As a result of scrupulous deliberation conducted by a Project Evaluation Panel, the following projects were selected as the FY 2019 awarded projects under the Young Researchers Program of "Research Program on HIV/AIDS."
Young Researchers Program:
Research on latent HIV infection cures via novel techniques such as genome editing
| Principal Investigator |
Affiliation |
Project Title |
| Takushi Nomura |
National Institute of Infectious Diseases |
Research fellow |
Study for eradication of latently infected cells in SIV controllers |
Young Researchers Program:
Research on the control and prevention of HIV infection by targeting HIV structural proteins.
| Principal Investigator |
Affiliation |
Project Title |
| Osamu Kotani |
National Institute of Infectious Diseases |
Junior research fellow |
Creation of a groundbreaking platform for structural biology to promote novel studies of HIV replication and drug discovery |
| Kazuaki Monde |
Kumamoto University |
Assistant Professor |
Construction of drug screening system against HIV-1 Gag proteins |
Young Researchers Program:
Research on HIV infection to gain novel findings and knowledge.
| Principal Investigator |
Affiliation |
Project Title |
| Hiroshi Ishii |
National Institute of Infectious Diseases |
Researcher |
Determination of vaccine-induced immune responses accelerating HIV replication |
| Takayuki Chikata |
Kumamoto University |
Assistant Professor |
Use of LC-MS/MS for identification of T cell with effective function for HIV eradication |
