Researchers from various fields, including infectious diseases, immunology, genome medicine, engineering, and informatics, came together to push the boundaries of scientific knowledge to save the world.
Steering Committee
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
The UTOPIA Center,Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Virology
Ken Ishii
The UTOPIA Center,Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Vaccine Science
Yasushi Kawaguchi
The UTOPIA Center,Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Virology
Masahiko Kikuchi
The UTOPIA Center, The University of Tokyo
Industry-academia Collaborations
Sakae Tanaka
The UTOPIA Center, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Clinical Research
Basic Research on Immuno-Vaccines Group
★ = Principal Investigator, UTOPIA
● = Visiting Professor, UTOPIA
Ken Ishii
The UTOPIA Center,Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Vaccine Science
Hiroshi Takayanagi ★
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of TokyoImmunology
Cevayir Coban ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Immunology
Keishi Fujio ★
The University of Tokyo HospitalClinical Immunology
Takeshi Inoue
The UTOPIA Center,The University of Tokyo
Immunology
Basic Research on Infectious Diseases Group
★ = Principal Investigator, UTOPIA
Yasushi Kawaguchi
The UTOPIA Center,Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Virology
Yoshihiro Kawaoka
The UTOPIA Center,Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo
Virology
Taisuke Horimoto ★
Department of Veterinary Microbiology, the University of Tokyo Virology
Tomoyoshi Nozaki ★
Graduate School of Medicine, The University of TokyoParasitology/ Pathogenesis
Takeshi Ichinohe★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Virology
Multidisciplinary Research Group
★ = Principal Investigator, UTOPIA
Kohei Tsumoto ★
Graduate School of Engineering, The University of TokyoProtein Engineering
Osamu Nureki ★
Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo Structural Biology
Takao Someya ★
Graduate School of Engineering, The University of TokyoBiological Information Sensing
Yutaka Matsuo ★
Graduate School of Engineering, The University of TokyoArtificial Intelligence
Makoto Nakanishi ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Oncogenic Signaling/ Molecular Gerontology
Atsushi Iwama ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Stem Cell Molecular Medicine
Emi Nishimura ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Stem Cell Aging Medicine/ Aging and Regeneration
Tomoji Mashimo ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Genome Editing Animal Science
Mutsuhiro Takekawa ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Signal Transduction/ Stress Response
Toshifumi Inada ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo RNA/ Translation
Yutaka Suzuki★
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo Genome Sciences
Clinical Industry-University Cooperative Research Group
★ = Principal Investigator, UTOPIA
Fumitaka Nagamura ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Clinical Development, Clinical Trial
Hiroshi Yotsuyanagi ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Infectious Diseases Internal Medicine
Kaori Muto ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Research Ethics
Yasuyuki Seto ★
The University of Tokyo HospitalStomach and Esophageal Surgery
Tomoki Todo ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Oncolytic Virus Therapy
Takashi Okada ★
Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo Gene Therapy/ Viral Vector Vaccines
Sakae Tanaka
The UTOPIA Center, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo
Clinical Research
Masahiko Kikuchi
The UTOPIA Center, The University of Tokyo
Industry-academia Collaborations
Takeshi Inoue
Professor
Department of Molecular Systems Immunology
Kiyoko Iwatsuki-Horimoto
Project Assistant Professor
Maki Kiso
Project Assistant Professor
Shiho Chiba
Project Assistant Professor
Calvin Duong
Project Researcher
Toshiaki Maruyama
Visiting Professor
Junko Sato
Visiting Professor
Shingou Sakurai
Visiting Professor
Seiya Yamayoshi
Visiting Professor
Virology
Hiroshi Ueki
Visiting Associate Professor
Virology
Ryuta Uraki
Visiting Associate Professor
Virology
Galit Alter
Harvard Medical School/Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT)/Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH)USAImmunology/Vaccinology
Eric Rubin
Harvard UniversityUSABacteriology
Dan Barouch
Harvard Medical SchoolUSAVirology
Rafi Ahmed
Emory UniversityUSAImmunology
Drew Weissman
University of PennsylvaniaUSAmRNA vaccine
Adolfo Garcia-Sastre
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount SinaiUSAVirology
Michael Diamond
Washington UniversityUSAVirology
Ralph Baric
The University of North Carolina at Chapel HillUSAVirology
Erica Ollmann Saphire
La Jolla Institute for ImmunologyUSAStructural Biology/Virology
Robert A. Seder
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institute of Health (NIH)USAImmunology/Vaccinology
David E. Wentworth
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)USAVirology
Stacey Schultz-Cherry
St Jude Childern's Research HospitalUSAVirology
Heinz Ulrich Feldmann
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institute of Health (NIH)USAVirology
Peter JM Openshaw
Imperial College LondonUKVirology/Immunology
Wendy Sue Barclay
Imperial College LondonUKVirology
Derek Smith
University of CambridgeUKBioinformatics
Nahoko Shindo
International Society for Influenza and other Respiratory Virus Diseases (isirv), WHOSwitzerlandInfectious Diseases
Stephan Becker
Philipps-Universität MarburgGermanyVirology
Kanta Subbarao
The University of MelbourneAustraliaVirology
George F. Gao
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC)/Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Insitute of MicrobiologyChinaStructural Biology/Virology
Hualan Chen
Harbin Veterinary Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)ChinaVirology
Foday Sahr
University of Sierra Leone Sierra LeoneInfectious Diseases
Alhaji Umar N’jai
University of Sierra Leone Sierra LeoneVirology