College of Veterinary Medicine

Professional Training and Experience

• PhD, MS, University of Tokyo
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School

Research Interests

• Molecular and Cellular Mechanism of Invasion/Survival of Intracellular Bacteria.
• Type IV Secretion and Two-compontnt Regulatory System of Ehrlichia and Anaplasma.
• Whole Genome Sequencing and Microarray Analysis of Ehrlichia, Anaplasma, and Neorickettsia. 
• Molecular and Antigenic Characterization of New Ehrlichia, anaplasma, and Neorickettsia spp., Aegyptianella and haemotropic mycoplasma.
• Animal models of Potomac horse fever, canine ehrlichiosis, human monocytic ehrilichiosis, human granulocytic ehrlichiosis. Development of Vaccines and Diagnostic Procedures: PCR, dot blot, Western blot, IFA, ELISA, culture isolation, cloning protective and diagnostic antigens. 
• Molecular mechanisms of vector (tick, trematode) transmission
• Functional analysis of Ehrlichial Gene Products 
• Ehrlichial Genome Sequence Project