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

  1. J. Kunisawa et al, Science (webinar) 12 July, 2023
  2. K. Hosomi et al, Nat Commun 13(1):4477, 2022
  3. S.I. Hirata et al, iScience 23(9):101426, 2020
  4. S.I. Hirata et al, Allergy 75(8): 75(8): 1939-1955, 2020
  5. P. Tiwari, et al, Allergy 74(8): 522-1532, 2019
  6. J. Kunisawa et al, Science (Webinar) 8 August, 2018
  7. T. Nagatake et al, J Allergy Clin Immunol 142(2):470-484, 2018
  8. J. Kunisawa et al, Cell Rep 13: 122-131, 2015
  9. Y. Goto et al, Science 345(6202):1254009, 2014
  10. Y. Kurashima et al, Immunity 40:530-41, 2014
  11. J. Kunisawa et al, Nat Commun 4: 1772, 2013
  12. Y. Kurashima et al, Nat Commun 3: 1034, 2012
  13. T. Obata et al, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 107:7419-24, 2010
  14. T. Nagatake et al, J Exp Med 206:2351-2364, 2009
  15. J. Kunisawa et al. Blood 111: 4646-4652, 2008
  16. J. Kunisawa et al., J Exp Med 204: 2335-2348, 2007
  17. J. Kunisawa et al, Blood 109:3749-3756, 2007
  18. J. Kunisawa et al, Immunity 24:523-534, 2006
  19. J. Kunisawa et al, Mol Cell 12:565-576, 2003

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