CURRICULUM VITAE
Igarashi, Ikuo
title: Professor, National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases
e-mail: igarcpmi@
phone/fax: +81-155-49-5641/5643
academic degrees
1983 Ph.D. (Parasitology) Gunma University, Japan
1979 M. Vet. Med. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,
Japan
1977 B. Vet. Med. Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine,
Japan
collaborative work (domestic)
1) Development of sensitive and specific diagnostic methods for equine babesiosis
(Japan Racing Association, 2003-2004)
collaborative work (international)
1) DNA sequencing of Babesia equi (Washington State University, 2003-2006)
educational interests
1) Protozoology
2) Parasitology
research interests
1) Development of diagnostic methods for Protozoan diseases
2) Invasion mechanism of Babesia parasite into erythrocytes