Research area

Basic Research on Immunological Memory
Translational Research on Allergy and Cancer

Description of your research and your dream!

The Department has three groups focused on: 1) basic research on immunological memory, in particular, analysis of epigenetic molecular mechanisms and elucidation of formation and maintenance mechanism of memory cells; 2) research on allergic and chronic airway inflammation; and 3) development of immune cell therapy for cancer.
The field of immune system has a great potential. We welcome young researchers who wants to conduct front-line immunology researches through joint researchers with domestic and international research institutes such as RIKEN or NIH, and want to play an active role as "professional researchers in immunology" in the near future.

Education

1978-1984

School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, MD 1984

1984-1988

Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo (Prof. T. Tada) Ph.D 1988

Experience

1988-1991

Postdoctoral Fellow, National Institutes of Health, (Dr. A. Singer)

1991-1994

Research Associate, The University of Tokyo

1995-1998

Associate Professor, Research Institute for Biological Science, Science University of Tokyo

1998-2001

Associate Professor, Chiba University

2001-2004

Professor, Department of Medical Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

2004-Present

Professor, Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

2005-2009

Director, Biomedical Research Center, Chiba University

2009-2015

Director, Experimental Animal Facility, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University

2012-2015

Director, Future Medicine and Education Research Center, Chiba University

2014-Present

Director, Future Medicine and Education Research Organization, Chiba University

2014-Present

Vice-President, Chiba University (In charge of Future Medicine)

2015-Present

Dean, Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Chiba University

Selected Publications

1. Endo, Y., Hirahara, K., Iinuma, T., Shinoda, K., Tumes, D. J., Asou, H. K., Matsugae, N., Obata-Ninomiya, K., Yamamoto, H., Motohashi, S., Oboki, K., Nakae, S., Saito, H., Okamoto, Y., and Nakayama, T.: The Interleukin-33-p38 kinase axis confers memory T helper 2 cell pathogenicity in the airway. Immunity 42:294-308 (2015).
2. Iinuma, T., Okamoto, Y., Yamamoto, H., Inamine-Sasaki, A., Ohki, Y., Sakurai, T., Funakoshi, U., Yonekura, S., Sakurai, D., Hirahara, K., and Nakayama, T.: Interleukin-25 and mucosal T cells in noneosinophilic and eosinophilic chronic rhinosinusitis. Ann. Allergy Asthma Immunol. 114:289-298 (2015).
3. Nakagomi, D., Suzuki, K., Meguro, K., Hosokawa, J., Tamachi, T., Takatori, H., Suto, A., Matsue, H., Ohara, O., Nakayama, T., Shimada, S., and Nakajima, H.: Matrix metalloproteinase 12 is produced by M2 macrophages and plays important roles in the development of contact hypersensitivity. J. Allergy Clin. Immunol. 135:1397-1400 (2015).

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Award

1992

Soujinkai Award, Yamaguchi University Almuni

1996

The 1st Young Scientist Award, Bioimaging Society

2000

The 3rd Japanese Society for Immunology Award, The Japanese Society for Immunology

2004

The 14th Abbott Japan Allergy Research Award, Japan Allergy Foundation

Society Membership

The American Association of Immunologists,
American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Bioimaging Society,
Clinical Immunology Society,
Japanese Cancer Association,
Japanese Society of Allergology,
Japanese Society for Immunology,
The Molecular Biology Society of Japan