Basic structure of the inducible lymphoid organs
[Now recruiting]
Title: Role of iBALT in respiratory immunity
Prof. Troy D. Randall, [Confirmed]
troyrandall@uabmc.edu
Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, UAB
Title: Inducible M cells in mucosal immunity
Professor David Lo, [Confirmed]
david.lo@medsch.ucr.edu
University of California, Riverside
Title: Role of iSALT in skin immunity
Gyohei Egawa and Kenji Kabashima
[Confirmed]
Title: Memory lymphocyte cluster in genital immunity
Dr. Norifumi Iijima, [Confirmed]
niijima@nibiohn.go.jp
National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Health and Nutrition (NBIOHN)
Title: Ectopic lymphoid tissue in rheumatoid arthritis
Prof. Costantino Pitzalis, [Confirmed]
c.pitzalis@qmul.ac.uk
William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine
Title: Ectopic lymphoid structure in cancer
[Now recruiting]
Title: Artificial engineering of lymphoid organs
Dr. Takeshi Watanabe, [Confirmed]
tthta_w@icloud.com
Laboratory of Immunology, Institute for Frontier Life and Medical Sciences, Kyoto University
About the Author: Dr. Kenji Kabashima was born in Japan in 1970. He graduated from Kyoto University in 1996 and was trained in Medicine/Dermatology at the United States Naval Hospital in Yokosuka Japan, Kyoto University Hospital, and University of Washington Medical Center. He started research on bioactive lipid mediators at Kyoto University, which led to a PhD. Then he studied at the Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, UCSF, and University of Occupational and Environmental Health. Currently, he is a chair/professor at the Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan, a principal investigator at the IMB/SIgN, Singapore, and visiting consultant at the National Skin Centre, Singapore. His main interests include the mechanism of inflammatory skin diseases and 3D-visualization of the skin using two-photon microscopy. His hobbies are running and travelling. Dr. Gyohei Egawa graduated from Saga Medical school (Saga, Japan) in 2001 and was trained in the department of dermatology in Kyoto University (Kyoto, Japan). After getting his PhD, he worked at Kyoto University hospital and Centenary Institute (Sydney, Australia). Currently, he is a senior lecturer at the department of Dermatology in Kyoto University. His main interests are the barrier function of the skin and intravital visualization of the skin immunity.