We held 1st Symposium for NRCPD drug discovery project on February 16 (Fri) at PK hall. We invited two prominent researchers, Dr. Daniel Ken Inaoka from Nagasaki University, and Dr. Tomoyoshi Nozaki from The University of Tokyo. Additionally, Dr. Nanang Rudianto Ariefta from NRCPD talked his current study.
Our National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases (NRCPD) has initiated a research project of Drug Discovery against protozoan parasites in livestock. Because protozoan diseases in livestock are causing significant economic losses to the global livestock industry, the establishment of countermeasures has always been required. However, protozoan disease and vector control will be difficult because of its complex life cycle. Until now, NRCPD has established in vitro screening model, animal model using experimental mice and natural hosts for several parasites. These systems will be powerful tools for our Drug Discovery project. This research project aims at establishment of “Center of Excellence for Drug Discovery Research on Protozoan Diseases in Livestock”. This symposium provided us important information on the forefront of drug discovery research for parasitic diseases.
Program
「Drug development targeting protozoan disease」
Associate Prof. Daniel Ken Inaoka
Institute of Tropical Medicine, Nagasaki University
「Drug development against big three and neglected tropical diseases」
Prof. Tomoyoshi Nozaki
Graduate School of Medicine, University of Tokyo
「Exploring natural products and derivatives for antiplasmodial applications」
Dr. Nanang Rudianto Ariefta (Project Researcher)
National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
（Reported by Yoshifumi Nishikawa）
