Infection
Medical
Information
Laboratory
ABOUT US
In recent years, severe viral infections such as the new coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) by SARS-CoV2, H5N1 avian influenza viruses, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), and Ebola hemorrhagic fever occurs. When these infections become severe, acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and multiple organ failures are caused, and intensive care such as artificial respiration in intensive care units (ICU) is required. There is currently no effective treatment for life-saving.
In our laboratory, we are trying to clarify the pathology of the severe viral infection from the aspect of virus-host interactions in the host nucleus, and are aiming for research which becomes the basis of the development of a new treatment method.
NEWS
2023/7/18
・The paper"Post-Coronavirus Disease 2019 Syndrome in Japan: An Observational Study Using a Medical Database" was published in Japan Medical Association Journal on the website. PDF file is here.
The results were published as press release, and were reported on NHK General TV,
Mainichi Broadcasting System, and some other media.
2023/4/1
・The laboratory name has been changed to "Infection Medical Information Laboratory".
2023/3/30
・The paper"新型コロナウイルス感染症の重症化予測AIモデル" (AI model for predicting the severity of COVID-19) was published in The Japanese Journal of Respiratory Care on the website.
2023/3/24
・Researcher Melissa Garcia has started research as a new member.
2022/12/25
・"The 97th Annual Meeting of Japanese Pharmacological Society" will be held from December 14 (Thu) to 16 (Sat), 2023 at Kobe Convention Center of which Professor Yumiko Imai will serve as president.
2022/12/25
・Professor Yumiko Imai received the 16th "Setsuro Ebashi Prize".
2022/08/09
・The paper "Intensive single-cell analysis reveals immune-cell diversity among healthy individuals" was published in Life Sci Alliance.
2022/06/10
・The paper "Dynamics of higher-order chromatin structure in response to viral infection and its potential for treatment of infectious diseases" was published in Journal of infectious disease and therapy.
2022/05/16
・The paper "Dynamics of host chromatin 3-dimensional response to influenza virus infection" was published in International Immunology.