Jun Kunisawa, Ph.D.
- Position
- Deputy Director
- Director
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition, Health and Medical Microbiology Research Center
- Laboratory Head
Center for Health and Medical Microbiology Vaccine Material Research, Intestinal Environmental System Project
- Visiting Professor
The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
- Visiting Professor
Graduate School and School of Medicine, Kobe University
- Adjunct Professor
Graduate School and School of Dentistry, Osaka University
- Adjunct Professor
Graduate School and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
- Visiting Professor
Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University)
- Visiting Professor
Research Organization for Nano & Life Innovation, Waseda University)
- Date of Birth
- February 19, 1974
Education and Professional Experiences
- 1992-1996
- Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
(Awarded the degree of BS)
- 1996-2001
- Department of Biopharmaceutics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
(Awarded the degree of Ph.D. on 23 March, 2001)
- 2000-2001
- JSPS Predoctoral Fellow at Osaka University
- 2001-2004
- JSPS Postdoctoral Fellow at Osaka University
- 2001-2003
- JSPS Visiting Postdoctoral Fellow at University of California, Berkeley
- 2004-2007
- Assistant Professor, Division of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
- 2007-2012
- Senior Assistant Professor/Lecturer, Division of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
- 2012
- Associate Professor, Division of Mucosal Immunology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
- 2013-present
- Laboratory Head, Laboratory of Vaccine Materials, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation
- 2013-present
- Visiting Professor, The Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
- 2013-present
- Visiting Professor, Graduate School and School of Dentistry, Osaka University
- 2014-present
- Adjunct Professor, Graduate School and School of Dentistry, Osaka University
- 2014-present
- Adjunct Professor, Graduate School and School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University
- 2019-present
- Director, Center for Vaccine and Adjuvant Research, National Institutes of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition
- 2022-present
- Director, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (concurrently) (Health-Medical Collaborative Research Center)
- 2023-present
- Director, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (reorganization) (Health and Medical Microbiology Research Center)
Selected publications
- J. Kunisawa et al, Science (webinar) 12 July, 2023
- K. Hosomi et al, Nat Commun 13(1):4477, 2022
- S.I. Hirata et al, iScience 23(9):101426, 2020
- S.I. Hirata et al, Allergy 75(8): 75(8): 1939-1955, 2020
- P. Tiwari, et al, Allergy 74(8): 522-1532, 2019
- J. Kunisawa et al, Science (Webinar) 8 August, 2018
- T. Nagatake et al, J Allergy Clin Immunol 142(2):470-484, 2018
- J. Kunisawa et al, Cell Rep 13: 122-131, 2015
- Y. Goto et al, Science 345(6202):1254009, 2014
- Y. Kurashima et al, Immunity 40:530-41, 2014
- J. Kunisawa et al, Nat Commun 4: 1772, 2013
- Y. Kurashima et al, Nat Commun 3: 1034, 2012
- T. Obata et al, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:7419-24, 2010
- T. Nagatake et al, J Exp Med 206:2351-2364, 2009
- J. Kunisawa et al. Blood 111: 4646-4652, 2008
- J. Kunisawa et al., J Exp Med 204: 2335-2348, 2007
- J. Kunisawa et al, Blood 109:3749-3756, 2007
- J. Kunisawa et al, Immunity 24:523-534, 2006
- J. Kunisawa et al, Mol Cell 12:565-576, 2003
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