- National Research Center for Protozoan Diseases
- Director General
- Department of Drug Discovery and Development
- Department of Disease Control
- Department of Global Cooperation
Director General
Department of Drug Discovery and Development, Research Unit for Innovative Medicine
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NISHIKAWA Yoshifumi
Professor
Theme
Studies on mechanism of disease onset caused by infection with pathogenic protozoan parasites based on micro and macro-viewpoints for development of basic research about vaccine and drug discovery -
Ushio-Watanabe Nanako
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
Theme
Research on the molecular mechanisms of pathological lesions caused by protozoa. -
KUBOTA Rie
Specially Appointed Assistant Professor
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Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Molecular Diagnostics
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YOKOYAMA Naoaki
Professor
Theme
Development of innovative methods to control animal piroplasmosis by unraveling pathogenesis and immunology -
UMEMIYA-SHIRAFUJI Rika
Associate Professor
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Okajima Misuzu
Assistant Professor
Theme
Identification of factors involved in protozoan infection by genetic modification
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Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Advanced Preventive Medicine
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INOUE Noboru
Professor
Theme
Development of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive methods for animal trypanosomoses (AT), and epidemiological studies for AT. Research on the mechanisms of cell differentiation in African trypanosome in progress of its life-cycle. -
SUGANUMA Keisuke
Associate Professor
Theme
Determination of taxonomic group of trypanosome
Development of diagnostic methods and therapeutic drugs of trypanosomiasis
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Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Infection and Pathology
Department of Global Cooperation, Research Unit for International Surveillance
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YOKOYAMA Naoaki
Professor
Theme
Development of innovative methods to control animal piroplasmosis by unraveling pathogenesis and immunology -
SUGANUMA Keisuke
Associate Professor
Theme
Determination of taxonomic group of trypanosome
Development of diagnostic methods and therapeutic drugs of trypanosomiasis -
FUKUMOTO Shinya
Associate Professor
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Department of Global Cooperation, International Cooperation Unit
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IGARASHI Makoto
Professor
Theme
Elucidation of parasitic mechanism of protozoa -
INOUE Noboru
Professor
Theme
Development of diagnostic, therapeutic, and preventive methods for animal trypanosomoses (AT), and epidemiological studies for AT. Research on the mechanisms of cell differentiation in African trypanosome in progress of its life-cycle. -
KAWAZU Shin-ichiro
Professor
Theme
“Investigation on lifecycle of babesia parasites using bioimaging analysis”“Development of reliable diagnostics for Schistosoma japonicum infection”
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Department of Global Cooperation, Research Unit for Global Infection Control
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XUAN Xuenan
Professor
Theme
Development of dignostic, therapeutic, and preventive measures against canine babesiosis -
ASADA Masahito
Associate Professor
Theme
To understand the mechanisms of protozoan parasitism and find a way to control the diseases, we are studying on functional genomics of protozoan parasites and performing field epidemiology of the diseases.
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Specially Appointed Researcher (Foreign visiting Researcher)
Janine Aucamp
Punsantsogvoo Myagmarsuren
Kamarli Aitakin
Bio-Self-Regulating Science Laboratory (Hakuju Institute for Health Science Co.,Ltd)
Prof. Noboru Inoue (Concurrent)
Visiting Prof. Shinji Harakawa
Visiting Professor
Honorary prof. Ikuo Igarashi, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Prof. Kentaro Kato, Tohoku University Graduate School of Agricultural Science
Prof. Osamu Kaneko, Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine
Director, Shigeyuki Kano, Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Prof. Kiyoshi Kita, Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health
Honorary Prof. Hiroshi Suzuki, Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine
Prof. Naotoshi Tsuji, Kitasato University School of Medicine
Prof. Shinjiro Hamano, Nagasaki University Institute of Tropical Medicine
Fellow Kozo Fujisaki, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Prof. Toshihiro Horii, Osaka University Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Honorary Prof. DeMar Taylor, University of Tsukuba
Project Researchers
Thillaiampalam Sivakumar
Maria Angenica Fulo Regilme
Nanang Rudianto Ariefta
Lee Jae Seung
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan
Azirwan Guswanto
Macalanda Adrian Miki Cular
Office
Senior Chief Tsuyoshi Habaguchi
Assistant Technical Staff Manami Yanagihara
Assistant Administrative Staff Yuko Kanomata, Nozomi Suzuki, Yumiko Yamamoto
Member of the Steering Committee in 2024
Shigeyuki Kano, Director, Research Institute National Center for Global Health and Medicine
Yasushi Kawaguchi, Professor, The University of Tokyo Institute of Medical Science
Hirofumi Kugita, Representative, WOAH Asia Pacific Regional Office
Yasuhiko Suzuki, Professor, Hokkaido University International Institute for Zoonosis Control
Nariaki Nonaka, Professor, Hokkaido University School / Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Badgar Battsetseg, Director, Mongolian University of Life Science Institute of Veterinary Medicine
Kenji Hirayama, Professor, Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health
Toshihiro Horii, Professor, Osaka University Research Institute for Microbial Diseases
Taisuke Horimoto, Professor, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Makoto Igarashi, Professor, NRCPD
Noboru Inoue, Professor, NRCPD
Shin-ichiro Kawazu, Professor, NRCPD
Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Professor, NRCPD
Naoaki Yokoyama,Professor, NRCPD
Member of the collaborative researchers in 2024
(in order of the Japanese syllabary, with titles omitted)
Tamasa Araki, Postdoctoral fellow, National Institute of
Infectious Diseases
Hiromi Ikadai, Professor, Kitasato University
Yuzuru Ikehara, Professor, Chiba University
Takahiro Ishizaki, Senior Assistant Professor, Rakuno Gakuen University
Shunji Kasai, Former Researcher, Eisai Co., Ltd.
Hiroki Kaneko, Professor, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine
Satoru Kawai, Professor, Dokkyo Medical University
Takumi Koshiba, Professor, Fukuoka University
Kozue Sato, Researcher, National Institute of Infectious Diseases
Tatsuki Sugi, Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University
Takeshi Suzuki, Professor, Tokyo University of
Agriculture and Technology
Tetsuya Tanaka, Professor, Tohoku University
Youichi Nakao, Professor, Waseda University
Ryo Nakao, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University
Mitsuhiro Nishigori, Assistant Professor, Fukuoka University
Coh-ichi Nihei, Senior Researcher, Microbial Chemistry Research Foundation
Koji Hase, Professor, Keio University
Kenji Hikosaka, Associate Professor, Chiba University
Akikazu Fujita, Professor, Kagoshima University
Tetsuya Furuya, Professor, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Tatsunori Masatani, Associate Professor, Gifu University
Shinya Miyazaki, Assistant Professor, Nagasaki University
Toshihiro Murata, Associate Professor, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University
Ayumu Moriya, Senior Researcher, Hokudo Co.,Ltd.
Junya Yamagishi, Professor, Hokkaido University
Yasunaga Yoshikawa, Associate Professor, Kitasato University
Albert Mulenga, Professor, Texas A&M University Veterinary
Apinya Arnuphapprasert, Senior Assistant Professor, Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya
Badgar Battsetseg, Director, Mongolian University of Life Science Institute of Veterinary Medicine
Batdorj Davaasuren, Researcher, Mongolian University of Life Science Institute of Veterinary Medicine
Berdikulov Atabek, Researcher, Kyrgyz Research Institute of Veterinary Named After A. Duisheev
Consuelo Almazán, Adjunct Professor, Autonomous University of Queretaro
Daniel Sojka, Research Scientist, Biology Centre CAS Institute of Parasitology
Elisha Chatanga, Lecturer and Researcher, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Jinlin Zhou, Professor, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
Kishor Pandey, Associate Professor, Tribhuvan University
Liqing Ma, Professor, Qinghai University Qinghai Academy of Animal Sciences and Veterinary Medicine
Ruenruetai Udonsom, Senior professional scientist, Mahidol University Faculty of Tropical Medicine
Sanjay Kumar, Principal Scientist, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, India