Mar 2023, Graduation ceremony of Patrick
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Prof. Junya YAMAGISHI

PhD(Agriculture)

E-mail / junya (at) czc.hokudai.ac.jp (change at to @)

I am developing a method to diagnose pathogen affordably and comprehensively using next-generation sequencers (link). If the methods we are developing are used in the real world, we will be able to monitor a wider variety of pathogens in near real time than ever before, and may be able to quickly identify the next pathogen after SARS-CoV-2.

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Associate Prof. Kyoko HAYASHIDA

PhD (Veterinary Medicine), DVM.

E-mail/ kyouko-h (at) czc.hokudai.ac.jp (change at to @)

My research interests include African trypanosomes, Theileria, and Rickettsia etc.. My main field is Zambia, where I conduct epidemiological surveys of protozoa diseases and develop on-site rapid diagnostic systems. I love living things, from small protozoa to African wildlife!

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Assistant Prof. Tatsuki SUGI

PhD(Veterinary Medicine), DVM.

E-mail/ tatsuki.sugi (at) czc.hokudai.ac.jp (change at to @)

The Toxoplasma parasite, which makes a latent infection, establishes infection in the host's brain and muscle for a long time, but is the parasite quietly sleeping, or is it hiding to continue deceiving the host?
I would like to find out by using the technology to analyze the gene expression of the parasite and the host at the single-cell level.

Naoko KAWAI
Lab Assistant

技術補佐員 河合直子
国際協力を束ねるパワフルお母さん。生き物を育てるのが上手で、原虫も息子も学生ものびのびと育ってます。
Powerful manager of Collab. Lab.
Parasite culture・ PCR・Miseq・MinION

Miwako KUROUJI
Secretory

事務補佐員 黒氏美和子
教員の無茶振りを華麗に片付けてくれます。超猫好き。

Excellent secretory. Cat lover.

Dela Ria NESTI
D3 student

感染症学院3年生 デラさん (獣医師)
インドネシアからの留学生。
研究テーマ:コウモリにおける人獣共通感染症病原体の探索
Metagenomic analysis of potential zoonotic pathogen in bat caught in Indonesia

bats, metagenomic, NGS, zoonotic, pathogen, viral, Indonesia

Maryam Sani LAWAL
D2 student

感染症学院2年生 マリアムさん (検査技師)
ナイジェリアからの留学生。
研究テーマ:"Undiagnosed"患者検体における病原体のメタゲノム的探索
Surveillance of Infectious Disease Pathogens from Undiagnosed Clinical Samples.

Pathogens, Infections, Disease Surveillance, Diagnostic tools, Metagenomics.
“On a quest to prevent future disease outbreaks”

Khesara Sastrin Prasita NEGARA
D1 student

感染症学院1年生 サストリンさん (獣医師)
インドネシアからの留学生。
研究テーマ:"試験管内進化を用いたBabesia bovisの宿主特異性分子機構の解明”
Analysis of the molecular basis of host specificity of Babesia bovis using an artificial evolutionary approach

Babesia, Genomics, host specificity, epigenetic modification, molecular mechanism

Boniface Onesmo CHIKUFENJI

感染症学院1年生 ボニーくん (獣医師)
マラウイからの留学生。
研究テーマ:"マラウイにおける人獣共通感染性血液原虫症の分子疫学調査”
Surveillance and characterazation of zoonotic hemoparasite infection in Malawi.

Leishmania, Trypanosoma, dog, Diagnostic tools.

Yuki ESHITA
Prof.

特別メンバー 客員研究員 江下優樹先生

蚊のプロフェッショナル。ご引退後も衛生節足動物の教育指導活動にご尽力いただいています。
Mosquito, Mosquito-borne virus, Mosquito-Virus interaction, microinjection

Chihito SUGIMOTO
Professor

初代教授 杉本千尋教授

国際協力の初代教授 (2005-2020)、名誉教授
アフリカ、モンゴルでご活躍されようやく日本に戻ってきました。まだまだ多方面で活躍中です。
Theileria, Trypanosoma, Babesia, Tick,  Mongolia, Zambia, Sport Climbing  

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Past phD students

Patrick Reteng FY 2022, phD (infectious disease)
"Development of Highly Efficient Methods for Comprehensive Pathogen Detection Using Next Generation Sequencing"

Taishi Kidaka FY 2022,  phD (veterinary medicine)
Analysis of transcriptional regulation in Toxoplasma gondii sporozoite

Yukiko Nakamura FY 2021, phD (infectious disease)
Estimating the Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Tsetse Flies and African Trypanosomes in Zambia and Malawi

Moonga Chinyama Lavel (Zambia) FY 2021, phD (infectious disease)
Molecular epidemiology of spotted fever group rickettsiae in Zambia and development of multiplex LAMP for simultaneous detection of the rickettsiae and malaria parasites 

Megasari Marsela (Indonesia)FY 2021, phD (veterinary medicine)
Molecular identification of bovine trypanosomes in Syria and Malawi.

Gaithuma Alex Samuel Kiarie(Kenya)FY 2019, phD(veterinary medicine)
Application of metagenomic approaches in the comprehensive detection and characterization of trypanosomes, microbiome and blood meal sources in tsetse flies 

Yongjin Qiu, FY 2015, phD(veterinary medicine)
Epidemiological and bioinformatical analyses of tick-borne pathogens
    
Jesca Nakayima (Uganda), FY 2014, phD (veterinary medicine)
 Molecular epidemiological study of protozoan and other zoonotic diseases from two countries in Africa

Toru Ichihashi, FY 2013, phD (veterinary medicine)
Development of cytotoxic T lymphocyte-inducing peptide vaccine

Ryo Nakao, phD (veterinary medicine)

Zhisheng Dang (China), phD (veterinary medicine)
Echinococcus multilocularis Tetraspanin Proteins Protect Mice against Primary Alveolar Echinococcosis

Bashir Osman Mohemmed Salim  (Sudan), phD (veterinary medicine)

Joseph Muiruri Kamau (Kenya) , phD (veterinary medicine)

PostDoc/ Staffs and their research theme

Kiichi Kajino, Associate Prof. 
Development of cytotoxic T lymphocyte-inducing peptide vaccine

Ichiro Nakamura, lecturer (Current Division: Facility and Safety Management)
    
Satomi Kato, PostDoc
Epidemiology of Cryptosporidium spp. in Hokkaido deer

Jung-Ho Youn (Korea), PostDoc
Comparative genomic analysis of Leptospira spp. 

Jia Honglin  (China), PostDoc
Application of phage-display single chain antibody library against African trypanosomiasis