Professors Akira and Yamamoto, SA Associate Professor Sato were elected for the "Highly Cited Resear

Profs. Shizuo Akira and Masahiro Yamamoto, SA Assoc. Prof. Shintaro Sato were elected for the "Highly Cited Researchers" in THE WORLD\'S MOST INFLUENTIAL SCIENTIFIC MINDS 2015 by Thomson Reuters.

THE WORLD\'S MOST INFLUENTIAL SCIENTIFIC MINDS 2015
http://ip-science.thomsonreuters.jp/media/Press/releases/Scientific-Minds-2015.pdf

This publication lists 3,000 researchers from around the world in 21 fields, from "Agricultural Sciences" to "Space Sciences." The eleven scientists of Osaka University were elected for "Highly Cited Researchers" in five different research fields.

From RIMD, Profs. Akira and Yamamoto, SA Assoc. Prof. Sato were included on this list.

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Prof. Shizuo Akira(Dept. of Host Defense)

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Prof. Shizuo Akira(Dept. of Host Defense)
Prof. Masahiro Yamamoto(Dept. of Immunoparasitology)
SA Assoc. Prof. Shintaro Sato(Mucosal Vaccine Project, BIKEN Innovative Vaccine Research Alliance Laboratories)