- 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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SUZUKI Hiroshi
Professor
Theme
Developmental Biotechnology and Protozoan Infection -
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
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Department of Disease Control, Research Unit for Molecular Diagnostics
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
Assistant 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 -
FUKUMOTO Shinya
Associate Professor
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SUGANUMA Keisuke
Assistant Professor
Theme
Determination of taxonomic group of trypanosome
Development of diagnostic methods and therapeutic drugs of trypanosomiasis
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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)
Berdikulov Atabek
Bio-Self-Regulating Science Laboratory (Hakuju Institute for Health Science Co.,Ltd)
Prof. Hiroshi Suzuki (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
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, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
Former Prof. DeMar Taylo, University of Tsukuba School of Life and Environmental Sciences
Project Researchers
Thillaiampalam Sivakumar
Maria Angenica Fulo Regilme
Nanang Rudianto Ariefta
Ji Shengwei
JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan
Uday MOHANTA
Shimaa EL-SAYED
Azirwan Guswanto
Office
Senior Chief Tsuyoshi Habaguchi
Assistant Technical Staff Yoshiko Fujioka
Assistant Administrative Staff Yuukou Kanomata, Nozomi Suzuki, Yumiko Yamamoto
Member of the Steering Committee in 2023
Shigeyuki Kano, Director, Research Institute National Center
Yasushi Kawaguchi, Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
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, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Mongolian University of Life Science
Kenji Hirayama, Professor, Nagasaki University School of Tropical Medicine and Global Health
Toshihiro Horii, Professor, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University
Taisuke Horimoto, Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Makoto Igarashi, Professor, NRCPD
Noboru Inoue, Professor, NRCPD
Shin-ichiro Kawazu, Professor, NRCPD
Hiroshi Suzuki, Professor, NRCPD
Yoshifumi Nishikawa, Professor, NRCPD
Naoaki Yokoyama,Professor, NRCPD
Member of the collaborative researchers in 2023
(in order of the Japanese syllabary, with titles omitted)
Tamasa Araki, Fixed-term Researcher, National Institute of
Infectious Diseases
Hiromi Ikadai, Associate Professor, Kitasato University
Yuzuru Ikehara, Professor, Chiba University
Takahiro Ishizaki, Post-doctoral research fellow, Umeå University
Shunji Kasai, Former Researcher, Eisai Co., Ltd.
Hiroki Kaneko, Associate Professor, Nagoya University
Satoru Kawai, Professor, Dokkyo Medical University
Takumi Koshiba, Professor, Fukuoka University
Tatsuki Sugi, Assistant Professor, Hokkaido University
Takeshi Suzuki, Associate Professor, Tokyo University of
Agriculture and Technology
Tetsuya Tanaka, Professor, Kagoshima University
Youichi Nakao, Professor, Waseda University
Ryo Nakao, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University
Koichi Narita, Assistant Professor, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical 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 Furuta, 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, Associate Professor, Hokkaido University
Yasunaga Yoshikawa, Associate Professor, Kitasato University
Albert Mulenga, Professor, Texas A&M University Veterinary
Badgar BATTSETSEG, Director, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Mongolian University of Life Science
Batdorj Davaasuren, Researcher, Institute of Veterinary Medicine, Mongolian University of Life Science
Consuelo Almazan, Adjunct Professor, Autonomous University of Queretaro
Daniel Sojka, Research Scientist, Institute of Parasitology, Biology Centre CAS
Elisha Chatanga, Lecturer and Researcher, Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources
Jack Sunter, David Fell Research Fellow, Oxford Brookes University
Jinlin ZHOU, Professor, Shanghai Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Parasitology
Kishor Pandey, Associate Professor, Tribhuvan University
Mark Carrington, Professor, University of Cambridge
Marvin Ardeza VILLANUEVA, Senior Science Research Specialist, Philippine Carabao Center
Morakot KAEWTHAMASORN, Associate Professor, Chulalongkorn University
Phung Thang Long, Vice Rector (Associate Professor), Hue University of Agriculture and Forestry
Sanjay Kumar, Principal Scientist, ICAR-National Research Centre on Equines, India
Seekkuge Susil Priyanntha SILVA, Director, Department of Animal Production and Health, Veterinary Research Institute
Zhe Hu, Associate Professor, Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, CAAS