About the Laboratory
In recent years, it has rapidly become clear that immune cells crosstalk with the metabolic, nervous, and developmental systems and participate in a wide variety of biological phenomena, and the research fields related to immunology have expanded accordingly. In our laboratory, we analyze the behavior of immune cells in the body from multiple perspectives, from the viewpoint of "homeostasis," aiming to understand the normal functioning of the body and tissues and to elucidate the pathologies caused by its disruption.
Principal Investigator (Yasutaka Okabe) — CV
Education
2000 B.Sc., Department of Biology, School of Education, Waseda University
2002 M.Sc., Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Waseda University
2006 Ph.D. in Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine
Appointments
1999–2002 Research Student, Department of Tumor Cell Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science (Dr. Takashi Fujita)
2004–2006 JSPS Research Fellow (DC2)
2006–2007 Researcher, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine (Prof. Shigekazu Nagata)
2007–2008 Researcher, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine (Prof. Shigekazu Nagata)
2008–2012 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University School of Medicine, USA (Prof. Ruslan Medzhitov)
2010–2012 JSPS Overseas Research Fellow
2012–2016 Associate Research Scientist, Yale University School of Medicine, USA (Prof. Ruslan Medzhitov)
2016–2020 Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
2019–2023 PRESTO Researcher, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) (concurrent)
2020–2025 Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC), Osaka University
2021–2025 Specially Appointed Associate Professor, Center for Infectious Disease Education and Research (CiDER), Osaka University (concurrent)
2026– Professor, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine
Awards
2006 Yamamura Award (Osaka University)
2015 The Young Scientists' Award, MEXT
2016 Kishimoto Fellow (Japanese Society for Immunology)
