Laboratories
Molecular Pathogenesis
Stem Cell Biology
Investigation of molecular mechanism involved in the CNS disorders caused by damaged neural stem/precursor cells and identification of their therapeutic targets.
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Professor | Toru Kondo, Ph.D. tkondo[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Lecturer | Youlee Son | |
Assistant Professor | Naoto Oikawa |
Signaling in Cancer and Immunology
Sensing mechanisms and signaling pathways for the activaton of innate immunity
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Professor | Akinori Takaoka, M.D., Ph.D. takaoka[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Associate Professor | Seichi Sato | |
Assistant Professor | Hiraku Suzuki |
Molecular Psychoimmunology
Molecular mechanism of chronic inflammation induced by T cell-medaited cytokines and neural signaling.
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Professor | Masaaki Murakami, V.M.D., Ph.D. murakami[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Associate Professor | Shintaro Hojyo Shigeru Hashimoto |
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Project Lecturer | Shinpei Kubota JingJing Jiang Hiroki Tanaka Yuta Shinohara |
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Project Assistant Professor | Rieko Nishi Haruka Handa Kaoru Murakami |
Hepatitis Virology
Study to elucidate the molecular mechanisms of HBV and HCV infection and pathogenicity.
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Professor | Kohji Moriishi, V.M.D., Ph.D. kohjim[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Associate Professor | Tomohisa Tanaka |
Pathophysiology
Immunobiology
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Differentiation of immune cells
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Professor | Ken-ichiro Seino, M.D., Ph.D. seino[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Assistant Professor | Akihiro Mori |
Genome Biology
Study on 3D genome organization and related diseases
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Professor | Ken-ich Noma, Ph.D. noma[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Associate Professor | Shinya Ohta Hideki Tanizawa |
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Project Assistant Professor | Claire Yik-Lok Chung |
Developmental Physiology
Cellular polarity and mechanics in normal and diseased contexts
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Professor | Fumio MOTEGI, Ph.D. motegi[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Lecturer | Kenji Kimura Yukako Nishimura |
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Project Assistant Professor | Kazunori Yamamoto |
Microbial Oncology
Molecular mechanism underlying Helicobacter pylori-mediated gastric carcinogenesis
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Associate Professor | Naoko Kamiya, Ph.D. naokokam[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Disease Control
Biomedical Oncology
Elucidating the carcinogenic mechanisms and generating anti-cancer drug leads
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Professor | Masahiro Sonoshita, Ph.D. msonoshita[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Assistant Professor | Takako Ohshio Ryodai Yamamura |
Biological Molecular Mechanisms
Molecular mechanisms of autophagy and liquid-liquid phase separation involved in various life phenomena
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Professor | Noda Nobuo, Ph.D. nn[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Associate Professor | Yuko Fujioka | |
Project Lecturer | Takuma Tsuji | |
Assistant Professor | Daisuke Noshiro | |
Project Assistant Professor | Yuta Ogasawara Eigo Takeda |
Attached Facility
Laboratory of Animal Experiment
Generation of Animal Models for Cancer, Immune, and Infectious Diseases.
Professor | Ken-ichiro Seino, M.D., Ph.D. seino[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Associate Professor | Kumiko Yoshimatsu yosimatu[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
Center for Infectious Cancer Research
Research of cancer caused by infection.
Professor | Masahiro Sonoshita, Ph.D. msonoshita[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Project Professor | Masanori Hatakeyama, M.D., Ph.D. masahata[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
Professor | Kohji Moriishi, V.M.D., Ph.D. |
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Associate Professor | Naoko Kamiya Kumiko Yoshimatsu |
Frontier Research Unit
Laboratory of Molecular Cellular Biology
Understanding the cell fate determination by post-translational modifications and inter-organelle communications, and the interactions between immune and nervous systems
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Associate Professor | Tomohiko Okazaki, Ph.D. okazaki[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Assistant Professor | Nao Morimoto |
Endowed Department
Department of Synbiotics
Clarification of mechanism for the regulation of biological function by probiotics
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Project Professor | Tadaaki Miyazaki, Ph.D. miyazaki[at]igm.hokudai.ac.jp |
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Project Professor | Kouichi Sato | |
Project Assistant Professor | Keiko Tada |