunori Oishi
Research Collaboration Center on Emerging and Re-emerging Infections Ph. D.,SA Professor Masanori Kameoka
Center for Genetic Analysis of Biological Responses Ph.D.,Professor Masaru Okabe
Department of Virology D.M.Sc.,Professor Kazuyoshi Ikuta
Department of Molecular Immunology M.D., Ph. D.,Professor Hitoshi Kikutani
Department of Genome Informatics Ph.D.,Professor Teruo Yasunaga
Department of Immunoregulation M.D.,Professor Taroh Kinoshita
Department of Cell Biology M.D.,Professor Eisuke Mekada
Department of Molecular Genetics D.Sc.,Professor Hiroshi Nojima
BIKEN Endowed Dept. of Dengue Vaccine Development MD., Ph.D., Professor Eiji Konishi
Department of Host Defense M.D., Ph.D., Professor Shizuo Akira
Department of Molecular Protozology Ph.D., Professor Toshihiro Horii
Department of Molecular Virology D.V.M., Ph.D., Professor Yoshiharu Matsuura
Department of Oncogene Research Ph.D., Professor Masato Okada

*SA Professor : Specially Appointed Professor