Professor, Department of Experimental Immunology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University
Education and Career
Ph.D. (Kyoto University), 1986
Researcher, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, 1986
Assistant Professor, Okayama University Faculty of Engineering, 1988
Associate Professor, Okayama University, 1990
Visiting Investigator, Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, 1992
Professor, Tohoku University, 1997
Aims and scope of our research
The focus of our research is the elucidation of regulatory functions of immunoglobulin (Ig)-like receptors, including Fc receptors (FcR) and paired Ig-like receptors (PIR), natural killer cell-surface receptors, and other immunoreceptors with the phospho-tyrosine-based ITAM/ITIM modules. Our research programs include development of novel gene-targeted mice, generation of novel animal models for human diseases, dissection of relationship between immunoreceptors and diseases, fishing out novel receptor or subunit molecules involved in immunoregulation. Particularly, in our Network Medicine G-COE program, we will make efforts to develop novel and innovative therapeutic strategies to immune, metabolic, and vascular diseases and malignancies by identifying novel molecular links among these disorders. In addition to our focusing on research and discovery, we are also dedicated to quality education for young students, graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
