Division of Basic Medical Research FY2020 List of Projects - Research Program on HIV/AIDS 

First Year Final Year Principal  Investigator Affiliation Project Title
FY2018 FY2020 MATANO Tetsuro National Institute of Infectious Diseases Director Study for the development of HIV vaccines inducing functional antibodies
FY2018 FY2020 SUZU Shinya Kumamoto University Professor Study aiming at the identification and eradication of bona fide HIV reservoirs
FY2018 FY2020 TACHIKAWA Ai National Institute of Infectious Diseases Chief Research on improvement of immunopathogenesis for HIV cure
FY2018 FY2020 KOYANAGI Yoshio Kyoto University Professor Analysis of HIV regulome and generation of HIV cure strategy
FY2018 FY2020 MAEDA Kenji National Center for Global Health and Medicine Section Chief Research on the development of anti-HIV drugs with a novel mechanism of action to cure HIV
FY2018 FY2020 TERUYA Katsuji National Center for Global Health and Medicine Chief Physician Study on appropriate management of opportunistic illnesses in the era of early and prolonged ART
FY2018 FY2020 OHMORI Tsukasa Jichi Medical University Professor A study to create new generation treatments and diagnosis for cure of hemophilia as an HIV-related disorder
FY2018 FY2020 NOYORI Osamu Kumamoto University Postdoctoral researcher Study of a novel route of intercellular HIV spread
FY2018 FY2020 SATO Kei The University of Tokyo Associate Professor Investigation of synergistic/contrary anti-HIV-1 responses mediated by innate, intrinsic and acquired immunity
FY2018 FY2020 MIYAKAWA Kei Yokohama City University School of Medicine Senior Lecturer Development of spatiotemporal analysis for HIV spread
FY2018 FY2020 KUSE Nozomi Kumamoto University Specially Appointed Associate Professor Induction of HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells with super-function from naïve T cells
FY2018 FY2020 YAMAMOTO Hiroyuki National Institute of Infectious Diseases Chief (Group leader) Analysis of virus-specific B-cell responses as a platform of prophylactic and therapeutic HIV neutralizing antibody induction
FY2019 FY2021 SATOU Yorifumi Kumamoto University Professor Creation of new druggable targets to overcome HIV-1 latency via collaboration between high-resolution nucleic acid analyses and leading-edge techniques for viral dynamics
FY2019 FY2021 NOMURA Takushi National Institute of Infectious Diseases Senior Researcher Study for eradication of latently infected cells in SIV controllers
FY2019 FY2021 MATSUSHITA Shuzo Kumamoto University Professor Neutralizing antibody-mediated treatment strategy towards cure of HIV-1infection
FY2019 FY2021 MONDE Kazuaki Kumamoto University Assistant Professor Construction of drug screening system against HIV-1 Gag proteins
FY2019 FY2021 KOTANI Osamu National Institute of Infectious Diseases Senior Researcher Creation of a groundbreaking platform for structural biology to promote novel studies of HIV replication and drug discovery
FY2019 FY2021 KIKUCHI Tadashi National Institute of Infectious Diseases Senior Researcher Study of long-term trend of circulating HIV strains and HIV drug resistance in Japan
FY2019 FY2020 SHIINO Teiichiro National Institute of Infectious Diseases Senior Researcher Study for system development of HIV and the host genome database construction and publication
FY2019 FY2021 KIMURA Kiminori Tokyo Metropolitan Komagome Hospital Director Development of anti-fibrotic drugs for liver cirrhosis caused by HIV / HCV co-infection combined with hemophilia
FY2019 FY2021 ISHII Hiroshi National Institute of Infectious Diseases Researcher Determination of vaccine-induced immune responses accelerating HIV replication
FY2019 FY2021 CHIKATA Takayuki Kumamoto University Specially Appointed Associate Professor Use of LC-MS/MS for identification of T cell with effective function for HIV eradication
FY2020 FY2022 AKARI Hirofumi Kyoto University Professor Evaluation in the efficacy of HIV cure therapeutics by the non-human primate model of HIV infection
FY2020 FY2022 TAKAORI Akifumi Kyoto University Professor Development of novel immunotherapy against HIV-1 infection using alpaca VHH technology

Last updated 04/12/21